Comparing two neural maps reveals the roles of genes in cognition, perception and feeling
Many psychiatric disorders have genetic causes, but the exact mechanism of how genes influence higher brain function remains a mystery. A new study provides a map linking the genetic signature of functions across the human brain, a tool that may provide new targets for future treatments.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation supports innovative projects that tackle global challenges
Exciting initiatives involving researchers at The Neuro are among the latest getting support under The Canada Foundation for Innovation鈥檚 Innovation Fund competition.
$4.67M from Brain Canada will help probe the brain鈥檚 mysteries and create international research links
Research at The Neuro鈥檚 McConnell Brain Imaging Centre (BIC) of 91社区 will receive a major boost thanks to a $4.67M grant from Brain Canada鈥檚 Platform Support Grant (PSG) program.
Program brings together multidisciplinary teams with expertise in various areas of neurodegenerative disease
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Researchers at The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) make up a large part of eight projects funded by ALS Canada and the Brain Canada Foundation as part of their 2020 Discovery Grant Program, which brings together multidisciplinary research teams with expertise in various areas of ALS and neurodegenerative diseases to investigate critical areas of disease processes and clinical care.
PET modeler and Physicist - job postings
The Research Imaging Centre (RIC) at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto has two fulltime permanent positions, a PET physicist and a kinetic modeler. We are looking for motivated candidates to join the Image Methodology group within the RIC to develop methods, and provide strong scientific support, for both the pre-clinical and clinical PET programs in CAMH.
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Each year, five distinguished Canadian scholars are awarded the Killam Prize for their outstanding research across engineering, the humanities, social sciences, health sciences and natural sciences.听听
In celebration of these winners鈥� contribution to Canada鈥檚 society and economy, TheFutureEconomy.ca interviewed each of the five outstanding researchers to share their discoveries with Canadians.
Neural 鈥渟ignature鈥� may reflect how we respond to feelings of social isolation
This holiday season will be a lonely one for many people as social distancing due to COVID-19 continues, and it is important to understand how isolation affects our health. A new study shows a sort of signature in the brains of lonely people that make them distinct in fundamental ways, based on variations in the volume of different brain regions as well as based on how those regions communicate with one another across brain networks.
Large multi-site study accurately predicts damage to grey matter by disease
An international study has found a link between the brain鈥檚 network connections and grey matter atrophy caused by certain types of epilepsy, a major step forward in our understanding of the disease.
Doctor has dedicated his life to improve diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases and disorders
The Neuro鈥檚 director, Dr. Guy Rouleau, is being recognized with Canada鈥檚 highest civilian honour, the Order of Canada, for his outstanding contributions as a clinician-scientist and as a leader in health care.
By Meaghan Thurston (Office of Research and Innovation)
Brain Canada program supports paradigm-shifting neuroscience that improves the lives of Canadians
Four researchers at The Neuro 鈥� Boris Bernhardt, Yasser Iturria-Medina, Jean-Francois Poulin, and Jo Anne Stratton 鈥� have received grants to support their work in the early-career stage, after being chosen from 150 talented applicants.
Brain Canada鈥檚 Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research Program, anchored by a $5M gift from the Azrieli Foundation, enables paradigm-changing research of the brain to improve the lives of all Canadians.
Work will tell us how loneliness interacts with brain structure and function in normal aging and pre-symptomatic Alzheimer鈥檚 disease
Two researchers from The Neuro, with collaborators from the StoP-AD Centre at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute and the Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, will lead a research program centered on an emerging field of neuroscience thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Aging (NIH/NIA) in the USA.
Study identifies rapidly dividing cancer stem cells that can respond to new therapies
Brain cancers have long been thought of as being resistant to treatments because of the presence of multiple types of cancer cells within each tumor. A new study uncovers a cancer cell hierarchy that originates from a single cancer cell type, which can be targeted to slow cancer growth.
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The candidate will work independently on image processing projects in the laboratory of Professor Alan C. Evans (ACElab) at the MCIN/MNI. His/her work will be focused on shape and texture analysis and deformation modeling of brain anatomical data, including post mortem and various MRI modalities. He/she is responsible to create, test and document a validation platform for various morphometric analysis tools developed in the ACElab. The candidate should contribute to training students, preparing manuscripts and grants.
