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Human instruction with artificial intelligence guidance provided best results in neurosurgical training

shawn.hayward@mcgill.ca — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 15:14:02 +0000

Study has implications beyond medical education, suggesting other fields could benefit from AI-enhanced training

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a powerful new tool in training and education, including in the field of neurosurgery. Yet a new study suggests that AI tutoring provides better results when paired with human instruction.

ECHO-Autism: Differential Diagnosis

justin.martinez-rosler@mcgill.ca — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:17:04 +0000

ECHO-Autism: Differential Diagnosis September 11, 2025 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. (ET) Virtual training (online)

ECHO-Autism: The Diagnostic Process

justin.martinez-rosler@mcgill.ca — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:08:00 +0000

ECHO-Autism: The Diagnostic Process August 21, 2025 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. (ET) Virtual training (online)

HBHL Scientific Director Alan Evans receives Order of Canada

admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:07:55 +0000

Original article by The Neuro.

Career of breakthroughs in neuroimaging recognized with one of the nation’s highest honours

A career that took an uncharted trajectory has been recognized with the Order of Canada, one of the country’s top honours.

Killam Seminar Series: Insights into inter-organelle contact site misregulation in neurodegenerative diseases

marc-andre.meloche@mcgill.ca — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:53:31 +0000

Supported by the generosity of the Killam Trusts, The Neuro's Killam Seminar Series invites outstanding guest speakers whose research is of interest to the scientific community at The Neuro and ��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ.

Neuro Epilepsy Lecture Series: AI in Epilepsy: From Diagnosis to Continuous Monitoring

justin.martinez-rosler@mcgill.ca — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:49:37 +0000

The 2024-2025 Neuro Epilepsy Lecture Series will include eight lectures covering hot topics in basic and clinical epilepsy research.

iPSC Seminars: Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU)

justin.martinez-rosler@mcgill.ca — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:32:34 +0000

THE NEURO'S EDDU iPSC SEMINAR SERIES

Modeling α-Synuclein Pathology Spreading in a 3D Human Midbrain-Striatal Assembloid

SEX CELLS! On the importance of sex and gender in brain health

admin — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:26:42 +0000

Last week, we welcomed neuroscientists Liisa Galea (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health) and Robert-Paul Juster (Université de Montréal) for SEX CELLS!, a vital conversation on implementing Sex- and Gender-Based Analysis Plus (SGBA+) in health research.

March Neurogenesis talks explore brain mechanisms in food choice and computational modelling

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:43:01 +0000

Last week, HBHL hosted the third talk of the 2024-2025 Neurogenesis Speaker Series at the Neuro, featuring Dana Small and Yashar Zeighami.

Dana Small’s presentation, "The Interoceptive Origins of Reward," explored how biological signals are integrated to determine food choice, while Yashar Zeighami’s talk, "Fine-Tuning Neuroimaging Analysis to Reveal Hidden Insights," highlighted his research into the development of multi-scale computational models of brain anatomy.

HBHL Symposium 2025: a week later, the energy still shines!

admin — Fri, 16 May 2025 23:53:31 +0000

Over 300 attendees gathered at ��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ on May 6 and 7 for the HBHL Symposium 2025, a vibrant two-day celebration of cutting-edge neuroscience and brain health research.

This year’s event featured inspiring keynote talks by Damien Fair (University of Minnesota), Lucina Q. Uddin (UCLA) and Amélie Quesnel-Vallée (��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ), who explored topics from neuropsychiatry and brain network dynamics to social determinants of brain health.

Mentorship Lunch: Exploring the next steps

admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 02:56:55 +0000

What if career steering and planning did not have to wait until graduation?

HBHL gets solid representation at 2025 Bravo Gala

admin — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:55:42 +0000

The 2025 Bravo Gala was a celebration of ��Ƭ��֦��Ƶ's research community, and HBHL is proud to have been so well represented.

Congratulations to the following HBHL-supported researchers for these outstanding awards:

Thirteen HBHL-funded researchers awarded CIHR Spring 2025 Project Grants

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:02:10 +0000

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Project Grant: Spring 2025 competition has approved 435 research grants for a total investment of approximately $411M, with 123 projects funded in Quebec.

HBHL is proud to announce that 13 HBHL-funded researchers will receive support for seven projects, representing an investment of over $6.7M at McGill and the Douglas Research Centre.

HBHL-funded PIs are bolded in the following table:

The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prize Ceremony 2025

sergio.rubinoscorzo@mcgill.ca — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 19:02:02 +0000

The Neuro – Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Science Prize Ceremony 2025

An event organized by the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute
In person at The Neuro and livestreamed online.

Amazing Brain Science Talks 2025

admin — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 15:23:33 +0000

Join us for a day dedicated to YOUR amazing brain!