Congratulations to team “Flash” for winning the Laboratory’s first EEG Cap Prep Award! The team, consisting of Ishika (captain), Ron, and Janet, had the lowest impedences on a full 64-channel cap to take home the award. Honourable mention goes to Laura, Alana, Alicia, and Julia, who came in a close second with only 3 channels over 10 kΩ. Special thanks to Shaun and Megan for volunteering their heads for the competition.
At a recent get-together, members of the lab shared their company as well as their favourite foods from around the world. Moroccan, Italian, French, and Thai were among the dishes, as well as lots of delicious desserts. Thanks to Ron and Ellen for hosting – looking forward to the next potluck!
The Laboratory for Brain Recovery and Function opened its doors for anyone interested in learning more about the projects we have going on in the lab. Attendees mingled with lab members who were available to discuss their research projects and gave demonstrations of the various lab equipment.
The event was a great success. Thanks to everyone who stopped by!
Men’s health is a cause that Shaun Boe is passionate about. His commitment is to grow a moustache for the month of Movember to raise vital awareness and funds for prostate cancer and male mental health. He’s part of Team Physio: mo money mo problems.
He asks your help to support his personal journey by making a donation, the size of which isn’t important. Every little bit helps Movember to continue funding its world class programs. If you want to know more about what you’ll be helping to fund, click here!
To highlight the importance of what he’s doing, take a look at these statistics:
If you’d like to help change these statistics, please donate to: http://mobro.ca/Boestache
Thank you in advance for supporting all efforts to change the face of men’s health.
At the recent rehabilitation research day at the Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Centre, lab members Alana Fleet and Marion Che won first prize for their poster presentation Examining utilization of constraint induced movement therapy in Canadian Occupational and Physical Therapy.
The laboratory extends a welcome to two new volunteers, Laura Keeler and Julia Martin. Laura and Julia will be lending a hand toward a number of projects, including EEG studies examining brain activity and exercise.
The laboratory hosted a welcome BBQ on September 9th to welcome new members of the lab and “kick off” the fall term. Congratulations to award-winners Janet and Alicia, who had the best homemade side-dish (potato salad) and condiment (sweet and spicy) at the BBQ. Honourable mention goes out to Ron for bringing a store bought condiment – hope you enjoy your tea cup!
The TMS workshop, hosted by the lab on August 11th and 12th, was fully subscribed with 32 faculty and trainees learning about the application and use of TMS in neuroscience. Special thanks to Janet Green for her organizational skills and the other members of the lab who pitched in to ensure a great weekend.
The laboratory will be hosting a practical workshop for TMS August 11th and 12th, 2012. Topics will range from the fundamentals of TMS to advanced research and clinical applications. Guest speakers will include Dr. Angel Peterchev (Columbia University Medical Centre), Dr. Dylan Edwards (Burke Rehabilitation Centre), Roch Comeau (Rogue Research), and Dr. Michel Ladouceur (Dalhousie University), with two additional speakers TBA. The laboratory acknowledges funding support from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation for the workshop.
With its second intake of graduate students, the lab will be expanding this coming September. Three new MSc students will be joining the lab, including Ronald Bishop (from Memorial University, Newfoundland), Alicia Gionfriddo (from Brock University, Ontario), and Ishika Sharma (from the University of Dehli, India).
The lab would like to welcome a new research assistant, Megan Freeman. Megan, who will be starting at the beginning of July, joins the lab after completing a BA in Psychology at King’s University college at Western University.
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