Discussing the brain…
Lab director Shaun Boe took to the news as part of Brain Awareness Week to discuss the importance of neuroscience research and its impact on health. Check out the interview on CTV Atlantic here.
LBRF
Neuroscience as Art
Check out and bid on this year’s ‘Neuroscience as Art’ at our online auction for Brain Awareness Week. You can bid on these wonderful images (framed by Frame Plus Art here in Halifax) here. All proceeds go the MS Society.
One of the ‘Neuroscience as Art’ images available for bidding. All images are custom-framed by Frame Plus Art.
Brain Awareness Week
Another great Brain Awareness Week here at Dalhousie. Members of the lab were busy this week at different events, including the Brain Fair, where neuroscience labs provided demonstrations and hands-on fun and games for people of all ages. LBRF members helped students with their TMS target practice as well as controlling a robot with their brainwaves!
PhD student Sarah Kraeutner demonstrates neuronavigated TMS at the Brain Fair. Kids had the chance to hone their TMS skills. While the event was stimulating, no one’s actual brain was stimulated!
Alumni Update
Congratulations to LBRF alum Ross Story who landed a job as a data scientist with Bonsai AI, an artificial intelligence company in Berkeley CA. Turns out MSc training can pay off and graduates DO get jobs. Congrats Ross! http://bonsai.ai/
3 Minute Thesis
Its 3 minute thesis time again at Dalhousie where students present their thesis work in short elevator pitch style talks. Best of luck to LBRF’s Chris Friesen who will be sharing his work on neurofeedback and imagined imitation. Good luck Chris! http://bit.ly/1TsvsVl
To be, or not to be?
No, it’s not Hamlet – it’s lab director Shaun Boe doing his best impression during the photoshoot for the latest edition of Dal Magazine, Dalhousie’s Alumni publication. Make sure to check it out for a full feature on the research we’re doing in the lab!
Geneva Bound!
Several members of the lab are bound for Geneva to attend the annual meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM). Congratulations to students Sarah, Chris and Tony who all had abstracts accepted for presentation. Work to be presented includes the effects of motor inhibition on learning and brain activity associated with making a sandwich (yes, making a sandwich). Stay tuned in the month of June for updates from the conference!
Can you smell what the lab is cooking?
Spoiler alert: It’s these delicious Chickpea Patties, compliments of Sarah!
For the recipe, head on over to our Lab Recipes page!
Not all fun and games
Sometime science is messy, so sometimes you have to clean up. Luckily Tony knows his was around a vacuum cleaner, as he demonstrates here. Keep up the good work Tony!
Building a mystery…
Tony was hard at work in the lab this past week turning his cardboard creation (highlighted in a previous post) into a reality. Tony is developing a motor learning paradigm that will allow him to test the effectiveness of different interventions to speed up the learning process. Stay tuned for the finished product…
Official site of the Laboratory for Brain Recovery and Function 