Official site of the Laboratory for Brain Recovery and Function

A bit late with this post…but better late than never. PhD student Sarah Kraeutner, her partner Kat Merwin, and Lab Director Shaun Boe had the pleasure of attending dinner at the President’s residence. The dinner was a celebration for recipients of Honorary Doctorate’s and student awards, including Sarah who was awarded the Governor General’s Gold Medal Award for top MSc student (Science and Engineering) at Dalhousie. Thanks to Dr. Florizone, Dalhousie’s President, for opening his house and hosting a great evening.

L-R: President Florizone, Sarah Kraeutner, Kat Merwin , Shaun Boe

Sarah Kraeutner & Shaun Boe

Current MSc student Chris Friesen completed the ‘scholarship cycle’ for the lab as he was awarded a Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship (NSGS) for his PhD studies starting September 2016. The ‘scholarship cycle’ included a Killam (Sarah), NSERC PGS (Tony), NSERC CGS (Jack) and now the NSGS (Chris). The NSGS, valued at $15 000 per year for four years, will support Chris’s work in brain computer interface development and rehabilitation. Congrats on the award Chris!

Congratulations go out to Jack who was recently awarded an NSERC CGS to support his MSc work. Jack is using advanced neuroimaging analysis techniques including graph theory and dynamic causal modelling to study brain activity underlying motor imagery. Congratulations Jack on the scholarship!

Congratulations are in order for PhD student Sarah Kraeutner who is now the labs first Killam Scholar! The Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarships allow recipients to conduct outstanding research and make significant contributions to their intellectual communities. The Killam Scholarship recognizes the very best in graduate and postgraduate education. Dalhousie is one of only four universities in Canada to award Killam Scholarships and Prizes. Congratulations Sarah on this outstanding achievement.

Actually we should be buying him a beer! Congratulation are in order as Tony was successful in this past round of scholarship applications as he was awarded an NSERC PGS-D for his PhD work. Tony will be studying ways to facilitate motor learning of complex skills by understanding and manipulating brain function. Congratulations on the NSERC success Tony!

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

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…