State of Israel
Ministry of Science,
Technology and
Space
Quebec-Israeli Symposium on
Biomedical Imaging
27 and 28 May 2014,
Beit Hatfutsot, Tel Aviv
Tuesday 27 May 2014
08:30 Registration
09:00 Greetings and Opening Session
Mrs. Ilana Lowi, Director for International Relations, MOST
Ilana@most.gov.il
Dr Renaldo Battista, Scientific Director
Quebec Research Fund on Health (FRQS)
Dr. Yossi Kalifa, Director for Life Science Division, MOST
Yossik@most.gov.il
Dr Maryse Lassonde, Scientific Director
Quebec Research Fund on Nature and Technologies (FRQNT)
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09:30 – 10:00
New Paradigms for Short Echo Time Spectroscopy of the
Human Brain
Assaf Tal, Physics of Complex Systems,
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot
Assaf.tal@weizmann.ac.il
10:00 – 10:30
The cellular basis of brain imaging: impact of cortical states
and disease.
Edith Hamel, Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Research ,
Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University
10:30 – 11:00
A mechanism for negative correlations in resting-state
functional connectivity MRI
Gadi Goelman, the MRI Lab of the Human Biology
Research Center, Hadassah Medical Center
Gadig@hadassah.org.il
11:00 –11:10 Discussions
11:10 –11:25 Coffee break
11:25 - 11:55
Neurocoagulation: from synaptic physiology to CNS
dysfunctions
Nicola Maggio, Department of Neurology,
The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
Nicola.Maggio@sheba.health.gov.il
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11:55 – 12:25
Pedro Rosa-Neto , Researcher at Douglas Institute and Director of
Translational Neuroimaging Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery and
Psychiatry, McGill University
12:25 – 12:35 Discussions
12:35 – 14:00 Lunch hosted by Mrs. Bina Baron, Director General, MOST
14:00 – 14:30
Using optical brain imaging to unveil the role of pulvinar in vision
Christian Casanova, Montreal University
Tenured professor Optometry School, Montreal University
14:30 – 15:00
The role of blood-brain barrier in pathophysiology of brain disorders:
Structural and functional brain imaging
Alon Fridman
Departments of Physiology & Cell Biology and Cognitive& Brain Sciences,
Zlotowski Center for Neuroscience, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,
Beer-Sheva, Israel
alonf@bgu.ac.il
15:00 – 15:10 Discussions
15:10 – 15:25 Coffee break
15:25 –15:55
Delayed contrast MRI – a novel tool for decision making in neurooncology
Yael Mardor, Chief Scientist, the Advanced Technology
Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer
Yael.mardor@sheba.health.gov.il
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15:55 – 16:25
CBRAIN: A platform for research into neurodevelopment
and neurodegeneration
Alan Evans, Director of the Montreal Consortium for Brain Imaging
Research (MCBIR) Professor, Dept. of Neurology/Neurosurgery, Dept. of
Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics Unit, McGill University
16:25 – 16:55
Learning in the fast-lane: New Insights into Neuroplasticity from microstructural MRI
Yaniv Assaf, Department of Neurobiology, The George S. Wise Faculty
of Life Sciences, The Sagol School of Neuroscience,
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
assafyan@tauex.tau.ac.il
16:55 – 17:05 Discussions
Wednesday 28 May 2014
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00
The when and where in the making long-term memory in
the human brain.
Avi Karni, University of Haifa
Avi.karni@yahoo.com
10:00 – 10:30
Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS): Language development
studies and clinical applications
Anne Gallagher, Adjunct Professor Psychology Dept.
University of Montréal
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10:30 – 11:00
Views on the neurofunctional and neurophysiological
correlates of motor learning and consolidation based upon
neuroimaging techniques.
Julien Doyon, Functional Neuroimaging Unit
University of Montréal
11:00- 11:10 Discussions
11:10 – 11:25 Coffee break
11:25 – 11:55
Studying the anatomy and neurophysiology of autism
Ilan Distein, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Dinshi@bgu.ac.il
11:55 – 12:25
Visual adaptation mechanisms, models, and their algorithmic applications
to image processing (including medical brain images)
Hedva Spitzer, School of Electrical Engineering, Engineering faculty,
Tel Aviv University
hedva@eng.tau.ac.il
12:25 – 12:35 Discussions
12:35 – 13:05
Cross-modal plasticity following sensory loss: behavioural
consequences, brain reorganizations and effects of
rehabilitation approaches
Franco Lepore, Centre de Recherche en
Neuropsychologie et Cognitio, Département de Psychologie,
Universite de Montreal
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13:05 – 13:35
Computerized Tools for MRI Brain Image Analysis- From tissue and lesion
segmentation to DTI WM fiber tracts exploration
Hayit Greenspan, Head of Medical Image Computing Lab
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Faculty
Tel Aviv University
hayit@eng.tau.ac.il
13:35 - 13:45 Discussions
13:35 – 14:35 Lunch
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