Brain Imaging Journal Club

Brain Imaging Journal Club is a forum for everything neuroimaging and brain cognition! 

We meet weekly at the Clinical Science Building to read and discuss new works and developments in the ever-evolving space of functional neuroimaging methods. We are joined by a small but very engaging group ranging from professors to graduate students from various interdisciplinary neuroscience labs. Our meetings are quite informal, but through the hour we find ourselves ending up in deeper discussions about methodology, experimental designs, and theoretical significance. Members are free to choose a paper of their liking or interest to be discussed the next week as long as it involves brain imaging and/or brain cognition. The meetings are also held in hybrid mode, so those interested can join us online if they cannot meet in person.

Head down below for more information about how this works.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact the lead organizer, Praveen. If you're unsure, a good idea may be to join a couple of meetings to see how it goes :)

If you'd like to register and join the club, please fill the form below (open in new tab).

A list of all upcoming and past meetings with the paper, and name of presenter can be found here.

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What is this about? We organize weekly seminar-style meetings to read and discuss imaging and cognitive neursocience literature (i.e., techniques, methods, findings, etc.). Topics could vary according to research interests but tend to stick with common theme of brain imaging. Members are free to suggest papers they'd like to discuss as a group, or lead the discussion themselves. This will be a laid-back informal conversation environment that (as in the past) will take us down many interesting rabbit holes.

Who is this for? Anyone who is interested in, learning, or already using brain imaging methods. You do not need to be an expert to participate; we have members from all levels, undergraduates students to faculty.

What is the aim? To collectively learn, refresh, and remain updated on what's going on out there in the brain imaging space for applying to brain cognition and function studies.

When and where does it happen? Synchronous meeting in-person plus virtually at Clinical Sciences Building (CSB) 6-126 and via Google Meet (link in the calendar invite). The time and day of the week for the meeting is scheduled at the beginning of every new semester based on members' availability and when most of us can attend. The directions to the in-person meeting room is here: https://www.cumminelab.ca/contact/directions 

How does it work? A lead human will lead the discussion on their paper of interest by signing up in the "Papers_Signup_Schedule" Google Sheet on the shared Google Drive accessible by members, at least one week prior to the discussion date so that everyone else gets ample time to read it. The paper for reading and discussion will be uploaded onto the shared drive (in /Articles). You are encouraged to still sign up for a paper you are interested in even if you do not lead the discussion. You could also sign-up to lead a paper without any leader assigned yet. You do not need to be an expert, participation is encouraged as this is an active learning space :)

Sounds great, I'm interested! I had a question, who should I talk to? By emailing the organizer, Praveen (pprem@ualberta.ca).

How did this come about? The Brain Imaging Journal Club was founded in 2023 and is organized by Praveen Prem during his undergraduate research work in the Cummine Lab, who is now a current graduate student in Neuroscience. Praveen founded and organized the group because of his interest in learning advanced neuroimaging methodology. Over 50 members have joined us in the meetings to date in over 40 organized meetings! Along the way the club has paved paths as getting-together space for faculty and learning opportunity for many students.