Brain Imaging Journal Club is a forum for everything neuroimaging! 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. 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'd like to register and join the club, please fill the form below (open in new tab).
Feel free to contact the lead organizer, Praveen, if you'd like to be added to the mailing list or maybe join a couple of meetings to see how it goes.
What is this about? We organize weekly seminar-style meetings to read and discuss brain imaging literature (i.e., techniques, methods, findings, etc.). Topics could vary according to research interests but sticking with brain imaging methods. 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.
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).