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== '''"Why & How" Seminar Series''' ==
== '''"Why & How" Lecture Series''' ==


Lectures are held about twice per month on Thursday at 6PM, in the 2204 conference room of Building 149. Snacks are served 20 minutes prior to the talk (no food is allowed inside the conference room).
Lectures are held approximately every two weeks on Thursdays at 4 PM over Zoom (see weekly email for Zoom webinar link). Join the mailing list at https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/whynhow.


The Why-N-How seminar meets (almost) every second week for a presentation by MGH Martinos Center experts on a wide range of topics relevant to our work at the center.  The talks are particularly geared toward research assistants, grad students, post-docs, and clinical fellows, but they are open to everyone.  This year there will be a big emphasis on software tools, especially those used for neuroimaging analysis.  We will also have talks overviewing most of the major imaging modalities used at the center (MRI, PET, EEG, MEG, optical, TMS, and others).  We have some outstanding speakers lined up, so stay tuned as our schedule takes shape!  You will find the schedule below as well as slides from past talks.
The Why-N-How lecture series consists of presentations by MGH Martinos Center experts on a wide range of topics relevant to biomedical imaging.  The talks are particularly geared toward research assistants, grad students, post-docs, and clinical fellows, but they are open to everyone.  We will have talks overviewing most of the major imaging modalities used at the center (MRI, PET, EEG, MEG, optical, TMS, and others), the applications of these modalities, and the software tools used for (neuro)imaging analysis.  We have some outstanding speakers lined up, so stay tuned as our schedule takes shape!  You will find the schedule below as well as slides and recordings from past talks.


<br>
<br>
Organizers: Laura Lewis (lauralewis@fas.harvard.edu) and Jason Stockmann (jaystock@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu) <br>
Organizers: Parker Kotlarz (PKOTLARZ@mgh.harvard.edu), Bryan Kennedy (BKENNEDY7@mgh.harvard.edu), Nikita Malladi (SMALLADI@mgh.harvard.edu)
Mailing List: https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/whynhow




'''In order to better respond to your interests, let us know what you would like to learn more about! Below are the schedules from past years, which will serve as the basis for this year's talks. If you'd like us to add a topic, send us an email at lauralewis@fas.harvard.edu and/or jaystock@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu and we'll try to make it happen.'''
'''In order to better respond to your interests, let us know what you would like to learn more about! Below are the schedules from past years, which will serve as the basis for this year's talks. If you'd like us to add a topic, send us an email at one of the addresses above and we'll try to make it happen.'''




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Past organizers include:  Hamdi Eryilmaz, Anna Rieckmann, and Khaldoun Makhoul.
Past organizers include Allen Alfadhel, Mainak Jas, Bin Deng, Valeria Barletta, Avery Berman, Aina Frau Pascual, Shahin Nasr, Isik Karahanoglu, Clarissa Zimmerman Cooley, Jason Stockmann, Laura Lewis, Hamdi Eryilmaz, Anna Rieckmann, and Khaldoun Makhoul.


[[File:Photo (22).JPG|thumb|right|450px|alt=Overview of functional MRI presented in 2016 by Natalia Zaretskaya.|Overview of functional MRI physics and data processing presented in 2016 by Dr. Natalia Zaretskaya.]]
[[File:Photo (22).JPG|thumb|right|450px|alt=Overview of functional MRI presented in 2016 by Natalia Zaretskaya.|Overview of functional MRI physics and data processing presented in 2016 by Dr. Natalia Zaretskaya.]]
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'''Calendar 2021-2022'''
<br>
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
|-
|'''Fall 2021'''
|-
! Date
! Time
! Location
! Speaker
! Topic
! Lecture Slides
|-
| Dec 02, 2021
| 4:00 pm
| Webinar
| Daniel Gomez
| Intro to fMRI
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/a/a7/20211130_Gomez_whyandhow_introfmri-33-.pdf Slides]
|-
| Dec 09, 2021
| 4:00 pm
| Webinar
| David Izquierdo
| Intro to PET imaging
|-
|'''Winter 2022'''
|-
| Jan 27, 2022
| 4:30 pm
| Webinar
| Ovidiu Andronesi
| MR spectroscopy
|-
| Feb 24, 2022
| 4:00 pm
| Webinar
| Behzad Khajavi
| Introduction to Diffuse Optics
|-
| More to come...
|}
'''Calendar 2020-2021'''
<br>
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
|-
|'''Fall 2020'''
|-
! Date
! Time
! Location
! Speaker
! Topic
! Lecture Slides
|-
| September 17, 2020
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Zeynab Alshelh
| Intro to Neuroanatomy
| [https://youtu.be/2J75eROPc0U Recording]
|-
| October 1, 2020
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Avery Berman
| Intro to MR Physics
| [https://youtu.be/JGyzzVRwh_8 Recording]
|-
| October 15, 2020
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Eugene Milshteyn
| MRI Artifacts
| [https://youtu.be/aMcxCptPjbw Recording]
|-
| October 29, 2020
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Lynn Simpson, Rowan Staley, and Kassandra Round
| Remote Consenting
| [https://youtu.be/LwpQGMpdNN8 Recording]
|-
| November 12, 2020
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Sam Schoerning
| Intro to Remote Computing
| [[media:20201112_Schoerning_RemoteComputing.pptx|Slides]]
|-
| December 3, 2020
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| David Izquierdo
| Intro to PET Imaging
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHdiOqxj5K4 Recording]
|-
|'''Winter 2021'''
|-
| January 7, 2020
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Ikbal Sencan, Bin Deng
| Intro to Biomedical Optics
|
|-
| January 14, 2021
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Kaisu Lankinen
| Intro to fMRI
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgTijDwH1ug&list=PLP-_wD_jC1dPwta7vhRWP4aOj_PO_fHBQ&index=2 Recording]
|-
| January 21, 2021
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Paul Raines
| The MLSC batch cluster - What it is and how to use it
| [[media:MLSC-cluster.pdf|Slides]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0RCwGqIQuw Recording]
|-
| February 11, 2021
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Devani Cordero and Ren Pallares
| Intro to FreeSurfer
|
|-
| February 25, 2021
| 4:00 pm
| Zoom
| Padma Sundaram
| Intro to MEG and EEG
| [https://youtu.be/akMXxVUd-WQ Recording]
|-
| More to come...
|}<br>
'''Calendar 2019-2020'''
<br>
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
|-
|'''Fall 2019'''
|-
! Date
! Time
! Location
! Speaker
! Topic
! Lecture Slides
|-
| October 3, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Marco Loggia
| Intro to Neuroanatomy
| [https://youtu.be/QL20YcbeZY4 Recording]
|-
| October 10, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Patrick McDaniel
| Intro to MR Physics
|[[media:20191010_McDaniel_MRIPhysics.pdf|Slides]]
|-
| October 17, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Christin Sander
| Intro to PET
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rg1Suwjwv0&feature=youtu.be Recording (2019)] 
|-
| October 31, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Jason Stockmann
| Intro to MRI Artifacts
|[[media:20191031_Stockmann_MRIArtifacts.pptx|PPTX]], [[media:20191031_Stockmann_MRIArtifacts.pdf|PDF]]
|-
| November 7, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Sam Mehl
| Overview of Remote Computing Tools at Martinos
|[https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/5/5f/WhyNHow-RemoteComputing-Nov2017-shared.pptx Slides]
|-
| November 14, 2019
| Rescheduled to Dec 5
|
|
|
|
|-
| November 21, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - Bay 3
| Paul Wighton and Malte Hoffmann
| Intro to Siemens Console
|
|-
| December 5, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Rob D
| Intro to Shell and Scripting
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/a/a9/Shell_presentation_2_copy_14.pages.pdf Slides]
|-
| December 12, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Stefan Carp & Abbas Yaseen
| Intro to Biomedical Optics
|
|-
|'''Winter 2020'''
|-
! Date
! Time
! Location
! Speaker
! Topic
! Lecture Slides
|-
| Jan 9, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Jean Augustinack
| Intro to Cellular Neuroanatomy
|
|-
| Jan 16, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Jingyyuan Chen & Saskia Bollmann
| fMRI Analysis
|
|-
| Jan 23, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Iman Aganj
| Intro to Launchpad Tools for Batch Processing
|[http://nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~iman/WhyNHow_HPC_iman.pptx Slides]
|-
| Jan 30, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - 2204
| Bram Diamond & Leah Morgan
| Intro to FreeSurfer Analysis Software
|
|-
| Feb 6, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Mainak Jas
| Git 101 for scientists
| [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L3G3HzjPcqek6YAKSBInCsoUoT9ezVU_-M3DFAIZXhA/edit?usp=sharing Slides] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtLrWCFaG0A Recording]
|-
| Feb 13, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Padma Sundaram
| Intro to EEG and MEG
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/8/82/Whynhow_MEEG_padma.pdf Slides] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI-tRIbLtE4 Recording]
|-
| Feb 20, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Christin Sander & Bruce Rosen
| Overview of the Postdoctoral Funding Landscape
| [[media: 20200220-Sander-PostdocFunding.pdf|Slides]]
|-
| Feb 27, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Randy Gollub
| Intro to Grant Writing
| [[media: 2020.02.24-Grant_Writing_WhyNHow.pptx|Slides]]
|-
| Mar 5, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Chiara Maffei & Viviana Siless
| Intro to Diffusion MRI
|
|-
| Mar 12, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Michele Scipioni
| Intro to MATLAB
| [[media :2020_IntroMATLAB_why&how.pdf|Slides]] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUHabE0sE9Y&feature=youtu.be Recording]
|-
| Mar 19, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Jay Patel
| Intro to Python
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/8/8a/Introduction_to_Python.pptx Slides]
|
|-
| (POSTPONED) <strike>Mar 26, 2020</strike>
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Akila Weerasekera
| Intro to Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
|
|-
| (POSTPONED) <strike>Apr 2, 2020
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
|
| Statistics for fMRI
|
|-
| More to come...
|}
<br>
'''Calendar 2018-19'''
<br>
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! Date
! Time
! Location
! Speaker
! Topic
! References
! Lecture Slides
|-
| September 20, 2018
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Iman Aganj
| Intro to Launchpad Tools for Batch Processing
|
|[http://nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~iman/WhyNHow_HPC_iman.pptx SLIDES]
|-
| September 27, 2018
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Patrick McDaniel
| Intro to MR Physics
|
|
|-
| October 4, 2018
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Marco Loggia
| Intro to Neuroanatomy
|
| [https://youtu.be/QL20YcbeZY4 MOVIE] 
|-
| October 18, 2018
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149 - Bay 2
| Paul Wighton and Malte Hoffmann
| Intro to Siemens Console
|
|
|-
| November 1, 2018
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Jason Stockmann
| Intro MRI Artifacts
|
|
|-
| November 15, 2018
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Christin Sander
| Intro to PET
|
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ftsuzhJ-vk MOVIE] 
|-
| November 29, 2018
| 5:30 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Sheraz Khan
| Intro to MEG and EEG
|
|
|-
| December 6, 2018
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Sam Mehl
| Overview of Remote Computing Tools at Martinos
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/5/5f/WhyNHow-RemoteComputing-Nov2017-shared.pptx SLIDES]
|-
| December 13, 2018
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Abbas Yaseen and Stefan Carp
| Introductory Biomedical Optics
|
|
|-
| January 10, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Bram Diamond
| Intro to FreeSurfer Analysis Software
|
|
|-
| January 17, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Chiara Maffei & Viviana Siless
| Introduction to Diffusion-weighted MRI and tractography
|
|[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19EbLc9xALLt2ZfA_KpaeoyJV1RD1zdbf_c2eF5-ac6g/edit?usp=sharing]
|-
| January 31, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Isik Karahanoglu
| Introduction to Functional MRI Data Analysis Using FSFast
|
|[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jRy9Vi6ww0p9rtdBFrPkxk1uiN6YV2WD/view]
|-
| February 7, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Melissa Haskell
| Intro to MATLAB
|
|[https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/1/18/2019_Intro_to_MATLAB_whynhow.pptx Slides] [https://youtu.be/3evGijvRy3g Recording]
|-
| February 21, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Micha&euml;l Bernier
| Intro to Python in Neuroimaging
|
|[[media:20190221_Bernier_Python.pdf | Slides]]
|-
| March 7, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Bruce Rosen & Christin Sander
| Navigating the Postdoctoral Funding Landscape
|
|[[media:20190307_Sander_PDFunding.pdf|Slides]], [[media:20190307_Sander_PDFundingResources.xlsx|Funding Spreadsheet]]
|-
| March 14, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Lucia Navarro de Lara
| Overview of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
|
| [[media:20190314-NavarroDeLara-TMS.pptx|Slides]]
|-
| March 21, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Jingyuan Chen
| Intro to Statistics for fMRI Analysis
|
| [[media:20190321_Chen_IntroTofMRIstatistics.pdf | Slides]]
|-
| April 4, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| '''CNY149-4501'''
| Markus Schirmer
| The brain as a network - Introduction to Connectomics
|
|
|-
| April 18, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Eva Ratai
| Intro to MR Spectroscopy
|
|[[media:20190418_Ratai_MRS.pdf|Slides]]
|-
| May 2, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Olivia Veissmann
| MR Angiography and Blood Flow
|
|
|-
| May 16, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Haoqi Sun and M. Brandon Westover
| Intro to Electroencephalography and its Application in Sleep and Brain Aging
|
|
|-
| May 23, 2019
| 5:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Mainak Jas
| Git 101 for scientists
|
|[https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L3G3HzjPcqek6YAKSBInCsoUoT9ezVU_-M3DFAIZXhA/edit?usp=sharing]
|-
|}
<br>
'''Calendar 2017-18:'''
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! Date
! Time
! Location
! Speaker
! Topic
! References
! Lecture Slides
|-
| September 14, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Sam Mehl and Thomas Witzel
| Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center
|
| 
|-
| September 21, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Iman Aganj
| Introduction to Launchpad Tool for batch processing
|
|
|-
| October 5, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Patrick McDaniel
| Introduction to MR Physics
|
|[https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/b/b1/WhyHow_MRPhysics_patmcd_171005.pptx]
|-
| October 19, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Eric Gale
| Introduction to MRI Contrast Agents
|
|
|-
| November 2, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Marco Loggia
| Intro to Neuroanatomy
|
| [https://youtu.be/QL20YcbeZY4 MOVIE] 
|-
| November 16, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Sam Mehl
| Overview of Remote Computing Tools at Martinos
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/5/5f/WhyNHow-RemoteComputing-Nov2017-shared.pptx]
|-
| November 30, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Emma Boyd
| Introduction to FreeSurfer analysis software
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/3/31/Whynhow_freesurfer_2017.ppt]
|-
| December 14, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Jason Stockmann
| Introduction to MRI Artifacts
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/3/39/Artifacts_why_n_how_dec_14_2017_V7.pdf]
|-
| January 18, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Angel Torrado Carvajal and Markus Schirmer
| Introduction to Parallel Processing and Machine Learning
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/d/da/Schirmer_intro_pp.pdf] [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/e/ee/Torrado-Carvajal_Intro_ML.pdf]
|-
| January 25, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Melissa Haskell
| Introduction to MATLAB
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/c/c7/Intro_to_MATLAB_wCode.pptx]
|-
| February 1, 2018
| 5:30 pm
| CNY114- Conf. Room D1
| Mathworks Team
| Demystifying deep learning: A practical approach in MATLAB
|
|
|-
| February 8, 2018
| 5:30 pm
| CNY114- Conf. Room D1
| Mathworks Team
| Parallel and Distributed Computing with MATLAB
|
|
|-
| February 15, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Isik Karahanoglu
| Introduction to Functional MRI Data Analysis Using FSFast
|
|
|-
| February 22, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Anastasia Yendiki
| Introduction to Diffusion-Weighted MRI
|
|
|-
| March 1, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Koene Van Dijk
| Introduction to Functional Connectivity MRI
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/1/1e/2018_03_01_Koene_Van_Dijk_Intro_fcMRI_handout.pdf]
|-
| March 22, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Sheraz Khan
| Master EEG/MEG in 1 Hour
|
|
|-
| March 29, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Laura Lewis
| Introduction to EEG/fMRI: Neuroimaging with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/1/19/Intro_eegfmri_2018.pdf]
|-
| April 5, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Eva Ratai
| Introduction to Spectroscopy
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/8/8f/Intro_to_spectroscopy.pdf]
|-
| April 19, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Christin Sander
| Introduction to Positron Emission Tomography
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/c/ca/WhynHow_PET_2018.pdf]
|-
| May 17, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Abbas Yaseen and Stefan Carp
| Introductory Biomedical Optics
|
|
|-
| May 31, 2018
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Kwangyeol Baek
| Introduction to Electrophysiology for Neuroimaging Scientists
|
| [https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/e/eb/WhyNHow-Electrophysiology.pdf]
|-
|}




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| Technical Writing with LaTeX
| Technical Writing with LaTeX
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|[https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/e/e6/LaTeX_Mahanand.pdf]
|-
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| May 18, 2017
| May 18, 2017
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| Lauri Tuominen
| Lauri Tuominen
| Studying neurotransmitter systems with PET
| Studying neurotransmitter systems with PET
|
|[https://gate.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/wiki/whynhow/images/0/01/Tuominen_WhynHow_PET_2017_handouts.pdf]
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| June 22, 2017
| 6:00 pm
| CNY149-2204
| Shahin Nasr
| High-resolution fMRI
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Latest revision as of 12:28, 21 January 2023

"Why & How" Lecture Series

Lectures are held approximately every two weeks on Thursdays at 4 PM over Zoom (see weekly email for Zoom webinar link). Join the mailing list at https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/whynhow.

The Why-N-How lecture series consists of presentations by MGH Martinos Center experts on a wide range of topics relevant to biomedical imaging. The talks are particularly geared toward research assistants, grad students, post-docs, and clinical fellows, but they are open to everyone. We will have talks overviewing most of the major imaging modalities used at the center (MRI, PET, EEG, MEG, optical, TMS, and others), the applications of these modalities, and the software tools used for (neuro)imaging analysis. We have some outstanding speakers lined up, so stay tuned as our schedule takes shape! You will find the schedule below as well as slides and recordings from past talks.


Organizers: Parker Kotlarz (PKOTLARZ@mgh.harvard.edu), Bryan Kennedy (BKENNEDY7@mgh.harvard.edu), Nikita Malladi (SMALLADI@mgh.harvard.edu)


In order to better respond to your interests, let us know what you would like to learn more about! Below are the schedules from past years, which will serve as the basis for this year's talks. If you'd like us to add a topic, send us an email at one of the addresses above and we'll try to make it happen.


In 2016, we started recording Why-N-How talks. Look for them to appear on the Martinos Center YouTube channel.


Past organizers include Allen Alfadhel, Mainak Jas, Bin Deng, Valeria Barletta, Avery Berman, Aina Frau Pascual, Shahin Nasr, Isik Karahanoglu, Clarissa Zimmerman Cooley, Jason Stockmann, Laura Lewis, Hamdi Eryilmaz, Anna Rieckmann, and Khaldoun Makhoul.

Overview of functional MRI presented in 2016 by Natalia Zaretskaya.
Overview of functional MRI physics and data processing presented in 2016 by Dr. Natalia Zaretskaya.


Calendar 2021-2022

Fall 2021
Date Time Location Speaker Topic Lecture Slides
Dec 02, 2021 4:00 pm Webinar Daniel Gomez Intro to fMRI Slides
Dec 09, 2021 4:00 pm Webinar David Izquierdo Intro to PET imaging
Winter 2022
Jan 27, 2022 4:30 pm Webinar Ovidiu Andronesi MR spectroscopy
Feb 24, 2022 4:00 pm Webinar Behzad Khajavi Introduction to Diffuse Optics
More to come...

Calendar 2020-2021

Fall 2020
Date Time Location Speaker Topic Lecture Slides
September 17, 2020 4:00 pm Zoom Zeynab Alshelh Intro to Neuroanatomy Recording
October 1, 2020 4:00 pm Zoom Avery Berman Intro to MR Physics Recording
October 15, 2020 4:00 pm Zoom Eugene Milshteyn MRI Artifacts Recording
October 29, 2020 4:00 pm Zoom Lynn Simpson, Rowan Staley, and Kassandra Round Remote Consenting Recording
November 12, 2020 4:00 pm Zoom Sam Schoerning Intro to Remote Computing Slides
December 3, 2020 4:00 pm Zoom David Izquierdo Intro to PET Imaging Recording
Winter 2021
January 7, 2020 4:00 pm Zoom Ikbal Sencan, Bin Deng Intro to Biomedical Optics
January 14, 2021 4:00 pm Zoom Kaisu Lankinen Intro to fMRI Recording
January 21, 2021 4:00 pm Zoom Paul Raines The MLSC batch cluster - What it is and how to use it Slides Recording
February 11, 2021 4:00 pm Zoom Devani Cordero and Ren Pallares Intro to FreeSurfer
February 25, 2021 4:00 pm Zoom Padma Sundaram Intro to MEG and EEG Recording
More to come...


Calendar 2019-2020

Fall 2019
Date Time Location Speaker Topic Lecture Slides
October 3, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Marco Loggia Intro to Neuroanatomy Recording
October 10, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Patrick McDaniel Intro to MR Physics Slides
October 17, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Christin Sander Intro to PET Recording (2019)
October 31, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Jason Stockmann Intro to MRI Artifacts PPTX, PDF
November 7, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Sam Mehl Overview of Remote Computing Tools at Martinos Slides
November 14, 2019 Rescheduled to Dec 5
November 21, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149 - Bay 3 Paul Wighton and Malte Hoffmann Intro to Siemens Console
December 5, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Rob D Intro to Shell and Scripting Slides
December 12, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Stefan Carp & Abbas Yaseen Intro to Biomedical Optics
Winter 2020
Date Time Location Speaker Topic Lecture Slides
Jan 9, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Jean Augustinack Intro to Cellular Neuroanatomy
Jan 16, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Jingyyuan Chen & Saskia Bollmann fMRI Analysis
Jan 23, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Iman Aganj Intro to Launchpad Tools for Batch Processing Slides
Jan 30, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149 - 2204 Bram Diamond & Leah Morgan Intro to FreeSurfer Analysis Software
Feb 6, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Mainak Jas Git 101 for scientists Slides Recording
Feb 13, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Padma Sundaram Intro to EEG and MEG Slides Recording
Feb 20, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Christin Sander & Bruce Rosen Overview of the Postdoctoral Funding Landscape Slides
Feb 27, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Randy Gollub Intro to Grant Writing Slides
Mar 5, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Chiara Maffei & Viviana Siless Intro to Diffusion MRI
Mar 12, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Michele Scipioni Intro to MATLAB Slides Recording
Mar 19, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Jay Patel Intro to Python Slides
(POSTPONED) Mar 26, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Akila Weerasekera Intro to Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
(POSTPONED) Apr 2, 2020 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Statistics for fMRI
More to come...


Calendar 2018-19

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
September 20, 2018 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Iman Aganj Intro to Launchpad Tools for Batch Processing SLIDES
September 27, 2018 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Patrick McDaniel Intro to MR Physics
October 4, 2018 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia Intro to Neuroanatomy MOVIE
October 18, 2018 5:00 pm CNY149 - Bay 2 Paul Wighton and Malte Hoffmann Intro to Siemens Console
November 1, 2018 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Jason Stockmann Intro MRI Artifacts
November 15, 2018 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Christin Sander Intro to PET MOVIE
November 29, 2018 5:30 pm CNY149-2204 Sheraz Khan Intro to MEG and EEG
December 6, 2018 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Sam Mehl Overview of Remote Computing Tools at Martinos SLIDES
December 13, 2018 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Abbas Yaseen and Stefan Carp Introductory Biomedical Optics
January 10, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Bram Diamond Intro to FreeSurfer Analysis Software
January 17, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Chiara Maffei & Viviana Siless Introduction to Diffusion-weighted MRI and tractography [1]
January 31, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Isik Karahanoglu Introduction to Functional MRI Data Analysis Using FSFast [2]
February 7, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Melissa Haskell Intro to MATLAB Slides Recording
February 21, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Michaël Bernier Intro to Python in Neuroimaging Slides
March 7, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Bruce Rosen & Christin Sander Navigating the Postdoctoral Funding Landscape Slides, Funding Spreadsheet
March 14, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Lucia Navarro de Lara Overview of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Slides
March 21, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Jingyuan Chen Intro to Statistics for fMRI Analysis Slides
April 4, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-4501 Markus Schirmer The brain as a network - Introduction to Connectomics
April 18, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Eva Ratai Intro to MR Spectroscopy Slides
May 2, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Olivia Veissmann MR Angiography and Blood Flow
May 16, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Haoqi Sun and M. Brandon Westover Intro to Electroencephalography and its Application in Sleep and Brain Aging
May 23, 2019 5:00 pm CNY149-2204 Mainak Jas Git 101 for scientists [3]



Calendar 2017-18:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
September 14, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Sam Mehl and Thomas Witzel Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center
September 21, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Iman Aganj Introduction to Launchpad Tool for batch processing
October 5, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Patrick McDaniel Introduction to MR Physics [4]
October 19, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Eric Gale Introduction to MRI Contrast Agents
November 2, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia Intro to Neuroanatomy MOVIE
November 16, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Sam Mehl Overview of Remote Computing Tools at Martinos [5]
November 30, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Emma Boyd Introduction to FreeSurfer analysis software [6]
December 14, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Jason Stockmann Introduction to MRI Artifacts [7]
January 18, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Angel Torrado Carvajal and Markus Schirmer Introduction to Parallel Processing and Machine Learning [8] [9]
January 25, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Melissa Haskell Introduction to MATLAB [10]
February 1, 2018 5:30 pm CNY114- Conf. Room D1 Mathworks Team Demystifying deep learning: A practical approach in MATLAB
February 8, 2018 5:30 pm CNY114- Conf. Room D1 Mathworks Team Parallel and Distributed Computing with MATLAB
February 15, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Isik Karahanoglu Introduction to Functional MRI Data Analysis Using FSFast
February 22, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Anastasia Yendiki Introduction to Diffusion-Weighted MRI
March 1, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Koene Van Dijk Introduction to Functional Connectivity MRI [11]
March 22, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Sheraz Khan Master EEG/MEG in 1 Hour
March 29, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Laura Lewis Introduction to EEG/fMRI: Neuroimaging with High Spatial and Temporal Resolution [12]
April 5, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Eva Ratai Introduction to Spectroscopy [13]
April 19, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Christin Sander Introduction to Positron Emission Tomography [14]
May 17, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Abbas Yaseen and Stefan Carp Introductory Biomedical Optics
May 31, 2018 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Kwangyeol Baek Introduction to Electrophysiology for Neuroimaging Scientists [15]





Calendar 2016-17:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
September 8, 2016 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Lee Tirrell, Thomas Witzel, Ryan Feeley Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center (including Launchpad) [16], [17]
September 22, 2016 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Jason Stockmann Intro to MR Physics
October 6, 2016 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Emma Boyd Introduction to FreeSurfer analysis software [18]
October 20, 2016 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Aapo Nummenmaa Introduction to Matlab
November 3, 2016 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Sam Zorowitz Introduction to Python [19]
November 17, 2016 6pm CNY149-2204 Sam Mehl Remote Computing [20]
December 1, 2016 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Cancelled Cancelled
February 2, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia Introduction to Neuroanatomy [21]
March 2, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Anastasia Yendiki Intro. to Diffusion-Weighted MRI [22]
March 16, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Sheraz Khan Master EEG/MEG in 1 hour
March 30, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Anna Blazejewska Introduction to data processing with FSL [23]
April 13, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Mahanand Belathur Suresh Technical Writing with LaTeX [24]
May 18, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Christin Sander Intro to Positron Emission Tomography
May 25, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Lauri Tuominen Studying neurotransmitter systems with PET [25]
June 22, 2017 6:00 pm CNY149-2204 Shahin Nasr High-resolution fMRI





Calendar 2015-16:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
September 10, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Sam Mehl and Jon Kaiser Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center [26] 
 [27]
September 24, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Jason Stockmann Intro to Magnetic Resonance Physics and basic principles of imaging
October 8, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Natalia Zaretskaya Intro to SPM and FsFAST analysis tools [28]
October 22, 2015 (Note different time and place!) 4:30-6:30 pm CNY75 Conference room Alyssa Silverman and Brandon Armstrong from MathWorks Special MathWorks seminar highlighting image analysis tools and machine learning
October 8, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Natalia Zaretskaya Intro to SPM and FsFAST analysis tools [29]
October 22, 2015 (Note different time and place!) 4:30-6:30 pm CNY75 Conference room Alyssa Silverman and Brandon Armstrong from MathWorks Special MathWorks seminar highlighting image analysis tools and machine learning
October 22, 2015 4:30-6pm Building 75 Conference Room Alyssa Silverman Special presentation by Mathworks engineers
November 19, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Hari Bharadwaj Statistics
December: Tues. the 1st and Wed. the 2nd, 2015, *NOTE CHANGE OF DAY* 6pm !!! BAY 2 !!! Dylan Tisdall MRI scanner demonstration
January 21, 2016 6 pm CNY149-2204 Sheraz Khan Master MEG/EEG in one hour
February 4, 2016 6 pm CNY149-2204 Laura Lewis Intro to EEG/fMRI: Neuroimaging with high spatial and temporal resolution [30]
February 18, 2016 6 pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia Intro to Neuroanatomy
March 17, 2016 6pm CNY149-2204 Christin Sander Intro to Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and PET/MRI
March 31, 2016 6pm CNY149-2204 Koene van Dijk Functional connectivity MRI: The basics and scanning at 7 Tesla
April 14, 2016 6pm CNY149-2204 Eva Ratai Introduction to Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Principles and Clinical Applications [31]







Calendar 2014-15:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
September 18, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Sam Mehl and Jon Kaiser Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center [32] [33]
October 2, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Allison Stevens Intro to Freesurfer [34]
October 16, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Aapo Nummenmaa Intro to Matlab [35]
October 30, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Martin Luessi Intro to Python
November 13, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Jason Stockmann Intro to MRI physics
December 10 & 11, 2014 6pm !!! BAY 2 !!! Dylan Tisdall MRI scanner demonstration
January 29, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Hari Bharadwaj Statistics [36]
February 12, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Sheraz Khan Master MEG/EEG in one hour
February 26, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Anastasia Yendiki Diffusion-weighted MRI [37]
March 12, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia Intro to neuroanatomy [38]
March 26, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Natalia Zaretskaya Intro to functional MRI and FSL FAST [39]
April 9, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Koene van Dijk Intro to functional connectivity [40]
May 7, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Matt Hutchison Brain circuits and functional connectivity
June 18, 2015 6pm CNY149-2204 Christin Sander Intro to positron emission tomography (PET)


Calendar 2013-14:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
September 19, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Martin Luessi Intro to Scientific Python [41]
October 3, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Sara Sprinkhuizen MR Physics TBD
October 17, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Maritza Ebling Intro to FreeSurfer [42]
November 7, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Jon Kaiser Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center [43]
November 20 & 21, 2013 6pm Bay 2! Dylan Tisdall Syngo demonstration
January 23, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia Neuroanatomy for Dummies [44]
February 6, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Jon Kaiser Intro to Launchpad [45]
February 20, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Koene van Dijk Resting-state fMRI [46]
March 6, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Hari Bharadwaj Statistics
March 20, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Jacob Hooker Intro to PET and PET/MRI [47]
April 17, 2014 6pm CNY149-2204 Linda Douw Introduction to Network Theory
April 29, 2014 NB this is a Tuesday! 6pm CNY149-2204 Randy Gollub Grant writing [48]


Calendar 2012-13:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
September 13, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Martin Luessi Intro to Scientific Python [49]
September 20, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Sam Mehl and Jon Kaiser Intro to Computing at the Martinos Center [50]
October 25, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Dylan Tisdall MR Syngo training N/A
November 8, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Louis Vinke Intro to FreeSurfer [51]
November 15, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Donald McLaren Group Analysis and Its Implications for Experimental fMRI Designs [52]
November 29, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Sara Sprinkhuizen MR Physics [53] NB Adobe Flash Player is needed
December 6, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Doug Greve Introduction to FsFast N/A
December 13, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Sheraz Khan Master MEG/EEG in 45 minutes N/A
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January 10, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Martin Luessi Intro to MEG and MNE N/A [54]
January 24, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 cancelled N/A
February 7, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Hari Bharadwaj Introduction to statistics [55]
February 21, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Koene van Dijk Resting-state fMRI [56]
March 7, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Linda Douw Introduction to network theory [57]
March 12, 2013 NB this is a Tuesday! 6pm CNY149-2204 Randy Gollub Grant writing [58]
April 18, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Juliette Selb Intro to NIRS [59]
April 25, 2013 6pm CNY149-2204 Satra Ghosh Nipype N/A



Calendar 2011-12:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
September 29, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Khaldoun Makhoul [60] Linux Computing Part I N/A pdf
October 6, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Khaldoun Makhoul [61] Linux Computing Part II N/A pdf
October 13, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Khaldoun Makhoul [62] MRI Physics I N/A pdf
November 3, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Alex Gramfort Python for Matlab users N/A pdf
November 17, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Aapo Nummenmaa Matlab N/A pdf
December 1, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Dylan Tysdall MRI Syngo Training N/A
December 15, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Anna Moore Intro to Molecular Imaging N/A
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January 19, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Doug Greve Intro to fsFast N/A pdf
February 2, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Louis Vinke Intro to FreeSurfer N/A pdf
February 16, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Donald McLaren Rules for Constructing and Reporting Second-level Statistics OrthoView peak_nii 3dClustSim pdf
March 1, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Sheraz Khan Master MEG/EEG in one hour N/A pdf
March 22, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia Neuroanatomy for Dummies N/A pdf
March 29, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Juliette Selb Intro to NIRS N/A pdf
April 5, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Martin Luessi Intro to git and github N/A html
April 19, 2012 6pm CNY149-2204 Satra Ghosh {Nipype: ('why', 'what', 'how')} N/A html


Calendar 2010-11:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
October 7, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia [63] Neuroanatomy for dummies N/A pdf
October 21, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Hari Bharadwaj [64] Statistics N/A pdf
November 4, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Donald McLaren [65] The GLM (General Linear Model)-- first and second-level models N/A pdf
November 18, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Adrian KC Lee [66] Matlab N/A pdf

review.m

comb.m

comb2.m

factorial.m

factorial2.m

December 2, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Khaldoun Makhoul [67] UNIX and basic C shell scripting N/A pdf
February 3, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Allison Stevens FreeSurfer N/A pdf
February 17, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Jean Chen Arterial Spin Labeling N/A pdf
March 3, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Aapo Nummenmaa MEG N/A pdf
March 8, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Prof. Randy Gollub [68] Seminar on Grant Writing ppt
March 17, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Sheraz Khan [69] PsychToolbox for Stimuli Presentation ppt

.m tutorial

April 7, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Dionyssios Mintzopoulos [70] Introduction to R N/A pdf
April 28, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Khaldoun Makhoul [71] MR Physics N/A pdf
May 5, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Ellen Lau [72] Practical Issues for Multimodal Neuroimaging pdf
May 19, 2011 6pm CNY149-2204 Anastasia Yendiki [73] Introduction to DTI N/A ppt



Calendar 2009-10:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
** Nov 10, 2009 ** 5pm CNY149-2204 Prof. Randy Gollub [74] Seminar on Grant Writing N/A PDF
Nov 19, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Adrian KC Lee [75] How to use MATLAB? (Advanced) PDF(m-files) PDF
Dec 3, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Hari Bharadwaj [76] Statistics (Beginners) N/A PDF
Dec 17, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Hari Bharadwaj [77] Statistics (Advanced) PDF PDF PDF
Jan 14, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Allison Stevens [78] Intro to FreeSurfer (Beginners) N/A PDF
Feb 4, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Nick Schmansky [79] How do you use Qdec for group analysis of morphometric data? N/A PDF
Feb 18, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Lilla Zollei [80] Basic C Shell scripting PDF BOOK PDF
March 4, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia [81] By the way, where is the fornix??? An introduction to gross neuroanatomy N/A PDF MOVIE
March 18, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Anastasia Yendiki [82] Introduction to DTI analysis N/A PDF
April 1, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Aapo Nummenmaa [83] Interpreting MEG data in terms of "distributed sources": under the cover of MNE N/A PDF
April 15, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Adrian KC Lee [84] How to navigate through the MEG-MNE workflow? N/A PDF
May 6, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 -- -- N/A
May 20, 2010 6pm CNY149-2204 Kara Dyckman [85] Where do those pretty colored blobs come from? An introduction to the BOLD signal and fMRI designs. N/A PDF

Beginner's level: No prior knowledge assumed. First exposure or a refresher to the topic.

Advanced level: Prior knowledge assumed. Please check the relevant beginner's level Why.N.How section offered previously for assumed knowledge.

Calendar 2008-09:

Date Time Location Speaker Topic References Lecture Slides
Nov 6, 2008 6pm CNY149-2204 Adrian KC Lee [86] Why do we need to know about Linear Algebra? N/A PDF
Nov 20, 2008 6pm CNY149-2204 Emily Israeli (eisraeli@nmr) How do we use MATLAB? -- an introductory session. N/A PDF ZIP
Dec 4, 2008 6pm CNY149-2204 Lilla Zollei [87] Why do we have so many brain coordinate systems? N/A PDF
Dec 18, 2008 6pm CNY149-2204 Allison Stevens [88] How to use Freesurfer? N/A PDF
Jan 15, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Marco Loggia [89] By the way, where is the fornix? An introduction to gross neuroanatomy N/A PDF
Feb 5, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Lilla Zollei [90] Intro to basic statistics N/A PDF
Feb 19, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Katie Handwerger [91] SPSS tutorial N/A PDF
March 5, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Aapo Nummenmaa [92] Why is it called a current dipole? Cohen.PDF PDF1 PDF2
March 19, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Daniel Goldenholz [93] How do we analyze MEG data? N/A PDF
April 2, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Nick Schmansky [94] How do you use Qdec for group analysis of morphometric data? N/A PDF
April 30, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Rudolph Pienaar [95] What is the physics behind MRI? N/A PDF1 PDF2
May 7, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Adrian KC Lee [96] Why do we need Signal Processing N How do we conceptualize it? N/A PDF
May 21, 2009 6pm CNY149-2204 Ed Vul [97] Discussion on "Voodoo Correlations" N/A PDF

To facilitate discussion on Ed Vul's paper, we have made the following papers / links available:

Vul et al (2009), "Puzzlingly high correlations in fMRI studies of emotion, personality and social cognition," Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4(3):274-290. (formerly known as "Voodoo Correlations" paper)

Lieberman et al (in press), "Correlations in social neuroscience aren't voodoo: A reply to Vul et al," Perspectives on Psychological Science

Vul et al (2009), "Reply to Comments on 'Puzzlingly high correlations in fMRI studies of emotion, personality and social cognition", 4(3):319-324.

Vul and Kanwisher (in press), "Begging the Question: The Non-Independence Error in fMRI Data Analysis." in Hanson & Brunzl (eds.), Foundations and Philosophy for Neuroimaging.

Jabbi et al, "Response to 'Voodoo Correlations in Social Neuroscience' by Vul et al. - summary information for the press"

Slides from Bob Cox (NIMH) discussion on Voodoo Correlations

For more rebuttals on the Voodoo correlations paper, please visit Ed Vul's website.

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