Congratulations to the following Summer School participants on winning our awards!
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Congratulations to Yves De Koninck, who will be awarded the 2019 Emily M Gray Award from the Biophysical Society (BPS) on March 4, 2019. De Koninck will be honored at the Society's 63rd Annual Meeting at the Baltimore Convention Center on March 4, 2019, during the annual BPS Awards and Lecture Presentation.
De Koninck will be recognized for his work in the development of internationally renowned, transdisciplinary training initiatives in neurophysics and neurophotonics that have provided hands-on training for numerous students and postdoctoral fellows.
Two members of the Neurophotonics Centre, Yves De Koninck and Daniel Côté are part of a team of researchers, which also includes researchers from the Centre d'optique, photonique et lasers (COPL), who was awarded the 2018 Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering.
Steve arrived at the Centre a little more than a month ago, and will be working here 2 days a week; on Wednesdays and Thursdays. You can see him at the electronic workshop on the 6th floor (F-6478) or get in touch with him by phone (4719) or via email (steve.forest@cervo.ulaval.ca)
Welcome to the Neurophotonics Centre Steve!
Congratulations to Damon DePaoli who won the prize for "Best overall poster presentation at the Canadian Neuromodulation Society 10th Annual Scientific Meeting, which took place in Whistler British Columbia February 4-6, 2018. Damon DePaoli, a PhD student in Daniel Côté's laboratory, won this award for his poster titled "Fiber-based tissue identification for electrode placement in deep brain stimulation neurosurgery ".
Congratulations Damon!
Congratulations to the 2017 Neurophotonics Summer School Award winners!
Student prizes:
1st place: Energy consumption and organelles dynamics: Elisa York
Tied in second place:
- Optogenetics/optrode: Andrew Mocle, Patrick Steadman, Sahara Khademullah
- DHM: Vicky Staikopoulos
Best Teaching Assistants:
- Cyril Bories
- Jimena Perez-Sanchez
- Simon Labrecque
Best Demo: The fishing team:
On Sunday June 11th, 2017, Scientifica opened its first Centre of Excellence in the Neurophotonics Centre. We celebrated this important collaboration with members of the Scientifica team in a reception at the Neurophotonics Centre, with members of the Neurophotonics team and the 2017 Summer school attendees.
Phil Golding, Scientifica’s General Manager for North America, announced the opening during a short presentation.