{"id":5768,"date":"2022-05-10T20:07:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T20:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/?p=5768"},"modified":"2023-12-29T16:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T16:03:38","slug":"au-labo-printemps-rime-avec-evenements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speechneurolab.ca\/en\/au-labo-printemps-rime-avec-evenements\/","title":{"rendered":"In the lab, “the month of May” rhymes with “scientific days”!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This month, we took part in three scientific days:<\/strong><\/p>

1) The (online) scientific day of the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music<\/a> (CRBLM)<\/p>

This annual event<\/a> took place online on May 6. The schedule included a poster session in which members of the lab participated. You can watch the presentations that Xiyue and Alexandre recorded for the event:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2) The symposium “Approches innovantes pour un vieillissement cognitif r\u00e9ussi<\/a>“, organized by our lab as part of the 89th<\/sup> ACFAS conference<\/p>

This event, which we had been preparing since December, was held on May 13. Pascale and Marilyne hosted the day, which began with guest lectures by researchers with interdisciplinary expertise in aging from six universities in Quebec and Ontario: Carol Hudon<\/a> and Andr\u00e9anne Simard from Universit\u00e9 Laval, Claire Andr\u00e9<\/a>from Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Stephen Cunnane<\/a> from Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke, Claude Alain<\/a> from University of Toronto, Anna Zumbansen<\/a> from University of Ottawa and Julie Fortier<\/a> from Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res. Their lectures covered topics as varied as mindfulness, sleep, ketones (a source of energy for the brain), music, singing and volunteering, and their relationship to aging, and especially, positive<\/em> aging.<\/p>

The day continued with a poster session, in which students and professors from various universities in the province participated. Among the presenters were several members of the lab: Val\u00e9rie, Marjorie, Sabrina and Alexandre.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Each poster presentation was independently evaluated by two researchers for the purpose of a student scientific presentation competition. The student who won first place in the competition and the $300 prize is Catherine Gosselin, a doctoral student in psychology (neuropsychology program) at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Trois-Rivi\u00e8res. The student who obtained the second place and the prize of $200 is Marianne L\u00e9vesque, doctoral candidate in psychology (clinical neuropsychology program) at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al. Congratulations to both!<\/p>

The day ended with a round table discussion including our invited speakers and participants. Discussions focused on recent advances in the field of cognitive aging and ideas for innovative research projects in the field were shared. The discussions turned out to be very interesting and led to the emergence of several ideas!<\/p>

All in all, it was a remarkable day and we thank all the participants, as well as our partners, the Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music<\/a> and Les Services Conseils Systematix Inc.<\/a>, who contributed to the success of this day.<\/p>

3) The annual scientific day of the Quebec bio-imaging network<\/a>, in Sherbrooke, on June 2nd<\/sup>.<\/p>

This is one of our favourite events of the year, and a beloved research network, and it was in person for the first time in two years! Pascale, Val\u00e9rie, and Edith traveled to Sherbrooke to attend multiple talks on brain imaging and meet with all those in the province whose research focus on bio-imaging.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Further readings:<\/p>