Current News & Announcements

Past News and Announcements

Dec 3, 2019 | Western News
BMI receives a new audio dome in WIRB through support from CFI


Nov 11, 2019 | Announcement
The Western Integrative Neuroscience Lecture (TWINtalks) Series welcomes Dr. Blake Richards


Nov 6, 2019 | Western News
Finding biomarker for anxiety and depression in children with neurological disorders


Nov 5, 2019 | Announcement
BMI-DI Exchange program awards three BMI members


Oct 10, 2019 | Western News
BMI neuroscientist  Adrian Owen is part of an international collaboration exploring a "fingerprint" for human consciousness. 


Sept 26, 2019 | Nature
The Brain and Mind Institute is a proud contributor to Western University being one of the fastest rising institutions for scientific research across the globe.


Sept 10, 2019 | Announcement
BMI researcher and co-scientific director of BrainsCAN named one of the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)


Sept 9, 2019 | Announcement
BMI researcher takes on new role to target data strategy


July 22, 2019 | Western News
Western Develops unique map of human cerebellum
If you think about disease development, it’s likely that only a few subregions within the cerebellum,... might be disrupted in a specific disease, so researchers need a better idea of where exactly to look,” Diedrichsen, a core member in Western’s Brain and Mind Institute (BMI) and senior author of the study.


June 13, 2019 | Western News
Volunteers help unlock deeper understanding - Cognitive Neuroscience Research Registry (OurBrainsCAN)


June 4, 2019 | Announcement
Interested in attending ASSC 23 Annual Meeting? Registration is still open! It will be held this year at Western University from June 25-28, 2019.


May 9, 2019 | Western News
Congratulations to Dr. Adrian Owen on being named an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), Buckingham Palace, London England.


April 30, 2019 | Western News
Western Research Chair, Dr. Ingrid Johnsrude has been named the new Director for the Brain and Mind Institute.


April 22, 2019 | Announcement
Andrew Pruszynski has been awarded the J.A.F. Stevenson award from the Canadian Physiological Society, for his cutting-edge research on sensorimotor function.


March 26, 2019 | Western News
New registry to boost brain research participation
OurBrainsCAN was developed to make registration for all neuroscience studies simple and convenient for participants, while maintaining confidentiality.  OurBrainsCAN


February 11, 2019 | Western News
Spinal cords contribute to complex hand functions - "We found that these responses happen so quickly that the only place they could be generated from is the spinal circuits themselves" said Schulich postdoctoral scholar Jeff Weiler.


January 31, 2019 | Announcement
Registration for the  ASSC 23 Annual Meeting, to be held at Western University from June 25-28, 2019, is now live!  


January 18, 2019 | Western News
BMI PhD candidate, Alex Cross is the lead author of a new paper, along with Marc Joanisse and Lisa Archibald, that studies the correlation of math challenges and language delays in children.


January 18, 2019 | Announcement
The ASSC 23 Call for Abstracts is now live! The ASSC 23 Annual Meeting will be held at Western University from June 25-28, 2019.  


January 7, 2019 | Announcement
The BMI welcomes Lyle Muller, Marieke Mur and Taylor Schmitz as new members of the Institute and BrainsCAN's Computational Core


January 2, 2019 | Announcement
Western Psychology professor and BMI core member Laura Batterink named a Rising Star by the Association of Psychology Science (APS). Congratulations!

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