20th February 2014
Montreal, Canada
As promised, voilà! – the last chapter of the series “smarty blog themes”. The “smart and distinguished” British visitors came by train from Ottawa and stayed at same hotel where John Lennon and Yoko Ono did their Bed-In in Montréal in 1969 (which ended with a spontaneous recording of Give Peace a Chance). But who […]
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3rd July 2013
Montreal, Canada
Despite intensive research for centuries, the normal functions and structure of the brain remain an enigma. Last June 25, an unprecedented partnership agreement (MoU) was signed in Montreal to broaden understanding of the human brain and take neuroscience research to new horizons…
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17th June 2013
San Francisco, USA
Arriving in Portland, Oregon recently on the 6am flight from San Francisco, I immediately felt at home – as much as I love the California sunshine, like many Brits I secretly miss the grey skies and drizzle of the UK, and I was delighted to see that the Oregonian weather was very similar. With the […]
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14th March 2013
Toronto, Canada
This is a guest post by Dr. Srivas Chennu of the University of Cambridge, a nueroscientist who visited Canada last year as part of a SIN project. Scott and the Machine: International collaborations in the study of disorders of consciousness It was a busy 2012 for Scott Routley. For a while last year, he shot […]
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19th September 2011
Ottawa, Canada
On Wednesday August, the Science & Innovation Network (SIN) at the British High Commission in Ottawa (BHC) hosted our third Science Salon (See the following for Salons 1 and 2), featuring Dr. Adrian Owen, and in collaboration with the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program. Dr Owen is one of the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC […]
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8th August 2011
Toronto, Canada
This is John Preece guestblogging about a recent trip to the University of Western Ontario for the official opening of the Centre for Brain and Mind (see also Lara Kaute’s post from July 29th). The Centre boasts some 20 principal investigators, including Dr. Adrian Owen (Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging and […]
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29th July 2011
Ottawa, Canada
This is the SIN intern Lara Kaute sharing her impressions of the official opening of the Centre for Brain and Mind at the University of Western Ontario in London. Read on for an overview of the Centre, the work that goes on there and the staff. On Monday July 25th, John and I attended the […]
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18th August 2010
Ottawa, Canada
I’m sure you’re asking yourself what I’m doing as a UK Science and Innovation Officer in Canada? Well, a big part of what I do is networking and network development. I talk to researchers, those involved in research administration and policy development, and remind them of all the fabulous research that is done in the […]
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