42nd International Neuroscience Symposium of the Université de Montréal

May 10-11 2021

Welcome to the 42nd International Neuroscience Symposium of the Université de Montréal – Insula: Rediscovering the Hidden Lobe of the Brain, organized by the Department of Neurosciences of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Montreal. This year, the event will take place online from 10th to 11th of May 2021. For this 42nd edition, the Symposium will bring together several experts in INSULA’s research. These will notably discuss the role of the insular cortex in emotions, decision-making, psychopathology and neurological diseases.

Registration

Registration to the symposium is free but mandatory. You will be able to attend all talks and poster sessions via ZOOM. Registered participants will receive more information by email before the meeting.

Our speakers

Henri C. Evrard

Max Planck Institute

Philippe Kahane

Grenoble Institute Neurosciences

Dana Small

Yale University

Sarah N Garfinkel

University of Sussex

Antoine Bechara

University of Southern California

Alain Dagher

McGill University

William Kyle Simmons

Oklahoma State University

Bernard Le Foll

University of Toronto

Tor Wager

Dartmouth College

Luiz Pessoa

University for Maryland

Lucina Uddin

University of Miami

Fabienne Picard

University Hospitals of Geneva

Luis Garcia-Larrea

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

Dang Nguyen

Université de Montréal

Georg Northoff

University of Ottawa

Wilma van de Berg

Amsterdam University Medical Center

Organizing Committee

Dang Khoa Nguyen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurosciences
Faculty of Medicine
Université de Montréal
d.nguyen@umontreal.ca
Tel. 514-890-8233

Olivier Boucher, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Université de Montréal
olivier.boucher@umontreal.ca
Tel. 514-890-8000, ext. 10771

Paul Cisek, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurosciences
Faculty of Medicine
Université de Montréal
paul.cisek@umontreal.ca
Tel. 514-343-6111, ext. 4355

Alain Dagher, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
McGill University
alain@bic.mni.mcgill.ca
Tel. 514-398-1726

Karim Jerbi, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Université de Montréal
karim.jerbi@umontreal.ca
Tel. 514-343-6972

Didier Jutras-Aswad, M.D., M.Sc.
Associate Professor
Departement of Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine
Université de Montréal
didier.jutras-aswad@umontreal.ca
Tel. 514-8900-8000, ext. 36153

Pierre Rainville, Ph.D.
Professor
Faculty of Dental Medicine
Université de Montréal
pierre.rainville@umontreal.ca
Tel. 514-343-6111, ext. 3935

Sponsors

CHAIRE POWER
CORPORATION DU CANADA EN NEUROSCIENCES DE L’UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL