The Ludmer Centre hosted Dr Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa, Director of the Joint China-Cuba Lab for Frontiers Research in Translational Neurotechnology in Chengdu (China) and Vice Director of Research at the Cuban Neuroscience Center in Habana (Cuba). During his visit, Dr Valdes-Sosa presented his latest research : “Matrix-Tensor network methods for Brain Connectivity” and “Multimodal quantitative […]
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Genetic variant in a sea of DNA: MURAT
Identifying rare variants in health and disease is the goal of many genetic studies. Phenotypes associated with the disease sometimes include many physiological measures. Many times these measures are themselves correlated adding to the complexity of multiple testing. Celia Greenwood, Scientific Director of the Ludmer Centre, and a team of researchers have developed of a […]
One of the most important causes of Alzheimer’s
In the first comprehensive study of its kind, Yasser Iturria-Medina – one of the LudmerCentre’s promising researchers – and a team of researchers took brain images, blood samples and small amounts of cerebro-spinal fluid from almost 1200 people and crunched the data to find out which patterns were typical of healthy ageing and which were […]
EMC donation to the neuroinformatics component
EMC Corp provides major boost to the Ludmer Centre’s neuroinformatics component – the McGill Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (MCIN) led by Dr Alan Evans. The $1M in state-of-the-art visualization and data-storage technology will allow researchers worldwide to store, protect, share and analyze their most valuable asset: information. According to Mike Sharun, EMC Canada country manager, […]
When Nature Meets Nurture
The emotional and physical environment in which we raise our children matters and early childhood experiences can impact the risk of developing a mental illness across our lifespan, from attention deficit disorders (ADD) to depression to Alzheimer’s.
About Us
Vision: The Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health, based on the promising potentials of big-data research, envisages a future where mental illnesses, cognitive disorders, and learning disabilities are significantly reduced through preventive strategies and their diagnoses, based on biological metrics, lead to more effective, individually-tailored treatment approaches. Diagnosing and classifying mental disorders –from […]
Ludmer Centre research: innovative & cutting edge
Revolutionizing mental health research Until recently, we lacked the technology to adequately study the living brain in all its complexities; however, new research and technologies, pioneer by Ludmer Centre researchers, have resulted in significant advancements in the fields of genetic mapping, brain imaging and epigenetics, among others. The next decade will be marked by an […]
Progress hampered by symptom-based diagnosis
Progress remains limited Everything we know about mental illness, from diagnosis to treatment, begins with a symptom-based checklist. Imagine being diagnosed with cancer based on an interview examination, then being told there is no test to confirm the diagnosis nor to determine which treatment approach is optimal for you. Despite the magnitude and growing recognition of […]
Mental illness, no one is untouched
There are over 400 mental disorders —from depression to Alzheimer’s to attention deficit disorders— yet there are no biological tests to confirm a diagnosis, only subjective behavioral-based tests and, in a few cases, post-mortem confirmation through brain tissue analyses. Imagine if we could diagnose those at risk of developing a mental illness before symptoms started, if we could prevent […]
Mission Statement
The Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health, based on the promising potentials of big-data research, envisages a future where mental illnesses, cognitive disorders, and learning disabilities are significantly reduced through preventive strategies and their diagnoses, based on biological metrics, lead to more effective, individually-tailored treatment approaches. Our mission is to establish the Ludmer Centre […]