Béry Mohammediyan – Blogue du RBIQ

A deep dive into the birth of the Brain Bank in Brazil with Dr. Lea T. Grinberg

By Béry Mohammediyan / 2023-10-20 / Podcast / Aging, EDI, Neuroimaging, Neuroscience, Women in Science / 2 minutes of reading

Join me in this podcast where we travel with Dr Lea T. Grinberg, a professor at the University of California San Francisco, to Brazil to explore her career and her path towards creating the Brazilian Aging Brain Study Group in São Paulo and her own laboratory. Dr Grinberg dives into the hardships and the rewards involved with creating a brain bank and sharing brain tissues. This initiative had a great impact on research opportunities in Brazil and research output from Brazil because it was the first community-based autopsy service, which allowed them to observe and examine people’s brain at different stages of dementia. Today, many groups around the globe work and study the Brazil brain bank!

Pain and the brain: a real labyrinth!

By Béry Mohammediyan / 2023-09-18 / Interview, Podcast / Bio-Imaging, Neuroimaging, Pain / 1 minute of reading

For our fifth episode of the QBIN podcast (in French), Professor Mathieu Roy, a researcher and professor at McGill University, joins us to talk about bio-imaging and pain. Through our discussion, we explore how bio-imaging has helped researchers like himself to better understand pain, which is complex and hard to treat. More specifically, bio-imaging techniques like MRI can help us find patterns in the brain that are associated with pain. We also explored different types of pain such as suffering, which is considered more psychological, as well as sharp and chronic pain. Finally, we ended the podcast by talking about potential differences between men and women when they experience pain, and in the effects of music on pain management.

A remarkable career of many decades: A conversation with Dr. Sandra Black, 2023 William Feindel lecturer

By Béry Mohammediyan / 2023-08-08 / Interview, Podcast, Women in science / Bio-Imaging, COVID-19, Scientific Day, Women in Science / 1 minute of reading

On the fourth episode of the QBIN podcast I had the opportunity to talk with our 2023 William Feindel Lecturer, Dr. Sandra Black. Through this podcast we explored Dr. Black’s career of many decades, and her views on research and patient care. Along the conversation we also talked about what it meant and what it currently means to be a woman in research, and about the changes in research due to the pandemic. We ended by talking about Dr. Black’s passion for piano and music, and her tips and tricks to have a better cardiovascular health.

Hopefully this will help you sleep (or not…)

By Béry Mohammediyan / 2023-07-06 / Interview, Podcast / Neuroimaging, Neuroscience, sleep / 1 minute of reading

In this third episode of the QBIN podcast (in French), we talk about sleep and neuroimaging with postdoctoral researchers Claire André and Valentin Ourry. Through this conversation we explore how sleep is related to different physical, emotional, and cognitive processes. We also discussed how positron emission tomography scans (PET), magnetic resonance imaging scans (MRI) and electroencephalograms have helped us understand sleep and its relation to overall health and the processes of aging. André and Ourry teach us what it means to have good sleep and how that can have positive impacts in our lives. We also discuss how sleep deprivation is glamorized in society and how that can impair our performance.

Spotlight on a Rising Star: Who is Doctor Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau?

By Béry Mohammediyan / 2023-05-23 / Interview, Podcast / Bio-Imaging, Scientific Day / 1 minute of reading

For our second episode of the QBIN podcast (in French), I discussed with this year’s recipient of the Rising Star in Bio-imaging in Quebec Award, Doctor Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau. We talked about Doctor Pelletier-Galarneau’s career and his mentors along the way. We continued with a discussion on important themes in academia, such as failing and the future challenges of science. Finally, we ended by exploring unique and fun characteristics of Doctor Pelletier-Galarneau, and tips to promote cardiovascular health.

Sex and Gender: Can we go beyond male or female in neuroimaging?

By Béry Mohammediyan / 2023-01-27 / Interview, Opinion, Research / Neuroimaging, Sex and Gender / 1 minute of reading

Have you ever wondered how and why we should think about sex AND gender when conducting research? Join Dr Buckley, Dr Flatt and me today as we question ourselves on these topics in the field of neuroimaging. We discuss topics from how to define sex and gender to discussing interesting results. This conversation denotes the importance of continuing this dialogue and including people from different fields in and outside of academia to gain a holistic view on sex and gender.

Sleep and Memory: A Story to Remember!

By Béry Mohammediyan / 2022-08-09 / Science / Bio-Imaging, Memory, Neuroscience, sleep / 6 minutes of reading

It is the end of the semester again and your exams are fast approaching. Your new year’s resolution was to go from expert in procrastination to expert in time management, and yet here you are again, trying to learn three and a half months of school material in one week. Like always, you have convinced yourself that in one week, you will be able to learn, understand, and memorise all the facts and theories you need to know to pass your exams. At first, cramming doesn’t sound so bad, but as the sleepless nights turn to exhausting days, you notice it becomes harder and harder. You find yourself reading the same sentence over and over as if it’s written in a foreign language. Your flash cards and clever mnemonic devices aren’t helping as much as they did yesterday. Panic starts to set in as you realise that this is taking more time than you have left, and you wonder: “why is my memory failing me now?!”. Well, it’s likely that those sleepless nights could be taking a toll on your brain because of the interesting relationship between sleep and memory.