McMaster University is renowned for the creation of innovative teaching systems that accelerate student development. Nowhere is this more evident than in the breakthrough thinking that has led to the creation of MINDS - the McMaster Integrative Neuroscience Discovery & Study graduate program.
 
More than 70 faculty members from across the campus have collaborated on the development of McMaster's Neuroscience Graduate Program - a program designed to breakthrough those conventional boundaries that inhibit leading-edge, interdisciplinary research and study.
 
MINDS program covers the broadest spectrum of neuroscience: cellular and molecular; clinical and health; cognitive; computational; and systems and behavioural.
 
MINDS connects students with an internationally recognized faculty of researchers and scholars, working within a closely knit, resource-rich research environment.
 
Current research projects within the faculty are aimed at improving human health and discovery in areas such as neural development, behavioural genetics, perception, pain, motor learning, vision, hearing, cancer, Alzheimer's, autism, Parkinson's, depression, dementia, anxiety, and addiction.
 
Dr. Kathryn Murphy, Director MiNDS Graduate Program  Read more...
 
 
Neuroscience Seminars
The MiNDS Program talks for 2011-12:
October 20th 3pm -- Marco Leyton
December 1st 3pm -- Ann Marie Craig
January 19th 3pm -- Richard Salvi
February 16th 3pm -- Arturas Petronis
March 15th 3pm -- Randy McIntosh
April 19th 3pm -- Mei Zhen
Want to be added to the weekly McMaster Neuroscience Talks mailing list?  
Send us your email address.
 
 
 
 
 
MiNDSColloquia
Dr Pawan Sinha
MIT
Representations and Developmental Processes Underlying Face Processing
Wednesday April 25, 3:00pm
HSC 4E20
McMaster University
 
MiNDSPublicLecture
Dr Pawan Sinha
MIT
Project Prakash: Combining Science and Service
Thursday April 26, 7:00pm
Gilmour Hall 111
McMaster University
Everyone is welcome to attend
 
 
MiNDS in the News
Blind perceive touch faster than sighted  Read more...
Rick Mercer visits Mac & MiNDS Prof Dr Paul Faure Watch more...
Size matters in finger sensitivity Read more...
 
 
Out of Our MiNDS
 
MiNDS students are getting out of the lab to bring neuroscience to the community.  
Want to join the group or have Out of Our MiNDS come to your class, seniors group, or corporate event?    Just send us an email.  
Recent events by Out of Our MiNDS include:
  1. •Society for Neuroscience Brain Awareness -presentation
  2. •Burlington Public Library - professional development day discussion about the brain
  3. •Charles Beaudoin Public School - grade 5 class learning about the brain
 
 
 
MiNDS Symposium
July 11-13, 2012
Big Questions in Neuroscience:
Translating Neuroscience:
Beyond the Laboratory
 
The topic: Translating Neuroscience: Beyond the Laboratory
The symposium will feature talks by:
  1. •Dr David Lewis, University of Pittsburgh
  2. •Dr Bruce Morimoto, Allon Therapeutics
  3. •Dr Michael Silber, UCSF
More information coming soon.
 
 
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Neuroscience Graduate Program
Apply today for MiNDS 2012!
Still accepting applications for September 2012.  
Get your application in soon.
Our goal is to attract the brightest graduate minds to the field of neuroscience by providing meaningful research opportunities.  Our students learn in a collaborative resource-rich environment alongside our outstanding group of supervisors.  
Read more... about the MiNDS program and faculty.
Take a look at the MiNDS Students page to learn more about the interesting research projects our students are doing.
Watch our webcasts to learn more about the program and why students love it.