Club MEG

Club MEG is our version of a journal club. We welcome NIH MEG researchers to lead discussions on any MEG topic, including interesting papers, experiment ideas, analysis techniques, or finding from your research.

Interested in presenting a topic? Email Fred Carver at carverf@nih.gov or Jeff Stout at stoutjd@nih.gov if you would like to present.

Notifications of upcoming talks are sent to the MEG_ANNOUNCE listserv.

Upcoming Talks/Discussions

• 02/11/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Journal Club) Connectivity Journal Article (TBD) - Megan Parker
• 02/25/2022 at 1:00pm ML SIG: (Presentation) Decoding Pipeline - Leonardo Claudino
• 03/10/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Presentation) Using Information Theory for MEG Studies - Stephen Robinson
• 03/25/2022 at 1:00pm ML SIG: (Journal Club) - Mina Kheirkhah Rahimabadi
• 04/08/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Journal Club) Temporal hierarchy of intrinsic neural timescales converges with spatial core-periphery organization - Allison Nugent
• 04/22/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Journal Club) Consolidation of human skill linked to waking hippocampo-neocortical replay - Ethan Buch
• TBD 05/??/2022 MEG Hackathon
• 05/13/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Presentation) - Jess Gilbert
• 05/27/2022 at 1:00pm ML SIG: (Journal Club) MEGnet: Automatic ICA-based artifact removal for MEG using spatiotemporal convolutional neural networks - Jeff Stout
• 06/10/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Presentation) Communication Between the Amygdala and Cortex in the Context of Face Processing - Kunjan Rana
• 07/15/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Presentation) - Shruti Japee
• 07/29/2022 at 1:00pm ML SIG: (Journal Club) - Tom Holroyd
• 08/12/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Journal Club) - Sarah Grewal
• 09/16/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Journal Club) - Lindsay Oberman
• 10/13/2022 at 1:00pm Club MEG: (Journal Club) - Anna Namyst

Recent Talks/Discussions

• 11/12/2021 Amaia Benitez, "From ECoG to Magnetocorticography: Optically Pumped Magnetometers for Non-Invasive, High Resolution Imaging"
  • Slides: OPM and MCog Research Introduction
  • Recording: OPMs & MCog (mp4)

• 10/22/2021 Stephen Robinson, "Fundamentals of Beamformers"
  • Slides: SAM Beamforming Fundamentals
  • Recording: SAM Beamforming Fundamentals (mp4)

• 10/23/2020 Angela Wang and Tom Holroyd, Neurofeedback Discussion.
  • Slides: Neurofeedback Review; Real-time Beamforming.

Previous Tutorials and Training

• Fred Carver & Jeff Stout, Tutorial Link (01/21/22) -- MEG Group Data Analysis in AFNI and MNE Python
  • Recording Download: MEG Group Data Analysis Tutorial (mp4)
• Jeff Stout, MNE Python Tutorial 2021 -- Introduction to MEG processing with MNE Python
• NIMH MEG Core Staff, NIH MEG Short Course 2018 -- Useful training materials.

Special Interest Groups

Machine Learning Special Interest Group: ML SIG

• Meeting monthly on the 4th Friday of every month 1-2pm.
  Contact Jeff Stout for more information if you are interested in joining.
  
• Prior ML SIG topics:
  • 01/28/2022 Lina Teichmann - Bayes Factors for Time-series Decoding
    • Slides: Teichmann -- Bayes Factors for Time-series Decoding (pdf)

• • 12/03/2021 Initial meeting for Machine Learning in MEG SIG - Journal Club discussion: Deconstructing multivariate decoding for the study of brain function