The Mind Research Network and the University of New Mexico are pleased to announce the next upcoming fMRI Image Acquisition and Analyses course to be held March 18th-20th, 2010 at the Mind Research Network on the campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. The course will include overview of both SPM5 and SPM8.

The course faculty include:
• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (The Mind Research Network and the University of New Mexico)
• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (The Mind Research Network and the University of New Mexico)
• Tor Wager (Columbia University, NY)

The course is designed for fMRI researchers who range from beginning to intermediate skill levels. It will provide those who are just getting started with fMRI a comprehensive set of tools and software to get started with your own studies, and those who are more advanced will benefit from custom code and supplements to standard analyses developed by the instructors. We cover Statistical Parametric Mapping 5 (SPM5/8), independent component analyses (ICA) of fMRI data, mediation analysis of fMRI, and statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM).

The course provides comprehensive coverage of all aspects of experimental design, image acquisition, image preprocessing, and analysis using the general linear model and ICA.

The course is unique in that it pairs interactive lectures with hands-on demonstrations and work-through sessions. Each student works on their own laptop. Software will be installed on each student's laptop during the beginning of the course, including Matlab (a trial version), SPM5/8, the Group ICA of fMRI Toolbox (GIFT), and related SPM toolboxes, including statistical nonparametric mapping (SnPM) and the multi-level mediation fMRI toolbox (M3). In addition, alongside the lectures, participants will be trained to analyze example fMRI data on their laptops using these tools.
 
The course will be small and interactive with many opportunities to work closely with the faculty. Registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis; we apologize in advance if we cannot accommodate all who wish to attend, but we will admit as many people as possible given the interactive nature of the course.

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Hotel information
Please note hotel expenses are not covered in the course fee. We recommend booking a room at The Hyatt Place Albuquerque/Uptown
6901 Arvada Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110, USA
Phone: +1 505 872 9000        Fax: +1 505 872 3829
Maps & Directions to Hyatt Place Albuquerque/Uptown

If you are interested in sharing a room with another conference attendee please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Flight Information
Air travelers should use the Albuquerque International Sunport. Transportation from Albuquerque International Sunport Airport to the Hotel can be made using a taxi or limousine service.

Ground Transportation

If you prefer to travel directly to the Mind Research Network at 1101 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131, see Google Maps

Parking permits will be made available for all attendees.

Please use the following directions when traveling in from the local freeways -

From Albuquerque International Airport: Start out going West on Sunport Blvd SE. Merge onto I-25 N toward I-40/ Downtown & Santa Fe. Take EXIT 225 toward Lomas Blvd/ Meanual Blvd/ Candelaria RD. Stay straight to go onto Oak St. NE Turn right onto Lomas Blvd. NE. Turn left onto Yale Blvd. NE. Keep heading North on Yale until you get to a dead end parking lot. There will be a golf course on your right and the Pete and Nancy Domenici Building south of the parking lot. Please enter through this entrance. Park wherever you find a spot!

From I-40 West: Take Exit 159D to "University Blvd. - Exit 159D. Merge into your left far lane and turn left at the stop light onto University Blvd. Continue to head South on University Blvd and stay in the left lane. Once you pass Carrie Tingley Hospital on your right hand side turn left onto Tucker Ave. Continue to head East on Tucker Ave until you reach a stop sign. Turn left at the stop sign onto Yale Blvd. Keep heading North on Yale until you get to a dead end parking lot. There will be a golf course on your right and the Pete and Nancy Domenici Building south of the parking lot. Please enter through this entrance. Park wherever you find a spot!

From I-25 North: Take Exit 225 toward Lomas Blvd., stay straight to go onto 1-25 S. Turn left onto Lomas Blvd.. Continue to head East on Lomas and make a left onto Yale Blvd. Keep heading North on Yale until you get to a dead end parking lot. There will be a golf course on your right and the Pete and Nancy Domenici Building south of the parking lot. Please enter through this entrance. Park wherever you find a spot!

Course Registration

Register as trainee ($695)- this category includes undergraduate and graduate students,  post-doctoral fellows or trainees in a post-graduate training period prior to graduate school.

Register as faculty ($995) - this category includes k-awardees, research scientists, and assistant (or higher) professors or full time employees not in a training program.

Register as a Industry participant ($1495) – this category includes anyone who is primarily employed in a non-academic setting.

If you prefer to register by check, please make the check payable to: "The Mind Research Network fMRI Course c/o Vince Calhoun" and send to Vince D. Calhoun, Ph.D., 1101 Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106-4188.

Email confirmation for checks will be send upon receipt.

Background Information

Recommended readings for the course:

• fMRI for newbies
http://defiant.ssc.uwo.ca/Jody_web/fmri4newbies.htm

• SPM manual and documentations
http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/doc/ and
http://merlin.psych.arizona.edu/~dpat/Public/Imaging/SPM/spm2docs/SPM2_eng.pdf

• SPM short course notes
http://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/spm/course/

• Introduction to SPM stats
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/Imaging/Common/spmstats.shtml

• ICA of fMRI overview
http://www.nrc-iol.org/mialab/personnel/calhoun/2003_ica_overview.pdf

• GIFT website and manual
http://icatb.sourceforge.net/ and
http://icatb.sourceforge.net/v1.2c_GIFT_Walk_Through.pdf

• Statistical Nonparametric Mapping (SnPM)
http://www.sph.umich.edu/ni-stat/SnPM

• Experimental design (Rik Henson)
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/Imaging/Common/fMRI-efficiency.shtml