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April 2018
April 2018
A Brain Dissection
A Brain Dissection
Marianopolis Alumni and McGill Neuroscience graduate student Lawrie Shahbazian invited us to her laboratory to let us participate in an amazing brain dissection! We all had a lot of fun touching the brain and learning it's anatomy.
February 2018
February 2018
Brain Tumours 101
Brain Tumours 101
We had another Marianopolis Alumni guest speaker, Lawrie Shahbazian, a former neuroscience graduate student from McGill, interestingly presented the basics on brain tumours.
November 2017
November 2017
Visit to the Neurological Simulation Research Center
Visit to the Neurological Simulation Research Center
The brain is considered to be the most vital organ of the body. Therefore, a surgeon must be trained well to successfully carry out surgeries on it. It is too risky to practice on the brain of a person. As a result, there has been research on methods to practice for such surgeries; Cadavers are often used for training, but as there is no blood flow, it is not ideal for surgical practice. In fact, placentas are the only organs that can be used to effectively simulate brain tumour removal surgery, as they can be connected to a pump simulating blood circulation. Presently, engineers have developed a virtual reality simulation by using a carbon mesh model. The model functions by inputting a scenario and the use of a screen. This makes it feel like an actual surgery- including the bleeding of damaged cells.
October 2017
October 2017
What Makes an Expert Neurosurgeon?
What Makes an Expert Neurosurgeon?
We had the honour of meeting Dr. Alexander Winkler-Schwartz, who shared with us his journey in the field of neuroscience- from being a Marianopolis student, to a McGill Med-P and medicine graduate, to now being a paediatric neurosurgeon.
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