Midterm Meeting LondOn, October 27th-28th 2025

The Midterm meeting of the Raynor Cerebellum Brain Chart and 7T Coil development project will be held in London, Ontario, Canada from October 27th to 28th, 2025, hosted by Western University.

Venue

Schmeichel Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre, Room, 1110 Google Maps

Travel arrangements

The closest airport is London International Airport (YXU), which is about 15 minutes by car from the venue with connections to Toronto and Calgary. A good alternative is to fly directly to Toronto (YYZ) and we can arrange a shuttle bus to pick you up (approximately 2hr journey).

Hotel

For accomodation, here are three recommendations:

Ivy Spencer Leadership Center: Closest to Campus - Link
Hotel Metro: Botique, city center - Link
Park Hotel: In town, close to campus - Link

If you want us to book a room for you, please email diedrichsenlab@gmail.com.

Contacts

Please contact Bassel Arafat (diedrichsenlab@gmail.com) or Jörn Diedrichsen (jdiedric@uwo.ca) if you have any questions about travel, hotel, or program.

Preliminary Program Schedule

Monday (October 27th, 2025):

Schmeichel Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre, Room, 1110

9:00 - Arrival / Coffee & Tea

Program (see below)

18:00 - Workshop Dinner

To be arranged

Tuesday (October 28th, 2025):

9:00 - Arrival / Coffee & Tea

Program (see below)

18:00 - Drinks and dinner

To be arranged

Program elements

Update on Raynor Cerebellar Growth Chart Project

Overview (Jörn Diedrichsen)
New Isolation algorithm (Yao Li, Carlos Hernandez)
Normalization and measures (Yaping Wang)
Normative models (Andre Marquand)
Normative model with longitudinal data (Johanna)
First clinical applications (Ryan Muetzel, Andre Marquand, etc…)

Discussion: Applications to premature birth

Clinical questions and opportunities: Jessie Guo, Steven Miller
Generation R prematurity (Ryan Muetzel)

Next steps for Growth chart project

Finalizing / disseminating the tool pipeline and normative model
Premature birth from a imaging analysis
Other clinical applications

Update on 7T Cerebellar Coil developement

Overview (Anke Hennig and Ravi Menon)
Technical coil development (Bei Zheng and Kyle Gilbert)
Site visit of 7T imaging facilties - demonstration of the coil

Discussion: Future opportunities of high-field measures for cerebellar development

Anatomical: Partial volumes, Micro-structural imaging
Functional: Imaging deep structures
What is a reasonable strategy for collaborative projects with the new coil?