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There’s always something going on within the Department of Medical Neuroscience - whether it’s an innovative research project or an exciting new program. Check back often for our latest news.

Upcoming seminars for 2024 - 2025

In the Department of Medical Neuroscience you’ll have the opportunity to attend a number of enlightening seminars designed to enrich your educational experience. Anyone is welcome to attend.

Seminars are on Tuesdays, 11:30am - 12:30pm, Tupper Theatre C, unless otherwise specified.

Tuesday, October 1, 2024: (*11:00-12:00)

Ansgar Büschges, Professor, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne. Controlling Multi-segmented Limbs for Locomotion – from Studying Insects to General Concepts

Tuesday, October 15, 2024:

Yoshiyuki Kubota, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), Okazaki, Japan; and RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan. Large volume electron microscopy investigation of microcircuits in the marmoset prefrontal cortex: Preliminary findings.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024:

Lorielle Dietze, PhD Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University. Interplay between metabolic alterations, bipolar disorders, and white matter microstructure.

November 5, 2024:

Armen Saghatelyan, Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa. The guidelines for parenting kids in the neurogenic region.

November 14, 2024 (Thursday):

Laura Dauphinee, MSc Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University. Establishing a Spatio-Temporal Baseline of Gene Expression after Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

November 19, 2024:

Xinrui Li, MSc Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University. Source of Brainstem Raphe and Locus Coeruleus nuclei Inputs Modulating Spinal Cord Inhibitory Cross Reflex

November 26, 2024:

Dr. Jeremy Dasen, Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Modulation of spinal circuits for flexible motor control

December 3, 2024: (Tupper Theatre B)

Can Souzer. Research Associate, Semba Lab. Analyzing structure function relationships in sleep need dependent astrocytic regulation of synapses from 3D nanoscale reconstructions using computer simulations