Past Seminars 2023‑2024

Presenter

Date

Title

Araham Nunes, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Computer Science, Dalhousie University.

Sept 19, 2023

Computational Approaches to Bridge Neuronal Hyperexcitability and Episodic Memory Deficits in Bipolar Disorder.

Andy Hartwick, Associate Professor, College of Optometry, Department of Neuroscience, Ohio State University.

Sept 28, 2023

Illuminating Retinal Ganglion Cell Photoreceptors.

Lindsey Power, PhD Candidate, School of Biomedical Engineering, Dalhousie University.  

Oct 3, 2023

Imaging and Modelling Transient Patterns of Human Brain Activity in Normal Ageing.

Francisco Alvarez, Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine.

Oct 17, 2023

The diversity of inhibitory interneurons controlling motor output.

Réjean Dubuc, Professor, Department of Human Kinetics, University of Quebec in Montreal. Adjunct Professor, Department of Neurosciences, University of Montreal.

Oct 31, 2023

The Mesencephalic Locomotor Region and its multiple functions.

Peter Chipman, Research Scientist,  Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco.

Nov 7, 2023

Evolutionarily conserved mechanisms of synaptic resilience.

Yoshiyuki Kubota, Associate Professor, Section of Electron Microscopy, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Wako, Japan. 

Nov 24, 2023

Motor learning and thalamocortical synaptic network plasticity in the motor cortex: in vivo imaging and correlative light-electron microscopy.

Victoria Abraira, Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers University.

Dec 12, 2023

Unlocking Movement: Decoding Spinal Sensory Circuits and Recovery Dynamics in Spinal Cord Injuries.

Tyler Wells, PhD Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

Jan 30, 2024

Spinal and Brainstem Modulatory Systems Collaborate to Regulate Locomotor Output.

Asal Yans, PhD Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

Feb 6, 2024

A Novel Strategy to Restore Meaningful Function to Permanently Denervated Skeletal Muscles.

Ilan Dinstein, Professor, Psychology Department and Deputy Director, Azrieli National Centre for Autism and Neurodevelopment Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev.

Feb 13, 2024

How does trial-by-trial neural variability impact behavior and development?

Corey Baimel, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University.

Feb 27, 2024

Pathway-specific connectivity in motivated behaviours.

Susan Boehnke, Associate Professor, Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Director, NeuroTech Microcredential Program, Queen’s University.

Mar 21, 2024

The role of non-human primates in translational neuroscience.

Sherry Stewart, Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, and Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University.

Mar 26, 2024

Addictive Behaviors and Addictive Behavior Motivations Across the Menstrual Cycle.

Hamza Imtiaz, PhD Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

Apr 2, 2024

Developing an EEG biomarker to characterize intermittent slowing of brain activity in epilepsy.

Talma Hendler, Full Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and head of the Institute for Psychedelic Research Tel Aviv University; Director, Sagol Brain Institute Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.

Apr 16, 2024

Harnessing the brain to heal the stressed mind and body.

Kathryn Y. Manning, Postdoctoral fellow, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Department of Radiology, University of Calgary.

May 7, 2024

Multimodal fusion of brain MRI to characterize healthy and compromised development.

Pooyan Moradi, PhD Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

May 14, 2024

Predicting the Unpredictable: Biomarker Exploration for Post-Traumatic Epilepsy.

Shayna Cort, PhD Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

May 16, 2024

Blood-brain barrier pathology as a bio-marker and target for treatment of traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic epilepsy.

Gabrielle Hanson, MSc Student, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

May 28, 2024

Characterizing cholinergic, neuropathological, and neuroinflammatory changed in human brain nuclei involved in the sleep-wake cycle in neurodegenerative disorders.

Paige Reynolds, MSc Students, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University.

June 4, 2024

Characterization of ALS Patient-Derived iPSC Motor Neurons.