Past Seminars 2021‑2022
Presenter |
Date |
Title |
Dr. Ariel Levine, Stadtman Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Spinal Circuits and Plasticity Unit, Bethseda, Maryland, USA |
October 19, 2021 |
“Cells and Circuits for Spinal Cord Function” |
Antonios Diab, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University |
October 26, 2021 |
“Protecting the CNS from emerging infectious diseases: Lessons learned from Health Canada authorized COVID-19 clinical drug and vaccine trials”” |
Martha Bagnall, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
November 9, 2021 |
“Spinal circuits governing locomotion in larval zebrafish” |
Fraser Sparks, PhD, George L. Engel Professor of Biopsychosocial Medicine Associate Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Ophthalmology Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA (Associate or Assistant Professor Candidate) |
November 15, 2021 |
“Neurobiological organization of cognition & behaviour: mechanisms in disease” |
Yifei (Jeff) Dong, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Yong Laboratory, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (Associate or Assistant Professor Candidate) |
November 16, 2021 |
“Uncovering new mediators of neurodegeneration and agin in the central nervous system” |
Lei Xing, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany (Associate or Assistant Professor Candidate) |
November 18, 2021 |
“Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying mammalian neocortex development and evolution” |
Paul Marcogliese, PhD, CHIR Post-Docoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Houston, Texas, USA (Associate or Assistant Professor Candidate) |
November 18, 2021 |
“Drosophila in disease diagnosis, mechanisms & precision therapy: Loss of IRF2BPL impairs neuronal maintenance via excess Wnt signalling” |
Dr. Steven Silverstein, George L. Engel Professor of Biopsychosocial Medicine, Associate Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Professor of Psychiatry, Neuroscience, and Ophthalmology Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA |
November 23, 2021 |
“Disturbances of Retinal Structure and Function in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders, and Their Clinical Implications” |
Adam Johnston, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Applied Human Sciences, Kinesiology. The University of Prince Edward Island, PEI (Associate or Assistant Professor Candidate) |
November 23, 2021 |
“Emerging mechanisms of neuromuscular and tissue repair”” |
Corey Baimel, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, USA (Associate or Assistant Professor Candidate) |
November 25, 2021 |
“Afferent control of local and long-range circuits in the nucleus accumbens” |
Melanie Alpaugh, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Université Laval, Quebec (Associate or Assistant Professor Candidate) |
November 25, 2021 |
“Understanding and targeting proteinopathy in HD and related disorders” |
Tamara Franklin, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
November 30, 2021 |
“The effects of maternal immune activation on early development in an outbred strain of mice” |
Aaron Burberry, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
December 7, 2021 |
“Neural inflammatory triggers in ALS” |
Maya Willms, MSc Candidate, Weeks/Schmidt Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
December 15, 2021 |
“A practical and reliable method for volumetric assessment of adult diffuse glioma features on MRI” |
Tareq Yousef, PhD Candidate, Baldridge Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
January 11, 2022 |
“Nitric Oxide and Gap Junction Coupling in Vertebrate Horizontal Cells” |
Frederic Bretzner, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec City, Quebec |
January 25, 2022 |
“Control and plasticity of the brainstem after spinal cord injury” |
Ian Weaver, PhD, Associated Professor, Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Pathology, and Brain Repair Centre, Dalhousie University |
February 1, 2022 |
“Paternal preconceptions, maternal instincts, and offspring emotions: That Gut Feeling…” |
Melina Agosto, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University |
February 8, 2022 |
“Home is where the binding partners are? Synaptic targeting of a metabotropic glutamate receptor” |
Laura Dumas, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher (Rafuse Lab), Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
February 15, 2022 |
“Exploring the generation of cortical astrocyte diversity using multicolor lineage tracing tools” |
Tyler Wells, PhD Candidate, Akay Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
March 8, 2022 |
“C-boutons, Motor Neuron Modulation, and ALS” |
Reynaldo Popoli, MSc Akay Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
March 15, 2022 |
“The effect of pharmacological inhibition of cholinergic modulation on ALS” |
Keith Murai, PhD, Director, Centre for Research in Neuroscience, Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec |
March 22, 2022 |
“Astrocyte Nanoarchitecture and Function in the CNS” |
Dr. Gelareh Zadeh, Head, Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, UHN, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario |
March 29, 2022 |
“Landscape of clinically aggressive meningiomas” |
Graziella Di Cristo, PhD, Professor, Department of Neurosciences and Pediatrics, CHU Ste-Justine Research Centre, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec |
April 12, 2022 |
“Sensitive developmental periods for the refinement of cortical GABAergic circuits” |
Nitya Adepalli, MSc Candidate, Uher Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
April 19, 2022 |
“Developmental trajectory and genetic influences of body weight in offspring of parents with major mood disorders” |
Adam Sunavsky, MSc Candidate, Hashmi Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
April 26, 2022 |
“Pleasure and pain: the nucleus accumbens’ role in acute and chronic pain” |
Delaney Henderson, PhD Candidate, Chauhan Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
May 3, 2022 |
“Longitudinal characterization of retinal ganglion cell function in models of optic nerve damage” |
David Burbidge, MSc Candidate, Zhang Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
May 10, 2022 |
The Impact of Exercise on ALS Progression in SOD1G93A Mouse Models” |
Kennedy Brittain, MSc Candidate, Christie Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
May 17, 2022 |
“Neuroprotection After Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury by Mitochondrial Calcium Uniporter Inhibition” |
Selena Maxwell, PhD Candidate, Darvesh Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
May 24, 2002 |
“Neuropathy and Cholinesterase Expression in Octogenarians and Older” |
Danielle Stanton-Turcotte, PhD Candidate, Iulianella Lab, Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University |
June 7, 2022 |
“Mllt11 Regulates Migration and Neurite Outgrowth of Cortical Projection Neurons During Development?” |
Dr. Alina Patke, CalTech, Research Assistant Professor, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, California, USA |
June 16, 2022 |
“Molecular mechanisms of human sleep timing” |