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2013 Speaker Series
Date
Speaker
Lecture
Host
Contact
2012
November 16, 2012

Evelyn K. Lambe, Ph.D.

Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cortical Physiology

Associate Professor

Departments of Physiology and OBGYN

University of Toronto

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and developmental vulnerability in prefrontal attention circuitry

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Julie Wan

November 23, 2012

TWRI Internal Seminar Series

Dr. Michael Fehlings, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Genetics and Development

Repair and regeneration of the injured spinal cord: from molecule to man

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Ava Lucero

December 7, 2012

Dr. Lyanne Schlichter

Senior Scientist

Genetics and Development

Microglial activation, CNS inflammation & white-matter damage

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Julie Wan
January 4, 2013        
January 11, 2013

Dr. Charles Tator,MD, PhD

Senior Scientist

Genetics and Development

Spinal Cord Derived Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells for Spinal Cord Injury

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Ava Lucero
January 18, 2013

Dr. Joan Wither, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Genetics and Development

B cell abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Dr. Cathy Barr, PhD,

Senior Scientist, Genetics & Development, TWRI

Manoj Vasudeva
February 1, 2013

Dr. Chetan Tailor, Ph.D

Director of Vector Core Facility

UHN Vector Core Facility: Application of Virus vectors for gene delivery and therapy

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Julie Wan
February 8, 2013

Dr. Christian Naus, PhD

Director, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia

Connexins, Pannexins and Stroke: "Gaps" in Therapeutic Potential

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Ava Lucero
February 15, 2013

Dr. Mary Pat McAndrews, PhD

Senior Scientist

Brain Imaging & Behaviour-Systems Neuroscience

From blobs to networks: fMRI applications to understanding memory in the context of medial temporal lobe damage

Dr. Karen Davis, Ph.D.

Division Head, Brain Imaging & Behaviour-Systems Neuroscience

Julie Wan
March 1, 2013        
March 8, 2013        
March 15, 2013

David Hampson, PhD

Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Director, University of Toronto, Collaborative Program in Neuroscience; Chairman, University of Toronto, Radiation Protection Authority

Cerebellar Abnormalities in Fragile X Syndrome and Autism and Why They Are Important

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Julie Wan
March 18, 2013

Dr. Simon Gosgnach, PhD

Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

Functional investigation of genetically defined classes of interneurons in the mammalian locomotor network

Dr. Michael Fehlings, MD, FRCSC, PhD

Senior Scientist, Genetics & Development, TWRI

Julie Wan
April 5, 2013        
April 12, 2013

Massimo Avoli, MD, PhD

Professor, Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Physiology, McGill University

Mechanisms of ictogenesis in temporal lobe epilepsy

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Ava Lucero
April 19, 2013

Dominique Durand, PhD

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering; Director, Neural Engineering Center, Cleveland, Ohio

Seizure reduction with electrical stimulation: from in-vitro studies to the clinic

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology, Interim Director, TWRI

Ava Lucero
May 3, 2013      
May 10, 2013

Ivan Soltesz, Ph.D.

Professor & Chair: Anatomy & Neurobiology

Professor: Physiology & Biophysics,

Neurobiology & Behavior

University of California - Irvine

California

Organization and Control of Hippocampal Chronocircuits

Dr. Frances Skinner, Ph.D.

Senior Scientist

Fundamental Neurobiology

Ava Lucero

May 15, 2013

Research Day

Dr. Daniel Drachman

Professor of Neurology & Neuroscience

WW Smith Charitable Trust Professor of Neuroimmunology
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Myasthenia Gravis, and a few other things the Neuromuscular Junction has taught us. Dr. Elise Stanley

Senior Scientist, Genetics & Development, TWRI

Julie Wan
May 17, 2013

Dr. Melanie Woodin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Cell & Systems Biology, Neuroscience

University of Toronto

Inhibitory synaptic plasticity and chloride regulation in the hippocampus

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Manoj Vasudeva
May 24, 2013        
May 27, 2013

Igor Spigelman, Ph.D.

Professor, Dentistry

Faculty of Biomedical Engineering IDP

UCLA

California

Peripherally-restricted cannabinoids for chronic pain

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Manoj Vasudeva
June 7, 2013      
June 14, 2013

Dr. Georg Zoidl

Professor

Faculty of Health - Department of Psychology

York University

TBA

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Julie Wan
June 21, 2013

Dr. Michael Tymianski

Senior Scientist

Fundamental Neurobiology

Delivering on the "Bench-to-Bedside" promise: development of PSD95 inhibitors for the treatment of stroke

Dr. Peter Carlen, MD, FRCPC

Division Head, Fundamental Neurobiology,

Interim Director, TWRI

Ava Lucero
July 5, 2013

Dr. D. Samba Reddy, Ph.D., R.Ph.

Associate Professor

Dept of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics College of Medicine Texas A&M Health Science Center

TBA

Dr. Liang Zhang

Affiliate Scientist

Fundamental Neurobiology

Manoj Vasudeva
July 12, 2013        
July 19, 2013        
August 2, 2013        
August 9, 2013        
August 16, 2013        
August 23, 2013        

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