| Date | Speaker and topic |
|---|---|
| Friday June 6 2008 12:00 noon **Note** Special Day and Time | Dr. Yishi Jin Howard Hughes Medical Institute Division of Biological Sciences University of California, San Diego Synapse formation and axon regeneration in C. elegans Special seminar sponsored by a CIHR Team Grant in Nanomedicine and Regenerative Medicine |
| Friday May 23 2008 **Note** Special Day and Time | Dr. Thomas Fisher Dept. Physiology and Biophysics University of Saskatchewan Calcium channel structure and function in the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system |
| Wednesday May 21 2008 | *cancelled* Dr. Eric Shoubridge Montreal Neurological Institute Lost in (mitochondrial) translation |
| Friday May 16 2008 12:00 noon **Note** Special Day and Time | Dr. Jean-René Martin Neurobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France In-vivo imaging of brain activity using a new genetically encoded calcium bioluminescent reporter, GFP-aequorin, in Drosophila |
| Wednesday May 7 2008 | Dr. Yves De Koninck Centre de recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard Neuron-to-microglia-to-neuron signaling events involved in modulation of neuronal chloride homeostasis |
| Monday May 5 2008 12:00 noon **Note** Special Day and Time | Dr. Brian Chen Dept. Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University Molecular mechanisms of synaptic specificity |
| Wednesday Apr 30 2008 | Stellwagen Lab CRN Research Update |
| Wednesday Apr 23 2008 | Dr. Graziella di Cristo Centre de Recherche Hôpital Ste-Justine Mechanisms regulating the development of GABAergic circuits in the postnatal brain |
| Wednesday Apr 16 2008 | Dr. Zhigang He Dept. of Neurology Harvard Medical School Extrinsic and intrinsic control of axon regeneration |
| Wednesday Apr 9 2008 | Dr. Paul Frankland Hospital for Sick Children and Dept. of Physiology University of Toronto Adult neurogenesis and hippocampal memory formation |
| Wednesday Mar 26 2008 | Dr. Jeffrey Tasker Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology Tulane University Rapid, synapse-specific regulation of hypothalamic magnocellular neurons by glucocorticoids |
| Wednesday Mar 19 2008 | Dr. James Connor Dept. of Neurosurgery Penn State University M.S. Hershey Medical Center Pathophysiology of Restless Legs Syndrome: is iron the culprit? |
| Wednesday Mar 5 2008 | Dr. Jannic Boehm Dept. of Physiology University of Montreal Changes in synaptic plasticity during development and Alzheimer's disease |
| Wednesday Feb 27 2008 | Dr. Bryan Stewart Dept. of Zoology University of Toronto, Mississauga Old dog, new tricks: novel interactions for NSF in synaptic development |
| Wednesday Feb 20 2008 | Dr. Tzumin Lee Dept. of Neurobiology University of Massachusetts, Worcester Single-cell analysis of Drosophila brain |
| Wednesday Feb 13 2008 | Dr. Ellis Cooper Dept. of Physiology McGill University Inactivation of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors by mitochondrial ROS: implications for diabetic dysautonomias |
| Wednesday Feb 6 2008 | Dr. Didier Mouginot Unité de neuroscience, Pavillon CHUL Laval University Intrinsic and peptidergic control of the GABAA receptor-mediated inhibition of the median preoptic nucleus, a strategic hypothalamus site for hydromineral homeostasis |
| Wednesday Jan 30 2008 | Dr. Ji Zhang Faculty of Dentistry McGill University Contribution of glial cells in neuropathic pain |
| Wednesday Jan 9 2008 | Dr. Paul Garrity Biology Dept. Brandeis University Feeling the heat: thermosensory behavior in Drosophila |
| Wednesday Dec 12 2007 | Dr. Greg Emery Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer University of Montreal Endocytosis regulates asymmetric cell division in the Drosophila nervous system |
| Wednesday Dec 5 2007 | Dr. Laurent Lecanu Department of Medicine McGill University Caprospinol: from a neuroactive steroid to a neurotropic drug |
| Wednesday Nov 28 2007 | Dr. Bin Hu Hotchkiss Brain Institute University of Calgary Hybrid neurons in mammalian cortex: an alternative form of adult neurogenesis |
| Thursday Nov 22 2007 12:00 noon **Note** Special Day and Time | Dr. Étienne de Villers-Sidani Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience University of California, San Francisco Age and cortical plasticity |
| Wednesday Nov 21 2007 | Dr. Philippe Monnier University of Toronto University Health Network RGMa from axon guidance to cell survival |
| Wednesday Oct 31 2007 | Dr. Tak Pan Wong Douglas Hospital Research Centre Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Presynaptic contributions to synaptic plasticity |
| Wednesday Oct 24 2007 | Dr. Fang Liu Centre for Addiction and Mental Health University of Toronto Dual regulation of the dopamine transporter function by the dopamine D2 receptor through direct protein-protein interaction |
| Wednesday Oct 17 2007 | Dr. Paul Wiseman Department of Physics McGill University Mapping regulation of the molecular clutch in migrating cells via transport measurements of actin, integrins and the ECM |
| Wednesday Oct 10 2007 | Dr. Linda Wilbrecht Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience University of California, San Francisco Experience-dependent cortical plasticity: from barrel to frontal cortex |
| Wednesday Oct 3 2007 | Dr. David Ragsdale Montreal Neurological Institute How do mutant voltage-gated sodium channels cause epilepsy? |
| Wednesday Sept 26 2007 | Dr. Hiroshi Nishiyama Department of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Axonal motility and its modulation by activity are branch-type specific in the intact adult cerebellum |