SEMINARS 2008-2009


Friday
October 10, 2008

Dr. David Spray
Professor of Neuroscience and Medicine (Cardiology)
Department of Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
"Biophysics and transcriptomics of hemichannels and their genes"
*Thursday
October 30, 2008

*9:00 am
*Auditorium A, 3rd Floor - LHSC, University Hospital

15th Annual Murray Barr Lecture

Dr. J. Kordower
The Jean-Schweppe-Armour Professor of Neurological Sciences
Professor of Neurosurgery
Director, Research Center for Brain Repair
Rush University Medical centre
Chicago, IL.

Poster
Brochure
"A Tale of Two Stories: Why Nigral Neurons Degenerate in Parkinson's Disease and How to Save Them"
Friday
October 31, 2008
Dr. Celeste Napier
Rush University Medical centre
Chicago, IL.
"The Critical Role of Hippocampal Neurotrophic Factor TrkB and Glutamatergic NMDA Receptors in Amphetamine Reward-Mediated Behavior"
*Thursday
November 7, 2008

*3:30 pm
*MSB 384

Jason Rockel
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Western Ontario
"Mechanisms Regulating the Chondrocyte Phenotype"
Friday
November 7, 2008

Dr. Moshmi Bhattacharya
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
University of Western Ontario
"Lipid Signalling in Breast Tumor Cells: Role of Beta-Arrestins"
Friday
November 21, 2008

Dr. Maria Drangova
Scientist, Robarts Research Institute
Associate Professor
Departments of Medical Biophysics & Radiology
University of Western Ontario
"Dynamic Micro-CT"
Friday
November 28, 2008

Mr. John Parker
Director
Canadian Surgical Technologies & Advanced Robotics (CSTAR)
London Health Sciences Centre
University Hospital
"A Foot in Both Worlds: CSTAR and Knowledge Translations"
Friday
December 5, 2008

Dr. V. McAlister
Professor of General Surgery
Department of Surgery
University of Western Ontario
"Health Care: The Front Line of War in Afghanistan"
Friday
December 12, 2008

Dr. Paul Frankland
Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neurobiology
Scientist, Program in Neuroscience & Mental Health
Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiology
and Institute of Medical Science
University of Toronto
"Adult Neurogenesis and Hippocampal Memory"
*Monday
December 15, 2008

*11:00 am
*MSB 384

Amanda Hamilton
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Western Ontario
"The Cellular Response to Statin Treatment and/or Dietary Modification in a Rabbit Model of Aortic Valve Sclerosis"
Friday
January 16, 2009 *9:30 am
*Auditorium B
3rd Flr
University Hospital
London Health Sciences Centre

Gap Junction Research Day
Dr. Janis Burt
Department of Physiology
College of Medicine
University of Arizona

Gap Junction Research Day Program
"Functional Roles of Vascular Connexins"
Friday
February 27, 2009

Dr. Terry Peters
Scientist, Imaging Research Labs
Robarts Research Institute
"Virtual Anatomy to Guide Interventional Procedures"
*Monday
March 9, 2009

*MSB 384

Dr. John MacDonald
Scientific Director
Robarts Research Institute
University of Western Ontario

"Adventures in NMDA Receptors, Receptor Phosphorylation and Hippcampal Synaptic Plasticity"
Friday
March 13, 2009

Dr. Martha Gillette
Professor
Dept of Cell & Development Biology
Dept of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Dept of Bioengineering
University of Illinois at Urbana
"Understanding the Clocks That Time Us: Signals That Engage the Clockwork"
Friday
March 27, 2009

Dr. Peter Zandstra
Professor
Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto
"Engineering the Stem Cell Niche"
Friday
April 3, 2009

Dr. Yavin Shaham
Section Chief
Behavioral Neuroscience Branch, IRP/NIDA/NIH
Baltimore, MD.
"Incubation of Cocaine Craving and Conditioned Fear: Behavioral and Neuronal Mechanisms"
*Thursday
April 30, 2009

*12:00 pm
*MSB 282

Dr. Simon Conway
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research
Anatomy & Cell Biology Adjunct Faculty Member
"What Role Do The Fasciclin-Containing Genes Play in Mice?"
Friday
May 1, 2009

Dr. Catherine Rankin
Professor
Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
"Genetic Dissection of Memory in C. elegans"
Friday
May 15, 2009

Dr. Rae Silver
Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of Natural & Physical Sciences
Department of Psychology
Department of Pathology & Cell Biology
Columbia University
"How and Why Individual Neurons Form Circuits That Repeat a Daily Sequence of Activity to Produce a Cell Based Brain Clock"
Friday
May 22, 2009
*1:30 pm
*Auditorium A
3rd Floor - LHSC, University Hospital

2nd Annual Suzanne Bernier Lecture in Skeletal Biology

Dr. Zena Werb
Professor
Vice-Chair
Department of Anatomy
University of California at San Francisco
Poster
"New Insights into SKeletal Development and Regeneration"

*Monday
May 25, 2009

*1:30 pm
*MSB 384

Laurie Sutton
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology
University of Western Ontario
"The Role of Dvl-3 and Akt in Antipsychotic Drug Action"
Friday
May 29, 2009

Dr. David Hess
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
University of Western Ontario
"Formation of a Regenerative Niche for the Endogenous Recovery of Vascular of Beta Cell Function"



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