SEMINARS


Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminars are held on
Fridays at 12:30p.m. in MSB 148
*(unless otherwise noted)

 

Thursday
October 29,
2009


Dr. Scott Emr
(Director, Cornell Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of ’56 Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Cornell University Ithaca, New York)

Cell Signaling:  ESCRTing Receptor
Down-Regulation

Friday
November 6,
2009

Dr. Alan Tilbrook
Monash University in Australia
Insights into how stress affects reproduction in females: are glucocorticoids involved?
Friday
November 13,
2009

Dr. Geoff Norman

Canada Research Chair in
Cognitive Dimensions of Clinical Expertise
Assistant Dean, Programme for Educational
Research and Development (PERD)
 Professor, Department of
Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics McMaster University
Virtual Reality and Anatomy Learning
Friday
November 20,
2009
Dr. Craig Simmon
Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Dentistry, and Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto

Microenvironmental regulation of stem cells in the aortic valve

Friday
November 27,
2009

Dr. Michael Poulter
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Western Ontario
GABAA receptor plasticity: from epilepsy to depression and back again
Friday
December 4,
2009.



Dr. Frederick J. Schoen

Executive Vice Chairman, Dept. of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Professor of Pathology, Health Sciences and Technology, Harvard Medical School

Cardiac valve dynamics across size and time scales:  Implications for valve function, pathology, replacement and regenerative therapeutics
Thursday
December 10,
2009.

 

Dr. Allison J. Doupe

Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Physiology
Co-Director, Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neurobiology
W.M. Keck Foundation Center for Integrative Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco

 

What Songbirds Can Teach Us About Learning and the Brain

Thursday
January 14,
2010

Dr. George Kumar

Global Scientific Communications Manager, Dako North America, Inc., Carpinteria, CA, Managing Editor: Connection-Scientific Magazine of Dako

Industrial Versus Academic Careers: The Pros and Cons
Friday
January 22,
2010

Dr. Ian Reynolds
Director, Neurology, Merck Research Laboratories, Deputy Chief Editor, Journal of Neurochemistry
Drug Development in Parkinson’s Disease: Opportunities and Challenges
Friday
January 29,
2010

Dr. John Lewis
Robert Hardie Chair of Translational Prostate Cancer Research, Assistant Professor, Depts. Of Oncology, Surgery and Medical Biophysics, London Regional Cancer Program
Intravital Imaging Using Viral Nanoparticles Highlights Critical Steps of the Metastatic Cascade

Friday

February 5, 2010

*Auditorium B, 3rd Floor, University Hospital, LHSC

Gap Junction Research Day
Keynote speaker: Dr. Bruce J. Nicholson

Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
The Molecular Nature of Intercellular Conversations, and their Influence over the Cancer Phenotype
Friday
February 19, 2010


Dr. Rashmi Kothary
Associate Scientific Director and Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Professor, Depts. Of Medicine and CMM, University of Ottawa
Altered Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Pathogenesis
Friday
February 26, 2010


Dr. Erik Herzog

Department of Biology,Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Networked clocks in the brain: How we schedule our day
Friday
March 5,
2010

Dr. Mel Goodale

Canada Research Chair in Visual Neuroscience, Departments of Psychology and Physiology and Pharmacology, Director, Centre for Brain and Mind, UWO

Acting without thinking: When do visually-guided actions escape conscious control?
Friday
March 12,
2010


Dr. Martin Myers
Associate Professor of Medicine, Associate Professor of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan
Leptin and the Regulation of Neuroendocrine Reproductive Function
Friday
April 9,
2010

Dr. John Yeomans

Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Toronto
Cholinergic Control of Reward-Seeking: Opiates, Ethanol and Sex

Friday
April 16,
2010

Dr. Vasantha Padmanabhan

Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Director, Pediatric Endocrine Research, University of Michigan
Developmental Programming of Reproductive and Metabolic Dysfunction

Friday
April 23,
2010

Dr. Michal Opas

Professor, Dept. of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and the Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
A Calreticulin-cytomechanical
Switch in Fate Choice
in an ES Cell Model
Friday
April 30,
2010

Ruchi Bhalla-Gehi

Ph.D. Student, Laird Lab
The Dynamic Life of Pannexins
Friday
May 7,
2010

Jared Churko

Ph.D. Student, Laird Lab
The Role of Connexin43 in Skin Disease and Wound Healing

Friday
May 14,
2010

1:30 pm

*Auditorium A, 3rd Floor, University Hospital, LHSC

Suzanne Bernier Lecture in Skeletal Biology

Dr. Karen J. L. Burg

Hunter Endowed Chair and Professor of Bioengineering, and Interim Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, Clemson University
Engineering Tissue Test
Systems to Provide
New Insights into
Skeletal Biology
Friday
May 21,
2010

Kyle Pitchers

Ph.D. Student, Coolen Lab
Sex and Drugs: The brain will
never be the same
Friday
May 28,
2010

Dr. Daniel Hardy

Assistant Professor, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology & Physiology and Pharmacology, Scientist, Children's Health Research Institute,
The University of Western Ontario
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Fetal Programming of the Liver
Friday
June 4,
2010

Dr. Mark Hankin

Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Director, Anatomical Donation Program,
The University of Toledo

Creating and Assessing
New Tools and Methods
for Learning Anatomy
Friday
June 11,
2010

Karla Frohmader

Ph.D. Student, Coolen Lab

The effects of methamphetamine on
sexual behavior and
underlying neural substrates
Wednesday
July 28,
2010

Dr. Colin Green

W&B Hadden Chair of Ophthalmology & Translational Vision Research, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Regulation of gap junction channels for wound repair



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