SEMINARS

Anatomy and Cell Biology Seminars are held on
Fridays at 12:30p.m. in MSB 282
*(unless otherwise noted)

Friday September 30, 2011	Dr. Connie Eaves Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Agency, Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia	"Hematopoietic stem cells become exciting but complicated"
Friday October 7, 2011	Dr. Joanne Nash Assistant Professor, Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto	“Understanding Changes in Synaptic Plasticity in the Parkinsonian Striatum”
Friday October 14, 2011	Dr. Paul J. Fletcher Research Scientist and Head of Biopsychology Section, Neuroscience Research Department, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto	"Serotonin receptors as potential targets for treating nicotine dependence"
Friday October 21, 2011	Dr. Shawn Whitehead Assistant Professor, Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology and Clinical Neurological Sciences, The University of Western Ontario	"There and Back Again: Bridging animal models of brain disease with modern imaging technology"
Thursday October 27, 2011 *Auditorium A, University Hospital, LHSC, 9:30 a.m.	18th Annual Murray Barr Lecture Dr. Brigid Hogan George Barth Geller Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Co-Director of Duke Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Program	"Lung Stem Cells: Their Role in Tissue Repair and Fibrosis"
Friday November 4, 2011	Dr. Rebecca German Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Professor of Functional Anatomy & Evolution, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	"Functional Anatomy of Feeding: Rhythm and Reflex"
Friday November 25, 2011	ACB Graduate Student Meeting
Friday December 16, 2011	Dr. Clayton Dickson Professor and AHFMR Senior Scholar, Departments of Psychology, Physiology & Centre for Neuroscience University of Alberta	”Hippocampal Activity, Protein Synthesis, and Memory Consolidation: Mnemonics via Molecular Machinery or Neural Rehearsal?”
Friday January 13, 2012	Dr. Bertha Garcia Vice Dean, Education, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Chief of Department of Pathology, The University of Western Ontario	”Clinician, administrator, educator and leader. Can we do it all? Facilitators and obstacles for a wholesome career”
Friday January 20, 2012	Dr. Anne Agur Professor, Division of Anatomy, Department of Surgery, Musculoskeletal Anatomy Laboratory, University of Toronto	“Advances in clinical anatomy - bench to bedside”
Friday January 27, 2012	Gap Junction Seminar Dr. Brian MacVicar Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience, Director, Leducq Foundation Transatlantic, Network of Excellence on Neurovascular Control, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Brain Research Centre, University of British Columbia	“Pannexins in pathophysiology and novel network signaling in the brain”
Friday February 3, 2012	Dr. Chris Pin Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics and Physiology & Pharmacology, The University of Western Ontario, Director, London Regional Transgenic and Gene Targeting Facility	“Defining the pathways that affect pancreatic acinar cell fate and their relationship to pancreatic disease”
Friday February 10, 2012	Dr. Peter Siegel Associate Professor, Depts. of Medicine, Biochemistry and Anatomy & Cell Biology, Associate Director, Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University	“Extra-junctional roles for Claudin-2 as a regulator of breast cancer liver metastasis”
Friday February 17, 2012	Ngan Nguyen Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	“Anatomy: Factors that Influence Comprehension”
Friday February 24, 2012	Dr. Peeyush Lala Professor Emeritus, Department of Anatomy Cell Biology, Western University	“Cyclo-oxygenase-2 and Breast Cancer Progression: Newer Therapeutic Targets”
Friday March 2, 2012	Michele Barbeau Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	“Embracing Technology: Teaching Histology in a Virtual World”
Friday March 9, 2012	Dr. Marek Michalak Distinguished University Professor, Department of Biochemistry, School of Translational Medicine, Vice-Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta	“Protein quality control and calcium signaling”
Friday March 16, 2012	Dr. Sandrine de Ribaupierre Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University	“Virtual reality meets neurosurgery”
Friday March 23, 2012	Dr. Boyer Winters Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Guelph	"Neural substrates of object representation and memory in rats"
Friday March 30, 2012	Dr. Michelle Ghert Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juravinski Cancer Centre, Hamilton, ON	“Translational Research in Primary Bone Tumors”
Friday April 6, 2012	Good Friday - University Closed
Friday April 13, 2012	Dr. Eve De Rosa Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto	”Acetylcholine and Attention”
Friday April 20, 2012	Steve Greening Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	”Flexibly adapting to emotionally salient cues: Perspectives from neuroimaging studies of healthy and depressed humans”
Friday April 27, 2012	Dr. Graham Dellaire Cameron Research Scientist in Cancer Biology, Assistant Professor, Departments of Pathology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University	"Close-up on DNA repair: High resolution imaging of nuclear structure and the cellular response to DNA damage"
Friday May 4, 2012	Dr. Christian Holscher Senior Lecturer in Neurobiology, Head of Neuroscience Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland	"GLP-1 analogues developed to treat type 2 diabetes show neuroprotective effects in neurodegenerative diseases"
Thursday May 10, 2012 *Auditorium A, University Hospital, LHSC, 2:00 p.m.	5th Annual Suzanne Bernier Memorial Lecture Dr. Lynda Bonewald Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, Curators’ Professor, Lee M. and William Lefkowitz Professor, Director, Bone Biology Research Program, Director, Center of Excellence in the Study of Dental and Musculoskeletal Tissues, Universityof Missouri-Kansas City	"The Mechanosensory Cells of the Skeleton: Osteocytes and Chondrocytes"
Friday May 11, 2012	Natalie Kozyrev Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	"Spinal cord control of sexual reflexes in male rats” (NOTE: Location is MSB 384)
Friday May 18, 2012	Daniela Quail Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	"The embryonic protein Nodal promotes metastatic phenotypes in breast cancer" (NOTE: Location is MSB 384)
Friday May 25, 2012	Dr. Junchul Kim Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Toronto	"Linking genetically defined neuron types to behaviours using genetic neuron manipulation approach" (NOTE: Location is MSB 384)
Friday June 1, 2012	Jillian Belrose Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	"TRPM2 in the Central Nervous System: Physiological Role and Critical Regulatory Pathways" (NOTE: Location is MSB 384)
Friday June 8, 2012	Zach Armstrong Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	"The effects of angiotensin receptor blockade on cardiovascular calcification" (NOTE: Location is MSB 384)
Friday June 15, 2012	Teresa Peart Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	"Discovering intracellular signaling pathway dysregulation in promoting ovarian cancer metastatic phenotype” (NOTE: Location is MSB 384)
Friday June 22, 2012	Kevin Skoblenick Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	"Changes in behavior and neural activity in the ketamine model of schizophrenia" (NOTE: Location is MSB 384)
Friday June 29, 2012	Chris Elliott Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Western University	"Periostin in Skin Repair: Closing the Gap" (NOTE: Location is MSB 384)

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