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Killam Seminar Series 2001 – 2002



A list of speakers for the 2000-2001 academic year follows. 

The series will recommence in the Fall 2002.


2001 - 2002 Series

Date Speaker Lecture Host

September 4, 2001

Dr. Marc Laruelle The Dopamine Imbalance Hypothesis of Schizophrenia: Contributions from Recent Brain Imaging Studies  Mirko Diksic
September 11, 2001  NO LECTURE    
September 18, 2001  NO LECTURE    
September 25, 2001  Dr. Xian-Min Yu  NMDA Receptor Regulation By Protein Tyrosine Kinases  Ted Fon
October 2, 2001  Dr. Uri Saragovi Discovering Neurotrophin Receptor Biology with the use of Pharmacologically  Peptidominetics and Artificial Ligands: in Vitro and in Vivo Studies  Killam Committee
October 9, 2001 Dr. William S. Trimble Snares and Septins: Linking Neurotransmission and Cell Division Wayne Sossin
October 16, 2001 Dr. Mark Bear Molecular Mechanisms of Visual Cortical Plasticity  Tim Kennedy
Wayne Sossin
October 23, 2001      
October 30, 2001  Dr. Helen Mayberg
Rotman Research Institute, University of Toronto
 In Search of Depression Circuits: Strategies Using Functional Imaging  Mirko Diksic
November 6, 2001  Dr. Robert Darnell
Rockefeller University
Tumor Immunity and Autoimmune Brain Disease: Intersection in the Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disorders  Jack Antel
November 13, 2001 NO LECTURE    
November 20, 2001
4:30 pm
Dr. Fred Gage
The Salk Institute
Hughlings Jackson Lecture
Regulation of Neurogenesis in the Adult 
Central Nervous System
Named Lecture
 Committee
November 27, 2001 Dr. Michel Bouvier Assembly of G Protein-Coupled Complexes. Roles in Trafficking and Signaling Specificity  Philippe Seguela
December 4, 2001 Dr. Christo Pantev Music and Brain: The Competition for Cortical Space  Robert Zatorre
December 11, 2001  Dr. Bin Hu The Role of Thalamus in Learning and Memory  Massimo Avoli
December 18, 2001  NO LECTURE    
December 25, 2001 NO LECTURE    
January 1, 2002 NO LECTURE    
January 8, 2002  NO LECTURE    
January 15, 2002  Dr. Marc Del Bigio
University of Manitoba
Axon Damage and Protection in Experimental Hydrocephalus  Don Baxter
January 22, 2002  Dr. Bruce Trapp
Cleveland Clinic
 Foundation

Oligodendrogenesis in Multiple Sclerosis Lesions: Implications for Regenerative Therapy

Jack Antel
January 29, 2002  NO LECTURE

February 5, 2002  NO LECTURE    
February 12, 2002 Dr. Matti Hämäläinen
Massachusetts General Hospital

The Role of MEG in Functional Brain Imaging

Jean Gotman
February 19, 2002 Dr. Bruce Carter

Dissecting the Signaling Pathways Generated by the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor

Phil Barker
February 26, 2002 NO LECTURE    
March 5, 2002 Dr. Chi-Chung Hui Roles of Gli Activator and Repressor in Hedgehog Signaling Christian Sirard
March 12, 2002
cancelled
Dr. Laurie Kaguni A Drosophila Model of Mitochondrial DNA Replication, Mutagenesis and Dysfunction Eric Shoubridge
March 19, 2002 Dr. David Eidelberg Brain Networks and Motor Learning in Movement Disorders Mirko Diksic
March 26, 2002 Dr. Eve Marder The Roles of Neuromodulation and Activity in the Interplay Between Plasticity and Stability in Network Dynamics Barbara E. Jones
April 2, 2002 Dr. Mark Baxter

Differentiating the Contribution of the Rhinal Cortex to Learning and Memory

Vivianne Sziklas
April 9, 2002 Dr. Cory Teuscher Analysis of the Genetic Architecture Underlying Susceptibility to Experimental Allergic Encephalomyelitis Trevor Owens
April 16, 2002 NO LECTURE
April 23, 2002 Dr. Jorge R. Barrio Visualization of Amyloid Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles in the Brain of Alzheimer's Disease Patients:  Diagnostic and Therapeutic Implications Mirko Diksic
April 30, 2002 Dr. Daniel Margoliash Behavioral State Modulation and Neural Coding in Vocal Learning Barbara E. Jones
May 7, 2002 Dr. Larry Steinman Large Scale Transcriptional and Proteomic Analysis of Multiple Sclerosis Lesions Reveals New Targets for Therapy Amit Bar-Or
May 14, 2002 Dr. Bernard Jasmin
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa
Multiple Regulatory Events Controlling Gene Expression at the Neuromuscular Synapse:  Implications for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Other Neuromuscular Diseases Peter McPherson
May 21, 2002 Dr. Jie Shen From Neurogenesis to Pathogenesis: Many Faces of Presenilins Ted Fon
May 24, 2002 Dr. George Kostopoulos Functional Differentiation along the Longitudinal Axis of Hippocampus Michael Petrides

May 28, 2002

Dr. Robert Malenka Herbert Jasper Lecture Barbara E. Jones