The Neuro

Killam Seminar Series 2015-2016
Scheduling Calendar
 
 

Date Speaker Lecture Host
2015      
September 8, 2015

Dr. Christophe Bernard

INS-Institut de Neurosciences des Systemes

Mechanisms of Seizure Genesis and Propagation Massimo Avoli
September 15, 2015      
September 22, 2015      
September 29, 2015 Aaron McGee Exploring Critical Periods and Plasticity of Neural Circuits with Mouse Vision Alyson Fournier
October 6, 2015
3:30 pm
Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre
  NeurExcellence - Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony  
October 13, 2015      
October 20, 2015   SFN Conference  
October 27, 2015 Shawn Ferguson Lysosome Function, Dysfunction and Neurodegenerative Disease Peter McPherson
November 3, 2015 Yoland Smith

Degeneration of the Thalamostriatal System: A Potential Source of Cognitive

Impairments in Parkinson's Disease

Abbas Sadikot
November 10, 2015 Jack Rosenbluth Myelinated Nerve Fibres:  Past History and Future Prospects Tim Kennedy
November 17, 2015 Steve Lacroix The Role of Inflammation and Interleukin-1 in Spinal Cord Pathologies Alyson Fournier
November 24, 2015 Thomas Langer Mitochondrial Proteases, Membrane Dynamics and Neurodegeneration Edward Fon
December 1, 2015

Qiufu Ma

Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Identification of Spinal Circuits Transmitting Mechanical Pain-Related Information Philippe Seguela
December 8, 2015

Ragnhildur Thora Karadottir

University of Cambridge

Neuronal Regulation of (re)myelination Edward Ruthazer
December 15, 2015

Christine DiDonato

Lurie Children's Hospital & Stanley manne Research Institute

Spinal Muscular Atrophy:  Defining Mechanisms Underlying Motor Unit Degeneration and Developing Targeted Therapeutics

Heather Durham
2016      
January 12, 2016

Alla Guekht

Professor of Neurology, Russian National Research Medical

Stroke and Seizures: Risk Factors and Mechanisms Eva Andermann
January 19, 2016

Juan Bilbao

University of Toronto

Shades of Pathology in One Thousand Sural Nerves Jason Karamchandani
January 26, 2016

Sydney Cash

Massachusetts General Hospital

Inhibition, Excitation and Networks in Focal Seizures

Jean Gotman
February 2, 2016      
February 9, 2016      
February 16, 2016

Graziella Di Cristo

Centre de Recherch , CHU Ste-Justine

University of Montreal

Mechanisms Regulating GABAergic Circuit Connectivity in the Postnatal Cortex Edward Ruthazer
February 23, 2016      
March 1, 2016      
March 8, 2016

Chenghua Gu

Harvard Medical School

Interactions Between Nervous and Vascular Systems in the CNS Jean-Francois Cloutier
March 15, 2016

Sanjay Bidchandani

University of Oklahoma, Medical School

The Epigenetic Defect in Friedreich Ataxia Heather Durham
March 22, 2016      
March 29, 2016 Nathan Staff

The Use of iPSC-derived Sensory Neurons from Patients to Study Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy

Rami Massie
April 5, 2016

Olaf Sporns

Indiana University

Modeling Communication Dynamics in the Human Connectome

Alain Dagher
April 12, 2016 Yu Tian Wang Critical Roles of AMPA Receptor Endocytosis in Learning and Memory Wayne Sossin
April 19, 2016 Miratul Muqit Decoding Parkins's Disease - The Role of the PINK1 Kinase Edward Fon
April 26, 2016

Bradford B. Lowell, MD, PhD,

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Jerzy Olszewski 2016: The Neural Wiring Diagram for Hunger: Using Cre/lox Tools to Discover its Basis Barbara Jones
May 3, 2016

Hans-Christian Pape

Institute of Physiology I
Westfaelische Wilhelms-University

Rhythms of Fear in the Amygdala and Beyond - Mechanisms of Fear Memory and Extinction

Massimo Avoli
May 10, 2016

Julian Meeks

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Functional Organization of the Accessory Olfactory Bulb and a New Class of Natural Vomeronasal Chemosignals

Jean-Francois Cloutier

May 17, 2016

Massimo Zeviani, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

 

George Karpati lecture: Genes and Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Neurodegeneration Eric Shoubridge

May 24, 2016

Martyn Goulding, Professor, The Stalk Institute, California, USA

Albert Aguayo Lecture: Sensorimotor Circuits in the Spinal Cord:  From Genes to Behavior  
May 31, 2016      

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