Dear MNN Members,
Please see attached poster for details of the talk entitled:
" Trans-synaptic allosteric modulators of group III mGluRs in glutamatergic
signalling and neurological disease"
Presented by Dr. Henry Dunn for the College of Pharmacy Seminar Series,
organized by Dr. Jill Stobart.
Thank you,
Protiti
Ms. Protiti Khan, M.Sc.
Program Lead Technician
Neuroscience Research Program
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine
University of Manitoba
SR450-710 William Ave.
Winnipeg, MB. R3E 0Z3
Cell: (204)-599-8329
Office: (204)-318-2569
[Protiti.Khan@umanitoba.ca]Protiti.Khan@umanitoba.ca
<mailto:Protiti.Khan@umanitoba.ca>
A gentle reminder that this Friday at 9 AM there will be a Discovery Neuroscience Talk at PX236/238
* Please see the attached poster for talk details
* Please see attached campus map for location of the talk in the Psychiatry building denoted with "PX" on the map. The lecture hall will be on the 2nd floor of the PX- Psychiatry building.
Best,
Protiti
Ms. Protiti Khan, M.Sc.
Program Lead Technician
Neuroscience Research Program
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine
University of Manitoba
SR450-710 William Ave.
Winnipeg, MB. R3E 0Z3
Cell: (204)-599-8329
Office: (204)-318-2569
[Protiti.Khan@umanitoba.ca]Protiti.Khan@umanitoba.ca
Nancy Hettie and Viktor Havlicek Clark Travel awards
I am pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 MNN Travel Awards.
Sponsored by the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, with generous
contributions from the Nancy Hettie Clark Travel Award and the Viktor
Havlicek Lectureship, awards have been granted to:
Farshid Ghiyamihoor (under the supervision of Hassan Marzban)
Jarrad Perron (under the supervision of Ji Hyun Ko)
Each recipient will receive $1,000 CAD to defray eligible travel expenses.
Congratulations to both awardees, and I extend my appreciation to everyone
who applied. A special thank you goes to the MNN Awards Committee, chaired
by Mike Jackson, for their diligent adjudication of the awards, and to Ian
Dixon, HoD, Physiology and Pathophysiology, for support to the MNN Awards
program.
Best wishes,
Tabrez Siddiqui
(President, MNN)
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Nancy Hettie and Viktor Havlicek Clark Travel awards
I am pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 MNN Travel Awards.
Sponsored by the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, with generous
contributions from the Nancy Hettie Clark Travel Award and the Viktor
Havlicek Lectureship, awards have been granted to:
Farshid Ghiyamihoor (under the supervision of Hassan Marzban)
Jarrad Perron (under the supervision of Ji Hyun Ko)
Each recipient will receive $1,000 CAD to defray eligible travel expenses.
Congratulations to both awardees, and I extend my appreciation to everyone
who applied. A special thank you goes to the MNN Awards Committee, chaired
by Mike Jackson, for their diligent adjudication of the awards, and to Ian
Dixon, HoD, Physiology and Pathophysiology, for support to the MNN Awards
program.
Best wishes,
Tabrez Siddiqui
(President, MNN)
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Dear MNN Early and Mid Career Colleagues,
Reminder for today’s meeting. We hope to see you today. And, please share this message with colleagues.
Sincerely,
Tabrez J. Siddiqui
(CBRS Steering Committee)
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Dear colleagues,
I hope you had a great summer. The Canadian Brain Research Strategy is ramping up our activities, and we warmly invite your participation.
I would like to invite you for a 90min Zoom meeting that will be held on Thursday October 26th, 12-1:30 pm PT / 3-4:30 pm ET.
CBRS Early & Mid-Career Researchers Meeting
Time: Oct 26, 2023 12 – 1:30 pm PT / 3 – 4:30 pm ET
Join Zoom Meeting: https://mit.zoom.us/my/canadianbrain?pwd=dUxKYUwvTlBnYTVuZzhHZEJXZkVWQT09
Meeting ID: 514 713 8614
Passcode: 1530264
This virtual meeting will include brief presentations from Jennie Young (CBRS CEO), Derya Sargin, Caroline Menard, and myself (E-MCR representatives in CBRS Leadership) with three main objectives:
1. Current state of the national research strategy, progress and future directions
2. Getting your input on optimizing resources to build talent and research in Canada (via chat or live discussion)
3. Joining in advocacy efforts led by Early- and Mid-Career Researchers
Our email list is not comprehensive. So, we encourage you to extend this invitation to all early- or mid-career colleagues; those within approximately 10 years since their faculty appointment are especially welcome!
For your immediate reference and insight into our recent activities, documents produced for politicians, and more, please visit https://bit.ly/CAN2023_CBRSUpdate.
I eagerly anticipate reconnecting with many of you soon, even if it's virtually this time around.
Sincerely,
Tabrez J. Siddiqui
(CBRS Steering Committee)
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Tabrez J. Siddiqui, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology,
Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba.
Principal Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba.
Principal Investigator, PrairieNeuro Research Centre,
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine, Health Sciences Centre.
SR422-710 William Avenue, Winnipeg R3E 0Z3,
Manitoba, Canada.
Phone: 1. 204.318.2564
MNN Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series
Monday October 16, 2023
11:00 AM
A P OT E X 0 5 0
Meet and Greet with Trainees (with refreshments)
Monday October 16, 2023
12:15 PM
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine
Room SR415
Please RSVP to Protiti.khan(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Protiti.khan@umanitoba.ca>
if you intend to come
SPEAKER:
Dr. Mrinalini Hoon
Assistant Professor, Department of Opthalmology and
Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, RRF
Rebecca Meyer Brown Professor, McPherson Eye Research
Institute
"Mechanisms regulating synaptic connectivity in the mammalian retina"
For bio, research profile & objectives, see attached.
All are welcome to attend!
This is a hybrid (in-person/virtual) seminar. However, in-person
participation is encouraged.
For more information or to meet the Speaker, please contact the Dr. Tabrez
Siddiqui, <mailto:tabrez.siddiqui@umanitoba.ca>
tabrez.siddiqui(a)umanitoba.ca
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Dear Early-Mid career colleagues. I am extending this invitation that I sent to Canadian colleagues on behalf of CBRS. I included many of you in the email but may have missed some.
This invitation is for PIs only.
Thanks,
Tabrez
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Dear colleagues,
I hope you had a great summer. The Canadian Brain Research Strategy is ramping up our activities, and we warmly invite your participation.
I would like to invite you for a 90min Zoom meeting that will be held on Thursday October 26th, 12-1:30 pm PT / 3-4:30 pm ET.
CBRS Early & Mid-Career Researchers Meeting
Time: Oct 26, 2023 12 – 1:30 pm PT / 3 – 4:30 pm ET
Join Zoom Meeting: https://mit.zoom.us/my/canadianbrain?pwd=dUxKYUwvTlBnYTVuZzhHZEJXZkVWQT09
Meeting ID: 514 713 8614
Passcode: 1530264
This virtual meeting will include brief presentations from Jennie Young (CBRS CEO), Derya Sargin, Caroline Menard, and myself (E-MCR representatives in CBRS Leadership) with three main objectives:
1. Current state of the national research strategy, progress and future directions
2. Getting your input on optimizing resources to build talent and research in Canada (via chat or live discussion)
3. Joining in advocacy efforts led by Early- and Mid-Career Researchers
Our email list is not comprehensive. So, we encourage you to extend this invitation to all early- or mid-career colleagues; those within approximately 10 years since their faculty appointment are especially welcome!
For your immediate reference and insight into our recent activities, documents produced for politicians, and more, please visit https://bit.ly/CAN2023_CBRSUpdate.
I eagerly anticipate reconnecting with many of you soon, even if it's virtually this time around.
Sincerely,
Tabrez J. Siddiqui
(CBRS Steering Committee)
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Tabrez J. Siddiqui, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology,
Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba.
Principal Investigator, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba.
Principal Investigator, PrairieNeuro Research Centre,
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine, Health Sciences Centre.
SR422-710 William Avenue, Winnipeg R3E 0Z3,
Manitoba, Canada.
Phone: 1. 204.318.2564