Manitoba Neuroscience Network | Seminar Series
Date: Friday, March 28th, 2014 Time: 9:00 am Location: PX236/238 PsychHealth Bldg.
Dr. Tiina Kauppinen
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Principle Investigator, Neuroscience Research Program
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine
Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba
Topic: Microglial modulation as a therapeutic approach in CNS disorders.
Location: PX236/238 PsychHealth Bldg.
Biosketch: Tiina M Kauppinen is an Assistant Professor and principle investigator at the University of Manitoba. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Molecular Brain Research in 2001
from the University of Kuopio, Finland. Her Ph.D. studies (published in her maiden name, Tikka) discovered the neuroprotective potential of minocycline, an antibiotic that has several
anti-inflammatory functions unrelated to its anti-microbial mechanisms. Dr. Kauppinen did her postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco (2002-2006). After which she
became an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at University of California, San Francisco (2006-2012). Dr. Kauppinen joined the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba July 2012.
Her research focuses on the role of microglia and neuroinflammation in acute (ie- stroke) and chronic (ie- Alzheimer's disease) central nervous system disorders, and on the effects of chronic
inflammation on fetal (ie- gestational diabetes) and infant (ie- poor diet) neurocognitive development. The overall goals of her research program are to 1) understand how microglial
functions affect neurodegeneration, neurogenesis and neuronal functions, 2) establish approaches to modulate microglial responses, and 3) develop new therapeutic strategies with multiple disease
relevance.
Dr. Kauppinen received a prestigious Jordi Folch Pi award 2008 from American Society for Neurochemistry. Her research has been funded by grants from American Heart and Stroke and
Alzheimer Society of Canada.
Kelly Jorundson Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience R4046 - 351 Tache Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
Tel: 204.235.3939 Fax: 204.237.4092 Email: kjorund@sbrc.ca OR kjorund@yahoo.ca
Website: www.sfn-manitoba.ca
