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S E M I N A R & V I S I T I N G
S P E A K E R S E R I E S
Friday, October 26,2018
Time: 9 am Location: Px 236/238 PsycHealth Bldg.
Dr. Larry Jordan
Professor, Physiology & Pathophysiology Principal Investigator, Spinal Cord Research Centre University of Manitoba
Topic: TBA
Thursday, Nov 15, 2018
Time: 12 noon Location: Location Theatre C
*Trainee lunch to follow in SR415 KIAM Bldg.
Dr. Wei Lu
Synapse and Neural Circuit Section
Porter Neuroscience Research Center
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Topic: Making the brain's own brake --- Molecular mechanisms of inhibitory synapse development ---
Objectives for the talk: Discuss the recent progress from my lab in understanding the molecular and
cellular mechanisms for inhibitory synapse development
Education
Ph.D. (Neuroscience and Physiology). Laboratory of Edward Ziff, New York University
School of Medicine, New York, 2006
Summer Training Course (Neural Systems & Behaviors). Marine Biological Laboratory,
Woods Hole, MA, 2005
M.S. (Molecular Biology/Entomology). Zhejiang University, China, 2000
B.S. (Biochemistry). Sichuan University, China, 1997
Professional Experience
Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, 2012-present
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Roger Nicoll, Department of Cellular and Molecular
Pharmacology, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), 2006-2011
Research Interests
Synapse development and function with a focus on GABAergic synapses
/sent on behalf of
Tabrez Siddiqui Chair, Seminar Series Manitoba Neuroscience Network
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T: 204.235.3939
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