Dr. Sean Mulligan's lecture scheduled for Friday June 17th has been CANCELLED.
Kelly
Kelly Jorundson
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
Tel: 204.235.3939 7Fax: 204.237.4092
Email: wcsn(a)sbrc.ca Website: www.sfn-manitoba.ca
(Judy/Sharon, can you circulate to Physiology staff?)
DND Visiting Speaker - Dr. Sean Mulligan
http://www.sbrc.ca/content/view/926/593/
DATE: Friday, June 17th, 2011
TIME: 1:00 pm
LOCATION: Room 431 Basic Medical Sciences Bldg. (Physiology Conference Room)
Dr. Sean Mulligan
<http://www.medicine.usask.ca/physiology/people/faculty-members/sean-mulliga…> Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
University of Saskatchewan
TOPIC: Functional optical imaging in free nerve endings: a pain in the dura.
Biosketch:
Dr. Sean Mulligan
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
Neural Systems & Plasticity Research Group, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Postdoctoral Fellow (Psychiatry) Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Ph.D. (Neuroscience) Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
M.Sc. (Biology/Neurobiology) Simon Fraser University
B.Sc. (Kinesiology/Anatomy & Physiology) Simon Fraser University
Teaching Interests
Neuroscience
Cellular and Systems Level Physiology
Research Interests
Pain sensitivity within the skull is restricted to the intracranial meninges, the system of membranes that envelops the brain. Afferent thinly myelinated A��-fibres and unmyelinated C-fibres that originate from the trigeminal ganglion densely innervate the meninges, in particular the cranial dura mater. It is widely recognized that activation or sensitization of these dural nociceptive afferents is responsible for the genesis of migraine headaches. However, any details of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved are largely speculative and remain to be discovered. Identification of the underlying mechanisms of activation of dural nociceptors may have important implications for understanding and mitigating the pathogenesis of migraine headaches. We have developed a novel en bloc dural-skull preparation that allows us for the first time to apply optical imaging techniques to directly study with high resolution the free nerve endings and terminals of the nociceptive fibres that terminate in the dura mater. The objective of our research is to gain insight into the neurophysiology of peripheral pain activation to better understand the pathophysiological processes that occur during migraine headache. It is our hope that this will lead to new peripheral drug targets and offer additional therapeutic treatments for this devastating illness.
Laboratory Techniques
We are primarily an optical imaging laboratory that uses both two-photon laser scanning imaging as well as widefield epifluorescence microscopy. Microscopes are configured for both microfluorometric and transmitted light imaging using photomultiplier tube or high sensitivity EMCCD camera based detection. We combine optical imaging of calcium signaling selectively within individual terminals with electrophysiological stimulation, pharmacological manipulations, and UV and two-photon photolysis of caged compounds.
Selected Publications
Papers in refereed journals:
Zampronio, A. R., Kuzmiski, J. B., Florence, C.M., Mulligan, S. J. and Pittman, Q. J. Opposing actions of endothelin-1 on glutamatergic transmission onto vasopressin and oxytocin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience (in press)
Hines, D.J., Hines, R.M., Mulligan, S.J., and Macvicar, B.A. Microglia processes block the spread of damage in the brain and require functional chloride channels. Glia. 2009 Nov 15;57(15):1610-8.
Umeshappa C.S., Huang, H., Xie, Y., Wei, Y., Mulligan, S.J., Deng, Y., and Xiang, J. CD4+ Th-APC with acquired peptide/MHC class I and II complexes stimulate type 1 helper CD4+ and central memory CD8+ T cell responses. Journal of Immunology Vol 182 pp 193-206 (2009).
Pittman, Q. P and Mulligan, S.J. Dendritic Vasopressin Release: Reducing the Flow Makes Blood Vessels Grow. Endocrinology Vol 149(9) pp 4276-4278 (2008).
Kisilevsky, A.E., Mulligan, S.J., Christophe, A., Iftinca, M.C., Varela, D., Tai, C., Chen, L., Hameed, S., Hamid, J., MacVicar, B.A. and Zamponi, G.W. D1 and D2 dopamine receptors interact directly with N-type calcium channels and differentially regulate channel activity. Neuron Vol 58 pp 557-570 (2008).
Gordon, G.R., Mulligan, S. J. and MacVicar, B.A. Astrocyte control of the cerebrovasculature. Glia Vol 55 pp 1214-1221 (Cover Image) (2007).
Mulligan, S.J. and MacVicar, B. A. VRACs CARVe a path for novel mechanisms of communication in the CNS. Science STKE Vol 2006/357 pe42 (2006).
Mulligan, S.J. and MacVicar, B. A. Calcium transients in astrocyte endfeet cause cerebrovascular constrictions. Nature Vol 431/7005 pp 195-199 (2004).
Mulligan, S.J., Davison, I. and Delaney, K.R. Mitral cell presynaptic Ca2+ influx and synaptic transmission in frog amygdala. Neuroscience Vol 104/1 pp 137-151 (2001).
Book Chapters:
Florence, C.M. and Mulligan, S.J. Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy: Imaging Astrocyte Calcium Signalling in the Brain Slice Preparation. In Neuromethods series, edited by Walz, W. and Doucette, R., Humana Press (2009).
Gordon G.R.J., MacVicar, B.A., and Mulligan, S.J. Glia Control of Blood Flow. In The New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, edited by Squire, L.R., Oxford:Academic Press (2009).
Mulligan, S.J. and MacVicar, B. A. Two-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy: Basic Principles, Advantages and Risks. In Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy, edited by A. M��ndez-Vilas, J. D��az, Formatex (2007).
MacVicar, B. A. and Mulligan, S.J. Intrinsic Optical Signal Imaging in Brain slices. In Imaging in Neuroscience and Development: A Laboratory Manual, edited by Yuste, R. and Konnerth, A., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. (2005).
Mulligan, S.J. and MacVicar, B. A. Monitoring Intracellular Ca2+ in Brain Slices with Fluorescent Indicators. In Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels, edited by Zamponi, G.W., Landes Bioscience (2005).
Kelly Jorundson
Administrative Manager - Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre &
Pharmacology & Therap., University of Manitoba
R4046 �C 351 Tach�� Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
'Tel: 204.235.3939 7Fax: 204.237.4092
*Email: kjorund(a)sbrc.ca <mailto:kjorund@sbrc.ca> ; OR kjorund(a)yahoo.ca <mailto:kjorund@yahoo.ca>
The Department of Physiology/SCRC Candidate Lectures
Speaker: Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour
Senior Research Associate
Spinal Cord Research Centre
Department of Physiology
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Research Lecture
Monday, June 20
"Neuroprotective Approaches for the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury"
Monday, June 20, 2011 at 11:00AM
Theatre B, 2nd Floor, Basic Medical Sciences Bldg
745 Bannatyne Avenue
Everyone welcome
Teaching Lecture
Tuesday, June 21
"Glial Component of the CNS Neural Network"
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 10:00AM
Biochemistry Conference Room 341, BMSB
745 Bannatyne Avenue
Everyone welcome
Students encouraged to attend
Posters attached.
For more information contact:
Dr. David McCrea
Director: Spinal Cord Research Centre
Phone: 789-3770
E-mail: dave(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca
Spinal Cord Research Centre
University of Manitoba
Department of Physiology
745 Bannatyne Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3E 0J9
Tel: (204)789-3770
Fax: (204)789-3930
dave(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca
View online: http://www.sbrc.ca/content/view/926/593/
Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Visiting Speaker - Dr. Sean Mulligan <http://www.medicine.usask.ca/physiology/people/faculty-members/sean-mulliga…>
DATE: Friday, June 17th, 011
TIME: 12:00 Noon
LOCATION: Theatre A
Biosketch:
Dr. Sean Mulligan
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology
Neural Systems & Plasticity Research Group, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Postdoctoral Fellow (Psychiatry) Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Ph.D. (Neuroscience) Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
M.Sc. (Biology/Neurobiology) Simon Fraser University
B.Sc. (Kinesiology/Anatomy & Physiology) Simon Fraser University
Teaching Interests
Neuroscience
Cellular and Systems Level Physiology
Research Interests
Pain sensitivity within the skull is restricted to the intracranial meninges, the system of membranes that envelops the brain. Afferent thinly myelinated A��-fibres and unmyelinated C-fibres that originate from the trigeminal ganglion densely innervate the meninges, in particular the cranial dura mater. It is widely recognized that activation or sensitization of these dural nociceptive afferents is responsible for the genesis of migraine headaches. However, any details of the pathophysiological mechanisms involved are largely speculative and remain to be discovered. Identification of the underlying mechanisms of activation of dural nociceptors may have important implications for understanding and mitigating the pathogenesis of migraine headaches. We have developed a novel en bloc dural-skull preparation that allows us for the first time to apply optical imaging techniques to directly study with high resolution the free nerve endings and terminals of the nociceptive fibres that terminate in the dura mater. The objective of our research is to gain insight into the neurophysiology of peripheral pain activation to better understand the pathophysiological processes that occur during migraine headache. It is our hope that this will lead to new peripheral drug targets and offer additional therapeutic treatments for this devastating illness.
Laboratory Techniques
We are primarily an optical imaging laboratory that uses both two-photon laser scanning imaging as well as widefield epifluorescence microscopy. Microscopes are configured for both microfluorometric and transmitted light imaging using photomultiplier tube or high sensitivity EMCCD camera based detection. We combine optical imaging of calcium signaling selectively within individual terminals with electrophysiological stimulation, pharmacological manipulations, and UV and two-photon photolysis of caged compounds.
Selected Publications
Papers in refereed journals:
Zampronio, A. R., Kuzmiski, J. B., Florence, C.M., Mulligan, S. J. and Pittman, Q. J. Opposing actions of endothelin-1 on glutamatergic transmission onto vasopressin and oxytocin neurons in the supraoptic nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience (in press)
Hines, D.J., Hines, R.M., Mulligan, S.J., and Macvicar, B.A. Microglia processes block the spread of damage in the brain and require functional chloride channels. Glia. 2009 Nov 15;57(15):1610-8.
Umeshappa C.S., Huang, H., Xie, Y., Wei, Y., Mulligan, S.J., Deng, Y., and Xiang, J. CD4+ Th-APC with acquired peptide/MHC class I and II complexes stimulate type 1 helper CD4+ and central memory CD8+ T cell responses. Journal of Immunology Vol 182 pp 193-206 (2009).
Pittman, Q. P and Mulligan, S.J. Dendritic Vasopressin Release: Reducing the Flow Makes Blood Vessels Grow. Endocrinology Vol 149(9) pp 4276-4278 (2008).
Kisilevsky, A.E., Mulligan, S.J., Christophe, A., Iftinca, M.C., Varela, D., Tai, C., Chen, L., Hameed, S., Hamid, J., MacVicar, B.A. and Zamponi, G.W. D1 and D2 dopamine receptors interact directly with N-type calcium channels and differentially regulate channel activity. Neuron Vol 58 pp 557-570 (2008).
Gordon, G.R., Mulligan, S. J. and MacVicar, B.A. Astrocyte control of the cerebrovasculature. Glia Vol 55 pp 1214-1221 (Cover Image) (2007).
Mulligan, S.J. and MacVicar, B. A. VRACs CARVe a path for novel mechanisms of communication in the CNS. Science STKE Vol 2006/357 pe42 (2006).
Mulligan, S.J. and MacVicar, B. A. Calcium transients in astrocyte endfeet cause cerebrovascular constrictions. Nature Vol 431/7005 pp 195-199 (2004).
Mulligan, S.J., Davison, I. and Delaney, K.R. Mitral cell presynaptic Ca2+ influx and synaptic transmission in frog amygdala. Neuroscience Vol 104/1 pp 137-151 (2001).
Book Chapters:
Florence, C.M. and Mulligan, S.J. Two-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy: Imaging Astrocyte Calcium Signalling in the Brain Slice Preparation. In Neuromethods series, edited by Walz, W. and Doucette, R., Humana Press (2009).
Gordon G.R.J., MacVicar, B.A., and Mulligan, S.J. Glia Control of Blood Flow. In The New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, edited by Squire, L.R., Oxford:Academic Press (2009).
Mulligan, S.J. and MacVicar, B. A. Two-Photon Fluorescence Microscopy: Basic Principles, Advantages and Risks. In Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy, edited by A. M��ndez-Vilas, J. D��az, Formatex (2007).
MacVicar, B. A. and Mulligan, S.J. Intrinsic Optical Signal Imaging in Brain slices. In Imaging in Neuroscience and Development: A Laboratory Manual, edited by Yuste, R. and Konnerth, A., Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press. (2005).
Mulligan, S.J. and MacVicar, B. A. Monitoring Intracellular Ca2+ in Brain Slices with Fluorescent Indicators. In Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels, edited by Zamponi, G.W., Landes Bioscience (2005).
Kelly Jorundson
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
R4046 �C 351 Tach�� Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
Tel: 204.235.3939 7Fax: 204.237.4092
Email: wcsn(a)sbrc.ca Website: www.sfn-manitoba.ca
Date:
Friday, June 3, 2011
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location:
Theatre C
Dr. Michael Kawaja
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Queen's University at Kingston
Topic: Nerve Growth Factor - The driving force behind sympathetic
sprouting.
Biosketch: Dr. Kawaja did his undergraduate studies in biology at
Acadia University and completed his doctoral degree in Anatomy at the
University of Western Ontario in 1989. He then went on to have two
MRC-funded post-doctoral positions, the first with Dr. Fred Gage at the
University of California San Diego, and the second with Dr. John Roder
at the Samuel Lunenfeld Institute at the Mount Sinai Hospital in
Toronto. In 1993 Dr. Kawaja commenced his MRC-funded scholarship
position as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Cell
Biology at Queen's University. Over the last 17 years he has risen
through the ranks of Associate and Full Professor at Queen's. Dr.
Kawaja has held numerous operating grants from CIHR (MRC), Heart and
Stroke Foundation, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, and Ontario Mental
Ontario Ministry for Research and Innovation. He has served as a panel
member of CIHR Scholarships and continues to serve as a panel member for
CIHR Neuroscience "B". He has also served on a number of peer review
panels including those for Alzheimer Society of Canada, Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Canada, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, Ontario
Mental Health Foundation, and Ontario Ministry of Research and
Innovation Early Researcher Awards. health Foundation. His research
focuses on gaining a greater understanding of the reparative mechanisms
in the mammalian central and peripheral nervous systems, as a
consequence of injury and disease.
Everyone is invited to attend…
Neuroscience Research Program Candidate: Dr. Paul Cumming
Public Lecture: “Investigation of Biogenic Amine Pharmacology with PET”
DATE: Friday, June 10, 2011
TIME: 9:00 AM
LOCATION: Apotex Centre Basement Lecture Theatre 071
Paul Cumming, Ph.D.,
Neurological Science ‐ Department of Nuclear Medicine ‐ Ludwig‐Maximilians Universität
München, Germany
Everyone is welcome to attend.
For more information:
Dr. Xin-Min Li
Neuroscience Research Program,
Faculty of Medicine
T: (204) 977-5633 or xinmin_li(a)umanitoba.ca