The CIHR Café Scientifiques brings together experts with non-researchers in a relaxed atmosphere to talk about important health questions.
The presenters at the next CIHR Cafe Scientifiques will be:
Dr. Soheila Karimi, Assistant Professor, Physiology
Principal Investigator, Regenerative Medicine Program and Spinal Cord Research Centre;
Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Child Health;
University of Manitoba
Dr. Kristine Cowley, Research Associate
Spinal Cord Research Centre
University of Manitoba
Dr. Larry Jordan, Professor & Principal Investigator
Spinal Cord Research Centre
University of Manitoba
Topic: "Renewing Hope for Spinal Cord Injury"
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 7:00 pm
McNally Robinson, Grant Park
1120 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg
Poster attached
All are welcome to attend!
**Please RSVP: research_communications(a)umanitoba.ca or 204.474.9020
Kelly Jorundson
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
R4046 - 351 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
T: 204.235.3939 f: 204.237.4092
Email: wcsn(a)sbrc.ca
Website: sfn-manitoba.ca
Dear Neuroscientists,
For the last 2 years, we have held an annual meeting of the Manitoba
Neuroscience Network with the objective of forming a neuroscience
community and getting better acquainted personally and scientifically.
As we plan the 2012 conference, we can either maintain the basic meeting
framework largely as it has been the first two years, or we can choose a
more ambitious plan that will likely, if well attended, more strongly
benefit the community-building process.
Please click on the following link
(http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RK6LJ8M) to answer ONE question that
will help organizers plan the 2012 MNN Conference.
IF you have additional comments about the meeting, please email
mnn(a)sbrc.ca <mailto:mnn@sbrc.ca> .
Thank you.
Chris Anderson
President, Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
R4046 - 351 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
T: 204.235.3939 f: 204.237.4092
Email: wcsn(a)sbrc.ca
Website: sfn-manitoba.ca
Dear Manitoba Neuroscientists,
We are now in the process of planning the 2012 Manitoba Neuroscience Annual Meeting. A date will be announced soon.
I have planned the last 2 meeting programs myself and I am looking for fresh insight this year. I have received passing suggestions ranging from keeping the meeting format essentially the same, to changing to a trainee-centered event, to holding the meeting every 2 years for lack of new content, to having it planned as an overnight retreat to facilitate evening socialization.
I want this to be the best event possible. I am therefore soliciting meeting format and location suggestions from potential participants. Please take a few moments to consider what you would like to see at the next MNN annual meeting. What would benefit us all from a community-building and collaboration standpoint?
I am happy to take all suggestions but please get them to me as soon as you can. Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
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Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
University of Manitoba
Principal Investigator, Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
St. Boniface Hospital Research Center
President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience
Director, Manitoba Neuroscience Network
T: 204.235.3946 │ F: 204.237.4092 │ E: canderson(a)sbrc.ca
Hosted by Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Dr. Sari S. Hannila
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science
University of Manitoba
TOPIC: "Downregulation of Smad2 by secretory leukocyte protease
inhibitor enhances axonal regeneration in the CNS".
Friday, January 20, 2012
12:00 - 13:00
Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building
Video-linked to St. Boniface Research Centre
Room R1002
Kelly Jorundson
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
R4046 - 351 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
T: 204.235.3939 f: 204.237.4092
Email: wcsn(a)sbrc.ca
Website: sfn-manitoba.ca
Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminar - DR. PAUL FERNYHOUGH
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: A229 Chown Building**
http://myuminfo.umanitoba.ca/index.asp?sec=900&too=200&dat=1/13/2012&sta=0&…
Dr. Paul Fernyhough
Director of Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Professor - Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics & Physiology
University of Manitoba
Topic: "MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION IN NEURONS IN DIABETES"
** Videolinked to St. Boniface Research Centre R1002
Research Focus: Diabetic and Peripheral Neuropathies: Diabetic neuropathies are the Cinderella of neurological diseases. The WHO informs us that by 2025 there will be 300 million sufferers from diabetes worldwide - a figure approximately equal to the population of the USA. Currently close to 50% diabetic patients develop some form of peripheral nerve disease, which can lead to loss of protective sensation and limb amputation. The incidence is expected to rise 10-fold in the next 10 years in First Nations peoples of Canada. There is no treatment. My group is, therefore studying pathogenetic mechanisms and potential drug targets. Key approaches involve identification of the cellular transduction of damage signals (neurotrophic deficits, oxidative stress, glucose stress, mitochondrial dysfunction) and failure of cellular protective mechanisms.
Techniques: cell culture, confocal microscopy, fluorescence imaging, neuronal plasmid transfection, general biochemistry and pharmacology.
Kelly Jorundson
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
R4046 - 351 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
T: 204.235.3939 f: 204.237.4092
Email: wcsn(a)sbrc.ca
Website: sfn-manitoba.ca
Dear Manitoba Neuroscientists,
Brain Awareness Week is coming March 12-18, 2012. This year our feature event will be a scientific visit and public presentation by Dr. Adrian Owen from the University of Western Ontario on March 15 and 16. Dr. Owen was recently recruited to Canada from Cambridge University as a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging. He is coming at the invitation of the Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience, the Faculty of Medicine and the President of the University of Manitoba.
Dr. Owen's itinerary will include a minisymposium on cognitive neuroscience and brain imaging, to showcase work being done in Manitoba, as well as an open scientific seminar and an evening public lecture. I encourage all Manitoba neuroscientists to demonstrate the vibrancy of our research and clinical neuroscience communities by participating in the activities surrounding Dr. Owen's visit.
If you would like to meet with Dr. Owen, participate as a speaker in the minisymposium (other than those already contacted), or if you have a specific idea for inclusion on his itinerary, please contact me at canderson(a)sbrc.ca.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Chris
/sent on behalf of
Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
University of Manitoba
Principal Investigator, Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
St. Boniface Hospital Research Center
President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience
Director, Manitoba Neuroscience Network
T: 204.235.3946 │ F: 204.237.4092 │ E: canderson(a)sbrc.ca
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CIHR’s Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) - 2012 Travel Awards
2012 Travel Awards
Through the Institute Community Support (ICS) Program <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFkZ-pbYAS3> , CIHR-INMHA is launching 2012 Travel Awards <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFka-pbYAS0> for trainees (post-doctoral fellows), new investigators and knowledge users to attend the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Clinical Trials Network Steering Committee Meeting on April 17-18, 2012, taking place at J.W. Marriott Atlanta Buckhead in Atlanta Georgia. In addition, applicants are encouraged to attend the Pre-ASAM Blending and Dissemination Meeting on April 19, 2012, taking place at The Hilton Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia.
INMHA will offer travel awards to a maximum amount up to $2,500 per award, to cover costs of travel, per diem for meals and accommodation to attend these meetings. For more information on the meetings <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFkb-pbYAS1> please visit the NIDA website. For information on the Clinical Trials Network <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFkc-pbYAS2> please visit the NIDA website.
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February 24, 2012: Full applications must be submitted by this date.
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Institut des neurosciences, de la santé mentale et des toxicomanies (INSMT) - Bourses de voyage 2012
Bourses de voyage 2012
Par l’entremise du Programme d’appui communautaire des instituts <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFke-pbYAS4> (PACI), L'INSMT des IRSC accordera des bourses de voyage 2012 <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFkf-pbYAS5> aux stagiaires (boursiers postdoctoraux), aux nouveaux chercheurs et aux utilisateurs de connaissances pour assister à la réunion du comité directeur du Réseau d'essais cliniques du National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), qui se déroulera les 17 et 18 avril 2012, à l'hôtel J.W. Marriott Atlanta Buckhead, à Atlanta (Géorgie). De plus, on encourage les candidats à assister à la rencontre d'échange et de dissémination préalable à la réunion de l'ASAM, le 19 avril 2012, à l'hôtel The Hilton Atlanta, à Atlanta (Géorgie).
L'INSMT accordera des bourses de voyage d'une valeur maximale de 2 500 $ par bourse pour couvrir les frais de déplacement, l'indemnité de repas quotidienne et l'hébergement. De plus amples renseignements sur les réunions <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFkg-pbYAS6> (en anglais seulement) sont affichés sur le site Web du NIDA. Pour obtenir de l'information sur le Réseau d'essais cliniques <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFkh-pbYAS7> (en anglais seulement) consultez le site Web du NIDA.
Pour plus d'informations, visiter IRSC-INSMT http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/36096.html <http://trk.cp20.com/Tracking/t.c?PbSx-PFki-pbYAS8>
24 février 2012 : Les demandes détaillées doivent être envoyées au plus tard à cette date
Kelly Jorundson
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
R4046 - 351 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
T: 204.235.3939 f: 204.237.4092
Email: wcsn(a)sbrc.ca
Website: sfn-manitoba.ca
PUBLIC LECTURE: NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH PROGRAM CANDIDATE
Dr. Tiina M. Kauppinen
TOPIC: "Microglial Modulation as a Therapeutic Approach in CNS
Diseases/Disorders"
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
9:30 A.M. - 10:30 A.M.
Location: Theatre "B" Basic Medical Sciences
Dr. Tiina M. Kauppinen:
Adjunct Assistant Professor at Department of Neurology
University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Principal Investigator at Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) at San
Francisco
Staff Research Associate IV at
Northern California Institute of Research and Education (NCIRE), San
Francisco
Everyone welcome!
For more information, contact Dr. Kevin Coombs,
Neuroscience Research Program, and Faculty of Medicine at
(204)789-3375 or kcoombs(a)cc.umanitoba.ca
/sent on behalf of
Carla
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Office of the Associate Dean (Research)
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McDermot Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T6
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Kelly Jorundson
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Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
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Email: wcsn(a)sbrc.ca
Website: sfn-manitoba.ca
Kelly Jorundson
Administrative Manager
Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Hospital Research
&
Pharmacology & Therapeutics,University of Manitoba
R4046 - 351 Tache Ave., Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
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