Manitoba Neuroscience Network
2014/2015 Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series
Friday, October 31, 2014, 2014 | 9:00 am
Dr. Ji Hyun Ko
<http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/anatomy/8828.html>
Principal Investigator, Neuroscience Research Program
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine,
Health Sciences Centre & University of Manitoba
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Anatomy &
Cell Science, University of Manitoba
Topic: PET imaging in Parkinson's disease.
Location: PX236/238, Psychiatry Bldg. Bannatyne Campus
Brief Biosketch: Dr. Ko received his BSc in Electrical and Computer
Engineering at Hanyang University (Seoul, South Korea). In his senior
year, he became fascinated by how neurobiological systems can be modeled
and interpreted mathematically, so decided to study the brain. He
completed his graduate training in Cognitive Neuroscience at McGill
University (Montreal) under the supervision of Dr. Antonio Strafella and
Dr. Alain Ptito. After earning his PhD, he continued his training as a
postdoctoral fellow in functional brain imaging at the University of
Toronto, once again under Dr. Strafella. Then, he moved to New York to
join Dr. David Eidelberg's group at the Feinstein Institute for Medical
Research, where he trained in multivariate brain imaging analysis. In
2014, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at The University of
Manitoba, where he is currently investigating brain imaging-based
biomarkers and therapeutic brain stimulation.
For more information, contact the MNN Office at
(T) 235.3939 or email: mnn(a)sbrc.ca
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(a)sbrc.ca OR kjorund(a)yahoo.ca
Website: www.sfn-manitoba.ca
Everyone is invited!
Manitoba Neuroscience Network
2014/2015 Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series
Date: Friday, October 31, 2014
Time: 9:00am
Location: PX236/238, Psychiatry Bldg. Bannatyne Campus
Dr. Ji Hyun Ko <http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/anatomy/8828.html>
Principal Investigator, Neuroscience Research Program
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine,
Health Sciences Centre & University of Manitoba
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Anatomy &
Cell Science, University of Manitoba
Topic: PET imaging in Parkinson's disease.
Brief Biosketch: Dr. Ko received his BSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Hanyang University (Seoul, South Korea). In his senior year, he became fascinated by how neurobiological systems can be modelled and interpreted mathematically, so decided to study the brain. He completed his graduate training in Cognitive Neuroscience at McGill University (Montreal) under the supervision of Dr. Antonio Strafella and Dr. Alain Ptito. After earning his PhD, he continued his training as a postdoctoral fellow in functional brain imaging at the University of Toronto, once again under Dr. Strafella. Then, he moved to New York to join Dr. David Eidelberg's group at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, where he trained in multivariate brain imaging analysis. In 2014, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor at The University of Manitoba, where he is currently investigating brain imaging-based biomarkers and therapeutic brain stimulation.
Expertise: Experimental model of gut inflammation, smooth muscle contraction, permeability, autonomic nervous system, vagus nerve, immunology.
Friday, October 31, 2014, 2014 | 9:00 am
For more information, contact the MNN Office at
(T) 235.3939 or email: mnn(a)sbrc.ca
Kelly Jorundson
Administrative Manager
Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
St. Boniface Hospital Research
& Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Room R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
Tel: 204.235.3939 | Fax: 204.237.4092
Email: kjorund(a)sbrc.ca OR kelly.jorundson(a)med.umanitoba.ca
Website: www.sbrc.ca/dnd OR www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/units/pharmacology
Presented on behalf of BC Neuropsychiatry Group and
Dr. Mandana Modirrousta, Director, Neurostimulation and Neuropsychiatric Unit.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba
You are all invited to join a video-linked presentation..
October 22, 2014
Time: 1-2 pm
Location: Video-Link to R1002 SBRC
Dr. Lara Boyd <http://physicaltherapy.med.ubc.ca/person/lara-boyd/>
Canada Research Chair and Michael Smith Scholar
University of British Columbia
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
Title: “Engineering the Brain: Recovery from Stroke”
Biosketch: Dr. Lara Boyd, is a physical therapist and neuroscientist who is leading the effort to understand what therapies positively alter patterns of brain activity after stroke. Her group uses a combination of functional magnetic resonance imaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation to map changes in brain activity. Her studies are among the first to comprehensively examine the patterns of brain activation as they relate to motor learning and parameters of practice after stroke. Please visit the Brain Behavior Laboratory website <http://brain.rehab.med.ubc.ca/> for more information
/sent on behalf of
Mandana Modirrousta MD PhD FRCPC
Assistant professor
Director, Neurostimulation and Neuropsychiatric Unit.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba
M4028, McEwen building
St. Boniface General Hospital
409 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
phone 204-237-2606 fax: 204 233 8051
Adjunct professor
Biomedical Engineering Program
Dept. of Elect. & Comp. Engineering,
University of Manitoba
Kelly Jorundson
Administrative Manager
Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
St. Boniface Hospital Research
& Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Room R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
Tel: 204.235.3939 | Fax: 204.237.4092
Email: kjorund(a)sbrc.ca OR kelly.jorundson(a)med.umanitoba.ca
Website: www.sbrc.ca/dnd OR www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/units/pharmacology
I highly recommend that as many of us as possible attend this talk. Great opportunity.
Chris Anderson
Manitoba Neuroscience Network
Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience
Sent from my iPhone
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From: Jennifer Genest <Jennifer.Genest(a)med.umanitoba.ca<mailto:Jennifer.Genest@med.umanitoba.ca>>
Date: October 16, 2014 at 12:00:36 PM CDT
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Subject: Dr. Samuel Weiss, University of Calgary, Visiting Speaker "Edge of Science and Medicine" seminar series
Hello everyone,
The Edge of Science and Medicine Seminar Series features cutting edge science lectures in a variety of areas, sponsored by Dr. Kevin Coombs, Assistant Dean (Research) and the Office of the Associate Dean (Research).
Once again, our Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science will be hosting an external speaker and pleased to announce; Dr. Samuel Weiss.
Please review the attached poster for details and distribute to all interested parties in your department. It is highly encouraged that all students attend.
Thank you.
________________________________
Edge of Science and Medicine Seminar Series
Monday, November 17, 2014
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Theatre A, BMSB
Dr. Samuel Weiss
Director, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Professor, University of Calgary
“Brain Tumour Stem Cells and STAT3 Oncogenic Signaling in Glioblastoma”
________________________________
Jennifer Genest
College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
It's my pleasure to introduce Manitoba neuroscientists to Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui as the most recent faculty appointee to the Neuroscience Research Program at the University of Manitoba/Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Siddiqui is appointed in the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology but his research program will be located in the Kleysen Institute Neuroscience Research Program. His office phone is 204-318-2564 and his email address is Tabrez.siddiqui(a)med.umanitoba.ca.
Dr. Siddiqui received his PhD in Neurobiology from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany. He was a postdoctoral fellow and Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry at UBC in Dr. Ann Marie Craig's laboratory. His research interests are in synaptic development and organization.
Welcome Tabrez!
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Chris M. Anderson, PhD
Associate Professor and Director, Neuroscience Research Program
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine
Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba
T: 204-318-2565
E: chris.anderson(a)med.umanitoba.ca
For all interested:
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FHS Graduate students and Postdoctoral trainees, please note...
Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Student and Postdoc Career Development Workshop.
Aim: To educate and provide tools to trainees to help them to succeed as career academics but also to help transition to other non-academic scientific career streams.
What: empowerment through knowledge and information provided by guest speakers and career/skills development exercises and advice
When: monthly (first Tuesday of each month at 3:00pm)
Who: All Faculty of Health Sciences graduate students and post-docs (and their supervisors too!)
Format: 30 mins guest speaker + 30 mins Q&A – active engagement with the audience
Coordinator: Dr. Sachin Katyal, Asst Prof, Dept. Pharmacology and Therapeutics; Senior Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, CancerCare Manitoba (questions/comments can be directed to sachin.katyal(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:sachin.katyal@umanitoba.ca>)
Start: The inaugural presentation will be held on Tuesday October 7, 2014 – 3:00-4:00PM, Basic Science Lecture Theatre E
Sachin Katyal will outline the key concepts and goals of the workshop for the coming year
Topics include:
1. Networking, Networking, Networking!!! (ongoing theme)
-collaborating and promoting yourself
-gathering references and developing notoriety
2. Communication skills (writing, public speaking, graphic presentations)
3. Research Skills (expt design, techniques, data/stats analysis, interpretation, peer review, detail-oriented)
4. Business Management skills (leadership, professionalism, project management, time management, team play)
5. Effective CV building, updating, promotion
6. Ins and outs of publishing
-scientific writing/editing
-revisions
7. Trainee Grantsmanship and Grant workshop
8. Building an IDP (individual development plan) - http://myidp.sciencecareers.org/
-IDP provides a mentor-mentee planning process that identifies both professional development needs and career objectives (both short term and long term)
9. Advancing to a tenure track academic position
-preparing the application
-choosing the right references
-application, site visit and interview processes
-giving an effective scientific presentation
-chalk talks
-negotiating a start-up package
-planning and securing funding
-alternative paths to academic careers
10. Alternative non-academic scientific careers:
-MSL
-Big Pharma
-Patent attorney/agent
-Scientific liason for non-profits
-Finance industry (science/tech analyst)
-Government
-Teaching
-Publishing/Editing
-Medical Communications
-Consulting
-Corporate meets science
-NGO health related
Sachin Katyal, PhD
Asst. Professor, University of Manitoba, Dept of Pharmacology and Therapeutics;
Senior Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, CancerCare Manitoba
675 McDermot Ave, ON5010
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
R3E0V9
ph: 204-787-2765
Sachin.Katyal(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Sachin.Katyal@umanitoba.ca>
Hi Everyone,
I am happy to announce the next talk in our regularly scheduled BME Seminar Series. Please see below for details and and feel free to post/distribute the attached flyer. Also, please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to meet with the speaker, and I will try to work you into her itinerary.
Speaker: Dr. Brittany Coats, PhD (University of Utah)
Title: The Effect of the Pia-Arachnoid Complex on Predictions of Traumatic Brain Injury
Time: 5:30-6:30 PM
Date: Thursday, October 09, 2014
Location: E2-330 Engineering Building (Fort Garry Campus)
Abstract: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is often identified by the presence of subdural and/or sub-arachnoid hemorrhages that develop from ruptured cortical vessels during brain-skull displacement. The pia-arachnoid complex (PAC) serves as a mechanical tether between the brain and skull, and likely influences the development of these hemorrhages during head trauma. Finite element (FE) modeling of the head, brain, and skull is used to investigate TBI, but most investigations fail to represent the complex substructures of the PAC. Using an innovative application of optical coherence tomography (OCT), we characterized the variability of the PAC substructure density across the brain and used the microsctructural information to develop a multiscale finite element model for predicting intracranial hemorrhage associated with rapid rotations of the head. This multiscale approach has increased our overall accuracy for predicting hemorrhages in TBI from 80-85% to 94-100%. More importantly, it has improved regional predictions of hemorrhage from 63-88% to 86-100%.
Biosketch: Dr. Brittany Coats is an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah, with Adjunct Assistant Professor affiliations in Bioengineering and Pediatrics. She completed her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Utah and then went on to earn her PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. Her post-doctoral work, evaluating the effect of repetitive head trauma in an animal model, was in collaboration with the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania. Her current research interests focus on characterizing biological structures of the head and eye as they change with age, and identifying how these mechanical changes influence injury.
Sandwiches, refreshments and cake will be provided after the seminar.
To see the list of next scheduled BME seminars, please go to: http://umanitoba.ca/biomedical_engineering/courses/bme_seminars.html
Looking forward to your attendance and continued support for the BME Seminar Series.
Chase
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Chase Figley, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg and
University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine
Room GA216 - 820 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3A 1R9
Office Phone: 204-787-2994
Website: www.figleylab.ca<http://www.figleylab.ca>