This message is sent on Behalf of Drs. Chris Anderson and
Soheila Karimi
Dear Neuroscience Community,
Thank you for your participation in the 5th MNN Scientific
Meeting on June 12th.
This year we had over 155 participants and 55 posters, which was
a record since the establishment of the event in 2010.
The event was a success and we have received numerous positive
feedbacks on our program. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Fehlings, was very
impressed with the size of our Manitoba Neuroscience Network and the
quality of our research.
We would like to thank all speakers, session chairs, keynote
speaker, poster presenters and all other participants. The day would not
be a success without your support.
MNN poster competition was well-attended and exciting. Our
trainees showcased their research in a competitive poster session and
judges were impressed with the quality of posters this year.
We congratulate all poster presenters for their hard work. Top 6
posters in student category and top 2 posters in postdoctoral/research
associate category are selected. Since it was a tight competition, we
also acknowledge several students and postdocs as honorable mention.
Poster winners are listed alphabetically below:
Students:
- Alizadeh, Arsalan
- Burg, Maxwell
- Natarajan, Suchitra
- Sinha, Asha
- Vuong, Billy
- Zachariah, Robby
PDF:
- Chen, Xiaoyu
- Figley, Teresa
Honorable mention:
Students
- Campbell, Kristyn
- Majer, Anna
- Manghera, Mamneet
- Whittaker, Heather
PDF
- Djordjevic, Jelena
Award winners will be contacted by MNN in coming days.
**View the Full Program online here
http://tinyurl.com/MNN2015-Program
We are looking forward to the 6th MNN Scientific Meeting next
year.
Sincerely,
Soheila Karimi (meeting chair of the 5th MNN Scientific Meeting)
Chris Anderson (President, SFN Winnipeg Chapter)
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
UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
PSYCHOLOGY &NEUROSCIENCE TALK
THURSDAY 18 JUNE 2015
1:30-3:00
4TH FLOOR LOCKHART (4L28)
TRAVIS TODD
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCE
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
TOPIC: BEHAVIOURAL AND NEUROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF EXTINCTION IN
PAVLOVIAN AND INSTRUMENTAL LEARNING
Abstract: Pavlovian and instrumental learning are two fundamental forms
of learning that contribute to behavior in a variety of ways, in
both human and non-human animals. In Pavlovian extinction, repeated
presentation of a signal without its reinforcer weakens behavior
evoked by the signal; in instrumental extinction, repeated occurrence of
a voluntary action without its reinforcer weakens the strength of the
actions. In both cases, contemporary research at both the behavioural
and neural levels of analysis has been guided by a set of extinction
principles that were first generated by research conducted at the
behavioral level. Both Pavlovian and instrumental extinction are at
least partly controlled by a form of context-specific inhibitory
learning, and both involve a neural circuit including the hippocampus
and the
medial prefrontal cortex.
Dr. Travis Todd graduated from the University of Winnipeg where he
worked in the Doug Williams lab. He subsequently completed a PhD with
Mark Bouton at the University of
Vermont. Travis won a National Research Service Award from the National
Institute of Mental Health and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the
David Bucci lab at Dartmouth College. Read
more at:
http://pbs.dartmouth.edu/travis-todd-postdoctoral-fellowship-award
/sent on behalf of
Jim Clark
Professor & Chair of Psychology
University of Winnipeg
204-786-9757
Room 4L41 (4th Floor Lockhart)
www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark
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
/sent on behalf of
Soheila Karimi, PhD
Assistant Professor in Physiology and Pathophysiology Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine Program Principal Investigator, Spinal Cord Research Center Scientist, Children Hospital’s Research Institute of Manitoba Faculty of Health Sciences University of Manitoba
Lab Site: http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~karimis/
745 Bannatyne Avenue, 629 BMSB
Winnipeg, MB R3E 0J9 Canada
Phone: Office (204) 272-3109
Lab (204) 789-3454
-----Original Message-----
From: Voon Wee Yong [mailto:vyong@ucalgary.ca]
Sent: June-08-15 12:01 AM
To: Soheila Karimi
Subject: Announcing the Americas School of Neuroimmunology Oct 1-2, Calgary; register by June 20th for a great rate
The International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) is expanding its schools, modeled after its successful and long-running European School of Neuroimmunology, to other regions of the world.
The inaugural Americas School of Neuroimmunology (ASNI), under the umbrella of ISNI, will be held on Oct 1 and 2 this year in Calgary.Lectures will be on general principles of neuroimmunology, and will also be disease-specific.The registration fee (includes dual occupancy accommodation, and 5 meals) is a very low C$350 (if registered before June 20).Please consider sending your trainees (and yourself) to this school and enjoy also the surrounding Canadian Rockies one hour drive away. The announcement and speakers can be found in the enclosed pdf.Please access our website http://www.asni.isniweb.org
See you and your trainees in Calgary.
Cheers
Wee
--
V. Wee Yong, PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Neuroimmunology
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
and Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Oncology
University of Calgary
President, International Society of Neuroimmunology
3330 Hospital Drive N.W.
Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada
Phone: (403)220-3544
Fax: (403)210-8840
E-mail: vyong(a)ucalgary.ca
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~vyong/http://www.isniweb.orghttps://www.endmsnetwork.ca/alberta
We are pleased to announce this year's recipient(s) of the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation - Nick Shepel Travel Award.
Congratulations to Krista Filomeno (Supervisor: Ian Dixon) and Samira Atoui (Supervisor: Chris Anderson) who were both selected to receive awards.
This year's recipients will receive up to $650 CDN each, to be used for reimbursement of eligible travel expenses as identified in their applications.
(as per SBH travel policies).
For more information on the Nick Shepel Travel Award, please visit
http://www.sbrc.ca/2015/04/2015-nick-shepel-student-travel-award/
/sent on behalf of
Dr. Paul Fernyhough
Professor, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Manitoba
Director, Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
St. Boniface Hospital Research
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)umanitoba.ca
Website: www.sbrc.ca/dnd OR www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/units/pharmacology
The Society for Neuroscience will be offering travel awards for the Chicago meeting in October, 2015. The procedures have changed this year. Interested candidates must now self-nominate for a Trainee Professional Development Award<http://www.sfn.org/Awards-and-Funding/Individual-Prizes-and-Fellowships/Tra…>.
One application requirement is a recommendation letter (from mentor, advisor, chapter representative or program/department chair), and SFN encourages chapter representatives to highlight applicants' chapter involvement in the recommendation letters. Unlike the original chapter travel awards program, undergraduates are also eligible for these awards as well as graduate student and postdoctoral trainees.
Applications are due by June 9 at 12:00 pm eastern time.
Chris Anderson
SFN Winnipeg Chapter President
Chris.anderson(a)umanitoba.ca