Dear All,
As you know, a major Manitoba Neuroscience Network project is underway to bring Manitoba neuroscientists with diverse departmental and institutional affiliations together under a virtual institute umbrella. The objective is to create a unified representation of expertise, quality and opportunity in neuroscience research here. A comprehensive MNN website is under construction. Along with the website, a new visual identity has been created to begin to cultivate a unified and consistent perception of our people and research. We are ready to start rolling-out the new identity. Here are a few things to know:
* The Winnipeg Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience will continue to operate as a local SFN Chapter with full rights and responsibilities. However, the Chapter will now be named, "Manitoba Neuroscience Network." This organizational simplification will allow full incorporation of all networking and outreach elements, including current WCSN website content, into the new presentation. A special thank you to Gilles Detillieux for maintaining the current website so consistently over the years, and for agreeing to help with content for the new site. Once ready, the new website will be at www.manitobaneuroscience.ca<http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca>.
* Going forward, all MNN networking and outreach materials will reflect the new visual identity. This includes meeting posters, seminar schedules, emails, reports, social media and of course the website. ****Watch for the 2016 scientific meeting SAVE THE DATE announcement later this week.**** The identity was created professionally with input from a committee of our peers. The committee was created by a call for volunteers about a year ago and I thank those who stepped forward. We are fully aware that not everyone likes the same sorts of design, but the committee went through many concepts and eventually agreed on the basic framework you will see. I'm hopeful we can all stand behind it going forward.
* Future emails will come from the new MNN email domain. For matters related to networking the email address will be networking(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca<mailto:networking@manitobaneuroscience.ca>; for matters related to outreach the address will be outreach(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca<mailto:outreach@manitobaneuroscience.ca>. Be sure these addresses won't be filtered to avoid missing important information.
* We have over 60 PIs who have already asked to be profiled on the website. If you are not one of them and would like to be, please email networking(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca<mailto:networking@manitobaneuroscience.ca>.
* Finally, we are active social media participants. If you are too, don't forget to follow MNN on Twitter (@manitobaneuro) and Instagram (@manitobaneuroscience), and like us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience). If you have any material for distribution by social media (announcements, polls, news, congratulations, papers, meetings, social events etc), email to networking(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca<mailto:networking@manitobaneuroscience.ca>.
Thank you for being active members of the MNN and for participating in MNN events. With partners, your dues and participation have made our growth possible.
Sincerely,
MNN leaders
Partners: University of Manitoba Faculties, Departments and Programs, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, Health Sciences Centre Foundation, St. Boniface Hospital Research, Research Manitoba, Society for Neuroscience.
Everyone is invited!
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics Seminar Series:
Date: Friday, January 22, 2016
Time: 12:00 Noon
Location: 626 Basic Medical Sciences Building
Tabrez J. Siddiqui, PhD <http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/health_sciences/medicine/units/physiology/con…>
Principal Investigator, Neuroscience Research Program,
Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine,
Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology,
University of Manitoba
Topic: "Molecular mechanisms of cell-selective synapse development"
Kelly Jorundson
Administrative Manager
Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Albrechtsen Research Centre, St. Boniface Hospital
& 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
Please circulate!
Manitoba Neuroscience Network
2015/2016 Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series
Friday, January 29th, 2016 | 9:00 a.m.
Soheila Karimi, PhD <http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~karimis/>
Assistant Professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine Program
Principal Investigator, Spinal Cord Research Center
Scientist, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Topic: Neuregulin-1 a multifaceted therapeutic target for CNS repair and regeneration
Location: PX236/238 Psych Bldg., Bannatyne Campus
Biosketch: Soheila Karimi has had a long-term interest in spinal cord regeneration with a special focus on developing pharmacological and stem cell therapies for promoting myelin repair following injury. Soheila received
her PhD degree in Neurosciences with David Schreyer in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Saskatchewan in 2001. She then undertook a postdoctoral fellowship in Spinal Cord Injury and Stem
Cell Research with Michael Fehlings at the Toronto Western Research Institute and the University of Toronto. During her training, Soheila received numerous academic and research awards including postdoctoral fellowships
from the CIHR, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Her postdoctoral work broke a new ground in spinal cord injury therapeutics by showing that transplantation of adult neural stem cells
can be used therapeutically to replace lost oligodendrocytes and functionally restore myelin with improved recovery of function. In 2006, she received the prestigious Synthes Award from the American Association of
Neurological Surgeons in the US for this work. Prior to joining the University of Manitoba in 2010, Soheila was an adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto from 2007 to 2009.
Research Interests: Current research in Karimi's laboratory continues to focus on developing regenerative medicine strategies for promoting myelin repair and functional recovery in spinal cord injury and multiple
sclerosis. Using drug delivery, stem cell transplantation and bioengineering approaches in pre-clinical models, Karimi's team has recently discovered key factors that play major roles in regulating the proliferation and
differentiation of neural stem cells in CNS injury. Elucidating the underlying mechanisms of stem cell functions is vital in identifying potential therapeutic targets for enhancing cell tissue reconstruction after injury.
For more information, contact the MNN Office at (T) 235.3939 or email: mnn(a)sbrc.ca
Our Partners:
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Albrechtsen Research Centre
Neuroscience Research Program, Health Sciences Centre & University of Manitoba
Kelly Jorundson
Administrative Manager
Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Albrechtsen Research Centre, St. Boniface Hospital
& 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
Everyone is invited.....
The Dr. Patrick Choy Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Stephen Collins
Associate Dean, Research
Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University
Microbes, the Gut and the Brain: A bedside to bench approach to
understanding functional intestinal disorders
Thursday, January 14, 2016
11:00 a.m.
Frederic Gaspard Theatre (Theatre A), Basic Medical Sciences Building
http://events.umanitoba.ca/EventList.aspx?fromdate=1/14/2016&todate=1/14
/2016&display=Day&type=public&eventidn=11035&view=EventDetails&informati
on_id=22762
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
Manitoba Neuroscience Network
2015/2016 Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series
Friday, January 15th, 2016| 3:00 p.m.
Timothy Kennedy
Professor - Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery
co-Director - McGill Program in NeuroEngineering
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University
TOPIC: Making Connections: New Roles for Netrin-1 and DCC Regulating
Myelination, Synaptogenesis, and Plasticity
Location: Theatre C, Bannatyne Campus
My undergraduate studies were carried out at McMaster University in the
Biology and Psychology program. I then trained as a graduate student
from 1985 to 1992 in the department of Physiology and Cellular
Biophysics at Columbia University under the supervision of Dr. Eric R.
Kandel, investigating molecular mechanisms that underlie learning and
memory. During this time, my colleagues and I identified changes in
protein and mRNA expression associated with long-term memory formation.
Our findings indicated that neuromodulatory changes underlying learning
evoke changes in gene expression. From 1992 to 1996 I was a
post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Marc Tessier-Lavigne at UCSF. My
colleagues and I purified and cloned a family of proteins that we named
netrins, which were the first identified long-range chemoattractant axon
guidance cues. Netrins perform and essential, highly conserved role,
directing axon extension during neural development. In 1996 I opened my
laboratory at the Montreal Neurological Institute. We are currently
investigating the cellular and molecular mechanisms that underlie axon
extension, myelination, synapse formation, and synaptic plasticity.
Broadly stated, we are interested in the signals that direct cells and
axons to move, and once they reach their goal, the target derived
signals that instruct them to stop and sustain an appropriate connection
with a neighboring cell. In collaboration with other groups at the MNI,
we are studying the significance of these mechanisms to neural
development and to neurodegenerative disease. I am also co-director of
the McGill Program in NeuroEngineering (www.neuroengineering.ca) which
promotes collaboration between neuroscientists, physical scientists, and
engineers with the aim of developing new tools to study the nervous
system and enhance function following injury or in neurodegenerative
disease.
Website: https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/research/researchers/kennedy
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
From: Weston Brain Institute [mailto:neuro@weston.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2016 12:06 PM
Subject: Weston Brain Institute - New Funding Opportunity - Canada: Rapid Response 2016
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Canada: Rapid Response 2016
Neurodegenerative Diseases of Aging
The Weston Brain Institute is delighted to launch our Canada: Rapid Response 2016 program to provide seed funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research. Additional information about the program can be found at http://westonbraininstitute.ca/rapid-response-2016/.
NEW for 2016: The program will have 3 application rounds, focused on two different disease groups. Applicants should apply to the group best suited to their project. Each PI may submit one application per round as the Principal Applicant or the Administrative Supervisor.
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Goal:
Provide seed funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward translational research ideas to catalyze the development of safe and effective treatments for neurodegenerative diseases of aging
Funding:
Up to $150,000 over up to 18 months
Eligibility:
Applicants must be researchers or postdoctoral fellows developing a therapeutic and/or a tool to help accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging
Disease Groups:
AD-related diseases:
AD, FTD, MCI and prodromals
PD-related diseases:
PD, PSP, LBD, MSA and prodromals
Current Round:
Round 1 (AD-related diseases)
Program Information Session:
Monday, Jan. 25th, 2016 1:00 p.m. EST
Letter of Intent Deadline:
Tuesday, Feb. 23th, 2016 2:00 p.m. EST
Upcoming Rounds:
Round 2 (PD-related diseases)
Program Information Session:
Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 1:00 p.m. EDT
Letter of Intent Deadline:
Monday, June 27th, 2016 2:00 p.m. EDT
Round 3 (AD-related diseases)
Program Information Session:
Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 1:00 p.m. EDT
Letter of Intent Deadline:
Thursday, July 28th, 2016 2:00 p.m. EDT
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Submission of the Letter of Intent is through the Institute’s online grant management system at https://weston.smartsimple.ca/welcome/neuroscience.
The Weston Brain Institute will be holding a Program Information Session for this funding opportunity on Monday January 25th, 2016 at 1:00p.m. EST. This session is intended to provide you with comprehensive information on the application process and to provide an opportunity for open questions.
To sign-up for the information session and receive the dial in details, as well as submit any questions you may have in advance, please click the link below: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1793756835407375361
The Institute welcomes inquiries about our funding programs at neuro(a)weston.ca<mailto:neuro@weston.ca> or 416-935-4056.
Weston Brain Institute
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