Dear All,
The Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience http://www.sfn-manitoba.ca/ would like to make you aware of the following upcoming neuroscience presentation.....
The Centre for Research & Treatment of Atherosclerosis Seminar Series: Dr. Richard Bazinet
Date: Friday, October 1, 2010 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Location: A229 Chown Bldg.**
(**This event will be video-linked to St. Boniface Campus - Room R1002, St. Boniface Research Centre)
Dr. Richard Bazinet http://www.utoronto.ca/nutrisci/faculty/Bazinet/
Department of Nutritional Sciences Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
TOPIC: Maintaining brain polyunsaturated fatty acid concentrations: Uptake and Metabolism.
Dr. Bazinet's Biosketch: Dr. Bazinet received his BSc from the University of Western Ontario and completed his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Stephen Cunnane at the University of Toronto in 2003. Dr. Bazinet then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Dr. Stanley Rapoport's Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section at the National Institute on Aging where he examined the brain arachidonic acid cascade as a target of drugs used to treat bipolar disorder. Dr. Bazinet joined the University of Toronto in 2006, where he is currently an assistant professor. Dr. Bazinet is also the 2008 recipient of the Early Career Award from the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids as well as the 2010 recipient of the Jordi Folch-Pi award from the American Society for Neurochemistry. Dr. Bazinet sits on several editorial boards and is an Associate Editor for Senior Associate Editor of Lipids and in 2010 he became the Editor-in-Chief of Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. The goal of Dr. Bazinet's research program is to identify the mechanisms that regulate brain lipid uptake and metabolism (signaling) and to identify the role of brain lipid metabolism in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases and neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr. Bazinet's group uses a combination of molecular biology, biochemistry and using kinetic approaches.
Sponsored by: MERCK
For more information: Dr. Grant Hatch Director, Centre for Research & Treatment of Atherosclerosis Professor, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine University of Manitoba Tel: 204.789.3405 Email: hatchgm@cc.umanitoba.ca
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Kelly Jorundson
Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience
R4046 - 351 Tache Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6
Tel: 204.235.3939 Fax: 204.237.4092 Visit our website: http://www.sfn-manitoba.ca/
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