Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminar Series
Date: Friday, March 15, 2013. Time: 12:00 Noon Location: Samuel Cohen Auditorium, St. Boniface Research Centre** **Video-conferenced to Bannatyne Campus (A229 Chown Bldg.)
Dr. Wafa Kammouni Research Associate, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba
Topic "Exploring oxidative stress induced by rabies virus in dorsal root ganglia."
Dr. Wafa Kammouni is a Research Associate in the Department of Internal Medicine under the supervision of Dr. Alan Jackson. He is studying rabies virus interactions with dorsal root ganglia. He has developed primary cultures of dorsal root ganglia since they are permissive to infection and resistant to apoptosis. He has also studied oxidative stress-induced by rabies virus infection in vitro. By applying immunofluorescence techniques and western blotting Dr. Kammouni pointed out that oxidative stress response occurs in cultured dorsal root ganglia, that this phenomenon is controlled by anti-oxidants and that there is increased amount of nuclear factor kB (NF-kB) without an increase in the activity leading to a possible defect in anti-oxidant response.
For more information: Dr. Ben Albensi Seminar Series Coordinator e: balbensi@sbrc.ca t: 204.235.3939
Kelly Jorundson Administrative Manager, Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders St. Boniface Hospital Research & Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics University of Manitoba
Room R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
Tel: 204.235.3939 Fax: 204.237.4092 Email: kjorund@sbrc.ca OR kjorund@yahoo.ca Website: www.sbrc.ca/dnd OR www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/units/pharmacology
