October 2010 - Neuro-All - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

MNN Seminar -Dr. J. Nagy - location change
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 22 Oct '10

22 Oct '10

Manitoba Neuroscience Network Seminar - Dr. Jim Nagy Date: Friday, October 29, 2010 Time: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Location: THEATRE C , Bannatyne Campus **note room change** Dr. Jim Nagy Professor Department of Physiology University of Manitoba TOPIC: Neuroanatomy, structural composition and regulation of electrical synapses in the mammalian central nervous system. Dr. James I. Nagy's Summary of Research: Identification of gap junction proteins, connexins, expressed by astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and neurons in the central nervous system. Analysis of the regulation of glial gap junctional communication and the contribution of glial gap junctions to neural injury and to neuroprotection in animal models of stroke. Elucidation of the role of neuronal gap junctions in electrical synaptic transmission and inter-neuronal communication in the adult central nervous system in normal and disease conditions. Studies on the developmental regulation of neuronal connexins and the contribution of inter-neuronal gap junctions to neuronal development in mammalian CNS. Kelly Jorundson Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience <http://www.sfn-manitoba.ca/> R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA Tel: 204.235.3939 7Fax: 204.237.4092 Email: kjorund(a)sbrc.ca <mailto:kjorund@sbrc.ca>

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"Alberta cognitive neuroscientist looking for collaboration"
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

My name is Brea Chouinard and I am currently a PhD student at the University of Alberta (U of A). I am interested in neuroplasticity and the implications for speech and language therapies. Specifically, for my doctoral research I am going to be investigating a computer program developed around the principles of neuroplasticity and its effects on the language of typically aging adults and people with aphasia. A large part of this project entails functional and structural imaging. I will be collaborating with a speech and language therapist in Winnipeg and ideally, we would like all participants to undergo the same structural and neuroimaging assessment protocols. As such, I would like to know how to go about liaising with Magnetic Resonance Imaging at St. Boniface Hospital. My supervisor re: neuroimaging here at the U of A is Dr. Jacqueline Cummine (PhD Cognitive Neuroscience). We would like to begin the process of affiliating with your institution so that we can use your 1.5 Tesla research MRI for our data gathering. Would you please let me know of how to begin these procedures? If I need to be redirected or if there is someone more appropriate to contact with this request, that information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your time. Regards, Brea Ch Speech-Language Pathologist 780-885-2732 breachouinard(a)hotmail.com /sent on behalf of Chris Anderson President - Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience Associate Professor - Pharmacology & Therapeutics University of Manitoba Kelly Jorundson Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA Tel: 204.235.3939 7Fax: 204.237.4092 Email: kjorund(a)sbrc.ca Website: www.sfn-manitoba.ca

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Public Lecture for Neuroscience Research Program Candidate - October 25, 2010
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

The Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience would like to let you know of the following upcoming seminar…….. Neuroscience Research Program Public Lecture: Dr. Adrianna Mendrek TOPIC: "Psychoses, brain and gender” Monday, October 25, 2010 9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. Theatre B, Basic Medical Sciences Bldg. Adrianna Mendrek, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, Centre de recherche Fernand-Sequin, Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal, QC Everyone is welcome to attend! For more information, contact Dr. Xin-Min Li, Neuroscience Research Program, Faculty of Medicine at (204)977-5633 or xinmin_li(a)umanitoba.ca Sent on behalf of/ Xin-Min Li, MD., Ph.D., FRCPC Director, International Medical Graduate Programs Professor of Psychiatry and Ruth Hurd Research Chair Director of Neuroscience Research Program Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba S203-750 Bannatyne Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0W2 Canada Phone (204)977-5633/789-3616 Fax (204)789-3911 Phone (204)787-7431 (clinic) Fax (204)787-4879 (clinic) Email xinmin_li(a)umanitoba.ca

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Introducing NEW Manitoba Neuroscience Seminars
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 18 Oct '10

18 Oct '10

The Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience <http://sfn-manitoba.ca/> is pleased to introduce the new Manitoba Neuroscience Network Seminar Series. Eight seminars are planned. They will be held the last Friday of each month, October thru May, during the second hour of Clinical Neuroscience Rounds. The Manitoba Neuroscience Network represents neuroscientists from several campuses, seminars will therefore be distributed among the Bannatyne, St. Boniface and Fort Garry campuses, although most will be at Bannatyne. The spirit of our effort is to try to bring people together once a month. Therefore, we encourage you to travel to the site of each seminar. However, seminars at St. Boniface and Fort Garry will be video-linked to Bannatyne for those who cannot travel. Please find attached the seminar schedule for 2010/2011. We will circulate separate notices for each event as we approach each one. The first speaker is Dr. Jim Nagy, October 29, 2010 at 9am in room PX236/238 Psych Health Bldg., Bannatyne Campus. Please see the second attachment and post in your area to advertise. Thanks for your support. Chris Anderson President - Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience Assoc Professor - Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics University of Manitoba Kelly Jorundson Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA Tel: 204.235.3939 Fax: 204.237.4092 Email: kjorund(a)sbrc.ca <mailto:kjorund@sbrc.ca>

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upcoming neuroscience talks
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 15 Oct '10

15 Oct '10

The Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience would like to make you are of the following neuroscience-related talks: DR. SERGIO PELLIS, author of The Playful Brain Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge Thursday, October 21, 2010 TOPIC: Play and the Development of a Socially Competent Brain Time: 3:00 p.m. Location: The University of Manitoba, Buller 306 Friday, October 22, 2010 Play and its Evolution: A Comparative Perspective TOPIC: THE PUZZLE OF PLAY Time: 2:30 p.m. Location: The University of Winnipeg, Manitoba Hall, Theatre A - 4M31 Everyone is welcome to attend Co-hosted by The University of Winnipeg, Department of Biology, and The University of Manitoba, Department of Biological Sciences Kelly Jorundson Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA Tel: 204.235.3939 7Fax: 204.237.4092 Email: kjorund(a)sbrc.ca <mailto:kjorund@sbrc.ca>

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