April 2013 - Neuro-All - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Manitoba Psychological Society Spring Workshop on DSM-V
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Subject: Manitoba Psychological Society Spring Workshop on DSM-V On Friday, June 7, 2013, the Manitoba Psychological Society is holding its 2013 Spring Institute titled Developments in Mental Disorder Diagnosis: DSM-IV, DSM-V, and the Road Ahead. This day long workshop featuring Dr. Robert Krueger, a Hathaway Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Minnesota and a member of the DSM-V Personality and Personality Disorder Working Group, will address the following learning objectives: 1. To understand major aspects of the history of psychiatric classification that led to the approach taken in DSM-IV. 2. To understand notable changes between DSM-IV and DSM-V, such as the removal of the multiaxial system. 3. To understand both the DSM-IV (copied in DSM-V Section II) and DSM-V Section III approaches to classifying personality disorders, as well as the conceptual underpinnings of these approaches. 4. To understand notable limitations of the DSM paradigm, current efforts to develop more empirically-based alternatives (e.g., the NIMH RDoC initiative), and the reasons why new empirically-based approaches are needed. Please find attached a brochure (including a synopsis of the Institute and a Speaker Bio) and a poster advertising the workshop, Online registration for this exciting workshop is now available at www.mps.ca <http://www.mps.ca/> . MPS would like to thank Manitoba Public Insurance and the Worker's Compensation Board of Manitoba for sponsoring this Institute. Kind regards, Lesley Ritchie, Ph.D., C. Psych. Manitoba Psychological Society Director of Continuing Education Neuropsychology Service Department of Clinical Health Psychology Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Centre 771 Bannatyne Avenue Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4 lritchie3(a)exchange.hsc.mb.ca 204-787-3878 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

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Reminder: Will to Win Spinal Cord Symposium Registration deadline Apr 26
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 23 Apr '13

23 Apr '13

------------------------------- Reminder: Registration deadline for the Will to Win Spinal Cord Symposium is Friday, April 26! Symposium details: May 13 & 14, 2013 Will To Win Spinal Cord Symposium in Honor of Dr. Larry Jordan "Spinal Motor Control: Neurons, Networks and Movement" Inn at the Forks, 75 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free parking available Registration and information http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/SCRC/symposium2013/ <http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/SCRC/symposium2013/> Organizers: Brian Schmidt, Dave McCrea (Manitoba), Robert Brownstone (Dalhousie), John Steeves (UBC) Questions? Contact: Sharon McCartney, sharon(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca, (204)789-3770 University of Manitoba, Spinal Cord Research Centre, Department of Physiology, 409-745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3E 0J9

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Invitation from Drs. H. El-Gabalawy & D. Robinson
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 18 Apr '13

18 Apr '13

We recommend you attend the following ... This message is being sent to you on behalf of Dr. Hani El-Gabalawy and Dr. David Robinson Drs. Hani El-Gabalawy and David Robinson invite you to attend the 34th annual Metro Ogryzlo Memorial Lecture scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in the Frederic Gaspard Theatre of the Basic Medical Sciences Building at 8 – 9 a.m. This presentation will be linked to St. Boniface Hospital in room NG002, and via Manitoba TeleHealth to Victoria Hospital (4th floor CTU room), Grace Hospital (Lecture Room B), and Riverview Health Centre (Classroom B). Our dynamic and inspiring speaker, Dr. Esther M. Sternberg is internationally recognized for her discoveries in brain-immune interactions and the effects of the brain’s stress response on health and illness: the science of the mind-body connection. Physician and Medical Researcher, Dr. Sternberg’s discoveries have revealed a complicated working relationship between the senses, the emotions, and the immune system. She has found that “the brain’s hormonal response to stress plays a role in the body’s susceptibility to autoimmune inflammatory disease, and to how severe it becomes”. Dr. Sternberg received her MD and training in Rheumatology at McGill University. She was on faculty at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo, (1980-86); Senior Scientist in the National Institutes of Health in Maryland (1986-2012) and is Research Professor at American University in Washington, D.C. She recently joined the University of Arizona’s Center for Integrative Medicine as the first Director of Research at the Integrative Medicine Center in Tucson. Author of numerous original scientific and review articles published in leading scientific journals including Nature Medicine, Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Scientific American, J. Clinical Investigation and Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Sternberg is also a reviewer, editorial board member for many scientific journals, editor of several books, author of two best-selling popular books about her research “The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Heath” and “Emotions and Healing Spaces: the Science of Place and Well-being” and host of the PBS special “The Science of Healing”. The National Library of Medicine has named Dr. Sternberg one of 300 female physicians who have changed the face of medicine. Karen Kiel Communications and Special Events Officer Department of Internal Medicine GC430 - 820 Sherbrook Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R3A 1R9 Phone: (204) 787-7882 Fax: (204) 787-4826 Email: kkiel(a)hsc.mb.ca 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

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Multi-user Brain Canada funding opportunity - please help
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 17 Apr '13

17 Apr '13

Brain Canada will soon request applications for Platform Support Grants (PSGs) that are, "intended to contribute to the operating costs of national or regional research platforms that serve large numbers of researchers in the neurosciences". The draft request for applications for this initiative (www.braincanada.ca/files/Draft_RFA_for_PSGs_March_2013.pdf) makes it clear that it will be essential to improve, upgrade, link and coordinate existing infrastructure so that it works better and/or is more widely accessible, ultimately accelerating neuroscience research. The intention is to fund 10 grants at up to $1 million pa for 3 years. Interested stakeholders, including researchers and funding partners, met on April 12th and decided that the Manitoba neuroscience community is in a position of strength to be active in this competition. We intend to build an application that emphasizes our human brain imaging capabilities. We have a nationally distinct portfolio of human neuroimaging approaches, including Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), PET, CT, intraoperative MRI and soon combined PET/MRI. We also have a new complementary core with strength in small animal PET, MRI, CT, IVIS and 2-photon imaging, and numerous in vitro imaging capabilities spanning several department and institutes. Supporting all of these are core facilities in epigenetics, proteomics, experimental radiopharmacy and others. It will be our position that we can bind our imaging modalities together as a uniquely innovative offering of approaches to facilitate neuroscience research from bench to bedside. At least, this will be presented as a Provincial platform in neuroimaging, and it remains possible with further development that the application could be for a prairie-wide regional platform. The innovative and translational nature of the Kleysen Institute will be a cornerstone of this strategy. At this stage, it is imperative to get a strong sense of the potential users of this neuroimaging platform. I am therefore asking you to send me a short paragraph describing whether any of the imaging techniques mentioned above do or will serve your research interests, and how. Please add anything in particular you would need in terms of platform support to facilitate your work in these neuroimaging directions more efficiently. Would you use any of the techniques if you didn't have to operate the equipment yourself, but had an individual dedicated to its operation for researchers? Some have said that providing technical expertise would make for easier accessibility. Others have mentioned that employing a strong computational biologist would facilitate image analysis that would otherwise be next to impossible. Please be creative. This is your chance! You are not making any commitments and you need not be detailed. You may also speculate on how the platform might be useful to you even if you do not have concrete plans at this point. We are looking for as many responses as we can get and ultimately, the success of this effort is predicated on having the largest group of impacted users possible. Thank you for your attention. Please try to send a quick response to Nancy Klos at nancy.klos(a)ad.umanitoba.ca by Monday, April 22nd. If you are interested, see below for a sample response. Also, if you are interested in being part of this continuing dialogue and want to attend any future meetings to discuss this platform and the proposed Brain Canada submission, please let us know in your response. We would welcome your thoughts and input. Sincerely, Chris Anderson on behalf of several interested stakeholders Sample response: An example of a sufficient response at this stage would be: One of my research goals is to improve cerebral blood flow after brain injury. We use 2-photon imaging of brain slices to test neuron-astrocyte communication in neurovascular coupling. We plan to use this technique also in live animals in the small animal imaging core. Using discoveries about neurovascular coupling in vitro and in vivo, we would like to manipulate blood flow to improve regional brain metabolism after injury using PET in animals and eventually in humans. PET in animals and humans is an area of particular interest for me. There is much potential in using new PET probes to study different aspects of brain function. We have a unique capability to synthesize new PET probes and I am interested in having a radiochemist employed to link this expertise to research in PET imaging of brain function after injury. 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

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REVISED POSTING - MNN Seminar - Apr 26th - Dr. Mogjan Rastegar
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 09 Apr '13

09 Apr '13

please circulate the revised posting... Manitoba Neuroscience Network Seminar Series Friday, April 26th, 2013 | 9:00 a.m. | PX236/238 Psychiatry Bldg. Dr. Mojgan Rastegar <http://www.mich.ca/profiles.php?id=94> Assistant Professor - Regenerative Medicine Program University of Manitoba Topic: "Epigenetics and Neural Stem Cell Modeling of Neurological Disorders." Biosketch: Dr. Rastegar is an Assistant Professor at the Regenerative Medicine Program and the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. She is currently a scientist member of Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH) and Molecular Genetics and Human Disease Group (MGHDG). Dr. Rastegar completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the "Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)", Belgium. She continued her research training in US and Canada. In Canada, Dr. Rastegar performed her postdoctoral training at the McGill Cancer Centre in Montreal and at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. Rastegar is a widely recognized researcher in the field of epigenetics in brain development and neurological disorders. Her current research is focused on the role of MeCP2 as an epigenetic factor and modeling neurological diseases in brain-derived neural stem cells. Presented in co-operation with University of Manitoba Clinical Neuroscience Rounds. 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

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MNN Seminar - Apr 26th - Dr. Mogjan Rastegar
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Manitoba Neuroscience Network Seminar Series Friday, April 26th, 2013 | 9:00 a.m. | PX236/238 Psychiatry Bldg. Dr. Mogjan Rastegar <http://www.mich.ca/profiles.php?id=94> Assistant Professor - Regenerative Medicine Program University of Manitoba Topic: "Epigenetics and Neural Stem Cell Modeling of Neurological Disorders." Biosketch: Dr. Rastegar is an Assistant Professor at the Regenerative Medicine Program and the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. She is currently a scientist member of Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH) and Molecular Genetics and Human Disease Group (MGHDG). Dr. Rastegar completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the "Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)", Belgium. She continued her research training in US and Canada. In Canada, Dr. Rastegar performed her postdoctoral training at the McGill Cancer Centre in Montreal and at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. Rastegar is a widely recognized researcher in the field of epigenetics in brain development and neurological disorders. Her current research is focused on the role of MeCP2 as an epigenetic factor and modeling neurological diseases in brain-derived neural stem cells. Presented in co-operation with University of Manitoba Clinical Neuroscience Rounds. 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

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Will to Win Spinal Cord Symposium, May 13 & 14, 2013
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

You are invited to attend the Will to Win Spinal Cord Symposium and Banquet, May 13 & 14, 2013 (Hosted by the Spinal Cord Research Centre) May 13 & 14, 2013 Will To Win Spinal Cord Symposium "Spinal Motor Control: Neurons, Networks and Movement" Inn at the Forks, 75 Forks Market Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Two full days of lectures highlighting the latest advances in spinal cord motor control and restoration of function) Monday, May 13, 2013 Banquet in honor of Dr. Larry Jordan's contributions to spinal cord research Qualico Family Centre, Assiniboine Park (by duck pond) Cocktails 6:00pm, Dinner 7:00pm Register Online Now! Deadline APRIL 26, 2013 (seating is limited so register early) To register visit http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/SCRC/symposium2013/ <http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/SCRC/symposium2013/> Symposium announcement is attached. Please post. Organizers: Brian Schmidt, Dave McCrea (Manitoba), Robert Brownstone (Dalhousie), John Steeves (UBC) Questions? Contact: Sharon McCartney, sharon(a)scrc.umanitoba.ca, (204)789-3770 University of Manitoba, Spinal Cord Research Centre, Department of Physiology, 409-745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, Canada R3E 0J9 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 -----------------------------------

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