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Nick Shepel Trainee Travel Award in Neuroscience
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

2023 Nick Shepel Neuroscience Trainee Travel Award Application deadline: FRIDAY, MAY 19TH, 2023 Background: The fund was established by the Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre, to honor Nick Shepel who was an outstanding researcher, friend and leader. Nick was a true inspiration to his laboratory partners and brought fire, humor, and a desire to always excel. His insistence to always try better has had a permanent effect on his lab mates and peers. Nick led by example and taught that detailed preparation and execution of experiments ensured reliable results. Purpose: The purpose of this fund shall be to recognize a young investigator(s) (specifically in the neuroscience area) by providing an annual award(s) to support travel costs associated with the applicant's attendance at an upcoming national/international conference where the applicant is presenting a poster or oral presentation. This year, awards are available with a value of up to $1000. Eligibility: At the time of application the following conditions are required: . Students must be registered as a full-time graduate student in the College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. . The area of research being presented at the conference must relate to the field of neuroscience. . A student admitted under the "Provisional Status" may not receive the award during the provisional period. . Amount of award(s) may vary each year. . Students must be giving an "IN-PERSON" poster or oral presentation at an upcoming scientific meeting (national/international). Virtual attendance does not qualify for award. . Students who have received this award previously should not apply. Submission Instructions: A complete application consists of the following information *If your application is not complete, it will not be considered: . Introductory letter describing meeting, location and date . Copy of abstract . Curriculum vitae . Current GPA, transcripts not needed . Proposed budget of travel costs . Submit your completed application materials to kjorund(a)sbrc.ca <mailto:kjorund@sbrc.ca> How to apply for reimbursement: Reimbursement will be done in accordance with St. Boniface Hospital travel policies. Request for reimbursement must be done within 2 weeks following travel otherwise eligibility may be voided. For more information please contact: Kelly Jorundson kjorund(a)sbrc.ca <mailto:kjorund@sbrc.ca> To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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MNN Visiting Speaker APRIL 24
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

MNN Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series Monday, April 24, 2023 12:15 PM Apotex Centre Room 050 Meet and Greet with Trainees (with refreshments) Monday, April 24, 2023 1:00 PM Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine Room SR415 Please RSVP to Protiti.khan(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Protiti.khan@umanitoba.ca> if you intend to come SPEAKER: Dr. Timothy Mosca Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience Vickie and Jack Farber Institute for Neuroscience Thomas Jefferson University "Cellular Mechanisms of Synaptic Maturation: Connecting Development and Degeneration" For bio, research profile & objectives, see attached. All are welcome to attend! This is an in-person seminar but a Zoom link is available on request to those who cannot make it (available from info(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca <mailto:info@manitobaneuroscience.ca> ) Dr. Robert Beattie is the host. Please contact Dr. Beattie (robert.beattie(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:robert.beattie@umanitoba.ca> ) if you wish to meet the speaker. For more information, please contact Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui, Tabrez.siddiqui(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Tabrez.siddiqui@umanitoba.ca> To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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2023 MNN Scientific Meeting: Meeting Registration & Abstract Submission NOW OPEN!
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Good Day, The 2023 MNN Scientific Meeting Organizing Committee is excited to announce that the meeting website is now available, and Registration and Abstract Submission are now OPEN. Please follow the link below to the 2023 MNN Scientific Meeting Webpage, where you will find all necessary details regarding this year's meeting and for registration and abstract submission. <https://www.cpd-umanitoba.com/events/manitoba-neuroscience-network-mnn-2023 /> 2023 Manitoba Neuroscience Network Scientific Meeting - REGISTER HERE We cannot wait to see you at The Leaf on June 23! Sincerely, Ben Lindsey Chair of the 2023 MNN Scientific Meeting To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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REMINDER: MNN VISITING SPEAKER - Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

MNN Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series Monday, March 20, 2023 11:00 AM Apotex Centre Room 050 Meet and Greet with Trainees (with refreshments) Monday, March 20, 2023 12:00 PM Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine, Room SR415 Please RSVP to Protiti.khan(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Protiti.khan@umanitoba.ca> if you intend to come SPEAKER: Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of British Columbia Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health "Epigenetic Regulation of Microglial Innate Immune Memory in the Brain" For bio, research profile & objectives, see attached. All are welcome to attend! This is an in-person seminar but a Zoom link is available on request to those who cannot make it (available from info(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca <mailto:info@manitobaneuroscience.ca> ) Dr. Galen Wright is the host. Please contact Dr. Wright (galen.wright(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:galen.wright@umanitoba.ca> ) if you wish to meet the speaker. For more information, please contact Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui, Tabrez.siddiqui(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Tabrez.siddiqui@umanitoba.ca> To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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Next MNN local speaker - March 24
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 14 Mar '23

14 Mar '23

Our local speaker series is presented the last Friday of each month from 9:00 to 10:00 am. We continue FRIDAY MARCH 24 with a talk from Dr. Brian Lithgow. This presentation is REMOTE ONLY. The information and link is as follows: MNN Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series Friday March 24, 2023 9:00 AM Dr. Brian Lithgow Adjunct Professor University of Manitoba "Anxiety as a physiologically measurable comorbidity in depression" ZOOM LINK: https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/64093937813?pwd=cDFHRUlUT1VVRkpXU2VSQTljSHBXQT09 Meeting ID: 640 9393 7813 Passcode: 691778 For bio, research profile & objectives, see attached. For more information, please contact Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui, <mailto:Tabrez.siddiqui@umanitoba.ca> Tabrez.siddiqui(a)umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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[slight correction] MNN VISITING SPEAKER - Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 08 Mar '23

08 Mar '23

MNN Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series Monday, March 20, 2023 11:00 AM Apotex Centre Room 050 Meet and Greet with Trainees (with refreshments) Monday, March 20, 2023 12:00 PM Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine Room SR415 Please RSVP to Protiti.khan(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Protiti.khan@umanitoba.ca> if you intend to come SPEAKER: Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of British Columbia Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health "Epigenetic Regulation of Microglial Innate Immune Memory in the Brain" For bio, research profile & objectives, see attached. All are welcome to attend! This is an in-person seminar but a Zoom link is available on request to those who cannot make it (available from info(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca <mailto:info@manitobaneuroscience.ca> ) Dr. Galen Wright is the host. Please contact Dr. Wright (galen.wright(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:galen.wright@umanitoba.ca> ) if you wish to meet the speaker. For more information, please contact Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui, Tabrez.siddiqui(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Tabrez.siddiqui@umanitoba.ca> To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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MNN VISITING SPEAKER - Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 08 Mar '23

08 Mar '23

MNN Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series Monday, March 20, 2023 11:00 AM Apotex Centre Room 050 Meet and Greet with Trainees (with refreshments) Monday, March 20, 2023 12:00 PM Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine Room SR415 Please RSVP to Protiti.khan(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Protiti.khan@umanitoba.ca> if you intend to come SPEAKER: Dr. Annie Vogel Ciernia Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of British Columbia Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health "Epigenetic Regulation of Microglial Innate Immune Memory in the Brain" For bio, research profile & objectives, see attached. All are welcome to attend! This is an in-person seminar but a Zoom link is available on request to those who cannot make it (available from info(a)manitobaneuroscience.ca) Dr. Galen Wright is the host. Please contact Dr. Wright (galen.wright(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:galen.wright@umanitoba.ca> ) if you wish to meet Dr. Meyer. For more information, please contact Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui, Tabrez.siddiqui(a)umanitoba.ca <mailto:Tabrez.siddiqui@umanitoba.ca> To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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Canadian Brain Research Strategy Survey on Patents and Open Science
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 08 Mar '23

08 Mar '23

Hello, We are passing on an important survey from the Canadian Brain Research Strategy team on patents and open neuroscience for the neurosciences in Canada. All faculty, students and researchers are invited to participate. https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3qu5ELAc54DzSya Everyone's contribution is important in bringing new knowledge and guidance to Canada for this evolving landscape. Please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Judy Illes (jilles(a)mail.ubc.ca <mailto:jilles@mail.ubc.ca> ) or Dr. Zelma Kiss (zkiss(a)ucalgary.ca <mailto:zkiss@ucalgary.ca> ) if you have any questions. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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ZUBEK COLLOQUIUM SPEAKER - Dr. Liisa Galea
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 07 Mar '23

07 Mar '23

The University of Manitoba Psychology Zubek Colloquium is scheduled for Friday March 10th 2023 at 3:00 pm in P412 Duff Roblin. The featured speaker will be Dr. Liisa Galea (poster attached). All are welcome to attend. Please note that this colloquium will be an in person event and the University of Manitoba currently requires masking indoors. (https://umanitoba.ca/covid-19/health-safety#mask-use) Please enter P412 only through the psychology lounge entrance to avoid disrupting the presentation. To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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MNN speaker this FRIDAY
by Manitoba Neuroscience Network 21 Feb '23

21 Feb '23

Our local speaker series is presented the last Friday of each month from 9:00 to 10:00 am. We continue this FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24 with a talk from Dr. Jiming Kong. This is another IN-PERSON seminar, presented in hybrid format. A Zoom link is available for anyone who wishes to attend but cannot come in-person. You may be placed in a virtual waiting room and admitted to the seminar just before it begins. MNN Seminar & Visiting Speaker Series Friday February 24, 2023 9:00 AM Dr. Jiming Kong Professor Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science University of Manitoba "SOD1 Oxidation in Biological Aging" PRESENTED AT: University of Manitoba, Apotex 050 HYBRID LINK: https://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/67335921716?pwd=VFZoUWc4VURrUVlzTlpUaFBTR3Y2dz09 Meeting ID: 673 3592 1716 Passcode: 608664 For bio, research profile & objectives, see attached. For more information, please contact Dr. Tabrez Siddiqui, <mailto:Tabrez.siddiqui@umanitoba.ca> Tabrez.siddiqui(a)umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe to this mail list, click: https://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman3/lists/neuro-all.lists.umanitoba.ca/ ****************************************** <http://www.manitobaneuroscience.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/manitobaneuroscience/?fref=ts> <https://www.instagram.com/manitobaneuroscience/> <https://twitter.com/manitobaneuro>

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