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2015/2016 MNN Speaker Series
by Chris Anderson 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Dear All, The Manitoba Neuroscience Network is pleased to circulate the schedule of local and visiting speakers for the 2015/16 academic year. There will be 6 local speakers and 8 visiting speakers. The first presentation is September 25. Thank you to Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour for a great job in assembling the schedule. We also want to thank groups that partnered to fund the visiting speakers. In addition to the MNN conference proceeds and a portion of local SFN Chapter dues, the series is also made possible by the St. Boniface Hospital Research Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders and the Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine Neuroscience Research Program. We hope to see you at as many events as possible! If you would like to meet with a speaker, attend dinners or suggest future speakers, please email Dr. Eftekharpour at Eftekhar.eftekharpour(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Eftekhar.eftekharpour@umanitoba.ca>. Chris Anderson MNN Director

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Deadline is approaching fast! UofM BiomedCon Registration as well as students' abstract submission
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Dear all The BiomedCon deadline for registration and also submitting abstract is approaching fast (Sept. 15)! If you have already registered, please discard this email. If not, you may continue reading the reminder below. Biomedical Engineering (BME) program is holding a one-day conference, where its morning session is dedicated to poster session and students' presentation competition. It is open to all students across U of Manitoba, whose research project is related to BME. The poster competition presentations will be in two categories of graduate and undergraduate groups. There will be cash prizes for the top three winners in each group. The deadline for a 3000-characters (maximum) abstract submission is Sept. 15th through the conference's web page. This one-day conference will be a great opportunity for students interested in BME, not only to gain practice in presentation, receiving feedback across the breadth of health and engineering research, but also to network with industries representatives and researchers in the field. For more information on the conference program, please see its webpage at: http://biomedcon.com/ I would encourage you to take this opportunity to participate, and to pass the message to your colleagues as well. Cheers Zahra Moussavi, Ph.D., P.Eng. Director, Biomedical Engineering Program, Canada Research Chair; Professor, Dept. Elec. & Comp. Engineering & Dept. of Psychiatry Main Office: E3-513 Eng. Bldg. Fort Gary Campus University of Manitoba 75 Chancellor Circle, Winnipeg MB R3T 5V6 Phone: 204-474-7023 Fax: 204-261-4639 Email: Zahra.Moussavi(a)Umanitoba.ca <mailto:Zahra.Moussavi@Umanitoba.ca> http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~mousavi <http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~mousavi> Research Page: http://bme.ee.umanitoba.ca/bmelab <http://bme.ee.umanitoba.ca/bmelab> Riverview Office: PE-458, 1 Morley Ave, Riverview Health Centre Winnipeg, MB Phone: 478-6163 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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Recall: Joe Doupe Memorial Lecture - Thursday, Sept. 4
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience would like to recall the message, "Joe Doupe Memorial Lecture - Thursday, Sept. 4 ".

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Request for Speaker Oct 30th
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Dear MNN members, Thank you! I am overwhelmed by the positive response I got from over community! I had quite a few positive responses to my SOS call; a lesson to be learned for future planning. We have given out the Oct 30th to the first volunteer, Dr. Namaka! Thanks you again, Eftekhar ************************************************************************ ******** Eftekhar Eftekharpour, BSc, MSc, PhD Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator Regen. Med. Group & Spinal Cord Res. Centre Department of Physiology and Physiopathology 631-BMSB, 745 Bannatyne Ave Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0J9 Canada Tel:(204)-789-3214 ************************************************************************ ********

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Joe Doupe Memorial Lecture - Thursday, Sept. 4
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

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 _______________________________________ FHS-All mailing list FHS-All(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/fhs-all

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looking for speaker - Oct 30 2015
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Dear MNN scientists I am sending an open invitation to you to seek your availability to speak at the MNN-clinical neuroscience rounds for Oct 30, 2015. I have been able to find speakers for the rest of the year and I want to thank those who have replied to my emails but I thought to see if we can find a true Manitoban friendly speakers that can fill this spot. These meeting are a good place to get exposure to the clinicians world and get their valuable advice for our basic research. I thank you in advance. Really appreciate your cooperation, Eftekhar 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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Nomination for 2015-2016 MNN visiting Scientists
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 24 Jul '15

24 Jul '15

Dear Manitoba Neuroscience Network members I am in the process of compiling a list of invited speakers for 2015-2016 year. I would appreciate if you can help me out for the speaker selection. If you know of people with high impact in your field, this is your chance to see them in Winnipeg. A quick email will be sufficient to get me started with the communications. Looking forward to your suggestions, Regards E. Eftekharpour MNN Seminar Coordinator

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Upcoming Epilepsy seminar
by Chris Anderson 16 Jul '15

16 Jul '15

You are invited to a talk by Dr. Demitre Serletis, MD, PhD, FRCSC, FAANS, a Neurosurgeon visiting from Little Rock, Arkansas (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences). Dr. Serletis' talk is titled "Epilepsy Surgery in the 21st Century". Friday, July 17. 12:00-13:00. Theatre B, Basic Medical Sciences Building. Dr. Serletis completed his MD at the University of Calgary in 2003. He went on to complete a PhD (Physiology and Biomedical Engineering) and Neurosurgery residency at the University of Toronto. Subsequently, he completed the Pediatric/Adult Epilepsy Surgery Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, a unique and prestigious fellowship that provides highly specialized hypothesis-based epilepsy and high volume surgical training. Dr. Serletis currently holds an academic position at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and established and now directs Arkansas' only comprehensive Epilepsy Surgery Program. He has also founded and grown the states' only non-profit organization for epilepsy patients and their families. In addition to epilepsy, Dr. Serletis' clinical interests are pediatric neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, and neuro-oncology. As a surgeon-scientist, he has unique research interests in epilepsy neurodynamics and electrophysiology, and has published numerous papers in this field. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Serletis. Neil Berrington, MMed, FRCS, FCS (SA) Assistant Professor Head - Section of Neurosurgery Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

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FW: heads up: UofM BiomedCon Call for abstracts and students' poster competition
by Zahra Moussavi 15 Jul '15

15 Jul '15

Dear all The Biomedical Engineering (BME) program is holding a one-day conference, where its morning session is dedicated to poster session and students' presentation competition. It is open to all students across U of Manitoba, whose research project is related to BME. The poster competition presentations will be in two categories of graduate and undergraduate groups. There will be cash prizes for the top three winners in each group. The deadline for a 300-word (maximum) abstract submission is Friday Sept. 4th. This one-day conference will be a great opportunity for students interested in BME, not only to gain practice in presentation, receiving feedback across the breadth of health and engineering research, but also to network with industries representatives and researchers in the field. For more information on the conference program, please see its webpage at: http://biomedcon.com/ I would encourage you to take this opportunity to participate, and to pass the message to your colleagues as well. Cheers Zahra Moussavi, Ph.D., P.Eng. Director, Biomedical Engineering Program, Canada Research Chair; Professor, Dept. Elec. & Comp. Engineering & Dept. of Psychiatry Main Office: E3-513 Eng. Bldg. Fort Gary Campus University of Manitoba 75 Chancellor Circle, Winnipeg MB R3T 5V6 Phone: 204-474-7023 Fax: 204-261-4639 Email: Zahra.Moussavi(a)Umanitoba.ca<mailto:Zahra.Moussavi@Umanitoba.ca> http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~mousavi Research Page: http://bme.ee.umanitoba.ca/bmelab Riverview Office: PE-458, 1 Morley Ave, Riverview Health Centre Winnipeg, MB Phone: 478-6163

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MNN post-event email and announcemnet of poster winners
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

This message is sent on Behalf of Drs. Chris Anderson and Soheila Karimi Dear Neuroscience Community, Thank you for your participation in the 5th MNN Scientific Meeting on June 12th. This year we had over 155 participants and 55 posters, which was a record since the establishment of the event in 2010. The event was a success and we have received numerous positive feedbacks on our program. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Fehlings, was very impressed with the size of our Manitoba Neuroscience Network and the quality of our research. We would like to thank all speakers, session chairs, keynote speaker, poster presenters and all other participants. The day would not be a success without your support. MNN poster competition was well-attended and exciting. Our trainees showcased their research in a competitive poster session and judges were impressed with the quality of posters this year. We congratulate all poster presenters for their hard work. Top 6 posters in student category and top 2 posters in postdoctoral/research associate category are selected. Since it was a tight competition, we also acknowledge several students and postdocs as honorable mention. Poster winners are listed alphabetically below: Students: - Alizadeh, Arsalan - Burg, Maxwell - Natarajan, Suchitra - Sinha, Asha - Vuong, Billy - Zachariah, Robby PDF: - Chen, Xiaoyu - Figley, Teresa Honorable mention: Students - Campbell, Kristyn - Majer, Anna - Manghera, Mamneet - Whittaker, Heather PDF - Djordjevic, Jelena Award winners will be contacted by MNN in coming days. **View the Full Program online here http://tinyurl.com/MNN2015-Program We are looking forward to the 6th MNN Scientific Meeting next year. Sincerely, Soheila Karimi (meeting chair of the 5th MNN Scientific Meeting) Chris Anderson (President, SFN Winnipeg Chapter) 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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