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Freda Miller visit
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

The Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics will be hosting Dr. Freda Miller from the University of Toronto on September 18 at 12:15. Dr. Miller is one of the leading neuroscientists in Canada and works on neural stem cells in development and repair. I strongly encourage all members of the neuroscience community to attend if you can. See the attached poster for details. Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D. President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience

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Inviting VISITING SPEAKER SUGGESTIONS
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

Here is your chance! The Manitoba Neuroscience Network will host up to 3 visiting speakers this academic year. The series coordinator is Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour (eftekhar(a)cc.umanitoba.ca) and he is inviting suggestions for exciting speakers. Please see below and respond to him with ideas. Dear Neuroscientists I am working on our MNN talk seminars and would need your inputs and suggestions for one or two visiting speakers. We are looking for rather a high profile scientist with a multidisciplinary research program including but not limited to neurotrauma, cognitive neuroscience or novel approaches in neuroscience. Please feel free to email me at: eftekhar(a)cc.umanitoba.ca Many thanks for your help --

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FW: Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA)
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

Please see the e-mail below and contact myself or Christina Weise of MHRC directly. Thanks. Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D. President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience Director, Manitoba Neuroscience Network T: 204.235.3946 │ F: 204.237.4092 │ E: chris.anderson(a)med.umanitoba.ca From: Christina Weise [mailto:christina.weise@mhrc.mb.ca] Sent: August-21-13 3:23 PM To: 'Xin-Min Li'; Chris Anderson; Benedict Albensi; Gordon Glazner; m.martin(a)uwinnipeg.ca; Zahra_Moussavi(a)Umanitoba.ca; kerstin.roger(a)ad.umanitoba.ca; racher(a)brandonu.ca; DGStrang(a)deerlodge.mb.ca Cc: Howard Chertkow; Nancy Klos; Victor Whitehead Subject: Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) Good afternoon, I am writing to you today to make you aware of a national (and international) research initiative, led by CIHR, about aging and Alzheimer's. CIHR is developing a large research consortium on aging and Alzheimer's called the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) (see http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/46475.html ). They currently have one application for the consortium, which has researchers from across Canada, but only includes a few researchers from Manitoba. Dr. Howard Chertkow, PI on the grant, has asked that I help him engage a few more researchers from Manitoba. I have attached the summary of the research projects and the list of researchers currently involved. If you are interested in participating in the CCNA, please contact Dr. Chertkow and Victor Whitehead (cc'd on this email) to discuss. If you have any questions please feel free to give me a call at 204-786-2090. Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. Best regards, Christina Christina Weise Executive Director Manitoba Health Research Council 205-445 Ellice Avenue Winnipeg MB R3B 3P5 p. (204)786-2090 e. christina.weise(a)mhrc.mb.ca <http://mhrc.mb.ca/> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Manitoba-Health-Research-Council/42456380092…> <https://twitter.com/MHRCMb>

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FW: Invitation to second annual Campus Alberta Neuroscience Symposium
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

Dear All, I visited Calgary recently and talked with their neuroscience leaders about opportunities for regional alliances. I discussed our Manitoba Neuroscience Network meeting and other things we are doing here. They were interested and told me that the Universities of Alberta, Lethbridge and Calgary have joined to form a similar group called Campus Alberta Neuroscience. I am seriously considering attending their meeting September 26-27, 2013 at the University of Calgary. The theme happens to be a topic I have a strong interest in - Exploring Neural Systems and Behaviour with Light and Optogenetics. I would like to have a stronger Manitoba presence there than just me if possible. If you are interested in this meeting, please see their e-mail below and let me know at chris.anderson(a)med.umanitoba.ca if you would like to go. Thank you. Chris Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D. President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience Director, Manitoba Neuroscience Network T: 204.235.3946 │ F: 204.237.4092 │ E: chris.anderson(a)med.umanitoba.ca From: Campus Alberta Neuroscience [mailto:albertaneuro@ucalgary.ca] Sent: August-19-13 5:52 PM To: Chris Anderson Subject: Invitation to second annual Campus Alberta Neuroscience Symposium Dr. Christopher Anderson Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics University of Manitoba Dear Dr. Anderson: I am writing to make you aware of an event that will likely be of interest to you and some of your colleagues and trainees: the second annual Campus Alberta Neuroscience Symposium to be held September 26-27, 2013 at the University of Calgary. The theme of this symposium is Exploring Neural Systems and Behaviour with Light and Optogenetics. You were suggested by our Symposium Organizing Committee as an appropriate contact at your university. If there is someone more appropriate to send this information to, please forward this email on, or let us know by return email. Campus Alberta Neuroscience (albertaneuro) is a grass roots initiative of the neuroscience and mental health academic community based at the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Lethbridge. Albertaneuro brings neuroscience researchers, educators, knowledge translators, industry, the health system and community stakeholders together to generate and implement new knowledge. This year's Symposium will focus on optogenetics, a new approach that is profoundly altering the neuroscience landscape. Using optogenetics tools, scientists can now precisely activate or silence individual cells in the brain, impact behaviour and gain significant new insights into brain function and brain health. This optogenetics symposium will include presentations by four pioneers of optogenetics and poster and networking sessions on the first day. The second day will feature workshops presented by international optogenetics leaders as well as presentations by Alberta optogenetics researchers. I sincerely hope you will consider joining us at the symposium. More information can be found at our website: albertaneuro.ca <http://albertaneuro.ca/node/85> . Attached is a symposium poster. We would be grateful if you would distribute it to others you know who might be interested. If you would like any additional information regarding Campus Alberta Neuroscience or the September 26-27 symposium, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Grant McIntyre, PhD Executive Director www.albertaneuro.ca <http://www.albertaneuro.ca/> 780-782-7598

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Winnipeg Chapter Annual Report now online!
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 20 Jun '13

20 Jun '13

The Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience Activity Report is now online and available for your viewing. We invite you to visit http://www.sfn-manitoba.ca/WCSN2012AnnualReport.pdf to read about the Chapter's activities over the last year! Regards, Kelly 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 poster award winners
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 13 Jun '13

13 Jun '13

Apologies if you receive this twice...there was some email issues yesterday. Thank you to all who attended Monday's Manitoba Neuroscience Network meeting and made it a success. There was a poster competition held at the meeting and I would like to congratulate the winners and runners-up. In the graduate student category, the winner is TAREK HABASH. The runner-up is AMRIT BOESE. In the postdoctoral fellow category, the winner is REUBEN SABA. The runner-up is ALI SALEH. Thanks to all who participated and congratulations again to the poster winners! -MNN Organizers. 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(a)sbrc.ca OR kjorund(a)yahoo.ca Website: www.sbrc.ca/dnd OR www.umanitoba.ca/medicine/units/pharmacology

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MNN poster award winners
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 12 Jun '13

12 Jun '13

Thank you to all who attended Monday's Manitoba Neuroscience Network meeting and made it a success. There was a poster competition held at the meeting and I would like to congratulate the winners and runners-up. In the graduate student category, the winner is TAREK HABASH. The runner-up is AMRIT BOESE. In the postdoctoral fellow category, the winner is REUBEN SABA. The runner-up is ALI SALEH. Thanks to all who participated and congratulations again to the poster winners! -MNN Organizers.

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Postdoctoral fellow SFN Travel Award
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

We will soon be submitting nominees in the student and postoc categories for Chapter travel awards to attend the 2013 SFN meeting in San Diego. We have student applications but I have NOT received any postdoctoral fellow applications. Only one nominee can be selected for each category. If you submit and you are the only applicant, the odds of going forward to SFN are quite good! So, POSTDOCS please consider applying. It's easy but you have to have everything to me a wcsn(a)sbrc.ca by Friday JUNE 7 at NOON. Thanks. Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D. President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience Director, Manitoba Neuroscience Network T: 204.235.3946 │ F: 204.237.4092 │ E: chris.anderson(a)med.umanitoba.ca

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MNN Seminar - Dr. Gordon Glazner | Friday, May 31, 2013 9am
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 28 May '13

28 May '13

Manitoba Neuroscience Network Seminar Friday, May 31, 2013 | 9:00 am Dr. Gordon Glazner Associate Professor - Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Manitoba & Principal Investigator, Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Hospital Research Topic: Investigating the role of NF-kB in diabetic neuropathy. Location: PX236/238, Psychiatry Bldg. Bannatyne Campus In people with diabetes, a major complication is neuropathy, in which sensory nerve endings die back from the limbs. This leads to severe pain, numbness, skin ulcerations and poor would healing, and often ends in amputation of the limb. We and others have found that NF-kB, a protein that regulates the production of other proteins, is decreased in the sensory nerves of diabetic animals. We've also found that both the hormones that stimulate NF-kB and a key antioxidant protein produced by NF-kB action are decreased in sensory neurons. We propose now to use our new knowledge to find if activation of this pathway can inhibit diabetic neuropathy, and to find out if loss of this pathway in diabetes is the root cause of neuropathy. This project is separated into five separate aims. In Aim 1 we will deliver a NF-kB stimulating hormone, called CNTF, to diabetic animals, and we will determine if this can reduce or reverse formation of diabetic neuropathy. In Aim 2, we will see if inhibition of this pathway, either by specific drugs or by genetic deficiency, can increase the severity and risk for development of diabetic neuropathy in rodents. In Aim 3, we will investigate whether diabetes inhibits more members of the newly discovered pathway, and if we can rescue neurons by reversing this loss. In Aim 4 we will discover whether increasing anti-oxidant action can prevent formation of diabetic neuropathy. In aim 5, we will examine what it is about diabetes that causes inhibition of this pathway. Our group has recently discovered a pathway that normally keeps sensory nerves healthy is disrupted in diabetes. We believe that this disruption is the underlying cause of neuropathy. The proposed work will take these findings into whole animal "proof of concept" studies to determine if manipulation of this pathway can be used therapeutically, and will help to discover the underlying cause of diabetic neuropathy. For more information, contact the MNN Office at (T) 235.3939 or email: mnn(a)sbrc.ca 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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SFN Chapter Travel Awards - DEADLINE JUNE 5
by Winnipeg Chapter Society for Neuroscience 21 May '13

21 May '13

The Society for Neuroscience has unveiled its Chapter Travel Awards for the 2013 Annual Scientific Meeting in San Diego. The Winnipeg Chapter will be selecting 2 nominees for these awards - one graduate student and one postdoctoral fellow. The following are the eligibility criteria: * Nominees must be first author of an abstract to be presented at the annual meeting with an abstract of the highest scientific merit * The nominee and his or her advisor must be active members of SfN (provide membership ID numbers) * The nominee must be a graduate student who has advanced to candidacy for a PhD or a postdoctoral fellow * Only one applicant from a given laboratory may be considered by a chapter in any given calendar year * Nominee may not be nominated for an award two years in a row * Nominee is not a recipient of another SfN travel award in the same year If you are interested in applying please forward the following information to Kelly Jorundson (wcsn(a)sbrc.ca <mailto:wcsn@sbrc.ca> ) by JUNE 5, 2013: * Completed Graduate Student <http://www.sfn.org/Awards-and-Funding/Individual-Prizes-and-Fellowships/Tra…> or Postdoctoral Trainee <http://www.sfn.org/Awards-and-Funding/Individual-Prizes-and-Fellowships/Tra…> application * Copy of the abstract submitted for the SfN annual meeting * A one-page letter of recommendation from the nominee's mentor/advisor commenting on the nominee's contributions to neuroscience research * Applicant's one-page CV, including education (graduate student nominees must include the date they advanced to PhD candidacy and PhD nominees must include the date they were awarded their postdoctoral degree), honors/awards, and publications (abstracts and manuscripts) Thanks and good luck! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris M. Anderson, Ph.D. President, Winnipeg Chapter, Society for Neuroscience T: 204.235.3946 │ F: 204.237.4092 │ E: chris.anderson(a)med.umanitoba.ca

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