S E M I N A R & V I S I T I N G S P E A K E R S E R I E S
D AT E
Friday, May 25th, 2018
9 am
L O C AT I O N
236/238 PsycHealthBldg.
S P E A K E R
Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour
Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology;
and the Regenerative Medicine Program, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of Manitoba
T O P I C
“Die Another Way”: An update on Regulated Cell Death Mechanisms: From basic science discoveries to potential new therapeutic approaches
B I O
Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, and the Regenerative Medicine Program, in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, at the University of
Manitoba. Eftekhar‘s research focuses on mechanisms of neuronal cell death in models of and neurotrauma and neurodegenerative diseases. By examining the contribution of oxidative stress in induction of cell death, his lab aims to develop novel neuroprotective approaches to inhibit functional deficits in these conditions.
Eftekhar received his PhD degree in neurosciences from the University of Saskatchewan in 2001, and then undertook a postdoctoral fellowship in spinal cord injury and stem cell research at the University of Toronto and the Toronto Western Hospital. During his training, he was supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation and has received several awards including a Synthes Award from the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.
Eftekhar joined the University of Manitoba in 2010, and started his research lab in 2012 at the Spinal Cord Research Centre. His research has been published in top-tier journals including J. Neuroscience, GLIA and Free Radical in Biology and Medicine Journal. He is currently holding international research grants from The Paralyzed Veterans of America and the European Wings for Life Foundation.
L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S
· To review the many forms of regulated cell death mechanisms: Autophagy, Apoptosis, Necroptosis, Ferroptosis.
· Understanding the cellular Redox state, and its contribution to cell death and survival
· To describe the importance of lysosomes in cell death and introduction of potential novel treatments for prevention of cell death.
Kelly Jorundson
Coordinator, Membership & Operations
Manitoba Neuroscience Network
Email: kjorund@sbrc.ca
Tel: 204.235.3939
Fax: 204.237.4092
St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre
Room R4046 - 351 Taché Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA
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