Manitoba Neuroscience Network | Seminar Series

Date:  Friday, March 28th, 2014
Time:  9:00 am
Location:  PX236/238 PsychHealth Bldg.

Dr. Tiina Kauppinen

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Principle Investigator, Neuroscience Research Program

Kleysen Institute for Advanced Medicine

Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba

Topic: Microglial modulation as a therapeutic approach in CNS disorders.

Location: PX236/238 PsychHealth Bldg.

Biosketch: Tiina M Kauppinen is an Assistant Professor and principle investigator at the University of Manitoba. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Molecular Brain Research in 2001

from the University of Kuopio, Finland. Her Ph.D. studies (published in her maiden name, Tikka) discovered the neuroprotective potential of minocycline, an antibiotic that has several

anti-inflammatory functions unrelated to its anti-microbial mechanisms. Dr. Kauppinen did her postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Francisco (2002-2006). After which she

became an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology at University of California, San Francisco (2006-2012). Dr. Kauppinen joined the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba July 2012.

Her research focuses on the role of microglia and neuroinflammation in acute (ie- stroke) and chronic (ie- Alzheimer’s disease) central nervous system disorders, and on the effects of chronic

inflammation on fetal (ie- gestational diabetes) and infant (ie- poor diet) neurocognitive development. The overall goals of her research program are to 1) understand how microglial

functions affect neurodegeneration, neurogenesis and neuronal functions, 2) establish approaches to modulate microglial responses, and 3) develop new therapeutic strategies with multiple disease

relevance.

Dr. Kauppinen received a prestigious Jordi Folch Pi award 2008 from American Society for Neurochemistry. Her research has been funded by grants from American Heart and Stroke and

Alzheimer Society of Canada.

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@sbrc.ca OR kjorund@yahoo.ca

Website:  www.sfn-manitoba.ca