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

Friday, October 26,2018

Time:   9 am
Location:  Px 236/238 PsycHealth Bldg.

Dr. Larry Jordan

Professor, Physiology & Pathophysiology
Principal Investigator, Spinal Cord Research Centre
University of Manitoba

Topic:  TBA

Thursday, Nov 15, 2018

Time:    12 noon
Location:  Location Theatre C

*Trainee lunch to follow in SR415 KIAM Bldg.

Dr. Wei Lu

Synapse and Neural Circuit Section

Porter Neuroscience Research Center

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Institutes of Health

Topic:  Making the brain’s own brake  --- Molecular mechanisms of inhibitory synapse development ---

Objectives for the talk:
Discuss the recent progress from my lab in understanding the molecular and

cellular mechanisms for inhibitory synapse development

Education

Ph.D. (Neuroscience and Physiology). Laboratory of Edward Ziff, New York University

School of Medicine, New York, 2006

Summer Training Course (Neural Systems & Behaviors). Marine Biological Laboratory,

Woods Hole, MA, 2005

M.S. (Molecular Biology/Entomology). Zhejiang University, China, 2000

B.S. (Biochemistry). Sichuan University, China, 1997

Professional Experience

Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, 2012-present

Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Roger Nicoll, Department of Cellular and Molecular

Pharmacology, University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), 2006-2011

Research Interests

Synapse development and function with a focus on GABAergic synapses

/sent on behalf of

Tabrez Siddiqui
Chair, Seminar Series
Manitoba Neuroscience Network

For More Information:

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