Manitoba Neuroscience Network Seminar Series

Friday, April 26th, 2013 | 9:00 a.m. | PX236/238 Psychiatry Bldg.

Dr. Mogjan Rastegar http://www.mich.ca/profiles.php?id=94

Assistant Professor - Regenerative Medicine Program University of Manitoba

Topic: "Epigenetics and Neural Stem Cell Modeling of Neurological Disorders."

Biosketch: Dr. Rastegar is an Assistant Professor at the Regenerative Medicine Program and the Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba. She is currently a scientist member of Manitoba Institute of Child Health (MICH) and Molecular Genetics and Human Disease Group (MGHDG).

Dr. Rastegar completed her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at the "Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)", Belgium. She continued her research training in US and Canada. In Canada, Dr. Rastegar performed her postdoctoral training at the McGill Cancer Centre in Montreal and at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

Dr. Rastegar is a widely recognized researcher in the field of epigenetics in brain development and neurological disorders. Her current research is focused on the role of MeCP2 as an epigenetic factor and modeling neurological diseases in brain-derived neural stem cells.

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@sbrc.ca OR kjorund@yahoo.ca