Dr. Cheryl Wellington: New CFI funded Core Facility

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Dr. Wellington will be introducing a new CFI funded Core […]


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Dr. Stephen Ferguson: G Protein-coupled Receptors, Vesicular Glutamate Transporters and β-arrestins as Targets to Attenuate Huntington’s and Alzheimer’s Disease Progression.

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Huntington’s disease (HD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are both neurodegenerative disorders that, despite differing in their underlying causes and specific symptoms, share several key features. These include age-related onset, progressive […]


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Dr. Gerald Obermair: Presynaptic α2δ proteins: calcium channels, synaptic functions, and pathophysiological roles in neurodevelopmental disorders

DMCBH Room 3402 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

We are delighted to host Dr. Gerald Obermair, a well-known neuroscientist from Karl Landsteiner University, Krems, Austria who will be visiting on Thursday, July 31. Seminar summary: Voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs) are essential regulators of cellular excitability and synaptic communication. Among their auxiliary subunits, the α2δ proteins play a pivotal role in regulating channel expression, […]


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Neuropizza with the Rankin lab

Koerner Pavilion Conference Centre F-106, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Come and learn about some cool science and hang out with your neuroscience colleagues over pizza and drinks!! Neuropizza takes place monthly in the Koerner conference room starting at 5:00pm and is open to […]


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Dr. Bence Olveczky: Neural circuits underlying learned motor sequences.

Rudy North Lecture Theatre, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver

Our ability to sequence movements and actions in response to unpredictable environmental events underlies our rich and adaptive behavioral repertoire. Such flexible behaviors contrast with overtrained, or automatic, motor sequences […]


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