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SUMMARY:Majid Mohajerani candidate presentation
DESCRIPTION:Spontaneous activity accounts for most of what the brain does and is likely to be key for information processing in the brain\, but its function is still quite mysterious. Two key spontaneous activity processes are the Default Mode Network (DMN)\, a set of areas that are most markedly connected and active during behavioural idleness\, and memory replay\, the spontaneous reactivation of neural patterns occurring during experience. In the Mohajerani lab\, we test the hypothesis that the DMN plays a key role in memory replay processes. This theory\, if confirmed\, would bring important conceptual advances: to memory studies\, as it would provide a mechanism supporting the formation and consolidation of complex memory representations. I will explore this theory by our ongoing studies of neural activity over the whole mouse cortex in animals running memory tasks. \nZoom link if unable to attend in person: https://ubc.zoom.us/\nMeeting ID: 92458 122636 \nPasscode: 122636  \nFeedback survey for candidate
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/majid-mohajerani-candidate-presentation/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Science Communication Career Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in science communication as a career but aren’t sure how to make it happen? Join the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health and the Women’s Health Research Cluster on March 18th\, from 12-1pm to learn more! This event will feature a panel of three science communicators\, all with diverse backgrounds\, who will be sharing their insights and experience in their science communication journey. This event is open to anyone who is interested in learning more about a career in scicomm.  \n  \nRSVP:\nPlease RSVP and include any questions for the panelists: RSVP HERE \nThis event will be held online: Zoom link \n  \nSpeakers:\n \nKate Shingler\nKate Shingler is a skilled communications professional with a penchant for strong espresso and Irish mystery novels. Kate began her career as a journalist at the Sherbrooke Record before moving to the broadcast realm as a local television reporter in Quebec City. She spent a decade at Global TV\, covering daily news\, as a show producer for the noon and evening news and as assistant news director of Global Montreal before moving on to work in public relations for non-profits close to her heart. She led the digital communications team at the McGill University Health Centre Foundation\, where she worked to support the hospital’s priorities and raise funds for compassionate patient care\, excellence in teaching and innovative research. \nIn 2020 Kate joined Brain Canada Foundation as Director of Marketing and Communications\, where she uses impact storytelling\, creative team building and community engagement to underline the critical need for investment in brain research in Canada. One in three Canadians will experience a brain disorder in their lifetime\, and one in five will experience a mental illness or addiction concern. With Brain Canada’s one brain-one community approach\, Kate is a proud member of a dedicated group of individuals committed to accelerating neuroscience across the country for global impact. \nKate is an active community volunteer with a commitment to supporting children in underserved populations. She sits on the boards of the Fraser-Hickson Institute and the Weredale Foundation\, and lives in Montreal with her husband\, their three children and a small dog named Charlotte. \nConnect with Kate on social media! \n\nTwitter\nLinkedIn\n\n  \n \nNoeen Malik\nNoeen Malik\, PhD\, is the nuclear medicine scientist (specialization: drug discovery and PET/CT imaging)\, a published author (The PET Method: Tracer Principle\, Radiochemistry and Medical Applications); business strategist (specialization: Theragnostics)\, Executive Director of Public Affairs at GIANT (Global Immunization Action Networking Team; with WHO-UN)\, California\, and Research Scientist in MIPS\, Stanford School of Medicine. \nShe also volunteers as a human rights activist (Amnesty International\, IRC (International rescue committee)\, and IYC-UN) and fundraiser (SOS Children’s Village). She has also started a philanthropy program under Scientudio’s umbrella\, “Endorse Hope“\, with focusing especially on under-developed countries to help in strengthening the internal personnel-capacities. She is also a cartoonist (Science Myths Playing Deck: Concept and artwork) and science illustrator and communicator. \nConnect with Noeen on social media! \n\nTwitter\nLinkedIn\n\n  \n \nAarthi Gobinath\nAarthi Gobinath is currently a Associate Scientific Director at MedThink SciCom\, supporting medical communications for pharmaceutical companies developing therapeutics for infectious diseases and rare diseases. Previously\, she worked as a Science Writer for the medical device company Ava Women and as a freelance writer. She completed her PhD in Neuroscience at the University of British Columbia\, where she initially began gaining experience and interest in science communication. \nConnect with Aarthi on social media! \n\nTwitter\nLinkedIn
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/science-communication-career-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Dr. Kate Wassum: Amygdala circuitry in reward learning and decision making
DESCRIPTION:To make adaptive decisions we must cast ourselves into the future and consider the outcomes of our potential choices. This prospective consideration is informed by our memories. I will discuss our lab’s recent work investigating the neural circuits responsible for encoding\, updating\, and retrieving reward memories for use in the considerations underlying decision making. We have taken a multifaceted approach to these investigations\, combining recording\, modern circuit dissection\, and behavioral tools. Our results are generally indicating that the basolateral amygdala\, midbrain\, and orbitofrontal cortex work in a circuit to participate in these functions. The cognitive symptoms underlying many psychiatric disorders result from a failure to appropriately learn about and/or anticipate potential future events\, making these basic science data relevant to the understanding and potential treatment of mental illness. \nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 99412 188589\nPasscode: 188589
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-kate-wassum/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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SUMMARY:Tatsuya Tsukahara candidate presentation
DESCRIPTION:To interpret the sensory world and select appropriate actions\, animals must distinguish persistent background stimuli from novel sensory cues. Sensory adaptation is a neural mechanism that enables such filtering of environmental stimuli\, and a fundamental feature of sensory systems. Previous studies have shown that the brain flexibly adapt sensory responses to repetitive stimuli through synaptic mechanisms on a timescale of minutes. On the other hand\, the periphery has been generally thought to report sensory information stably and faithfully to the brain\, except for fast adaptation to highly dynamic stimuli on a timescale of milliseconds to seconds. However\, adaptation over longer timescales like hours to days have been largely unexplored\, even though animals typically stay in the same environment over these ethologically relevant timescales. \nI asked if olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) in the mouse nose adapt to environmental stimuli over timescales of hours to days. Given each mouse OSN expresses only one odorant receptor out of more than 1\,000\, individual receptor-defined OSN subtypes experience a wide range of odor-evoked activity in each environment. Using single cell RNA-sequencing\, I showed that each of the ~1\,000 OSN subtypes harbors a distinct transcriptome whose content is precisely determined by interactions between its expressed odorant receptor and the environment. This transcriptional variation is systematically organized to support sensory adaptation: expression levels of more than 70 genes relevant to transforming odors into spikes continuously vary across OSN subtypes\, dynamically adjust to new environments over hours\, and accurately predict acute OSN-specific odor responses. Importantly\, population-level odor codes delivered to the brain are also modulated by the environment\, as assessed by in vivo calcium imaging of OSN axons. The sensory periphery therefore separates salient signals from predictable background via a transcriptional mechanism whose moment-to-moment state reflects the past and constrains the future. I will further present my future research plan to study how signals from the external and internal world are integrated via transcriptional adaptation and influence the activity in central circuits and odor perception. This research program will provide support for a general model of how animals use individual experience to optimize neural functions and behavior. \nZoom link if unable to attend in person: https://ubc.zoom.us/\nMeeting ID: 91783 244698 \nPasscode: 244698 \nFeedback survey for candidate
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/tatsuya-tsukahara-candidate-presentation/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rutsuko Ito: Ventral hippocampal circuits and the arbitration of approach-avoidance conflict
DESCRIPTION:Approach-avoidance (AA) conflict resolution is a form of decision making that is fundamentally important for survival and requires the effective evaluation of affective stimuli or events with mixed outcomes (positive and negative). Despite the prevailing view of hippocampal involvement in learning and memory processes\, the hippocampus is also thought to be involved in the resolution of AA conflict by exaggerating the value of negative outcomes and increasing the tendency to avoid. Furthermore\, work from my laboratory has implicated the ventral\, but not the dorsal hippocampus\, in mediating affective processes involving learned AA conflict. In this talk\, I will be presenting a set of studies providing evidence of ventral hippocampal (vHPC) mediation of AA decision making when animals are exposed to affectively bivalent (conflicting) cues. I will also present chemogenetic evidence that the control over conflict-elicited AA  behaviours is subfield\, and pathway-specific\, with the investigation extending to the wider extrinsic connectivity of the vHPC with the lateral septum and ventral striatum. \nRudy North Lecture Theatre “Live” Screening\nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 99412 188589\nPasscode: 188589
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-rutsuko-ito/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220308T130000
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SUMMARY:Danqing Zhu candidate presentation
DESCRIPTION:Gene therapy\, the delivery of genetic material to the cells of a patient for therapeutic benefit\, has been increasingly successful over the past decade. The most successful gene delivery vectors are based on adeno-associated viruses (AAV)\, a naturally derived protein-based and self-assembled ‘nanoparticle’. Although these natural ‘nanoparticles’ are safe and non-pathogenic\, they present several barriers that limit their efficacy in delivery as they were not evolved by nature for human therapeutic applications. Directed evolution\, a strategy involves the iterative genetic diversification of a molecule to create a gene pool and functional selection to isolate variants with optimal properties\, has thereby emerged as a powerful approach for re-evolving AAVs of novel and improved functions. In parallel\, recent advances in deep sequencing technologies allow millions of sequences to be assayed and used for training supervised machine learning (ML) models for prediction of protein properties. Using the combination of directed evolution and ML-guided design\, we have engineered ‘designer’ AAV variants with greatly improved packaging\, diversity\, and primary human brain infection capabilities. Specifically\, we have applied such method for developing AAVs that target a crucial cellular component of the central nervous system (CNS)\, microglia. As a brain-resident macrophage\, microglia unfortunately have been implicated in many neurological diseases\, such as Alzheimer’s disease\, Parkinson’s disease\, Huntington’s disease\, and others etc. Therefore\, genetically manipulating endogenous microglia is a promising therapeutic approach to counteract disease pathology. The extension of such integration of new technologies will have broad utility in the development of next-generation novel AAVs for therapeutic applications of many neurological diseases in the near future. \nZoom link if unable to attend in person: https://ubc.zoom.us/\nMeeting ID: 93332 470044 \nPasscode: 470044 \nFeedback survey for candidate
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/danqing-zhu-candidate-presentation/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:BC Neuroscience Day
DESCRIPTION:Schedule:\n8:00 AM – PD Moyes Lecturer for 2022\nPresenter: Dr. Mojgan Hodaie\, MSc\, MD\, FRCSC\, Professor of Surgery\, University of Toronto\nTitle: “An artificial intelligence approach to the study of pain”\nEvaluation: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ddmOwxdLlYF4IjI \n9:00 AM\nPresenter: Dr. Neil Cashman\, UBC Professor\, Medicine (Neurology)\nTitle: “Targeting misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative diseases”\nEvaluation: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ePcLJdRy2O3b6oC \n10:00 AM\nPresenter: Dr. Cheryl Wellington\, UBC Professor\, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine\nTitle: “The biomarker revolution in neurology”\nEvaluation: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bBi7PloMqqkOCLY \n11:00 AM\nPresenter: Dr. Annie Ciernia\, UBC Assistant Professor\, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology\nTitle: “Histone Acetylation Regulates Microglia Innate Immune Memory”\nEvaluation: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5prst2xqNGiXR8q \n12:00 PM\nPresenter: Dr. John Maguire\, UBC Professor\, Neuropathology\nTitle: “Clinical Pathological Correlation”\nEvaluation: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_40EjWHbNZ45nyIu \n  \nLocation: Paetzold auditorium (JPPS 1891 LT) for those wishing to attend in person\, or online via Zoom: \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/\nMeeting ID: 91037 579420\nPasscode: 579420 \n  \nPlease email Dr. Cashman (Neil.Cashman@vch.ca) with inquiries regarding BC Neuroscience Day programming.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bc-neuroscience-day/
LOCATION:Paetzold Auditorium\, Vancouver General Hospital\, 899 West 12th Avenue\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V5Z 1M9\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Round Table: Cluster Member Introductions & Research Plans
DESCRIPTION:This month\, the Mental Health and Addictions IRP will be having a round table where each group member introduces themselves\, an overview of their research\, and their hopes and dreams for future collaborative research. \nZoom link if unable to attend in person: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/5747966049?pwd=N1ppY2tUS3o4bk9vTkFSTzBna3k0Zz09\nMeeting ID: 574 796 6049\nPasscode: 052059
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/mental-health-round-table-introductions-research-plans/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Monthly Monday Rounds in Mental Health and Addictions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220228T130000
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SUMMARY:He Tian candidate presentation
DESCRIPTION:Please note this event is postponed until 12:00pm due to flight delays. \nThe brain encodes and processes information through the dynamic membrane voltage of neurons. However\, in vivo electrophysiology\, i.e.\, the study of the membrane voltage of individual cells in live animals\, has been a major challenge for neuroscience. In this seminar\, I will present voltage imaging\, an emerging technology using genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) to visualize the membrane voltage dynamics of cells. Voltage imaging can be combined with optogenetic stimulation to enable “all-optical electrophysiology”\, a technology that enabled cell membrane voltage to be simultaneously recorded and perturbed with light\, opening a path for high-throughput electrophysiology study in live animals. Thus far\, the performance of GEVIs has been a bottleneck for many in vivo applications. I will describe my directed evolution effort to improve far-red GEVIs. In order to optimize the transient voltage response of this biosensor\, I developed a novel video-based pooled screening platform that enabled thousands of genetic variants to be screened expeditiously. Using this platform\, I developed far-red GEVIs with improved signal-to-noise ratios and kinetics. Importantly\, this platform may be adapted for many types of genetic screens where optical readouts are required. I will discuss the application of these new GEVIs for drug screening and tracking electric signal propagation within neurons. In particular\, I will demonstrate how to use voltage imaging and all-optical electrophysiology to understand the neuron network dynamics and cellular biophysics in the live mouse brain. Together\, these molecular and optical methods will greatly expand our ability to decipher the brain. \nZoom link if unable to attend in person: https://ubc.zoom.us/\nMeeting ID: 93751 402493\nPasscode: 402493 \nFeedback survey for candidate
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/he-tian-candidate-presentation/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Dr. Jorn Diedrichsen: Exploring the role of the human cerebellum across functional domains
DESCRIPTION:The cerebellum has evolved to support basic sensory-motor functions. In the human brain\, the cerebellar circuitry has dramatically expanded and contributes to virtually every cognitive function\, including working memory\, language\, and social cognition. Given its uniform cytoarchitecture\, it has long been hypothesized that the cerebellar circuit performs a common computation across all these functional domains. But what is this elusive transform? To ultimately answer this question we require a better understanding of the functional diversity of the cerebellum\, it’s connectivity to the neocortex\, and the relationship between cortical and cerebellar processes in each functional domain. I will present results from a number functional neuroimaging studies to characterize cerebellar function across cognitive domains to start to address these questions in a systematic fashion. \nRudy North Lecture Theatre “Live” Screening\nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 99412 188589\nPasscode: 188589
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-jorn-diedrichsen/
LOCATION:British Columbia
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220217T143000
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SUMMARY:Open science: From genes to affordable medicines
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Edwards has offered to meet with researchers throughout the day on Feb 17 to discuss open science. If you are interested\, please reach out to Paul Pavlidis (paul@msl.ubc.cs).  Trainees are welcome to meet with Dr. Edwards after his talk from 2:30-3:30pm. \nPlease note this event is scheduled to be in person. If you cannot attend\, below is the Zoom information:  \n\nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/91770392007?\nPasscode: 392007\n\nSociety has decided that the development of new medicines is the role of the private sector\, and supports this decision with a range of policies. \nAnd while this drug development system has produced remarkable discoveries\, the “maximize profit” structure of the ecosystem has consequences.  Some diseases are not explored because of a lack of market incentive\, and access to new medicines is not equitable. \nWithin this backdrop\, Dr. Edwards will argue that universities\, through their tech transfer policies\, are complicit in this inequitable system\, and we should develop new policies and models in which equitable access is the priority. \nOpen science is a tactic to this end\, and Dr. Edwards will describe several drug discovery projects that that have been initiated under the open science framework\, as well as the legal and business frameworks that we are developing to ensure we get the drugs to market.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/open-science-from-genes-to-affordable-medicines/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Dr. Cheryl Wellington: Fluid biomarkers in neurology: Clinical and translational studies
DESCRIPTION:Diseases of the brain are among the most challenging disorders to diagnose and treat. Unlike cancer\, where human tissue biopsy specimens are routinely collected\, brain disorders lack routine access to specimens that are essential to make progress in understanding pathophysiology and developing effective treatments. Currently\, most brain diseases are studied in living patients using neuroimaging or invasive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) collection. New technologies now allow brain-derived substances to be measured in blood\, which is revolutionizing the field of neurology. The Wellington lab is currently collaborating with several local neurologists to develop and validate blood biomarkers for several acute and chronic neurological conditions. Highlights of our studies in Alzheimer’s Disease\, spinal cord injury and hypoxic ischemic brain injury will be presented. We are also present our program to develop and validate parallel assays that work in rodents to better understand the translational relevance of studies in animal models. \n\nZoom option if unable to attend in person\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 99412 188589\nPasscode: 188589
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-cheryl-wellington/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220204T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220204T120000
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SUMMARY:Dr. John Kramer: Translational Research in Acute Spinal Cord Injury
DESCRIPTION:This event will be held virtually: \nZoom link
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-john-kramer/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220124T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220124T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20220107T201224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220415T003608Z
UID:7959-1643038200-1643043600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Linking animal models and mood disorder symptoms through cortico-striatally regulated avoidance and reward-seeking behaviour
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Tomm and Brandon Forys from Rebecca Todd’s lab will be presenting findings from a collaborative project between researchers in the Mental Health and Addictions integrated research program:  “Linking animal models and mood disorder symptoms through cortico-striatally regulated avoidance and reward-seeking behaviour” \nOnline via Zoom: \nMeeting ID: 574 796 6049\nPasscode: 052059
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/linking-animal-models-and-mood-disorder-symptoms-through-cortico-striatally-regulated-avoidance-and-reward-seeking-behaviour/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Monthly Monday Rounds in Mental Health and Addictions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211217T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211016T052429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211221T202501Z
UID:7201-1639738800-1639742400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Spontaneous activity\, memory replay\, and the default mode network
DESCRIPTION:Spontaneous activity accounts for most of what the brain does and is likely to be key for information processing in the brain\, but its function is still quite mysterious. Two key spontaneous activity processes are the Default Mode Network (DMN)\, a set of areas that are most markedly connected and active during behavioural idleness\, and memory replay\, the spontaneous reactivation of neural patterns occurring during experience. In the Mohajerani lab\, we test the hypothesis that the DMN plays a key role in memory replay processes. This theory\, if confirmed\, would bring important conceptual advances: to memory studies\, as it would provide a mechanism supporting the formation and consolidation of complex memory representations. I will explore this theory by our ongoing studies of neural activity over the whole mouse cortex in animals running memory tasks. \nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (Click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 95496 072083\nPasscode: 072083
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-majid-mohajerani/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211210T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211019T222822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211221T202222Z
UID:7212-1639134000-1639137600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Unraveling microglial heterogeneity and stress responses in the embryonic hypothalamus
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (Click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 95496 072083\nPasscode: 072083
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-jessica-rosin/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211203T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211016T052702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211221T202047Z
UID:7202-1638529200-1638532800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:The effects of maternal immune activation on early development in an outbred strain of mice
DESCRIPTION:Our lab is interested in the neural bases for social function\, and we use mouse models for diseases that have social deficits at their core. This talk will present our recent work looking at postnatal development\, juvenile behaviours and autophagy in a mouse model of perinatal infection. \nRudy North Lecture Theatre “Live” Screening\nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (Click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 95496 072083\nPasscode: 072083
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-tamara-franklin/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211201T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211106T043048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211108T235943Z
UID:7496-1638356400-1638361800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:DMCBH Open Science Initiative Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Developing infrastructure and initiatives that promote open science and data sharing is an important part of advancing research. In line with this\, Dr. Paul Pavlidis has secured a grant from the Tanenbaum Open Science Institute to gauge interest in and develop principles that would eventually see the DMCBH declared an Open Science Institute. This would mean developing policies around the open availability and intellectual property protection of data and other scientific resources generated at the Centre. \nMany teams at the DMCBH have already adopted Open Science practices within their own labs – an exciting start! Over the course of the next year\, Dr. Pavlidis and his team including Dr. Judy Illes\, Dr. Tim Murphy and Jeff LeDue\, will be investigating how Open Science could be implemented on a larger scale across the Centre. \nJoin us for a Town Hall where the CBH Open Science Initiative team will present their plans for the year and Dr. Guy Rouleau\, who led the Open Science Initiative at the McGill Neuro\, will share how the Neuro was able to make this important transition. \nWe encourage everyone—faculty\, trainees and staff—to attend to learn more about what being an Open Science Institute would mean for the Centre and to ask any questions you might have. This event will be in person in the Rudy North Lecture Theatre at DMCBH. A Zoom link is also available for those who are unable to attend in person. \n  \nZoom link if unable to attend in person:   \nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/91770392007 \nPasscode – 392007
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dmcbh-open-science-initiative-town-hall/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211119T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20210722T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211117T002332Z
UID:3734-1637319600-1637323200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Reporting Options for Sexualized Violence
DESCRIPTION:SVPRO is back for a second session! This session will focus on the different options that are available for reporting when sexualized violence has occurred. Not everyone wants to report after being impacted by sexualized violence\, and that’s completely okay. When folks do want to report\, it’s important that they know the full range of options and considerations. Join us to learn about UBC systems\, police reporting\, and human rights reporting systems\, when each may apply\, and how SVPRO supports people navigating these processes. \nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (Click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 95496 072083\nPasscode: 072083
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/reporting-options-for-sexualized-violence/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211105T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211105T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20210722T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220301T222553Z
UID:3733-1636110000-1636113600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Development of a whole-brain memory trace pipeline for activity-dependent tagging murine lines
DESCRIPTION:We previously created a mouse model to permanently label neurons activated during learning\, the ArcCreERT2 mice (Denny et al.\, 2014\, Neuron). In our first publication\, we extensively characterized the ArcCreERT2 mice and manipulated various parameters to correlate behavioral expression with memory tagging. Using contextual fear conditioning (CFC)\, we showed that mice re-exposed to a fearful context freeze more and have a greater percentage of reactivated cells in the dentate gyrus (DG) and in CA3 than mice exposed to a novel context. Overall\, we found that context\, time\, adult hippocampal neurogenesis\, and stress impact cognition and mood\, and these alterations are paralleled by changes in memory trace activation in the hippocampus. In our more recent studies\, we have investigated how disease states and pharmacological manipulations impact memory traces (Perusini et al.\, 2017; Mastrodonato et al.\, 2018; Lacagnina et al.\, 2019; Leal Santos et al.\, 2021). \nOur ongoing/planned projects are to identify: 1) how individual memories are stored throughout the entire brain using a novel whole-brain imaging pipeline we have recently developed\, 2) how multiple memories are co-stored throughout the brain using a new activity-dependent viral strategy\, and 3) how disease states impact memories\, often resulting in memory loss. \nRudy North Lecture Theatre “Live” Screening\nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link  here (Click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 95496 072083\nPasscode: 072083
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-christine-denny/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211029T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211029T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20210722T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T045737Z
UID:3732-1635505200-1635508800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Genome-wide approaches to understanding microglia identity and function
DESCRIPTION:Microglia are the macrophages of the brain and participate to its development\, homeostasis\, and defense against pathogens and injuries. Notably\, genetic evidence suggests that they are critically involved in neurodegenerative diseases\, including Alzheimer’s disease. However\, our knowledge of the molecular processes that regulate these cells in the brain remains very rudimentary. \nOver the past few years\, we have concentrated our efforts on trying to understand how gene regulation is achieved in microglia. In particular\, we provided evidence using mouse microglia that signaling factors in the brain provide important regulatory input that enable microglia to acquire their cellular identity. Importantly\, our recent work on human microglia shows that axes of signaling pathways – transcription factors that shape the microglial epigenome and transcriptional characteristics are relatively well conserved between the mouse and human. My talk will provide an overview of these recent findings\, and elaborate on the current approaches that we use to gain a better understanding of the epigenomic mechanisms underlying the different cellular functions of microglia in the brain. \nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (Click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 95496-072083\nPasscode: 072083
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-david-gosselin/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211022T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20210722T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T045813Z
UID:3731-1634900400-1634904000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:The olfactory mosaic: How diverse networks shape perception
DESCRIPTION:Our perception of the world begins with stimuli in the environment but is then dramatically shaped by our expectations\, past experience\, and internal state.  Olfactory perception is especially sensitive to these kinds of modulation.  In fact\, input from a diverse network of brain regions conveying multisensory\, homeostatic and experience-dependent information converges on the olfactory system as early as the first stages of odor processing.  This talk will describe our work over the past few years on how activity in non-olfactory regions shapes odor coding and perception.  What you smell is not necessarily what you get. \nRudy North Lecture Theatre “Live” Screening \nZoom option if unable to attend in person: \n\nZoom link here (Click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 95496 072083\nPasscode: 072083
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-donald-wilson/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211015T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211015T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20210901T003804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T050007Z
UID:6448-1634295600-1634299200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Preventing and Responding to Sexualized Violence
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nZoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 95496 072083\nPasscode: 072083\n\nSVPRO will present UBC’s approach to preventing and responding to sexualized violence\, with a focus on key principles for supporting survivors. The presentation will include what constitutes sexualized violence and prohibited relationships\, standards and considerations for safe and respectful working and learning environments\, and how to respond to a disclosure\, with approaches to help mitigate impacts and reduce harm. This presentation is part one of a two-part series; part 2 (November 19) will focus on reporting options.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/preventing-and-responding-to-sexualized-violence/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211008T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211008T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211016T045905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T050044Z
UID:7198-1633690800-1633694400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Brain-Tech 2021 Hackathon: student teams innovation showcase
DESCRIPTION:This colloquium will present innovation from the top student teams of the Brain-Tech 2021: Idea Generation and Hackathon for Brain Wellness. The Hackathon was hosted by the Dynamic Brain Circuits in Health and Disease Cluster\, the BC Brain Wellness Program\, and the Djavad  Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. The Brain-Tech 2021 winners will discuss and demo their work which aims to improve brain wellness.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/brain-tech-2021-hackathon-student-teams-innovation-showcase/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211001T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20211001T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20210831T205406Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211221T202400Z
UID:6427-1633086000-1633089600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Sex-specific impact of immune signaling on adolescent neural and social development
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nJoin in person in the auditorium or via the zoom option. The presenter will be remote.\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID:  95496 072083\nPasscode: 072083\n\nIn this presentation\, Dr. Ashley Kopec will discuss published work examining the role of microglia\, the resident immune cells in the brain\, in neural and social development during adolescence in male and female rats. Then\, she will discuss unpublished work aimed at understanding how opioid exposures during adolescence interact with microglia-mediated development to alter future reward-related behaviors. \nThere will be a virtual trainee meeting with Dr. Kopec immediately following her talk (~noon). If you would like to attend the trainee meeting please email annie.ciernia@ubc.ca to sign up. There are limited spots available on a first come first serve basis.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-ashley-kopec/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210917T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210917T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20210722T000000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T050246Z
UID:3730-1631876400-1631880000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform Scholars Update
DESCRIPTION:Host: Jeff LeDue\nSpeaker: GPN CONP Scholars
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/canadian-open-neuroscience-platform-scholars-update/
LOCATION:Rudy North Lecture Theatre\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Neuroscience Research Colloquium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210722T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210722T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211026T234502Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T050353Z
UID:7409-1626948000-1626955200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:World Brain Day 2021
DESCRIPTION:The BC Brain Wellness Program invites you to join our annual celebration of World Brain Day on July 22 from 10am to 12pm PST.\nModerated by Tamara Taggart\, we will be taking you on a journey from idea to implementation on how research impacts all of us.\nOur 2-hour virtual event will be an enriching experience for the mind\, body and soul. With a diverse selection of expertise\, the BC Brain Wellness Program presents: \n\n\nIncredible keynote addresses by Drs. Liisa Galea\, Helen Tremlett\, and Haakon Nygaard \n\n\nThe Brain Wellness Couch: A moderated conversation with our panel of experts \n\n\nA Wellness Break: A guided yoga session with the BC Brain Wellness Program instructor Vanessa Barron \n\n\nExclusive videos on research and our participants’ journeys toward brain wellness \n\n\nBy attending this event\, we hope you leave with a better understanding of the research process\, why research is an important part of the BC Brain Wellness Program\, and how you can participate in this journey towards Brain Wellness\, Beyond All Boundaries. \nSo what are you waiting for? Let’s get this show on the road! \nLearn more and RSVP
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/world-brain-day-2021/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210412T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210412T113000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211026T231719Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T050411Z
UID:7403-1618218000-1618227000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Sex Cells!
DESCRIPTION:It is imperative to consider sex and gender when conducting inclusive research\, building unbiased technology and facilitating equitable healthcare. Research that implements sex- and gender-based analysis plus (SGBA+) has found important differences in many areas that pertain to neuroscience\, including disease risk and effective treatments. Implementation of SGBA+ into your research is often required by funding agencies and will also lead to important discoveries and pathways for precision medicine. \nJoin the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, the UBC Women’s Health Research Cluster and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience for this free workshop on how to implement SGBA+ into your own research. It is intended for both faculty and trainees and will be led by Dr. Liisa Galea and Krystle van Hoof. This workshop includes talks by Dr. Galea and van Hoof\, as well as breakout rooms which will provide the opportunity for small group discussions\, where participants can talk about their own experiences of implementing SGBA+ and share questions and ideas about integrating this into their future research. \nLEARN MORE AND REGISTER HERE! 
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/sex-cells/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210130T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20210130T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211026T231520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T050437Z
UID:7402-1611999000-1612009800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Health in Harmony: The Therapeutic Benefits of Music in Aging and Dementia
DESCRIPTION:PRESENTATIONS:\n\nUSING MUSIC THERAPY TO SUPPORT THOSE WITH MODERATE ALZHEIMER DISEASE: OUTCOMES OF A CLINICAL TRIAL OF GROUP/CAREGIVER AND INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS IN AN OUTPATIENT SETTING\n\nDr. Kevin Kirkland\, Dr. Susan Summers\, Alex Hauka\nCapilano University\, Music Therapy Dept. \n  \n\nMUSIC THERAPY IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL\n\nDr. Robin Hsuing\nUBC Neurology\, Dept. of Medicine \n  \n\nCOMPARING THE EFFECTIVENESS IN REDUCING AGITATED BEHAVIOURS OF PERSONS WITH DEMENTIA USING PASSIVE MUSIC LISTENING VERSUS MUSIC THERAPY INTERVENTIONS\n\nCamilla Schroeder\nBerkley Care Centre\, Music Therapist \n  \n\nSINGING FOR CHANGE: THE IMPACT OF A DEMENTIA CHOIR ON INCLUSION\, WELL-BEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE\n\nDr. Debra Sheets\nUniversity of Victoria\, Voices in Motion \n  \n\nINVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF MUSIC\, MUSIC THERAPY\, AND LITERATURE ON MOOD AND MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER ADULTS EXPERIENCING MILD COGNITIVE DECLINE: A SUMMARY OF OUR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY\n\nDr. Theresa Comazzi\nDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/health-in-harmony-the-therapeutic-benefits-of-music-in-aging-and-dementia/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201127T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20201127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T113614
CREATED:20211026T232033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211106T050457Z
UID:7405-1606492800-1606496400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Picture a Scientist Film Screening & Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:FILM AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON VIMEO FROM NOVEMBER 25-27\nPANEL DISCUSSION: NOVEMBER 27\, 4-5PM\nPICTURE A SCIENTIST is a documentary film that chronicles the rise of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists and provides new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse\, equitable\, and open to all. \nFeaturing geologist Jane Willenbring\, chemist Raychelle Burks\, and biologist Nancy Hopkins\, as well as key social scientists working to understand and reduce gender bias in the sciences\, Picture a Scientist brings diversity in science into sharp view at a critical time. The current pandemic is a call to action for scientists to work together globally\, with a multitude of different perspectives\, to defeat COVID-19. For too long\, women and other minorities in science have been left out or driven out\, stymied by a system of harassment\, discrimination\, and general bias. \nAfter watching the film virtually between November 25-27\, please join us for a panel discussion on November 27 via Zoom with several UBC women scientists as they discuss the film and their own personal experiences. \nThis event is intended for the UBC community only. \nCLICK HERE TO RSVP\n(limited to 300 participants due to Zoom meeting capacity) \nEvent hosted in partnership with the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health\, Life Sciences Institute and the Department of Psychology. \nHOST AND MODERATOR:\nDR. HAKIMA MOUKHLES\nAssociate Professor\, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences \nPANELISTS:\nDR. CAROLINA TROPINI\nAssistant Professor\, School of Biomedical Engineering /Department of Microbiology & Immunology \nDr. Tropini’s interests lie at the nexus of medicine\, microbial biophysics and engineering. Working in the field of the gut microbiota\, she is applying novel tools to longstanding questions regarding the stability of microbial communities and their response to perturbations during disease. \nDR. SHEILA TEVES\nAssistant Professor\, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology \nDr. Teves’ research studies how transcription is maintained and altered over time using the model system of mouse embryonic stem cells. The long-term goal of her research is to understand the mechanisms governing transcriptional memory over multiple time scales. \nDR. LIISA GALEA\nProfessor\, Department of Psychology\nDirector of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience \nDr. Galea’s research investigates how sex hormones influence brain health and disease in both females and males. The main goal of her research is to improve brain health for women and men by examining the influence of sex and sex hormones on normal and diseased brain states such as depression and Alzheimer’s disease. \nDR. SHERNAZ BAMJI\nProfessor\, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences\nAssociate Director\, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health \nDr. Bamji has a long-standing interest in understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying neural connectivity and synaptic plasticity. Her work has provided valuable information about fundamental mechanisms underlying learning and memory\, as well as how these processes are perturbed in diseased states.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/picture-a-scientist-film-screening-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:Online
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