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SUMMARY:Dr. Kaarina Kowalec: Depression polygenicity and its association with multiple sclerosis disease activity and progression.
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nDepression is a common comorbidity in those with multiple sclerosis (MS) and is associated with faster MS disability progression. Identifying who may be at higher risk for depression or faster disease activity or progression may facilitate earlier identification. We will examine the polygenicity of comorbid depression in MS and whether it is associated with MS disease activity & disability progression in multiple cohorts from Canada\, the USA\, Sweden\, and UK Biobank.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-kaarina-kowalec/
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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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240325T170000
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SUMMARY:Safety and Tolerability of Ketamine for Psychiatric Treatment: a Retrospective Chart Review
DESCRIPTION:This month\, Dr. Vivian Tsang from the Department of Psychiatry\, will present “Safety and Tolerability of Ketamine for Psychiatric Treatment: a Retrospective Chart Review.” \nZoom link if unable to attend in person:\nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/5747966049?pwd=N1ppY2tUS3o4bk9vTkFSTzBna3k0Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 574 796 6049\nPasscode: 052059
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/safety-and-tolerability-of-ketamine-for-psychiatric-treatment-a-retrospective-chart-review/
LOCATION:St. Paul’s Hospital\, SPPH 1500\, 1081 Burrard\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6Z 1Y6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Monthly Monday Rounds in Mental Health and Addictions
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SUMMARY:Jérôme Plumier: Novel Steroidal Mechanisms of Aggression
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Jérôme Plumier from the Soma lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-jerome-plumier/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
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SUMMARY:Dr. Alicia Izquierdo: Translational models of frontocortical circuits in learning and decision making
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nOrbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) have been assigned various overlapping roles ranging from learning and responding to reward\, signaling value and uncertainty\, and supporting economic decisions\, to name a few. Both of these regions share reciprocal anatomical connections with basolateral amygdala\, contributing to functional similarities among these circuits. Using a combination of novel behavioral paradigms\, DREADDs\, and 1P calcium imaging in freely-moving rats\, our lab has sought better resolution of diverse frontocortical processes. In this talk I will present data comparing subregional frontal cortex contributions\, together with basolateral amygdala\, in reward learning and value-based decisions. With few exceptions\, our results suggest mostly overlapping\, less specialized\, roles for ACC and OFC that point to complementary roles in keeping track of expected uncertainty\, or the range of typically-experienced outcomes. Collectively these findings may have implications for how we view frontocortical contributions across rodent and primate species.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-alicia-izquierdo/
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:20240315T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240315T160000
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CREATED:20231101T162732Z
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UID:12191-1710514800-1710518400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Brittany Docolas: Strategies for Brain-Targeted Estrogen Delivery
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Brittany Docolas from the Soma lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-brittany-docolas-2/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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SUMMARY:Dr. David Holtzman: The role of APOE and the immune response in amyloid-induced tauopathy and tau-mediated neurodegeneration
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-david-holtzman/
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:20240308T110000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Nick Steinmetz: Brain-wide coordinated dynamics and Neuropixels Ultra
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nIn this talk\, I will describe two recent projects in my lab. In the first\, we discovered that brain-wide spatiotemporal dynamics (i.e. traveling waves) are coordinated on a moment-to-moment basis between neocortex and striatum\, thalamus\, and midbrain. We used widefield calcium imaging and Neuropixels 2.0 recordings in combination to reveal the structure of these waves in the mouse brain\, including a link to the underlying axonal architecture that supports them. Second\, I will talk about our work developing a new version of the Neuropixels probe\, called ‘Neuropixels Ultra’\, which has much smaller and denser recording sites than previous versions. This configuration yields improved characteristics for some applications and reveals new observations about the biophysical phenomena observable with extracellular electrophysiology.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-nick-steinmetz/
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:20240301T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240301T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T162541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240226T205712Z
UID:12187-1709305200-1709308800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Nikolas Kokan: Habituation and the Interstimulus Interval
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Nikolas Kokan from the Rankin lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-nikolas-kokan/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240301T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240301T120000
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UID:10648-1709290800-1709294400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Janine Kwapis: Time to learn: Diurnal regulation of memory by the clock gene Per1
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nMany biological processes\, including memory formation\, are strongly influenced by the circadian system\, which synchronizes animals’ internal states with the external time of day. Long-term memory performance changes across the day/night cycle in both humans and rodents\, yet the mechanisms that support this process are largely unknown. In this talk\, I will present my lab’s research suggesting that a circadian clock gene\, Period1 (Per1) may serve as a molecular interface between the circadian clock and memory formation. Per1 oscillates in tandem with memory in memory-relevant brain regions\, like the hippocampus\, with both memory and Per1 levels peaking during the day and showing a trough at night. Interestingly\, old animals have repressed hippocampal Per1 levels even during the day\, suggesting that they may show impairments in memory due to this persistent “nighttime state” that limits memory across the diurnal cycle. Together\, our data suggest that Per1 may function locally in memory-relevant brain regions to exert diurnal control over memory.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-janine-kwapis/
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:20240226T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240226T170000
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CREATED:20240208T222005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T223545Z
UID:12835-1708961400-1708966800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Exploring the Impact: A Clinical Study on Fentanyl Use in Vulnerable Populations
DESCRIPTION:This month\, Raha Masoudi from the Department of Psychiatry\, will present “Exploring the Impact: A Clinical Study on Fentanyl Use in Vulnerable Populations.” \nZoom link if unable to attend in person:\nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/5747966049?pwd=N1ppY2tUS3o4bk9vTkFSTzBna3k0Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 574 796 6049\nPasscode: 052059
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/exploring-the-impact-a-clinical-study-on-fentanyl-use-in-vulnerable-populations/
LOCATION:DHCC 9299 – Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre\, 2775 Laurel Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Monthly Monday Rounds in Mental Health and Addictions
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CREATED:20230331T172027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240116T204216Z
UID:10646-1708686000-1708689600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Ramon Diaz-Arrastia: Traumatic brain injury-related neurodegeneration:  What is the pathology.
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nEvidence accumulated over the past decades has shown that for many patients\, traumatic brain injury (TBI) triggers cellular and molecular processes that continue to evolve long after the acute period and initial recovery. While these mechanisms result in short-term tissue repair and regeneration\, the reparative process is often incomplete\, and can also be maladaptive. Long-term outcomes after TBI are not fixed\, but rather there can be improvement or deterioration years\, even decades\, after injury. TBI can result in long-term impairment and disability and increases risk of remote neurodegeneration and dementia.  It is estimated that 5-10% of the population-wide burden of dementia is associated with TBI. \nDespite the substantial societal burden imposed by long-term neurodegeneration and dementia after TBI\, little is known about the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of trauma-related neurodegeneration (TReND). For decades it was believed that TBI was associated with an increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease\, but recent work indicates that other pathologies\, including microvasculopathy\, axonal degeneration\, and neuroinflammation play prominent roles. \nThis presentation will review the epidemiologic data regarding TReND and will then discuss insights from neuropathologic studies on long-term survivors after TBI.  Recent work using neuroimaging and molecular biomarkers measured years after TBI will be reviewed.  Finally\, we will discuss recent work pointing to potential therapeutic interventions.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-ramon-diaz-arrastia/
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:20240216T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240216T120000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Emily Liman: The secret of sour: Discovery structure and function of the sour receptor OTOP1.
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nIdentifying and discriminating among compounds prior to ingestion is essential for animals to survive and thrive. Taste receptor cells encode five basic taste qualities\, for which receptors and signaling pathways had been described for all but sour taste.  Here I will describe the identification from a screen of genes enriched in sour taste cells of the sour receptor\, OTOP1. OTOP1 forms a proton channel\, structurally unrelated to previously described ion channels. OTOP1 assembles as a dimer\, with three putative pathways\, gated by protons and Zn2+. Our recent findings expand the role of OTOP1 in taste cells to the detection of ammonium chloride\, a potent taste stimulus used in salty licorice. OTOP1 is a member of a small family of ion channels found throughout the body and conserved across evolution. Ongoing work is aimed at discovering the roles of OTOP channels to various physiological and pathophysiological processes.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-emily-liman/
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:20240209T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240209T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T162324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240208T223330Z
UID:12183-1707490800-1707494400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Melanie Lysenko-Martin: Novel Approaches to Evaluate how Chronic Cannabis Exposure & Audiovisual Cues drive Impulsivity and Risky Decision-Making
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Melanie Lysenko-Martin from the Winstanley lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-melanie-lysenko-martin/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240209T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20230511T164554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240108T194518Z
UID:10882-1707476400-1707480000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Harriet de Wit: Microdosing:  Fact or Fiction?
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nDr. Harriet de Wit will review evidence for the purported beneficial effects of ‘microdosing’ psychedelic drugs\, specifically LSD.  She will describe recent studies from her laboratory investigating behavioral and neural effects of low doses of LSD in healthy adults.  She will illustrate some of the methodological challenges researchers face in investigating the effects of very low doses of drugs.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-harriet-de-wit/
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:20240205T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240205T123000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20240123T030201Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T235657Z
UID:12745-1707132600-1707136200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Ofer Yizhar: Optogenetic control of synaptic transmission with bistable rhodopsins
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nLong-range synaptic transmission between brain regions allows synchrony and coordination between neural circuits and is the foundation for complex information processing and behavior. For example\, outputs from the prefrontal cortex to diverse subcortical circuits are crucial for regulation of learning\, decision-making\, and social behavior. Optogenetics has allowed unprecedented advances in understanding the causal roles of distinct neural populations in behavior. However\, while optogenetic tools have been widely used for the excitation of neuronal cell bodies and axons\, optogenetic silencing of long-range transmission has posed significant challenges. I will present our work developing several novel optogenetic tools for spatiotemporally-precise silencing of long-range axonal projections. To efficiently suppress synaptic transmission\, we designed a new set of inhibitory bistable rhodopsins that couple to the Gi/o signaling pathway and can be used to suppress synaptic release in vitro and in vivo\, in a spatially and temporally precise manner. New tools within this family allow spectral multiplexing for combined imaging and optogenetic silencing\, opening up new avenues for the functional interrogation of long-range connectivity in neural circuits.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-ofer-yizhar/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240202T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240202T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T162023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T190834Z
UID:12181-1706886000-1706889600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Fiza Arshad: Audiovisual cues\, Game Immersion\, and Performance
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Fiza Arshad from the Winstanley lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-fiza-arshad/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240202T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20230508T171612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T030933Z
UID:10835-1706871600-1706875200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:UBC Kickstart Updates: Drs. Ipek Oruc\, Daniela Palombo and Catharine Winstanley
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/ubc-kickstart-updates-oruc-palombo-winstanley/
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:20240126T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T161652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240125T005432Z
UID:12179-1706281200-1706284800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Shayden Schofield-Lewis: The reins of the interbrain: a review of the habenula
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Shayden Schofield-Lewis from the Floresco lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-shayden-schofield-lewis/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240126T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240126T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20230508T171528Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240124T030752Z
UID:10833-1706266800-1706270400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:UBC Kickstart Updates: Dr. Anthony Phillips and Dr. Kamyar Keramatian
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/ubc-kickstart-updates-phillips-keramatian/
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:20240122T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231214T014950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231214T015022Z
UID:12584-1705937400-1705942800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:The Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: Translational Animal Models and Novel Candidate Drugs
DESCRIPTION:This month\, three PhD students\, Daria Oleinichenko (Phillips/Snutch labs)\, Isabella Gallello (Seamans/Phillips labs)\, and Ru Song (Phillips/MacVicar labs) from the Department of Psychiatry\, will present “The Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome: Translational Animal Models and Novel Candidate Drugs.” \nZoom link if unable to attend in person:\nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/5747966049?pwd=N1ppY2tUS3o4bk9vTkFSTzBna3k0Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 574 796 6049\nPasscode: 052059
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/the-opioid-withdrawal-syndrome-translational-animal-models-and-novel-candidate-drugs/
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/Vancouver:20240119T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240119T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T161530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240118T013317Z
UID:12177-1705676400-1705680000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Adam Lester: The Omniroute maze: a novel behavioural apparatus for dynamically configurable routes and sensory cues to investigate rodent navigation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Adam Lester from the Madhav lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-adam-lester/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240112T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240112T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T161426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240118T013210Z
UID:12175-1705071600-1705075200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Brandon Forys: To work or to slack? Choice and cognitive effort
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Brandon Forys from the Todd lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-brandon-forys/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240112T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240112T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20230404T193658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231215T191849Z
UID:10681-1705057200-1705060800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Joshua Berke: Time\, Space and Dopamine
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nDopamine is famously involved in reward\, but exactly how continues to be the subject of debate. Two key functions include signaling reward expectations to promote motivated\, effortful work\, and signaling errors in reward expectation to promote learning. I will present new studies from my laboratory examining each of these processes. We combine recent technological advances for measuring dopamine with novel behavioral tasks\, to probe how animals compute reward expectations over multiple temporal and spatial scales. \n 
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-joshua-berke/
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:20231208T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231208T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20230511T164358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231124T105827Z
UID:10880-1702033200-1702036800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Adrienne Fairhall: Cognitive rule-switching in macaques.
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nWhat is the neural basis of abstraction? Working in collaboration with experimental groups who have trained monkeys and humans on a decision task\, we analyze how subjects make use of visual information and feedback to infer a hidden rule\, where the rule switches in an uncued fashion. We fit a suite of behavioral models and learn that while humans are close to optimal Bayesian agents\, monkey behavior is better fit as reinforcement learning\, with a novel additional factor included. We use this behavioral model to elucidate structure in neural activity recorded from 200 sites across the brain\, finding low-dimensional and dynamic representations of stimulus\, feedback and  reward prediction error that support the notion of internal states captured by the behavioral model. \n 
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-adrienne-fairhall/
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:20231201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231201T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T161101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T010233Z
UID:12171-1701442800-1701446400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Quincy Collins: Exploring embryonic microglial responsiveness to maternal stress during pregnancy
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Quincy Collins from the Rosin lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-quincy-collins/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231201T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231201T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20230404T192402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231022T181816Z
UID:10675-1701428400-1701432000@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Mark Bevan: Dysregulation and rescue of subthalamic nucleus locomotor function in Huntington’s disease mice
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nIn this seminar I will focus on our recent studies on the role of the subthalamic nucleus in motor control and its dysregulation in movement disorders.  We found that 1) subthalamic locomotor encoding and gait are highly dysregulated in Q175 Huntington’s disease (HD) mice 2) analogous gait deficits could be generated in wild type mice through optogenetic manipulation of subthalamic activity 3) subthalamic locomotor encoding and gait could be rescued in HD mice through suppression of subthalamic mutant huntingtin expression. Together\, these findings argue that subthalamic activity normally optimizes movement\, whereas dysregulated subthalamic activity contributes to gait deficits in HD and is a potential target for therapeutic intervention.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-mark-bevan/
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:20231127T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231127T170000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231115T193606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231115T193752Z
UID:12262-1701099000-1701104400@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Leveraging the UBC Community to Address the Opioid Crisis: A Chemist’s Perspective
DESCRIPTION:This month\, Dr. Glenn Sammis will present “Leveraging the UBC Community to Address the Opioid Crisis: A Chemist’s Perspective.” \nZoom link if unable to attend in person:\nhttps://ubc.zoom.us/j/5747966049?pwd=N1ppY2tUS3o4bk9vTkFSTzBna3k0Zz09 \nMeeting ID: 574 796 6049\nPasscode: 052059
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/leveraging-the-ubc-community-to-address-the-opioid-crisis-a-chemists-perspective/
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/Vancouver:20231124T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231124T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T160940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T010058Z
UID:12169-1700838000-1700841600@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Anna Mazurenko: Regional Variations in Steroidogenic Enzymatic Activity in Rat Placenta and Implications for Neurodevelopment
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Anna Mazurenko from the Soma lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-anna-mazurenko/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231124T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231124T120000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20230329T174100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231003T185618Z
UID:10614-1700823600-1700827200@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Dr. Irene Vavasour: Diving into neuroimaging research with FINS
DESCRIPTION:Zoom option if unable to attend in person:\nZoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”)\nMeeting ID: 91512 289258\nPasscode: 289258\n\nThe Fipke Integrated Neuroimaging Suite (FINS) hosts state-of-the-art neuroimaging equipment including a 3T Philips MRI scanner and a 3T GE PET/MR scanner. Our translational research includes developing better imaging tools for disorders such as multiple sclerosis\, Parkinson’s\, Alzheimer’s\, stroke\, traumatic brain injury and mental health\, as well as healthy aging. This presentation will discuss many of our novel imaging techniques\, including myelin water imaging\, how and why they are used and what up and coming developments are available.
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/dr-irene-vavasour/
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:20231117T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20231117T160000
DTSTAMP:20260417T071703
CREATED:20231101T160724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231110T010001Z
UID:12167-1700233200-1700236800@www.centreforbrainhealth.ca
SUMMARY:Menghao Lu: The functions of CaMKII and PKC in Wnt-dependent neurite pruning
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the UBC Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars (BNS)\, a lecture series featuring DMCBH trainees and professors in a casual setting. Talks take place from 3-4 pm every Friday in DMCBH 3402A-C and on Zoom. RSVP is not required. \nThis week’s speaker is Menghao Lu from the Mizumoto lab. \nZoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61318867702?pwd=VER4SC9FSGFzSW5TZHFKWi8vaUlEUT09 \nMeeting ID: 613 1886 7702\nPasscode: 1234 \n  \nIf you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive reminders each week\, please email Melody Salehzadeh (msalehzadeh@zoology.ubc.ca) and/or Jackson Schumacher (schumacher@psych.ubc.ca).
URL:https://www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/events/bns-menghao-lu/
LOCATION:DMCBH Room 3402\, 2215 Wesbrook Mall\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6T 1Z3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
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