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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240205T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20240205T123000
DTSTAMP:20260502T074520
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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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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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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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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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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:20240226T153000
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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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