This month, Dr. Shyh-Dar Li from UBC Pharmaceutical Sciences will present "KK-103, a novel prodrug of leu-enkephalin for antinociception and mood-improving." Zoom link if unable to attend in person: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/5936706150?pwd=bWFoeDNGMkk2ZVNOQk9FTFZIT0lZdz09&omn=62102214283
Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 The brain’s primary immune cells, microglia, are a leading causal cell type in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Yet, the mechanisms by which microglia can drive neurodegeneration remain unresolved. Here, we discover that a conserved stress signaling […]
Huntington’s disease (HD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are both neurodegenerative disorders that, despite differing in their underlying causes and specific symptoms, share several key features. These include age-related onset, progressive neuronal dysfunction and loss, cognitive decline, and a range of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms. Dr. Ferguson’s research presentation will explore the role and sex-specificity of […]
Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 In neuroscience, episodic memory is depicted as a process of activating "engrams" in the hippocampus that provide a static and faithful record of the past. In reality, behavioral research has established that human memory is […]
Zoom option if unable to attend in person: Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 91512 289258 Passcode: 289258 Sodium (²³Na) MRI is a powerful tool for investigating sodium homeostasis in the brain, offering a unique, non-invasive method to study in vivo changes in sodium concentrations in both healthy and pathological conditions. Sodium plays […]
Abstract: The brain is a complex system spanning multiple spatiotemporal scales, from protein molecules organizing into intricate nano-machines in the synapse to many neurons interconnected via synapses to form circuits across the brain. In the past decade, we have employed and developed various imaging methods to explore this complexity over different scales. At the microscopic […]
Recent work from our lab has focused on understanding the function of the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) in both health and disease. This region plays a critical role in supporting cognitive functions such as memory integration and spatial navigation and is also one of the earliest sites of dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease. By investigating the cellular […]
The Neuroscience Research Colloquium (NRC), is a series of lectures featuring local and international neuroscientists.
