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The Bio-X talk

Friday, May 2, 2014 13:00to14:15
McIntyre Medical Building Palmer Theatre (access via 5th floor), 3655 promenade Sir William Osler, Montreal, QC, H3G 1Y6, CA
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The Bio-X talk will be delivered by Dr. Carla Shatz, Sapp Family Provostial Professor of Biology and Neurobiology and Director of Bio-X, Stanford's pioneering biosciences program. Her lecture, "Explaining the 鈥淴鈥� in Stanford鈥檚 Bio-X鈥� will take place on Friday, May 2, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the McIntyre Medical Building, Palmer Theatre, Room 522 (access via the 5th Floor only), 3655 Sir William Osler Drive. Refreshments will follow.

Bio-X is a remarkably successful university-wide program at Stanford that could function as a model for interdisciplinary research at McGill. Bio-X鈥檚 mission is to catalyze discovery by crossing boundaries between disciplines, to bring interdisciplinary solutions and to create new knowledge of biological systems in benefit of human health. The program involves 550 faculty members from more than 60 Stanford departments.

Rsvp: Debbie.rashcovsky [at] mcgill.ca

Carla Shatz

Carla J. Shatz, Ph.D., is a Professor of Biological Sciences and Neurobiology at Stanford University, and the Director of the Bio-X Program. Dr. Shatz has made key contributions to understanding the mechanisms that guide the formation of precise connections in the brain of higher mammals. Her work has provided an important link between the mechanisms of plasticity during development and those used later in learning and memory.

Contact Information

Contact: 
Debbie Rashcovsky
Organization: 
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Email: 
debbie.rashcovsky [at] mcgill.ca
Office Phone: 
514-398-6047
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