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Archive 2015-2016

Date

Speaker and topic

Wednesday
May 25, 2016

Dr. Graham Collingridge
Dept of Physiology, University of Toronto
Synaptic Plasticity in Health and DiseaseÌý
Host: Dr. Jesper Sjöström

Wednesday
May 18, 2016

Dr. Andreia C. K. Mortensen
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology,ÌýDrexel University College of Medicine
Positive allosteric modulators of glutamate transport for neuroprotection: current approachesÌý
Host: Dr. Don Van Meyel

Wednesday
May 11, 2016

Dr Elvire Vaucher
École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal
Cholinergic modulation of visual perceptionÌý
Host: Dr. Robert Hess

Wednesday
May 4, 2016

Dr.ÌýLan Xiong
Département de psychiatrie, Université de Montréal
Genetic studies of psychiatric disorders in consanguineous families from PakistanÌý
Host: Dr. Yong Rao

Wednesday
April 27, 2016

Dr. Aarlenne Khan
École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal
The interaction between attention and eye and arm movementsÌý
Host: Dr. Reza Farivar-Mohseni

Wednesday
April 20, 2016

Dr. Guoping Feng
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,ÌýMcGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT
Dissecting synaptic and circuitry mechanisms of psychiatric disordersÌý
Host: Dr. Salvatore Carbonetto

Wednesday
April 13, 2016

Cancelled

Wednesday
April 6, 2016

Dr. Jennifer Steves
Center for Vision Research, York University
Living with one eye: plasticity in visual and auditory systemsÌý
Host: Dr. Janine Mendola

Wednesday
March 30, 2016

Dr. Jesper Sjöström
Centre for Research in Neuroscience,ÌýDepartment of Neurology & Neurosurgery
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In-house presentation

Wednesday
March 23, 2016

Dr. Maurice Chacron
Department of Physiology, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ
Coding of stimulus features of correlated neural activityÌý
Host: Dr. Frederick Kingdom

Wednesday
March 16, 2016

Dr. Eric Dumont
School of Medicine, Dept of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences,ÌýQueen’s University
Local estradiol biosynthesis gates endocannabinoid-dependent modulation of inhibitory transmissionÌý
Host: Dr. David Stellwagen

Wednesday
March 9, 2016

Dr. Chris Pack
Montreal Neurological Institute
Plasticity of motion processing in primate visual cortexÌý
Host: Dr. Curtis Baker

Wednesday
March 2, 2016

Dr. Arlette Kolta
Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal
Astrocytic-dependent modulation of extracellular calcium and of neuronal firing patternÌý
Host: Dr. Charles Bourque

Wednesday
February 24, 2016

Dr. Brian Chen
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Centre for Research in Neuroscience,ÌýDepartment of Neurology & Neurosurgery
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In-house presentation

Wednesday
February 17, 2016

Dr. Len Levin
Department of Ophthalmology
MUHC-GLEN
The Tale of the Blinding AssassinÌý
Host: Dr. Kathy Mullen

Wednesday
FebruaryÌý10, 2016

Dr. Ed Connor
The Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute
Johns Hopkins
Neural Representation of Objects and Scenes
Host: Dr. Reza Farivar-Mohseni

Wednesday
February 3, 2016

Dr. Ji Zhang
The Alan Edwards Center for Research on Pain
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Injury promotes the development of autoimmune peripheral neuropathy in predisposed inflammatory environment
Host: Dr. Sam David

Wednesday
JanuaryÌý27, 2016

Dr. Donald Mitchell
Department of Psychology
Dalhousie University
Enhanced recovery from early visual deprivation following short periods of darkness or pharmacologically induced retinal silence
Host: Dr. Robert Hess

Wednesday
January 20, 2016

Dr. Keith Murai
​​Centre for Research in Neuroscience,ÌýDepartment of Neurology & Neurosurgery
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In-house presentation

Wednesday
January 13, 2016

Dr. Yong Rao
​Centre for Research in Neuroscience,ÌýDepartment of Neurology & Neurosurgery
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In-house presentation

Wednesday
December 16, 2015

Dr. Kathy Mullen
​Vision Research Unit,ÌýDepartment of Ophthalmology
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The role of fMRI in understanding human colour vision
In-house presentation

Wednesday
December 9, 2015

CANCELLED (moved to December 16)

Wednesday
December 2, 2015

Dr. Avihu Klar
Department of Medical Neurobiology​,ÌýInstitute of Medical ResearchÌýIsrael-Canada
Hadassah Medical School, The Hebrew University
Genetic targeting and functional organization of spinocerebellar tract (SCT) interneurons
Host: Donald van Meyel

Wednesday
November 25, 2015

Dr. Karl Fernandes
Research Centre of the University of Montreal Hospital
Stem cells, lipid metabolism, and the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease
Host: Sal Carbonetto

Wednesday
November 18, 2015

Dr. Mark Brandon
Department of Psychiatry
Douglas Hospital Research Center
Space and time in mammalian memory networks
Host: David Stellwagen

Wednesday
November 11, 2015

Dr. Geoff Aguirre
Department of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania
Measuring Human Melanopsin Function
Host: Janine Mendola

Wednesday
November 4, 2015

Dr. Kathleen Cullen
Department of Physiology
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The vestibular system: multimodal integration and encoding of self-motion for motor control
Host: Frederick Kingdom

Wednesday
October 28, 2015

Dr. Jonathan Demb
Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Yale University
Synaptic mechanisms for visual computation in retinal circuitry
Host: Curtis Baker

Wednesday
October 14, 2015

Dr. Stephane Oliet
Neurocentre Magendie
Université de Bordeaux
Contribution of astrocytes on synaptic transmission and activity-dependent plasticity
Host: Charles Bourque

Wednesday
October 7, 2015

Dr. Tim Murphy
Department of Psychiatry
Univeristy of British Columbia
Imaging and optogenetic tools for studying cortical circuit structure and function in healthy brain and after stroke
Host: Keith Murai

Wednesday
September 30, 2015

Dr. Wade Regehr
Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Calcium sensors for short-term synaptic plasticity
Host: Jesper Sjöström

Wednesday
September 23, 2015

Dr. Tim Kennedy
The Montreal Neurological Institute
Making Connections: New Roles for Netrin-1 and DCC Regulating Myelination, Synaptogenesis, and Plasticity
Host: Sam David

**ÌýSpecial seminarÌý**
Wednesday
September 16, 2015

Patrice Vaillancourt and Technology Platform Personnel
Centre for Translational Biology
Strengthening your core (facilities): an introduction to the new RI-MUHC Technology Platforms
Host: Don van Meyel
Note: Afterwards (1pm-2pm), personnel will be available to provide attendees with detailed Platform information.

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