Dorothy J. Killam Lecture
The Dorothy J. Killam Lecture was established at The Neuro in
2004 to recognize women of influence in business, science, politics
or the humanities, and is named after an extraordinary woman who,
together with her husband, made immense contributions to Canadian
education and science.
This year’s Dorothy J. Killam Lecturer is Dr. Carla Shatz who is
Sapp Family Provostial Professor of Biology and Neurobiology and
Director of Bio-X, Stanford’s pioneering biosciences program that
brings together faculty from across the entire university-
Clinicians, Biologists, Engineers, Physicists, Computer Scientists-
to unlock the secrets of the human body. Dr. Shatz will deliver her
lecture, "Releasing the Brake on Synaptic Plasticity" on Monday,
April 29th, 2013 at 4:00 pm.
Dr. Shatz's research aims to understand cellular and molecular mechanisms for how early developing brain circuits are transformed into adult connections during critical periods of development.
A reception will follow in the Foyer.
For more information and to register: deborah.rashcovsky [at] mcgill.ca