| Date | Speaker and topic |
|---|---|
| Wednesday May 16 2007 | Dr. Matthias Landgraf Department of Zoology University of Cambridge Development of neural networks - from the morphogenesis of dendritic trees to patterns of connections |
| Wednesday May 9 2007 | Dr. Paul De Koninck Centre de Recherche Université Laval Robert-Giffard Imaging the ins and outs of CaM kinase II at synapses |
| Wednesday Apr 18 2007 | Dr. Jaideep S. Bains Hotchkiss Brain Institute University of Calgary Can homeostatic circuits learn and remember? Novel insights into glutamatergic transmission and synaptic plasticity from the hypothalamus |
| Wednesday Apr 4 2007 | Dr. Greg Suh Division of Biology California Institute of Technology Molecular genetic and physiological analyses of neural circuits underlying innate behavior in Drosophila |
| Monday Apr 2 2007 **Note** Special Day and Time | Dr. Yehuda Ben-Shahar Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of Iowa, College of Medicine Operon-like transcription of a DEG/ENaC-related chemosensory complex |
| Wednesday Mar 28 2007 | Dr. Jean-Francois Cloutier Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University Repulsive axon guidance cues in the development of sensory systems |
| Wednesday Mar 21 2007 | Dr. Sangwon Kim Department of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins Medical School Behind the Iron Curtain: GTPase Dexras1 regulates NMDA-mediated iron homeostasis in the brain |
| Wednesday Mar 14 2007 | Dr. Veronika von Messling INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier Universite du Quebec, Laval Morbillivirus neurovirulence: following the virus into the brain |
| Monday Mar 5 2007 **Note** Special Day and Time | Dr. Catherine Collins Washington University School of Medicine The Wallenda/DLK kinase regulates synaptic development and axonal transport |
| Wednesday Feb 28 2007 | Dr. Jean-Francois Cote Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal Dock180-Rac pathway: from cell migration to myogenesis |
| Wednesday Feb 21 2007 **Note** Special Time and Location | Dr. Larry Zipursky Howard Hughes Medical Institute University of California, Los Angeles Dscam, Cell Recognition, and Wiring the Brain 11:00 am Osler Amphitheatre, Rm A6 105 Montreal General Hospital Special Lecture with support from a grant to McGill University Health Centre, MGH Division from Pfizer |
| Wednesday Feb 14 2007 | Dr. Peter McPherson Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University Molecular analysis of clathrin-mediated trafficking |
| Wednesday Feb 7 2007 | Dr. Frederic Charron Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal Molecular mechanism of axon guidance by morphogens: Boc is a receptor for Sonic hedgehog in the guidance of commissural axons |
| Wednesday Jan 31 2007 | Dr. Jeffrey S. Mogil Department of Psychology McGill University The nature and nurture of pain |
| Wednesday Jan 24 2007 | *Postponed* Dr. Jean-Francois Cloutier Montreal Neurological Institute McGill University Repulsive axon guidance cues in the development of sensory systems |
| Wednesday Jan 17 2007 | van Meyel Lab CRN Research Update |
| Wednesday Jan 10 2007 | Dr. Chi-Hon Lee National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD Neural target selection of Drosophila R7 photoreceptor afferents |
| Wednesday Dec 13 2006 | Dr. Steffany Bennett Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology University of Ottawa Connexin-mediated control of neural progenitor cell fate |
| Wednesday Dec 6 2006 | Dr. Adriana Di Polo Dept. Pathologie et biologie cellulaire Université de Montréal Neuronal survival and regeneration in the injured retina: roles for cell-intrinsic and glial-mediated mechanisms |
| Wednesday Nov 29 2006 | Dr. Karl Fernandes Dept. Pathologie et biologie cellulaire Université de Montréal Skin, stem cells, and the emerging neural crest hypothesis |
| Wednesday Nov 22 2006 | Dr. Mei Zhen Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute University of Toronto Studying neuronal polarity, synaptogenesis and human diseases using the C. elegans model |
| Wednesday Nov 15 2006 | Dr. Xiaojun Zhao Nanomedicine Institute Sichuan University Fabrication of self assembling nanomaterials and its applicaton in nerve injury repair and animal surgical hemostasis |
| Wednesday Nov 8 2006 | Dr. Alastair Ferguson Department of Physiology Queen's University Circumventricular organs as integrators of circulating signals controlling fluid and food intake |
| Wednesday Nov 1 2006 | David Lab CRN Research Update |
| Wednesday Oct 25 2006 | Murai Lab CRN Research Update |
| Wednesday Oct 11 2006 | Dr. Marc Freeman Dept. of Neurobiology University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester Neuronal and glial responses to acute nerve injury in Drosophila |
| Wednesday Oct 4 2006 | Dr. Artur Kania Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal Development of myotopic organization of spinal motor neurons |