| Date | Speaker and topic |
|---|---|
| Wednesday May. 18 2011 | Dr. Songhai Shi Program in Developmental Biology Sloan-Kettering Institute Mammalian neocortex development: from neurogenesis to circuit formation |
| Wednesday May. 11 2011 | Dr. David McCormick Dept. of Neurobiology Yale University School of Medicine Inhibitory networks control cortical responses |
| Wednesday May. 4 2011 | Dr. Erik Ullian Dept. of Ophthalmology and Physiology Beckman Vision Center University of California, San Francisco Genetic manipulation of synaptic competition in the mammalian visual system |
| Wednesday Apr. 20 2011 | Dr. Derek Bowie Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics McGill University How to build a glutamatergic synapse |
| Wednesday Apr. 13 2011 | Dr. Marc Therrien Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer Université de Montréal A genome-wide RNAi screen in Drosophila identifies the Exon Junction Complex as a regulator of RAS/MAPK signaling |
| Wednesday Apr. 6 2011 | Dr. Alexandre Prat Neuroimmunology Research Unit CHUM-Hopital Notre Dame Université de Montréal Role of classical brain morphogens in blood-brain barrier function |
| Wednesday Mar. 30 2011 | Dr. Jonathan Terman Dept. of Neuroscience University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Molecular and biochemical mechanisms linking extracellular guidance cues to actin cytoskeletal alterations |
| Wednesday Mar. 23 2011 | Dr. Doug Allan Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences University of British Columbia Initiation and lifelong maintenance of neuronal differentiation |
| Wednesday Mar. 16 2011 | Dr. Shai Shaham Laboratory of Developmental Genetics The Rockefeller University A new C. elegans cell death program: implications for cancer and neurodegeneration |
| Wednesday Feb. 23 2011 | Bourque Lab CRN Research Update |
| Wednesday Feb. 16 2011 | Sjöström Lab CRN Research Update |
| Wednesday Feb. 2 2011 | Dr. Mike Sapieha Department of Ophthalmology University of Montreal Neurons and Vessels: common paths towards vision loss |
| Wednesday Jan. 26 2011 | Dr. Erik Cook Department of Physiology McGill University Linking neural activity in area MT of visual cortex to perception and behavior |
| Wednesday Jan. 19 2011 | Dr. Wes Grueber Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics Columbia University Mechanisms of dendrite development in Drosophila |
| Wednesday Jan. 12 2011 | Dr. Roderick McInnes Lady Davis Institute McGill University Neto1 and Neto2: multifunctional synaptic proteins involved in learning, memory and axon guidance |
| Wednesday Dec. 15 2010 | Dr. Antoine Adamantidis Department of Psychiatry McGill University Optogenetics probing of arousal circuits in the brain |
| Wednesday Dec. 8 2010 | Dr. Remi Quirion Douglas Institute, Dept. of Psychiatry McGill University On the possible role of transthyretin and quinone reductase 2 in learning processes and dementia |
| Wednesday Dec. 1 2010 | Dr. Florian Storch Douglas Institute, Dept. of Psychiatry McGill University The circadian timing system: multiple clocks, multiple functions |
| Wednesday Nov. 24 2010 | Dr. Guillermina Almazan Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics McGill University MAPK p38 activity is required for myelination |
| Wednesday Nov. 10 2010 | Dr. James Clemens Department of Biochemistry Purdue University Neurodegeneration and cancer: new roles of axon guidance receptors |
| Wednesday Nov. 3 2010 | Dr. Maurice Chacron Department of Physiology McGill University Sub and Suprathreshold adaptation currents have opposite effects on frequency tuning |
| Wednesday Oct. 27 2010 | Dr. Louis Saint-Amant Department of Pathology and Cell Biology University of Montreal Development and function of the vertebrate nervous system: insights from zebrafish mutants |
| Wednesday Oct. 20 2010 | Dr. Julien Ghislain The Sainte-Justine University Hospital Research Center University of Montreal FGF in the generation of neural cell diversity |
| Wednesday Oct. 13 2010 | Dr. Robert F. Hess Department of Ophthalmology McGill University Everything you wanted to know about amblyopia but were afraid to ask |
| Wednesday Oct. 6 2010 | Dr. Gilbert Bernier The Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre University of Montreal Polycomb group protein BMI1: old and new functions in stem cell self-renewal and DNA repair |
| Wednesday Sept. 29 2010 | Dr. Sergei Sukharev Department of Biology University of Maryland The crowding sensor domain of the mechanosensitive channel MscS |
| Wednesday Sept. 22 2010 | Dr. Dana McTigue Department of Neuroscience Ohio State University Medical Center Oligodendrocyte genesis in the adult CNS: role of iron and ferritin |