25 January 2013
Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University
Time | Event | Venue |
9:15 | Welcome and Introduction Stefano Stifani Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University | JT Amphitheatre |
9:20 | Overview of McGill and Imperial College Activities Simon Schultz Imperial College Imperial College London Strategic Initiative in Neurotechnology | |
9:30 | Tim Kennedy McGill University McGill Program in NeuroEngineering | |
Session I: Axonal Growth and Regeneration | ||
9:45 | Talk 1: Chris Barrett McGill University Designer surfaces for controlling cell growth | |
10:00 | Talk 2: Jane Saffell Imperial College Stimulating axon regeneration: role of adhesion and effect of blast | |
10:15 | Talk 3: Fred Charron McGill University Wiring the brain: Quantitative approaches to growth cone pathfinding | |
10:35 | Coffee break | |
Session II: Traumatic Brain Injury | ||
10:45 | Talk 4: David Sharp Imperial College Network dysfunction after traumatic brain injury | |
11:00 | Talk 5: Veronique Laforte McGill University Cerebral microdialysis: a window into the injured brain's inflammatory response | |
11:15 | Talk 6: Martyn Boutelle Imperial College Multimodal monitoring of the injured human cortex: dynamic detection of secondary brain injury in the intensive care unit | |
11:35 | Global Remarks Dr. Rose Goldstein Vice-Principal, Research and International Relations McGill University | |
Session III: Neural disease and repair | ||
11:50 | Talk 7: Abbas Sadikot McGill University Approaches to Modulating the Human Brain for Relief of Disability | |
12:05 | Talk 8: David Dexter Imperial College Delivery of carbon nanoparticles (CNTs) across the blood brain barrier and the response of microglia to nanoparticle exposure | |
12:20 | Talk 9: Richard Reynolds Imperial College The use of novel biomaterials to study mechanisms of neuroinflammation in multiple sclerosis | |
12:40 | Buffet Lunch | JT Amphitheatre Foyer |
Session IV: Neural Circuits and Computational Neuroscience | JT Amphitheatre | |
13:15 | Talk 10: Aldo Faisal Imperial College Neurotechnology – from neurons to behaviour | |
13:30 | Talk 11: Theo Zanos McGill University Traveling LFP waves in macaque visual cortex during saccades | |
13:45 | Talk 12: Holger Krapp Imperial College Neurotechnology in insect sensorimotor control | |
14:00 | Talk 13: Robert Leech Imperial College The control of global brain dynamics: evidence from empirical data and computational simulations | |
Session V: Neurophotonics, Next-Generation Microscopy, and Neurosensors | ||
14:20 | Talk 14: Janine Mauzeroll McGill University Development of Electrochemical Neurosensors | |
15:05 | Talk 15: Edward Ruthazer McGill University New approaches for the study of CNS sensory circuit development using Xenopus tadpoles | |
15:20 | Talk 16: Simon Schultz Imperial College Optical neurotechnology – reverse-engineering and reshaping neural circuits with light | |
15:35 | Talk 17: Margaret Magdesian McGill University Development and Applications of Micro and Nano Tools in Cell Biology | |
15:50 | Talk 18: Paul Wiseman McGill University Mapping protein interactions & transport in cells and neurons via image correlation methods | |
16:00 | Closing remarks | |
16:15 | Formal Workshop will be followed by closed-door meetings between McGill and Imperial College faculty members wishing to discuss research collaborations and preparation of applications for joint pilot project grants. | BT-100 |
18:00 | Dinner | Helen Penfield Atrium |