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Dorothy J Killam Lecture 2025

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 16:00to17:00

Montreal Neurological Institute 3801 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B4, CA

The Neuro's Dorothy J. Killam Lecture was established in 2004 to recognize women of influence in business, science, politics or the humanities.

Dr. Susan Dymecki, Professor of Genetics at the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, will deliver the 2025 Dorothy J. Killam lecture. A cocktail reception will follow for registered attendees.

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Susan M. Dymecki, MD, PhD
Professor, Blavatnik Institute Genetics, Harvard Medical School, USA

Abstract:

Dymecki will present progress in delineating the developmental specialization of subtypes of serotoninproducing neurons in the mammalian brain and their network architecture, circuitry modulation, and selective roles in controlling behavior and physiology ranging from respiration and thermal balance to coping behaviors to adapting activity and sleep patterns to changes in photoperiod. Emerging is a neuronal structure-function map of substantial heterogeneity that suggests new ways to conceptualize and design treatments for serotonin-related disorders, such as affective disorders, respiratory depression, and the sudden infant death syndrome.

Susan M. Dymecki

Susan Dymecki is Professor of Genetics at the Blavatnik Institute and Head of PhD Programs in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard Medical School. The Dymecki lab studies how functional modularity arises within the brain serotonergic neuronal system and dynamically controls diverse processes ranging from respiration and thermal balance to emotional mood state to coping behaviors.