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Event Highlights
Itinerary
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WELCOME DAY
Monday February 10, 2020
11 AM - 1 PM
The Neuro (Foyer of Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre)
Pass by our booths to learn more/inquire about our program structure, admissions, and funding. Representatives of our student groups, Graduate Students' Association for Neuroscience (GSAN) and BrainReach, will also be present to explain the groups' objectives and inform you how you can get involved as an IPN student. Coffee and snacks will be served.
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LAB TOURS
Tuesday February 11 - Thursday February 13, 2020 (inclusive)
Discover the interdisciplinary nature of the research being done by our P.I.s and students by participating in these lab tours. We will be touring 7-8 different labs across the city to explore the cutting-edge research being carried out in our program.
Limited spots. Those who have been selected to attend the lab tours will receive an e-mail about the meeting location/times/etc. 1 week before the event.
Schedule:
| DAY & TIME | TIME & LOCATION | IPN SUPERVISOR |
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| Tuesday February 11 |
10:00 - 10:40 AM Montreal General Hospital |
Associate Professor, Depts. of Medicine and Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University Research: synaptic plasticity in neocortical circuits |
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2:10 - 2:50 PM Bellini Life Sciences Complex |
Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, McGill University Research: cerebellar plasticity in heath and disease |
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3:00 - 3:40 PM McIntyre Medical Building |
DR. MASHA PRAGER-KHOUTORSKY, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology, McGill University Research: basic neuroscience, behaviour, animal models, electrophysiology |
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| Wednesday February 12 |
10:50 - 11:30 AM Genome Building |
Professor & Department Chair, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University Research: micro- and nanobioengineering |
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2:10 - 2:50 PM The Neuro |
Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University Research: neurite outgrowth, regeneration |
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3:00 - 3:40 PM The Neuro |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University Research: ALS, zebrafish |
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| Thursday February 13 |
10:00 - 10:40 AM The Neuro |
Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University Research: cellular and molecular mechanisms, axon guidance, oligodendrocyte precursor migration, myelination, synapse formation and synaptic plasticity. |
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10:50 - 11:30 AM The Neuro |
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University Research: neurodegeneration, Parkinson's Disease, animal models, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs)
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3:00 - 3:40 PM Centre for Research on Brain, Language and Music (CRBLM) |
James McGill Professor, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, McGill University Research: neurolinguistics, speech science, neuroimaging
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NETWORKING LUNCHEON
Friday February 14, 2020
12:30 - 2:00 PM
McGill Faculty Club
Our 2020 Open House Week will conclude with a catered lunch at McGill's historical Faculty Club. Our special guests that afternoon will be current IPN Ph.D. student Daniel Almeida, and IPN alumnus Marouane Ouhnana, Ph.D., Research Analyst and Scientific Liaison (R&D) at Moment Factory. This luncheon is the perfect opportunity for you to meet and hear from Daniel and Marouane about grad life and finding one's professional niche after graduation.
Limited spots. Those who have been selected to attend the luncheon will receive an e-mail with more details 1 week before the event.
Contact
For more information or questions, please contact projects.ipn [at] mcgill.ca