Friday Seminar Series

Sept. 4

"Building Virtual Cells for Disease Simulation and In Silico Therapeutics"

Dr. Jun Ding,

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University

 Burton F.  Dickey, MD

Professor of Pulmonary Medicine,  University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

"The neuromuscular junction as a therapeutic target and source of biomarkers in ALS"

Dr. Richard Robitaille ,

Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal

"From Equations to Interactive Worlds: Supercomputing in the Browser"

Abouzar Kaboudian, PhD

Sr. Staff Fellow and Lead Reviewer at The Office of Science and Engineering Laboratories, Center for Radiological Health and Devices, US food and Drug Administration, Maryland

Dr. Reza Sharif- Naeini,

Director, Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain, Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Information Systems group, McGill University

Reading week- No seminar

Dr. Paul Kubes,

Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary

Dr. Richard Naud,

Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa

Dr. Emmanuelle Passegué

Director of the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative (CSCI), Columbia University, Irving Medical Center, New York

Dr. Jan Christoph, 

Assistant Professor and head of the Cardiac Vision Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF)

Dr. Matthew Hill,

Professor, Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy and Psychiatry at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary

Dr. Candice Paulsen,

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale School of Medicine,Connecticut

Dr. Andrea Green,

Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal

Dr. Jeremie Lefebvre,

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa

Dr. Jacqueline Beaudry,

Assistant Professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto

Dr. Sébastien Tremblay,

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry & Neuroscience, CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval

Dr. Bratislav Misic,

Associate Professor , Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

Dr. Joey Ghersi,

Assistant professor, Pathology and Cellular Biology, Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center-Université de Montreal

Dr. Andrew Prusynski,

Associate Professor Departments of  Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario

Dr. Kaleem Siddiqi,

Professor, Department of Computer Science, McGill Univeristy

Dr. Alyson Fournier,

Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University

Dr. Alanna Watt,

Dean of Science, Professor, Department of Biology, McGill University 

Undergraduate Research Day TBA

21st Annual Undergraduate Research Day, Martin Amphitheatre, Room 504, McIntyre Bldg. @11:30am

Keynote lecturer: TBA

Dr. Karolina Skibicka,

Professor, Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary

Dr. Wataru Inoue,

Associate Professor, Robarts Research Institute, Western University

Dr. Julia Burnier,

Gerardo Ferbeyre, Ph.D,

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal

Dr. Tyler Churchward-Venne,

Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University  

31st Annual Graduate Research Day, Palmer Amphitheatre, Room 522, McIntyre Bldg.@3:00pm

Keynote Lecturer: TBA