Preliminary Scientific Program

The Scientific Program Committee has prepared an exciting program for 2013: use the quick links on the bottom right of this page to view each day's program.

Please note this program is subject to change.
You can download this program as a printable pdf, or as a program-at-a-glance

Monday, May 20, 2013
7:30 – 8:30 P.M. Three to Be - CAN Public Lecture Sponsor CAN PUBLIC LECTURE
Freda Miller (Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto) and
Cindi Morshead (University of Toronto)
"The hope and the hype: stem cells for brain repair"
Daniels Hollywood Theatre at The Hospital for Sick Children
 
Sponsored by Three to Be, and by
Transplant and Regenerative Medecine Centre - CAN Public Lecture Sponsor Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, at the Hospital for Sick Children
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013
9:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.CAN Satellite Meeting:
"Neuroscience careers in government and industry"
5:00 P.M.Official opening of the 2013 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, presided by
Samuel David, President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience
5:00 - 5:15 CAN Young Investigator Award Presentation: Yves De Koninck, Chair of the Nominations Committee
5:15 - 5:30 Barbara Turnbull Award presentation
5:30-6:00 Anthony Phillips (Director of INMHA)
6:00 – 7:00 Presidential Lecture: Michael Meaney, McGill University
Maternal regulation of genome structure and function: Implications for familial transmission
Sponsored by The Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The "Neuro"
7:00 – 8:15 Opening Reception
Sponsored by Faculty of Medecine - University of Toronto

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
8:30 – 9:30 A.M. Plenary symposium: Reward, Feeding and Addiction
Chair: Anthony Phillips, University of British Columbia
Alain Dagher, McGill University
Addiction as impaired decision making: insights from functional brain imaging and neuroeconomics
Francesco Leri, University of Guelph
Rats, Oreos and high fructose corn syrup: an analysis of the food addiction hypothesis
Sponsored by the Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction of the CIHR
9:30 – 9:45 Brain Star talk: Hideto Takahashi, University of British Columbia
Slitrk3-PTPδ trans-synaptic complex selectively regulates inhibitory synapse development
9:45 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00- 11:00 Ontario Brain Institute - Gold Sponsor Posters/exhibits
Sponsored by the Ontario Brain Institute
11:00 – 12:00 Featured Plenary speaker: Marina Picciotto, Yale University
Biological basis of the supermodel diet: effects of nicotine on feeding behavior
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch on own
1:00-2:30 Parallel symposia
Symposium 1: Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: From structure to cognitive enhancement
Chair: Evelyn Lambe, University of Toronto
Speakers:
  1. Jack Waters, Northwestern University USA:
    Activation of nicotinic receptors in neocortex by synaptically released acetylcholine
  2. John Baenziger, University of Ottawa:
    Lipids as allosteric modulators of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor: From model bilayers to synaptic function
  3. Craig Brown, University of Victoria:
    Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors modulate cortical plasticity: New insights from in vivo imaging studies
  4. Evelyn Lambe, University of Toronto:
    Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors control prefrontal attention circuitry
Symposium 2: Coupling neuronal communications to cellular metabolism
Chairs: Derek Bowie, McGill University, and Brian MacVicar, University of British Columbia
Speakers:
  1. Brian MacVicar, University of British Columbia:
    Metabolic communication between astrocytes and neurons
  2. Derek Bowie, McGill University:
    GABAergic synapses and mitochondrial function
  3. Melanie Woodin, University of Toronto:
    The metabolism of chloride homeostasis
  4. Timothy Murphy, University of British Columbia:
    Neuronal excitability during global ischaemia
Symposium 3: Novel mechanisms of chronic pain
Chair: Yves De Koninck, Université Laval
Sponsored by: The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Speakers:
  1. Tuan Trang, University of Calgary :
    Paradoxical morphine hyperalgesia gated through microglia-neuron signalling
  2. Ji Zhang, McGill University:
    Early spinal inflammatory mediators such as cytokines and chemokines are not involved in the maintenance phase of neuropathic pain
  3. Catherine Cahill, Queen’s University and UC Irvine:
    Neuropathic pain alters the dopamine reward pathway
  4. Marc Landry, Université de Bordeaux:
    Disinhibition via dedimerization of GABAB receptors by endogenous 14-3-3ζ in chronic pain
Symposium 4: Treatment of Alzheimer's disease: past experiences, present hope and future promises
Chair: Isabelle Aubert, University of Toronto
Sponsored by the Alzheimer Society of Canada
Alzheimer Society of Canada Logo Speakers:
  1. JoAnne McLaurin, University of Toronto:
    Preclinical and Clinical data guiding trials for AD therapies
  2. Sébastien Hébert, Université Laval:
    MicroRNAs as diagnostic and therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s disease
  3. Steffany Bennett, University of Ottawa:
    Aberrant glycerophosphocholine metabolism is a primary and targetable mediator of synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease
  4. Isabelle Aubert, University of Toronto:
    Delivery of therapeutics to the brain using MRI-guided focused ultrasound
2:30 – 5:00 Posters and Exhibits
Sponsored by the Student Society for Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia and CIHR Training Program in Neurodegenerative Lipidomics
5:00-6:00 PM 2013 Young Investigator Award talk
Sponsored by: The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
6:00-7:00 PMOntario Brain Institute - Gold Sponsor Keynote Lecture: Anatol Kreitzer
University of California, San Francisco
Basal Ganglia Circuit Function in Health and Disease
Sponsored by the Ontario Brain Institute
7:00 CAN Trainee Social at the Steam Whistle Brewery, 255 Bremner blvd., Toronto
Sponsored the Collaborative Program In Neuroscience at University of Toronto,
The Centre for Brain and Behaviour - The Sick Kids Hospital and
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Thursday, May 23, 2013
8:30 – 9:30 A.M. Plenary symposium: Brain Imaging and Circuitry
Chair: Ravi Menon, Robarts Institute
Jean Gotman, McGill University:
Non-invasive investigation of human epileptic networks by combined EEG-fMRI recordings
Peter Williamson, Western University: A Framework for Interpreting Functional Networks in Neuropsychiatric Disorders Based on Unique Adaptions of the Human Brain
9:30 – 9:45 Brain Star talk: : Jason Gallivan, Queen's University
Decoding action intentions from human brain activity patterns
9:45 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00- 11:00 Posters/exhibits
Sponsored by: The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
11:00 – 12:00 Featured Plenary speaker: Helen Mayberg (Emory University)
Rethinking Depression and its Treatment: Insights from Studies of Deep Brain Stimulation
Sponsored by: The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch on own
1:00-2:30 Parallel symposia
Symposium 5: Integration, activation and behavioural functions of adult-born neurons.
Chair: Jason Snyder, University of British Columbia
Sponsored by: Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec
Speakers:
  1. Armen Saghatelyan, Université Laval:
    The maturation and integration of immature neurons in vivo
  2. Martin Wojtowicz, University of Toronto:
    Modulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis by GABA. Mechanisms and functional consequences.
  3. Diano Marrone, Wilfrid Laurier University:
    Activation of newborn neurons by behavioural experiences
  4. Jason Snyder, University of British Columbia:
    Adult­born hippocampal neurons regulate the response to stress
Symposium 6 : Advances in the basic science and clinical understanding of brain arousal states
Chair: John Peever, University of Toronto
Sponsored by: Sleep and Biological Rhythms Toronto
Speakers:
  1. John Peever, University of Toronto:
    Neurochemical control of sleep-wake states
  2. Antoine Adamantidis, McGill University:
    Optogenetic identification of a REM sleep circuit
  3. Thanh Dang-Vu, Concordia University:
    Functional neuroimaging of brain rhythms during sleep
  4. Peter Franzen, University of Pittsburgh:
    Imaging the sleeping and disordered brain
Symposium 7: Convergence and divergence among methodologies in cognitive neuroscience
Chairs: Asaf Gilboa, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest and R. Shayna Rosenbaum, York University
Speakers:
  1. Doug Crawford, York University:
    Spatial representation for action in human parietal cortex: an emerging story from fMRI, neuropsychology, and TMS
  2. Lesley Fellows, McGill University:
    How necessary are the frontal lobes for 'frontal executive' functions?
  3. R. Shayna Rosenbaum, York University:
    Do patient and fMRI studies tell the same story? The case of ‘mental displacement’
  4. Marian Berryhill, University of Nevada Reno: Investigating parietal contributions to episodic and working memory
Symposium 8: The recent advances in a monogenetic age-onset neurodegenerative disorder: Huntington's disease
Chair: Ray Truant, McMaster University
Speakers:
  1. Simonetta Sipione, University of Alberta:
    GM1 Ganglioside Therapy in Huntington's disease
  2. Stephen Ferguson, Western University:
    mGluR5 signaling and Huntingtin
  3. Lynn Raymond, University of British Columbia:
    Extra synaptic NMDA signalling in Huntington's disease
  4. Ray Truant, McMaster University:
    Using Biophotonics and Chemical Biology to define the Biological Function of Huntingtin
2:30 – 5:00 Posters and Exhibits
Sponsored by: Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec
5:00 – 5:30 CAN Annual General Meeting – all CAN members invited to attend
5:30-6:30 Parallel sessions:

  • Mentoring session: Brain Awareness/Outreach session.
    With Guest Lecturer Eric Chudler and a poster session.
    View information poster
    Session organized and sponsored by Queen's University Centre for Neuroscience Studies
  • Brain Canada information session, followed by
    News from NSERC and NSERC funding possibilities (6:30 - 7:00)
  • Mentoring sessions: Meet the experts
    Sponsored by University of Toronto Scarborough
    University of Toronto Scarborough for trainees and young faculty only - registration required, limited attendance
    1. Marina Picciotto and Jaideep Bains:
      Systems neuroscience: addictions, stress, feeding, reward
    2. Ravi Menon and Helen Mayberg:
      Brain circuits and imaging
    3. René Hen and Michael Meaney:
      Memory, development, behavior, epigenetics
    4. Brian MacVicar and Michael W Salter:
      Molecular cellular neuroscience: glia, electrophysiology, pain mechanisms
7:00 – CAPnet CAN-ACN Social
Organised by the Canadian Action and Perception Network
The Party Room at C'est What? Brew / Vin Pub Restaurant, 67 Front at Church (~1KM S-E of Sheraton). Food will be provided along with a cash bar. Everyone welcome, but space is limited so please RSVP with Janice D'Silva

Friday, May 24, 2013
8:30 – 9:30 A.M. Sick Kids Research Institute Plenary symposium: Mechanisms of Memory
Sponsored by the SickKids Research Institutes - Neuroscience and Mental Health
Chair: Sheena Josselyn, University of Toronto
Cathy Rankin, University of British Columbia:
High-Throughput PhenotypIc Analysis Reveals Multiple Genetically Dissociable Mechanisms of Habituation in C. elegans
Paul Frankland, University of Toronto:
Hippocampal neurogenesis, forgetting and infantile amnesia
9:30 – 9:45 Brain Star talk: Maxime Rousseau, Baylor College of Medecine
Modeling Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease Using the DJ1-C57 Mouse.
9:45 – 10:00 Coffee break
10:00- 11:00 Posters/exhibits
Sponsored by: The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
11:00 – 12:00 Featured Plenary speaker: René Hen (Columbia University)
Neurogenesis and generalization: impact on learning and anxiety
Sponsored by: UBC's Brain Reseach Centre
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch on own
1:00 – 3:30Posters and Exhibits
3:30 – 5:00 Parallel symposia
Symposium 9: Traumatic brain injury as a neurodegenerative disorder?
Chair: Robin Green, University of Toronto
Sponsored by the Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction of the CIHR
Speakers:
  1. Robin Green, University of Toronto: Neurodegeneration in chronic moderate TBI: prevalence, behavioral correlates and treatment considerations
  2. Erin Bigler, Brigham Young University:
    Mechanisms of degeneration in moderate-severe TBI
  3. Gary R Turner, York University:
    Negative neuroplastic change in chronic TBI: parallels with healthy aging
Symposium 10: Different faces of polarized microglia in injured brain
Chair: Jasna Kriz, Université Laval
Sponsored by: Institut Universitaire en Santé Mentale de Québec
Speakers:
  1. Lyanne Schlichter, University of Toronto:
    Potassium channels modulate classical versus alternative microglial activation
  2. Tiina Kauppinen, University of Manitoba:
    Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 (PARP-1) as a modulator of microglial functions
  3. Steve Lacroix, Université Laval:
    TGF-ß1 produced by myeloid cells contributes to early pathogenesis after spinal cord injury
  4. Jasna Kriz, Université Laval:
    Galectin-3 is endogenous modulator of injury-induced microglial activation and proliferation
Symposium 11: Functional plasticity of neural circuitry
Chair: Kurt Haas, University of British Columbia
Speakers:
  1. Pejmun Haghighi, McGill University:
    Transcriptional regulation of synaptic growth and function: Genetic analysis of BMP signaling at the Drosophila NMJ
  2. Shernaz Bamji, University of British Columbia:
    Making memories stick: Adhesion molecules and synaptic plasticity
  3. Gautam Awatramani, University of Victoria:
    Past, present and future: How the retina anticipates the future to “see” the present
  4. Alanna Watt, McGill University:
    Transient Purkinje-Purkinje GABAergic synapses: Driving propagating activity directing cerebellar circuit development
Symposium 12: Making the leap from neural activity to behaviour and cognition
Chair: Jennie Z. Young, MIT
Sponsored by: Tucker-Davis Technologies
Speakers:
  1. James M Hyman, University of British Columbia:
    Keeping track of the present: Contextual representation in the anterior cingulate cortex
  2. Marshall G Hussain Shuler, Johns Hopkins University:
    A neural mechanism for learning reward timing
  3. Daoyun Ji, Baylor College of Medicine:
    Competition between internal and external drives in hippocampal spatial memory codes revealed by a neurodegenerative mouse model
  4. Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi, University of Toronto:
    Learning-related changes in oscillatory coupling between the hippocampus, lateral entorhinal, and medial prefrontal cortices
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