Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Post-doc series April 3: Patcharaporn Srisaikaew & Abassi Etienne

Speaker #1

Patcharaporn Srisaikaew, University Health Network

Maladaptive Neuroplasticity in Cortico-limbic Structures: Insights from Surgical Pain Relief in Chronic Neuropathic Facial Pain.

My name is Patcharaporn, or you can call me Nok. I am a 4th-year postdoctoral researcher at the Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, in Toronto. My postdoc research is focused on studying the neural mechanism of limbic structure alterations (e.g., amygdala, hippocampus, fornix, and corticolimbic regions, etc.) – at both macro/microstructural levels in patients with trigeminal neuralgia (TN), a severe chronic neuropathic facial pain, and their resolution after surgical pain relief, and how these abnormalities alteration relate to the biopsychological aspect of pain (emotion and cognition) using multimodal neuroimaging techniques under the supervision of Dr. Mojgan Hodaie. In addition to my expertise in neuroimaging, I am also a neuroanatomist with expertise in fresh cadaveric dissection and fresh human brain fixation. I am passionate about leveraging my expertise to drive solutions to improve people’s lives, well-being, and quality of care through innovative research and knowledge translation.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/srisaikaewp/

Twitter/X: https://x.com/SrisaikaewP

Speaker #2 

Etienne Abassi, McGill University

The representation of speech conversations in the human auditory cortex

Etienne Abassi, Ph.D., is a cognitive neuroscientist specializing in the neural and behavioral mechanisms of social perception. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at McGill University’s Montreal Neurological Institute, he investigates how social and semantic contexts shape the processing of speech and music. His work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and music cognition, drawing on a background that spans information technology, biomedical sciences, and cognitive neuropsychology. Etienne earned his Ph.D. in Neurosciences from Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, where his research focused on how the human brain perceives multi-person visual interactions. He has held research appointments across Europe, including Maastricht University and the CNRS in France, and is affiliated with leading research centers in music and speech perception such as BRAMS, CIRMMT, and CRBLM in Montreal. A multidisciplinary thinker and communicator, Etienne thrives in collaborative environments and enjoys bridging scientific research with real-world applications. He is actively involved in mentoring students and fostering interdisciplinary projects that inform how we understand others through sound and vision

Zoom registration link : 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3217374850132/WN_LUDiy1MkRYCiHyuasnH7Ew