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Canadian Neuroscience Seminars – Post-doc series December 5, 2024: Josh Neudorf & Paige Whyte-Fagundes

2024-12-05 @ 15:00 - 16:00

Josh NeudorfSpeaker: Josh Neudorf, Simon Fraser University
Title: Structural Brain Network Configurations Unique to Older Adults Help to Spare Cognitive Function

Josh Neudorf completed his B.Sc., Master’s, and PhD degrees under the supervision of Ron Borowsky at the University of Saskatchewan, studying cognitive and computational neuroscience. His Master’s thesis focused on the brain networks supporting language and semantic memory, while his PhD thesis focused on computational network neuroscience questions about how structural connectivity (measured with diffusion MRI) constrains and supports functional connectivity (measured with functional MRI), using graph theory, complexity, and deep learning methods in healthy young adults and patients with epilepsy. Josh held a NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship and now holds a Canadian Neuroanalytics Scholars Program Postdoctoral Fellowship in Randy McIntosh’s lab at the Institute for Neuroscience & Neurotechnology, Simon Fraser University, investigating the structural and functional connectivity changes in older age that help to preserve cognitive ability, the unique functional network effects of acute sleep restriction on older adults, and the brain connectivity biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease.

Paige Whyte FagundesSpeaker: Paige Whyte-Fagundes, University California San Francisco
Title: Nano-precision STXBP1-E therapy using preclinical zebrafish models and machine learning

Paige Whyte Fagundes, originally from Toronto, earned her PhD under Dr. Georg Zoidl’s mentorship, where her research centered on elucidating the mechanisms of the pannexin1 protein in health and disease. This work completed with a publication exploring the use of zebrafish as a model to investigate targeting pannexin1 for epilepsy treatment. Continuing with this momentum, she began a postdoctoral fellowship with Dr. Scott Baraban at the University of California San Francisco in August 2021. Her current research focuses on drug discovery and therapeutic strategies for rare childhood genetic disorders of epilepsy, leveraging the zebrafish model system to bridge the gap between molecular insights and clinical applications.
Meeting ID: 953 7834 3213
Passcode: 577681

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Date:
2024-12-05
Time:
15:00 - 16:00
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zoom

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Canadian neuroscience post-docs
Email
seminars@can-acn.org