Speaker: Caroline Landelle, McGill University Title: Simultaneous functional neuroimaging of the brain and the spinal cord in vivo in human Speaker: Cécilia Tremblay, Banner Sun Health Research Institute Title: RNA sequencing of olfactory bulb in aging and Parkinson’s disease reveals gene alterations associated with olfactory dysfunction

Speaker: Diana Mitchell, Université de Montréal Title: Deficits in learning linked to altered input/output properties of layer 5 pyramidal neurons in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome Speaker: Ashley Schormans, University of Western Ontario Title: The Neural Basis of Audiovisual Temporal Processing and Perception: From Cortical Neurons to Behavioural Performance

Speaker: Paige Whyte-Fagundes, University California San Francisco Title: Nano-precision STXBP1-E therapy using preclinical zebrafish models and machine learning Speaker: Andrew Boyce, University of Calgary Title: A novel model for recording ischemic stroke in freely behaving mice reveals contralesional spreading depolarization may benefit the female brain post-stroke

Speaker: Josh Neudorf, Simon Fraser University Title: Structural Brain Network Configurations Unique to Older Adults Help to Spare Cognitive Function Speaker: Allison Barry, University of Vienna / University of Texas Dallas Title: Predicting “pain genes”: multi-modal -omics data integration using probabilistic classifiers and interaction networks