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Samedi 27 mai, 2017
Conférence publique et exposition du projet Convergence à la Grande Bibliothèque.
Les portes ouvrent à 13h pour des projections du projet Convergence – Dynamics
Billets gratuits disponibles sur Eventbrite (places limitées)
| 14:00 – 16:30 PM |
Le stress: Ou comment chasser le mammouth sans y laisser sa peau
Sonia Lupien, neuroscientifique, Directrice et fondatrice du Centre d’études sur le stress humain, Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Montréal
15:00 – 16:30
Exposition du projet Convergence – Material |
Dimanche 28 mai, 2017
| 9:00 – 16:30 |
Symposiums satellites |
| 17:00 – 17:15 |
Mot de bienvenue par
Freda Miller, Présidente de l’Association canadienne des neurosciences |
| 17:15 – 18:00 |
Conférence spéciale de Margaret Trudeau, Porte-parole en santé mentale |
| 18:00 – 19:00 |
Conférence présidentielle:
Linda Buck | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in SeattleDeconstructing Smell |
| 19:00 – 20:15 |
Réception de bienvenue |
Monday, May 29, 2017
| 8:30 – 10:15 AM |
Symposium plénier 1 | Growing, wiring and refining neural circuits in the developing brain.
Président de session: Edward Ruthazer | McGill University
Présentateurs:
Karun Singh | McMaster University
Signaling mechanisms regulating neural circuit formation and their relevance to neurodevelopmental disorders
Julie LeFebvre | SickKids Hospital
The Protocadherin cell-surface code promotes the wiring and survival of inhibitory interneurons into brain circuits.
Graziella DiCristo | Université de Montréal
Mechanisms of refinement of cortical GABAergic circuits |
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Pause café
Affiches/Exposants |
| 10:45 – 11:45 |
Conférencière plénière:
Hollis Cline | The Scripps Research Institute
Building circuits to process visual information |
| 11:45 – 12:00 |
Présentation Cerveau en tête |
| 12:00 – 13:30 |
Lunch Femmes en neuroscience
Diner libre |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Symposium parallèle 1 | Sleep mechanisms and functions
Présidé par: Valérie Mongrain | Université de Montréal
Présentateurs:
- John Peever | University of Toronto
Circuits controlling REM sleep in health and disease
- Barbara E Jones | McGill University
Arousal systems and their regulation by sleep
- Emma K O’Callaghan | Université de Montréal
Contribution of circadian components to sleep homeostasis
- Robbert Havekes | University of Groningen, The Netherlands
The tired hippocampus: insight into the molecular origins of hippocampal memory deficits associated with sleep loss
Symposium parallèle 2 | Critical Mediators of Pain: Uncovering Novel Therapeutic Targets
Présidé par: Michael Hildebrand | Carleton University
Présentateurs:
- Daniela Salvemini | Saint Louis University
Deregulation of adenosine signaling at the A3 adenosine receptor subtype drives chronic neuropathic pain states – new insights in a novel therapeutic target.
- Michael Hildebrand | Carleton University
Molecular determinants of dorsal horn hyperexcitability in pathological pain processing
- Laura Stone | McGill University
Preventing pain at the source: targeting intervertebral disc degeneration as a therapeutic strategy for low back pain.
Symposium parallèle 3 | Control of locomotor activity: from the cortex to the spinal cord
Présidé par: Simon Gosgnach | University of Alberta
Présentateurs:
- Trevor Drew | Université de Montréal
Walking 101 : What the brain tells the spinal cord.
- Alain Frigon | Université de Sherbrooke
The control of left-right coordination during locomotion by spinal circuits interacting with somatosensory feedback
- Ying Zhang | Dalhousie University
The local circuits of V3 interneurons in the spinal cord
- Patrick Whelan | University of Calgary
Parallel dopaminergic pathways controlling locomotion in the mouse.
Symposium parallèle 4 | Genetic and Optogenetic Investigation of Neural Circuit Mechanisms for Behaviours
Présidé par: Mei Zhen | Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Présentateurs:
- Kenichi Okamoto | Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Novel optogenetic approaches for studying spatiotemporal roles of cAMP and cGMP signalling from the synapse level to the brain cognitive function
- Oyama Tomoko | McGill University
Multilevel multimodal integration enhances action selection in Drosophila
- Michael Hendricks | McGill University
Functional asymmetry for temporal stimulus features in C. elegans
- Michael Gordon | University of British Columbia
Neural circuit mechanisms for integrating taste, hunger, and nutrient detection in Drosophila
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| 15:00 – 17:30 |
Affiches – séance 1
Exposants et rafraîchissements |
| 17:30 – 19:00 |
Séances parallèles
- Carrières académiques, une discussion avec
Lisa Saksida | Western University
Mike Sapieha | Université de Montréal
- Mise en valeur des initiatives de promotion et de sensibilisation des neurosciences au Canada
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| 19:00 – 19:30 |
Réception
Réception pour étudiants et stagiaires internationaux (Commanditée par IBRO) |
| 19:30 – 21:30 |
Social des étudiants CAN-ACN |
Mardi 30 mai 2017
| 8:30 – 10:15 |
Symposium plénier 2 | Glia and brain function
Président de session: Richard Robitaille | Université de Montréal
Présentateurs:
Marie-Ève Tremblay | Centre Hospitalier de l’Université Laval
Microglia-synapse interactions in health and disease
Grant Gordon | University of Calgary
Behavioral State Dependence of Cortical Astrocyte Ca2+ Signals During Neurovascular Coupling
Richard Robitaille | Université de Montréal
Glial Mismanagement of Neuromuscular Junction Structure and Function in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Pause café
Affiches / Exposants |
| 10:45 – 11:45 |
Featured Plenary speaker:
Dwight Bergles | Johns Hopkins University
Multi-scale analysis of astrocyte activity in the mammalian brain |
| 11:45 – 12:00 |
Présentation Cerveau en tête |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
CAN-ACN Annual General Meeting of members |
| 12:30 – 13:30 |
Diner libre |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Symposium parallèle 5 | Memory symphony: the score, the orchestra and the conductor
Présidé par: Lisa Topolnik | Université Laval
Présentateurs:
- Lisa Topolnik | Université Laval
VIP members of the hippocampus
- Mark Brandon | McGill University
Space and time in the entorhinal-hippocampal circuit in health and Alzheimer’s disease
- Sylvain Williams | McGill University
Optogenetic manipulation and visualization of neuronal assemblies during memory formation
- Attila Losonczy | Columbia University
Dissecting hippocampal circuits for navigation and memory
Symposium parallèle 6 | Mitochondria as a therapeutic target in Parkinson’s disease
Présidé par: Louis-Eric Trudeau | Université de Montréal
Présentateurs:
- Louis-Eric Trudeau | Université de Montréal
Is increased basal bioenergetics a common property of vulnerable neuronal populations in Parkinson’s disease?
- Joanne Nash | University of Toronto
SIRT3 rescues dopaminergic neurons through stabilisation of mitochondrial biogenetics in a rat model of parkinsonism
- Ruth Slack | University of Ottawa
Mitochondrial restructuring to enhance ATP production and resistance to stress.
- David Park | University of Ottawa
Letm1 as a substrate of the Parkinson’s disease gene pink1
Symposium parallèle 7 | Emerging roles of the cerebellum in shaping brain development and disease
Co-présidé par: Lu-Yang Wang | SickKids Research Institute & Hospital et Alanna Watt | McGill University
Présentateurs:
- Dan Goldowitz | University of British Columbia
Exploring novel and familiar genes involved in cerebellar development
- Yi-Mei (Amy) Yang | University of Minnesota
Molecular underpinnings of excessive inhibition in cerebellum with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Derek Bowie | McGill University
Defective excitatory and inhibitory circuits of the Fragile-X brain
- Alanna Watt | McGill University
Ameliorating motor incoordination in a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia
Symposium parallèle 8 | Stroke Recovery: From circuitry to behaviour
Présidé par: Diane Lagace | University of Ottawa
Présentateurs:
- Diane Lagace | University of Ottawa
Neurogenesis and Stroke Recovery
- Baptiste Lacoste | Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Assessing Pathological Cerebrovascular Remodeling
- Tim Murphy | University of British Columbia
Automated Mesoscale Circuit and Motor Function Assessment in Mouse Models of Stroke
- Dale Corbett | University of Ottawa
Stroke Recovery: Does Rehabilitation Matter?
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| 15:00 – 17:30 |
Affiches – séance 2
Exposants et rafraîchissements |
| 17:30 – 18:30 |
Prix et conférences des Jeunes chercheurs de l’ACN 2017
Przemyzlaw (Mike) Sapieha | Université de Montréal
Tuan Trang | University of Calgary |
| 18:30 – 19:30 |
Conférencier d’honneur:
Charles Bourque | McGill University
Control of body hydration by heat, salt and circadian time |
| 19:30 – 20:00 |
Reception |
Mercredi 31 mai 2017
| 8:30 – 10:15AM |
Symposium plénier 3 | Memory & Cognition
Président de session: Paul Frankland |University of Toronto
Présentateurs:
Kari Hoffman | York University
Multiple roles of the primate hippocampus in visual exploration
Katherine Duncan | University of Toronto
Memory States in the Human Brain and Behaviour
Paul Frankland |University of Toronto
Identification and interrogation of a fear memory network |
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Affiches/Exposants
Pause café |
| 10:45 – 11:45 |
Conférencier plénier:
Tim Bussey | Western University
How is memory organized? Memory Systems versus the Representational-Hierarchical View |
| 11:45 – 12:00 |
Présentation Cerveau en tête |
| 12:00 – 13:30 |
Diner libre |
| 13:30 – 15:30 |
Affiches – séance 3
Exposants et rafraîchissements |
| 15:30 – 17:00 |
Symposium parallèle 9 | Epigenetics, DNA Methylation, and Mental Health
Présidé par: Mojgan Rastegar | University of Manitoba
Présentateurs:
- Mojgan Rastegar | University of Manitoba
A multi-level epigenetic deregulation in the brain of Rett Syndrome patients
- Nathalie Berube | Western University
Chromatin organization in the developing brain
- Patrick McGowan | University of Toronto
The impact of adversity on the DNA methylome
- James Davie | Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
DNA Methylation and FASD
Symposium parallèle 10 | New Insights into Reconsolidation
Présidé par: Karim Nader | McGill University
Présentateurs:
- Karim Nader | McGill University
- Satoshi Kida | Tokyo University
- BK Kaang | Seoul National University
- Martin Cammarota | Brain Institute – Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
- Merel Kindt | University of Amsterdam
Symposium parallèle 11 | Estrogen’s effect on cognition and the brain: A translational perspective
Présidé par: Gillian Einstein | University of Toronto
Présentateurs:
- Gillian Einstein | University of Toronto
The effect of estrogen depletion on verbal memory in young women
- Nicole Gervais | University of Toronto
Impact of ovarian hormones on recognition memory and perirhinal cortex in rats and humans
- Agnès Lacreuse | University of Massachusetts
Neurocognitive effects of estrogens in female non-human primates across the adult lifespan
- Elizabeth Hampson | Western University
Estrogen’s Effects on Frontocortical Memory in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women
Symposium parallèle 12 | Mechanisms of Neuronal Migration and Regeneration
Présidé par: Claire Bénard | UQAM / UMass Medical School
Présentateurs:
- Claire Bénard | UQAM / UMass Medical School
Extracellular modulators of axonal guidance and long-term neuronal protection
- Nicolas Pilon | UQAM
Fam172a is critically required for neural crest cell migration and proliferation
- Timothy Kennedy | MNI McGill University
Netrin-1 and GAG Function in CNS Perineuronal Nets
- Alexandra Byrne | UMass Medical School
Poly(ADP-Ribosylation) Regulates Axon Regeneration
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Fin du congrès
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