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Saturday, May 27, 2017
Sunday, May 28, 2017
| 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM |
CAN Satellite symposia |
| 5:00 – 5:15 PM |
Welcome and Opening Remarks by
Freda Miller, President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience |
| 5:15 – 6:00 |
Special lecture by Margaret Trudeau, Mental Health Advocate |
| 6:00 – 7:00 |
Presidential Lecture:
Linda Buck | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle
Deconstructing Smell |
| 7:00 – 8:15 |
Opening Reception |
Monday, May 29, 2017
8:30 – 10:15 AM
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Plenary symposium 1 | Growing, wiring and refining neural circuits in the developing brain.
Chair: Edward Ruthazer | McGill University
Speakers:
- 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
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| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Coffee break
Posters/exhibits |
| 10:45 – 11:45 |
Featured Plenary speaker:
Hollis Cline | The Scripps Research Institute
Building circuits to process visual information |
| 11:45 – 12:00 PM |
Brain Star talk – Claire Gizowski, MUHC, Clock-driven vasopressin neurotransmission mediates anticipatory thirst prior to sleep |
| 12:00 – 1:30 |
Women in Neuroscience Lunch
Lunch on own |
| 1:30 – 3:00 |
Parallel symposium 1 | Sleep mechanisms and functions
Chair: Valérie Mongrain | Université de Montréal
Speakers:
- 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
Parallel symposium 2 | Critical Mediators of Pain: Uncovering Novel Therapeutic Targets
Chair: Michael Hildebrand | Carleton University
Speakers:
- 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.
Parallel symposium 3 | Control of locomotor activity: from the cortex to the spinal cord
Chair: Simon Gosgnach | University of Alberta
Speakers:
- 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.
Parallel symposium 4 | Genetic and Optogenetic Investigation of Neural Circuit Mechanisms for Behaviours
Chair: Mei Zhen | Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Speakers:
- 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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| 3:00 – 5:30PM |
Posters session 1
Exhibits & Refreshments |
| 5:30 – 7:00 |
Parallel Sessions
- Careers session, with discussion leaders
Lisa Saksida | Western University
Mike Sapieha | Université de Montréal
- Highlight of Canadian Neuroscience Advocacy Initiatives and Networking
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| 7:00 – 7:45 |
Canada-wide Brain Research Strategy Development session
International Trainee reception (IBRO sponsored)
Reception (non-hosted) (7:00 – 7:30) |
| 7:30 – 9:30 |
CAN Student Social |
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
| 8:30 – 10:15 AM |
Plenary symposium 2 | Glia and brain function
Chair: Richard Robitaille | Université de Montréal
Speakers :
- Richard Robitaille | Université de Montréal
Glial Mismanagement of Neuromuscular Junction Structure and Function in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- 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
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| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Coffee break
Posters/exhibits |
| 10:45 – 11:45 PM |
Featured Plenary speaker:
Dwight Bergles | Johns Hopkins University
Multi-scale analysis of astrocyte activity in the mammalian brain |
| 11:45 – 12:00 |
Brain Star talk, Sameer Agnihotri, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, The Somatic Landscape of Schwannoma |
| 12:00 – 12:30 |
CAN-ACN Annual General Meeting of members |
| 12:30 – 1:30 |
Lunch on own |
| 1:30 – 3:00 |
Parallel symposium 5 | Memory symphony: the score, the orchestra and the conductor
Chair: Lisa Topolnik | Université Laval
Speakers:
- 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
Parallel symposium 6 | Mitochondria as a therapeutic target in Parkinson’s disease
Chair: Louis-Eric Trudeau | Université de Montréal
Speakers:
- 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.
Parallel symposium 7 | Emerging roles of the cerebellum in shaping brain development and disease
Co-Chairs: Lu-Yang Wang | SickKids Research Institute & Hospital and Alanna Watt | McGill University
Speakers:
- 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
Parallel symposium 8 | Stroke Recovery: From circuitry to behaviour
Chair: Diane Lagace | University of Ottawa
Speakers:
- 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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| 3:00 – 5:30 |
Posters session 2
Exhibits & Refreshments |
| 5:30 – 6:30 |
Young investigator awards and lectures
Mike Sapieha | Université de Montréal
Tuan Trang | University of Calgary |
| 6:30 – 7:30 |
Keynote Lecture:
Charles Bourque | McGill University
Control of body hydration by heat, salt and circadian time |
| 7:30 – 10:00 |
Neurocraft opening reception at Visual Voice Gallery (Belgo Building, Space 421, 372 Rue Sainte-Catherine Ouest – Google Map directions). |
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
| 8:30 – 10:15AM |
Plenary symposium 3 | Memory & Cognition
Chair: Paul Frankland |University of Toronto
Speakers:
- 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
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| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Posters/exhibits
Coffee break |
| 10:45 – 11:45 |
Featured Plenary speaker:
Tim Bussey | Western University
How is memory organized? Memory Systems versus the Representational-Hierarchical View |
| 11:45 – 12:00 |
Brain Star talk, Malika Oubaha, Université de Montréal, Senescence-associated secretory phenotype contributes to pathological angiogenesis in retinopathy |
| 12:00 – 1:30 |
Lunch on own
Science Communication and Advocacy Workshop (Registration required – limited attendance) |
| 1:30 – 3:30 |
Posters session 3
Exhibits & Refreshments |
| 3:30 – 5:00 |
Parallel symposium 9 | Epigenetics, DNA Methylation, and Mental Health
Chair: Mojgan Rastegar | University of Manitoba
Speakers:
- 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
Parallel symposium 10 | New Insights into Reconsolidation
Chair: Karim Nader | McGill University
Speakers:
- Karim Nader | McGill University
- BK Kaang | Seoul National University
- Oliver Michael Hardt | McGill University
- Merel Kindt | University of Amsterdam
Parallel symposium 11 | Estrogen’s effect on cognition and the brain: A translational perspective
Chair: Gillian Einstein | University of Toronto
Speakers:
- 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
Parallel symposium 12 | Mechanisms of Neuronal Migration and Regeneration
Chair: Claire Bénard | UQAM / UMass Medical School
Speakers:
- 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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