Organizers: Ben Lindsey (University of Manitoba), Vince Tropepe (University of Toronto), and Ted Allison (University of Alberta)
May 21, 2025; 08:15 – 16:00
Toronto Sheraton Centre Hotel
Grant Centre Room
May 21, 2025; 08:15 – 16:00
PI Talks – 15min talks + 5min questions
Trainee Talks – 12min talks + 3min questions
EVENT AGENDA
8h15 – Arrival and registration
8h35 – Opening Remarks (Vince Tropepe; University of Toronto)
Session 1: Neurodevelopment and regulation (Chair Ted Allison)
8h40 – Sarah McFarlane (U. Calgary)
Calcium signaling dynamics in neurogenic Muller glia of the retina
9h00 – Stephanie Gaudreau (U. Ottawa; trainee talk)
Developmental changes in multiple ion channels shape maturation of primary motoneuron activity in larval zebrafish
9h15 – Paul Marcogliese (U. Manitoba)
Unravelling the genetics of neurodevelopment using Drosophila
9h35 – Alexa Izvorean (U. Toronto; trainee talk)
Epigenetic regulation of neurogenic plasticity in the postembryonic forebrain
9h50 – Aurélien Caron (U. Manitoba; trainee talk)
Development and neural stem cell dynamics of the zebrafish rostral migratory stream
10h05 – Coffee Break
Session 2: Degeneration and neurorepair (Chair Stephanie Gaudreau)
10h30 – Angela Scott (U. Guelph)
Purinergic regulation of neurogenesis in zebrafish
10h50 – Micaiah Achtymichuk (U. Alberta; trainee talk)
The effects of muscle disease on movement-dependent neurogenesis in postembryonic Danio rerio
11h05 – Brittany Carr (U. Alberta)
The role of prom1 in photoreceptor outer segment morphogenesis and inherited retinal degeneration
11h25 – Mahnoor Shoukat (U. Alberta, trainee talk)
Subretinal drusenoid-like deposits in prom1-null frogs mimic markers of human age-related macular degeneration and contain potential melanophages
11h40 – Sanjana Grover (U. Manitoba; trainee talk)
Reserve or repair? Using a repeated injury model to challenge the regenerative capacity of radial-glial cells in the zebrafish forebrain
12h00 – 13h00 Lunch Break
12h30 – Leica Microsystems Seminar – “Zebrafish Microscopy Workflows”
Session 3: CNS plasticity and learning (Chair Alexa Izvorean)
13h00 – Nirosha Murugan (Wilfred Laurier)
Cortical plasticity as a modulator of appendage regeneration
13h20 – Rida Ansari (U. Toronto; trainee talk)
Exercise-induced adult neurogenesis and its impact on memory and learning in zebrafish
13h35 – Shelby Sherlock (U. Alberta; trainee talk)
Movement-generated neural activity facilitates neurogenesis in postembryonic Danio rerio
13h50 – Qian Lin (U. Toronto)
Dissecting long-term fear memory formation using juvenile zebrafish
14h10 – Anna Phan (U. Alberta)
Effects of adult and developmental isolation on the brain and behaviour in Drosophila
14h30 – Gabriel Dillenburg de Oliviera (U. Alberta; trainee talk)
Movement induces peripheral nervous system neurogenesis in zebrafish larvae
14h45 – Break
3h00 – Susan Healy Keynote Talk (University of St. Andrews)
Bird Nests: From neuroscience to evolution – Zach Hall’s legacy
3h45 – Closing Remarks (Ben Lindsey; University of Manitoba)
