Programme scientifique



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DIMANCHE, 20 MAI, 2012

17:00-20:15 Ouverture et présentation des prix (Yves De Koninck, Président de l'ACN)

Conférence présidentielle: Tomas Paus (University of Toronto) How environment and genes shape the adolescent brain

Anthony Phillips (Directeur, Institut des neurosciences, de la santé mentale et des toxicomanies des IRSC)

Réception d'ouverture

LUNDI 21 MAI 2012

8:30-10:15 Symposium plénier (Présidence: Lynn Raymond, University of British Columbia)

  • Francesca Cicchetti (CHUL Québec) What we have learned from post-mortem studies in grafted patients with Huntington's disease: Impact on pathology and future therapeutic interventions
  • Ted Fon (McGill University) Function of Parkin and PINK1 in Mitochondrial Quality Control
  • Matt Farrer (UBC) Parkinson's disease, population and pedigree genetics-mapping the path to neuroprotection?
11:00-12:00 Conférence plénière:

James Surmeier (Northwestern) Remodeling striatal microcircuits in Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases
13:30-15:30 Symposiums parallèles:

  • Symposium 1 - Revealing Brain Dynamics Using Multi-Modal Brain Imaging Techniques (Présidence: Majid Mohajerani et Allen Chan)

    • Mei Zhen: Real-time motor circuit imaging in C. elegans
    • Timothy Murphy: Probing mouse cortical circuits using light
    • Amir Shmuel: Hemodynamic and neurophysiological measurements of cortical spontaneous activity
    • Ravi Menon: Resting state dynamic brain networks in human and non-human primates using fMRI

  • Symposium 2 - Stress and the Brain (Présidence: Matthew Hill)

    • Jaideep Bains: Responding and adapting to stress: A Synaptic Perspective
    • Liisa Galea: Stress and Stress Hormone Modulation of Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Males and Females
    • Victor Viau: Afferent Mediators of Sex Steroid Hormone Status on the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus and Neuroendocrine Responses to Stress
    • Matthew Hill: Endocannabinoid Signalling in the Amygdala and the Regulation of the Stress Response

  • Symposium 3 - Seeing and moving: psychophysical, computational and clinical aspects of pursuit eye movements (Présidence: Miriam Spering)

    • Miriam Spering: On the functional significance of pursuit eye movements for perception
    • Gunnar Blohm: Velocity memory codes and velocity transformations for pursuit eye movements
    • Dinesh Pai: Computational models of pursuit eye movements
    • Gillian O'Driscoll: Pursuit deficits in schizophrenia: characterization and neural substrates

  • Symposium 4 - Novel Discoveries in Neurological Disorders: Pannexins and ASICs (Présidence: John MacDonald)

    • Roger Thompson: Ligand binding and not channel conductance is sufficient for the NMDA receptor to activate pannexin-1
    • Georg Zoidl: Evidence for impaired hippocampal synaptic plasticity in a Panx1 KO mouse model
    • Michael Jackson: Pannexin-1 channels are coupled to ER stress through STIM proteins
    • Zhigang Ziong: Acid-sending ion channels as novel targets for neurological disorders

15:30-17:30 Affiches (posters)
17:30-18:30 Forum présidentiel:
The changing climate of neuroscience research funding in Canada and the creation of Brain Canada (chair: Yves De Koninck, Président ACN)
Conférencièlre:
Inez Jababurwala (Présidente, Brain Canada),
Panelistes:
Tony Phillips (Directeur, IRSC Institut des neurosciences, de la santé mentale et des toxicomanies),
Dan Goldowicz (Directeur, NeuroDevNet) David Kaplan (Directeur, Brain Canada, et Vice-Président Scientifique, Brain Canada)
19:00 Social des étudiants au Relish Pub

MARDI 22 MAI 2012

8:30-10:15 Symposium plénier (Présidence: Jane Roskams, University of British Columbia)

  • Alyson Fournier (McGill) Spatial and temporal regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics and axon guidance
  • Ed Ruthazer, Jeune chercheur de l'ACN 2011: (McGill) Activity-dependent selection of synaptic partners in a developing visual circuit
  • Tom Boyce (UBC) The Biology of Misfortune: How Social Stratification, Sensitivity and Stress Diminish Child Health and Brain Development
11:00-12:00 Conférence plénière:

Dan Geschwind, (University California Los Angeles) How autism genetics informs our understanding of autism pathophysiology and treatment
12:00-13:00 Lunch et assemblée générale annuelle
13:00-15:00 Symposiums parallèles

  • Symposium 5 - Neurogenesis for Restorative Brain Therapy: from basic science to translational research (Présidence: Leigh Anne Swayne)

    • Leigh Anne Swayne: Pannexins in neural stem cells as potential targets for brain repair
    • Diane Lagace: Why some dividing cells in the adult brain survive?
    • Sam Weiss: Adult Neurogenesis and the Formation of Social Memories
    • Molly Shoichet: Endogenous Stimulation of Neural Stem/Progenitor Cells Using a Minimally-Invasive Bioengineered Hydrogel for Local Therapeutic Delivery After Stroke


  • Symposium 6 - Primate Prefrontal Cortex and Executive Control (Présidence: Stefan Everling)

    • Michael Petrides: Anatomy of the primate lateral prefrontal cortex with functional commentary
    • Julio Martinez-Trujillo: Attentional filtering of behaviourally relevant information in primate prefrontal neurons
    • Thilo Womelsdorf: Neuronal control processes guiding the attentional focus in medial and lateral prefrontal cortex
    • Stefan Everling: Principal sulcus deactivation in macaques impairs rule memory

  • Symposium 7 - Dynamic Changes in Synaptic Organization (Présidence: Katalin Toth)

    • Ann Marie Craig: Synaptic Organizing Genes for Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapse Development
    • Katalin Toth: Activity-dependent changes in presynaptic Vesicle Pools
    • Kenneth Pelkey: Development and Plasticity of Excitatory Synaptic Inputs to Parvalbumin Expressing Basket Cells
    • Jean-Claude Beique: Synapse-specific mechanisms of homeostatic plasticity

  • Symposium 8 - Glial Cells in Development and Disease (Présidence: Hakima Moukhles)

    • Shalina Ousman: The alphaBC of Schwann cells
    • Vanessa Auld: Integrin function within glia during optic nerve development
    • Keith Murai: Glial cells in neural circuit plasticity and homeostasis
    • Hakima Moukhles: Astrocytes and aquaporin 4 as targets for the prevention of brain edema

15:00-17:00 Affiches (posters)
17:00-18:00 Conférence du jeune chercheur de l'ACN 2012
18:00-19:00 Conférencier d'honneur: David Lewis (University of Pittsburgh) Cortical excitatory/inhibitory balance and cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia

MERCREDI, 23 MAI 2012

8:30-10:15 Symposium plénier (Présidence: Ingrid Johnsrude, Queen's University)

  • Kalina Christoff (University of British Columbia): Using real-time fMRI to investigate spontaneous thought
  • Judy Illes (UBC) Neuroimaging and Vegetative States: Towards Evidenced-Based Ethics Guidance
  • John F Connolly (McMaster University): Event-Related Potential-based Assessment of Suspected Disorders of Consciousness
11:00-12:00 Conférence plénière:

Adrian Owen (Western) When thoughts become actions: Imaging disorders of consciousness
12:00-1:00 Lunch et exposants
13:00-15:00 Affiches (posters)
15:00-17:00 Symposiums parallèles

  • Symposium 9 - Neural Basis of Working Memory (Présidence: Martin Paré)

    • Jeremy Seamans: Neural mechanisms of persistent activity in the rodent medial frontal cortex
    • Martin Paré: Neural substrate and capacity limits of visual working memory in the macaque monkey
    • Clayton Curtis: Functional imaging evidence of prefrontal and posterior parietal cortex contribution to human spatial working memory
    • Susanne Ferber: Electrophysiological evidence of working memory in human visual behavior

  • Symposium 10 - Impact of Cellular and Circuit Properties on Neural Coding (Présidence: Steven Prescott)

    • Steven Prescott: Relationship between cellular properties and network coding strategies
    • Fernando Fernandez: Gain and Spike Rate Modulation Through Correlations in Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Conductance Activity
    • Maurice Chacron: Neural Circuits that Adaptively and Efficiently Respond to Natural Stimuli
    • Ian Davison: Synaptic architecture for Sensory Processing in Olfactory Cortical Circuits

  • Symposium 11 - Children, Ethics and Brain (Présidence: Judy Illes)

    • Timothy Caulfield: Direct-to-consumer genetic testing and children: the need for regulation?
    • Tim Oberlander: Ethical implications of prenatal exposure to antidepressant medications
    • Michael Fehlings: Ethical challenges in using stem cell therapies to treat neurodevelopmental disorders
    • Nina Di Pietro: Incidental findings in pediatric neuroimaging research: A child's right to know.

  • Symposium 12 - Development and Plasticity of Neural Circuit (Présidence: Shernaz Bamji)

    • Brian Chen: Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity in Hard-Wired Neural Circuits
    • Graziella Di Cristo: Mechanisms underlying activity-dependent maturation of GABAergic circuits
    • Kurt Haas: Molecuar Mechanisms of Metaplasticity During Early Brain Circuit Formation
    • Sheena Josselyn: Molecular, cellular and circuit mechanisms underlying memory formation