A Short Course by the Canadian Neurophotonics Platform
Date: Sunday May 29, 9AM to 4:30PM, at the CAN meeting hotel – Sheraton Toronto Centre
One of the greatest challenges of modern science is to decipher the functional connectome of nature’s most complex organ, the human brain. A key to success in this effort is to develop and exploit technologies that allow us to probe and manipulate brain microcircuits from the level of single synapses – and even nanoscale substructures within synapses – to entire circuits in the intact brain in behaving animals. Light-based tools represent the enabling technology in this endeavour.
Organizer: André Longtin and Jean-Claude Béïque, University of Ottawa
Participants/speakers :
- Gautam Awatramani | University of Victoria
- Yves De Koninck |Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Université Laval
- Antoine Godin |Université de Bordeaux
- Kurt Haas | University of British Columbia
- Mark Hutchinson | Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, University of Adelaide, Australia
- André Longtin | Brain and Mind Institute Centre for Neural Dynamics, University of Ottawa.
- Pierre Marquet | Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Université Laval
- Steven Prescott | The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto.
- Jaideep Bains | University of Calgary
- Paul De Koninck | Université Laval
- Jean-Claude Béïque | University of Ottawa
- Ed Ruthazer | McGill University
- Simon Chen | University of Ottawa
Program:
The full program is available: Program of the CAN-ACN Neurophotonics satellite meeting
Registration:
Registration through the CAN registration webpage. Registration fee is $50 if combined with CAN meeting registration or $75 for those wishing to register for the satellite only. Registration fees include lunch and coffee breaks.
If you wish to register for the satellite only, please use the following link:
Neurophotonics satellite only registration
If you wish to register for both the CAN meeting and the satellite, please use this link:
CAN meeting and Neurophotonics satellite registration
Please note that this satellite meeting is limited to the first 150 people who register.
Description:
An all-day short course to articulate new methods and applications of light microscopic imaging and optogenetic manipulation of nervous system tissues. Optogenetics topics include: optogenetic probe development, optogenetic activation and inhibition, with emphasis on region selective expression, light, and probe delivery. Imaging topics include: in vivo approaches (2-photon fast scanning, wide-field), super-resolution imaging, and methodologies for assessing the structure and function of large brain networks. Data analysis topics include visualization of activity in large networks, and image processing strategies to improve light microscopic images. Registration includes coffee breaks and lunch.
Contact:
Mario Methot (Mario.Methot@neurosciences.ulaval.ca) for further information.
Sponsored by: The Canadian Neurophotonics Platform funded by Brain Canada and partners
