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Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) University of Toronto Newsletter – Vol. 30, No. 1 – January 2014
CPIN Newsletter Zhong-Ping Feng!
Director!CPIN!
Graduate Studies!!
Elissa Caccavella Administrator�
CPIN Office�!
Katie Ferguson!Vladislav Sekulić!Communications!
CPIN Graduate Executives!!
CPIN Office�[email protected] �
!CPIN Participating Units"
Applied Psychology & Human Development!
Biochemistry!Biomaterials & Biomedical
Engineering!Cell & Systems Biology!
Computer Science!Dentistry!
Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology!
Medical Biophysics!Medical Science!
Music!Pharmaceutical Sciences!
Pharmacology & Toxicology!Physiology!Psychology!
Rehabilitation Science!"
Contributor: "St. Michael’s Neuroscience
Research Program !
Announcements !"
Welcome New Students CPIN welcomes 6 new students to the program. See page 3 for details. Please see the CPIN website for program requirements:! http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/students2013/requirements2010.htm !!Congratulations CPIN Graduates Congratulations to the 2 students who completed the CPIN program over the past month. See page 3 for details. !"Twelfth Annual Raymond & Beverly Sackler Distinguished Lecture"http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/sackler.htm !!
!Date | Wednesday, April 9, 2014�!Time | 5:00 pm�!Location | JJR MacLeod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building 2158, !University of Toronto�!Speaker | Dr. Graham Collingridge, School of Physiology and !Pharmacology, The University of Bristol, Bristol, UK �"Title | Memory Mechanisms in Health & Disease �"Host | Zhengping Jia, PhD; Senior Scientist, Neurosciences and !!Mental Health, The Hospital For Sick Children; Professor, !Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto!
"High School Neuroscience Enrichment Course Details on page 3.!"Neuroscience Opportunities The CPIN website now includes postings for available positions in the Toronto neuroscience community. Please see the website for details: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/Positions_Available.htm ""!
http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/newsletter.htm!!
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CPIN Workshops � http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/2014workshop.htm ""
Title | Developing one's own novel tools enables the generation of unique scientific observations"Date | Wednesday, February 5, 2014!Time | 3:00 pm!Location | Room 2172, Medical Sciences Building!Speaker | Joseph A. Fisher, M.D. FRCP(C); Department of Anesthesiology, UHN;!
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UofT; Senior Scientist, Division of Advanced Diagnostics, Cardiovascular, Toronto General Research Institute; Chief Scientist, Thornhill Research Inc.!
Co-Sponsor | Thornhill Research Inc., Toronto!
Upcoming Events"
CPIN Career Workshop"Title | From Postdoc to PI: seldom spoken truths about making the transition"Date | Wednesday, February 5, 2014!Time | 4:00 pm!Location | Room 2172, Medical Sciences Building!Speaker | Blake Richards, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto at Scarborough!
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Collaborative Program in Neuroscience (CPIN) University of Toronto Newsletter – Vol. 30, No. 1 – January 2014
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"2014 CPIN Distinguished Lectureship Series "http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/lectureship.htm!!!!
!Speaker | Dr. Gottfried Schlaug, M.D. Ph.D; Director, Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory, Stroke !Recovery Laboratory, & Division Chief, Cerebrovascular Diseases; Associate Professor of Neurology, !Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School !!Title |Singing Out of Tune: A Neuroscience Perspective"!Date | Thursday, January 16, 2014"!Time | 2:00-3:00 pm!!Location | Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, Faculty of Music (80 Queens Park Crescent)!!Host | Dr. Lee Bartel, PhD; Professor and Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Music, University of !Toronto!!Co-Sponsor | Faculty of Music!
!!Speaker | Dr. Ana Martinez, Research Professor, Spanish Council for Research!!Title | From the lab to the bedside targeting GSK-3 and PDE7"!Date | Wednesday, March 26, 2014"!Time | 1:30-2:30 pm!!Location | 18th Floor Auditorium, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University !!!Host | Dr. John Roder, PhD, FRSC; Senior Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute;!!Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto!!Co-Sponsor | Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute!
!!Speaker | Dr. Adrien Owen, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, !University of Western Ontario�!Title | TBA �!Date | Friday, April 25, 2014�!Time | 10:00-11:00 am�!Location | Li Ka Shing Auditorium, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (209 Victoria St.)�!Host | Dr. Tom Schweizer, Director, Neuroscience Research Program, St. Michael's Hospital; Assistant !Professor, Faculty of Medicine (Neurosurgery) & IBBME, University of Toronto�!Sponsor | St. Michael's Hospital Neuroscience Research Program!
!!Speaker | Dr. Jeffrey D. Macklis; Professor of Stem Cell & Regenerative Biology, Harvard University; !Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Centre for Brain Science, Harvard University �!Title | TBA�"Date | Thursday, May 8, 2014�!Time | TBA�!Location | TBA�!Host | Dr. James Eubanks; Associate Professor, Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Institute of !Medical Science, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist & Scientific Division Head, Division of Genetics & !Development, Toronto Western Research Institute�!Co-Sponsor | TBA!
"CPIN – Neurotalk For more information, visit: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/Neurotalk.htm!!CPIN Cortex Club For more information, visit: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/cortexclub.htm!!U of T Neuroscience Seminars For more information, visit: http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/seminar.htm!""
Upcoming Events (Continued) !
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Reminders!Faculty Profile Update The CPIN Office is looking to update the CPIN faculty member profiles on the website: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/faculty/list.htm If you wish to update your profile, please check the information on your CPIN faculty page, and send any updates or changes to [email protected] .!!
Graduate Student Achievements The CPIN Office is looking to update graduate student records to include awards and publications. Please submit a list of awards you have received and any publications you have had while enrolled in CPIN to [email protected] . !"
Funding and Sponsorship CPIN is continuously looking for new sources of funding and sponsorship. Please contact us at [email protected] with ideas or suggestions.!
Welcome New CPIN Students"Last Name" First Name" Department" Program" Supervisor"Buchwald! Zsuzsa! MBP! MSc! Jason Lerch!Chung! Jun! IMS! MSc! Ariel Graff!Diamond! Nick! PSY! PhD! Brian Levine!Plitman! Eric! IMS! MSc! Ariel Graff!Shahzad! Uswa! IMS! PhD! James Rutka!Sharma! Vivek! MUS! PhD! Lee Bartel!
Congratulations CPIN Graduates"Last Name" First Name" Department" Program" Supervisor"Hutchings! Sarah! PSL! MSc! Lyanne Schlichter!Saliba! Kim! APHD! PhD! Rosemary Tannock!
Upcoming Events (Continued) !"
Conferences and Meetings"http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/Conf_M.htm !!
Mental Health Research: Magnetoencephalography & Neuroimaging in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder & Mild Traumatic Brain Injury �February 14, 2014; Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning �The Hospital for Sick Children, 686 Bay Street, Toronto !"
2014 Alzheimer’s Symposium: Facing the Challenges of Severe Dementia �February 28, 2014; Chestnut Conference Centre �For event details and registration information, visit: https://ers.snapuptickets.com/ers/online-registration-conference.cfm?eventLinkName=AlzheimerSymposium2014 !!!
Neuroscience Enrichment Program!A Lecture Series for High School Students by CPIN Graduate Students & Faculty Members http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/course.htm ""
This lecture series is designed to give high school students an introduction to neuroscience topics, as well as to link the relevance of this information to current medical research. This year, students who attend at least 7 lectures will receive a certificate of participation for the Neuroscience Enrichment Program. Please visit the website for schedule and lecture materials."!