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Scientific Program
Special Guest Speakers:
Bert Sakmann (Max Plank Florida Institute)
William T. Newsome (Stanford University)
Fred H. Gage (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)
| Sunday, May 29th 2011 |
| 09:00-17:00 | Satellite Symposium of the 2011 Neuroscience Meeting -
entitled on Neurophotonics - Click here to view the program
Attendees must register for this Satellite Symposium in order to attend |
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| 18:00-20:00 | Opening Reception
Opening Comments by Yves De Koninck (President)
Presentation of the CAN Young Investigator Award by Brian MacVicar (Past-President)
Opening Address by Anthony Phillips, Director of the CIHR Institute of Neuroscience Mental Health and Addiction |
| Monday, May 30th, 2011 |
| 07:30-08:30 |
Breakfast Meeting - Sponsored by NeuroDevNet
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| 08:30 – 10:30 |
Neural stem cells in the developing, adult, and aging CNS: a lifetime of challenges
Chair: Karl Fernandes, U. Montréal
Dare to be different: asymmetric cell divisions in the developing mouse retina (Michel Cayouette, IRCM, Montréal)
Neural stem cells: from genes to cognition (Freda Miller, U. Toronto)
The fountain of youth: neural stem cells in the aging brain (Karl Fernandes, U. Montréal) |
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| 11:00-12:00 | Fred H. Gage, Salk Institute: Neural Plasticity and Neuronal Diversity |
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| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch and Exhibitor Events |
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| 13:30-15:30 | Parallel Symposia |
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I) Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Synapse Formation and Plasticity (Chair: Shernaz Bamji, UBC)
II) New insights on Pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Chair: Jean-Pierre Julien, U. Laval)
III) Cortical Plasticity (Chair: Cam Teskey, U. Calgary)
IV) Non Invasive Brain Stimulation in Neurosciences and Mental Health (Chair: Cyril Schneider, U. Laval) |
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| 15:30-17:30 | Posters |
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| 17:30-19:00 | Presidential Forum
The Challenge of Studying the Neural Bases of Higher Brain Functions
(Moderators: Martin Paré, Queen's; Judy Illes, UBC)
(Participants: Bill Newsome, Stanford; Sharon Juliano, USUHS)
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| 20:00-21:00 |
Public Lecture:
Le cerveau: exploration de la dernière frontière (Rémi Quirion, McGill University) |
| Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 |
| 08:30-10:30 | Systems/Cognitive Neuroscience
Chair: Doug Munoz
Predictive Coding and Speech Intelligibility (Ingrid Johnsrude, Queen's)
Determinants of Brain Plasticity Associated with Motor Sequence Learning (Julien Doyon, U. Montréal)
Using Eye Movements to Probe Brain Function and Dysfunction (Doug Munoz, Queen's)
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| 11:00-12:00 | William T. Newsome, Stanford:
Linking Action to Reward: A Dynamic Systems Approach to Prefrontal Cortex Activity
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| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch and Exhibitor Events |
| 12:00-13:30 | CAN Annual General Meeting |
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| 13:30-15:30 | Parallel Symposia |
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I) Transcriptional Mechanisms of Neuronal Differentiation (Chair: Artur Kania, IRCM, Montréal)
II) New Avenues for a Rational Psychopharmacology (Chair: Martin Beaulieu, U. Laval)
III) The Dynamic Memory Trace (Chair: Paul Frankland, U. Toronto)
IV) Brain Activities During Sleep and Waking States (Chair: Igor Timofeev, U. Laval) |
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| 15:30-17:30 | Posters |
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| 17:30-18:30 | Brainstar Awardee Presentations |
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| 18:30-19:30 | Presidential Lecture: Brian MacVicar, UBC
"Astrocyte-Neuron interactions to maintain brain function and cerebral blood flow" |
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| 20:00-24:00 | Student Event |
| Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 |
| 07:30-08:30 |
Breakfast discussion: Bridging animal and human studies for the understanding of psychiatric diseases
Sponsored by Université Laval and the IUSMQ (Institut Universitaire de santé mentale de Québec) |
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| 08:30-10:30 | Microcircuits
Chair: Len Maler, U. Ottawa
Neural circuits for Optimization of Sensory Processing (Len Maler, U. Ottawa)
Ontogeny of Neural Circuits for Motor Behaviour (Louis St Amant, U. Montréal)
Understanding How GABAergic Interneurons Shape Theta and Gamma Oscillations in Hippocampus (Sylvain Williams, McGill)
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| 11:00-12:00 | Bert Sakmann, Max Planck Florida Institute:
Digital Neuroanatomy - 3D Reconstruction of Anatomically Realistic Neuronal Networks
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| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch and Exhibitor Events |
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| 13:30-15:30 | Posters |
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| 15:30-17:30 | Parallel Symposia |
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I) Bidirectional Regulation of Mitochondrial Function and Neuronal Excitability (Chair: Roger Thompson, U. Calgary)
II) Parkinson's Disease: Symptomatic and Neuroprotective Treatments (Chair: Thérèse Di Paolo, U. Laval)
III) Roles of Synaptic Plasticity in Memory, Fear and Chronic Pain (Chair: Min Zhuo, U. Toronto)
IV) Synaptic Integration and Plasticity in Developing and Mature Neural Circuitry
(Chair: Melanie Woodin, U. Toronto)
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