"Neural Circuits Controlling Sleep" by Yang Dan, Ph.D. Professor of Neurobiology & HHMI Investigator University of California, Berkeley Thursday, April 27, 2017   1:00 pm   EP 1201 Everyone is Welcome!

May 1 - 2, 2017 Clara Christie Theatre, Health Sciences Centre Foothills Campus, University of Calgary RSVP HERE by April 21, 2017 Questions directed to jason.ng1@ucalgary.ca Bios for speakers can be downloaded here The Hotchkiss Brain Institute, the Melbourne Neuroscience Institute at the University of Melbourne, and the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health [...]

The second annual UAlberta MS Centre Research Symposium will be taking place on May 5, 2017 at the Telus Theatre (University of Alberta). Registration is free and open to physicians, faculty, trainees, students, and public. Guest Speakers have been invited to present their research regarding STEM CELLS; their biology and application in the search for [...]

The 36th meeting of BASICS will be held in 2017 on Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6. The conference will begin Friday afternoon with an invited talk at 5:00; four other talks will be presented on Saturday. There will be a poster session and reception Friday evening after dinner, and another poster session will be [...]

Dr. Adam Carter Associate Professor, Centre for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York "Synaptic Organization of the Prefrontal Cortex" Host: Dr. Jaideep Bains 12pm. Clara Christie Theatre, University of Calgary.

The 2017 symposium will be held at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton. Dr Nichola De Zanche from the Cross Cancer Institute is this year’s organizer.  The format will be similar to past years and include a distinguished invited speaker and talks from senior trainees. The registration web site will go live in April [...]

Academic Lecture:  "A Role for Synaptic Long-Term Depression in Cognitive Flexibility" Wednesday, May 10 at 4:00 pm, EP1201 Public Lecture:  "The Addicted Brain" Thursday, May 11 at 7:00 pm, Lethbridge Lodge Hotel (Aspen Room), 320 Scenic Dr S (Free Parking) Lab Visits:  May 10 and 11. The schedule will be released soon. Please advise Candace Burke [...]

"GABAergic Synapses as Possible Targets of Autism Spectrum Disorders" Dr. Enrico Cherubini Professor of Neurophysiology, Scientific Director, European Brain Research Institute Rome, Italy Room EP1201, CCBN, University of Lethbridge May 11, 2017 11am - 12pm

Dr. Jeffrey Lliff Assistant Professor, Director of Basic Science Research, Department of Anesthesiology and Preoperative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon "Perivascular pathways of CSF circulation: Sleep, waste, and neurodegeneration at the crossroads of the CNS" Host: Dr. Marc Poulin 12pm. Clara Christie Theatre, University of Calgary.