FEB 15 @ 12-12:50 Alberta MS Network Seminar Dr. Patrizia Casaccia Professor, Dept. Neuroscience, Dept. of Genomics and Multiscale Biology CGD Center for Multiple Sclerosis Friedman Brain Institute Center for Myelin Repair Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai “Investigating Mechanisms of Disease Progression and Therapeutic Responses in MS" UofA ECHA Telus Centre 145, UofC HSC O1500 (live site), UofL EP1201 SHC 410030

Visiting guest Dr. Patrizia Casaccia from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will be presenting "Oligodendrocytes as Environmental Sensors” on Friday, February 16th, 2018, Noon-12:50 PM in HSC Theatre Four.

FEB 16 @ 3-4:00 Journal Club Discussant: Nathan Michaels, PhD Candidate, Yong Lab Article: Dillenburg A, Ireland G, Holloway RK, Davies CL, Evans FL, Swire M, Bechler ME, Soong D, Yuen TJ, Su GH, Becher JC, Smith C, Williams A, Miron VE. Activin receptors regulate the oligodendrocyte lineage in health and disease. Acta Neuropathol. 2018 Feb 3. HSC 750

FEB 28 @ 12-1:00 *Special Alberta MS Network Seminar and Calgary MS Rounds  Dr. Jeroen Geurts, Associate Professor, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, and Dr. Bert t'Hart, Professor, University of Groningen, Amsterdam. UofA TBD, UofC FMC Coombs Theatre (live site), UofL EP1201 SHC 580088 * Lunch provided to those who RSVP by Feb 21 to info@albertamsnetwork.ca or t.lichtenberger@ucalgary.ca

Speaker: Aishah Abdul Rahman – Title TBA 11:30 am–12:30 pm University of Alberta, CAB-365

31st Annual Sebastian K. Littman Research Day Theme: Psychiatric Aspects of Concussion Keynote: Dr. David Baron 8:30am – 4pm University of Calgary – Foothills Campus, Coombs Theatre DETAILS http://www.psychiatryresearchday.ca/

HBI Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Soederqvuist – Biography in the History of Neuroscience 3:30pm University of Calgary, HSC Library, History of Medicine Room

Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Speaker: Anthony Singhal – Title TBA 11:30 am–12:30 pm University of Alberta, CAB-365

The 19th annual Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute Research Day will be held Friday March 9th, 2018 in Bernard Snell Hall. Dr. Yves De Koninck from Université Laval will be the keynote this year. The De Koninck laboratory is interested in how the integration of sensory signals occurs in spinal cord and brain, especially in association with chronic pain, [...]

Dr. Ruth Ross, Chair of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto, will be presenting "Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Allosteric Modulators" on Friday, March 9, 2016 from 10-11am in HSC G500.