CIHR Team Research and Training Program in Sleep and Biological Rhythms
Visiting speaker series:
Date |
Speaker |
Title and Institution |
Topic |
Location |
Sponsored by |
Wednesday Feb 29th, 2012 |
Antoine Adamantidis, PhD; |
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University; Researcher, Douglas Hospital Research Centre |
Optogenetic modulation of neural circuits |
TBA |
CIHR Team Research and Training Program in Sleep and Biological Rhythms (www.utoronto.ca/sleepandrhythms/) Department of Cell and Systems Biology Contact: John.Peever@utoronto.ca |
Wednesday March 28th, 2012 |
Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D. |
Professor and head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at The Rockefeller University, New York City |
Neuroendocrine control of behavior |
TBA |
Program in Neuroscience (Distinguished Lectureship Series) |
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Thursday, May 24th 2012 |
Douglas A. Bayliss, PhD |
Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, University of Virginia |
Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons |
Rm. 2172 Medical Sciences Building, |
CIHR Team Research and Training Program in Sleep and Biological Rhythms (www.utoronto.ca/sleepandrhythms/) BRAIN Platform, Department of Physiology Contact: Richard.horner@utoronto.ca |
Other Events:
SLEEP AND BRAIN SYMPOSIUM
Symposium: Sleep: From A to Zzzz
Date: Friday December 2nd, 2011
Time: 8:30am to 1:30pm
Location: Daniels Hollywood Theatre, 555 University Avenue, Hospital for Sick Children
Speakers and Topics:
Memory trace replay dynamics in cortical and hippocampal neuronal ensembles.
Bruce McNaughton, PhD, Professor, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge
Network reorganization during memory consolidation
Paul Frankland, PhD, Senior Scientist, Neurosciences & Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children
Why breathing can often fail during sleep
Richard Horner, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology, and Professor, University of Toronto
The Perfect Storm: Memory blocking GABA-A receptors in acute illness
Beverley Orser, MD, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Anesthesia, and Professor, University of Toronto
The adaptive function of sleep
Jerry Siegel, PhD, Centre for Sleep Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at Los Angeles
REGISTRATION: Registration is free. Please RSVP to Sarah Haslegrave at (416) 813-8945 or nmh.events@sickkids.ca
Event Sponsor: Neuroscience & Mental Health Program, Hospital for Sick Children
Anesthesiology/Sleep Disorders Workshop
Towards Mathematical Modeling of Neurological Disease from Cellular Perspectives
Date: June 4-5th, 2012
Location: Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto. 222 College St., Toronto, ON M5T 3J1
REGISTRATION AND FURTHER DETAILS: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/11-12/neurodisease/ . Contact: fskinner@uhnres.utoronto.ca
Speakers:
Confirmed Speakers:
Maxim Bazhenov (Univ California- Riverside)
Victoria Booth (Univ Michigan)
Emery Brown (Harvard-MIT and Mass General)
ShiNung Ching (Boston Univ)
Jeffrey Ellenbogen (Harvard Univ)
Sean Hill (Karolinska Inst)
Richard Horner (Univ Toronto)
Stanley Leung (Univ Western Ontario)
Beverly Orser (Univ Toronto)
Igor Timofeev (Univ Laval)
Martin Wechselberger (Univ Sydney)