Visiting Speaker Series: CIHR Team Research Training Program

Date	Speaker	Institution	Topic	Location	Sponsored by
Friday Sept 16, 2011 2-3pm	Pierre Luppi, PhD	Director, Sleep Network Group CNRS, University of Lyon, France	The neuronal network responsible for paradoxical sleep	Rm. 432 Ramsay Wright Laboratories, 25 Harbord St, University of Toronto	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
Thursday Oct 6, 2011 4pm	Paul Gray, PhD	Washington University, St. Louis	Selfish Networks: Genetic Organization of Automatic Behaviors	Rm. 2172 Medical Sciences Building University of Toronto	CIHR Team Research and Training Program in Sleep and Biological Rhythms (www.utoronto.ca /sleepandrhythms/) Cardio-Respiratory Platform, Department of Physiology Contact: Richard.horner@utoronto.ca
Tuesday Oct 11, 2011 2-3pm	Christelle Peyron, PhD	Sleep Network Group CNRS, University of Lyon, France	Identification of hypothalamic neurons that regulate REM sleep	Rm. 432 Ramsay Wright Laboratories, 25 Harbord St, University of Toronto	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 Oct 26, 2011 4-5pm	Dr Nick Franks	Professor, Biophysics and Anaesthetics Head of Division of Cell and Molecular Biology Head of Division, Cell & Molecular Biology Head of Biophysics Section, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College http://www.bio.ph.ic.ac.uk /~nfranks	General Anesthesia - molecular and neuronal mechanisms	PB B250, Leslie Dan Pharmacy Building, University of Toronto	Program in Neuroscience CIHR Team Research and Training Program in Sleep and Biological Rhythms (www.utoronto.ca/sleepandrhythms/) Contact: Richard.horner@utoronto.ca
Thursday Dec 8, 2011 4-5pm	Fred W. Turek, PhD	Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Biology Director, Center for Sleep & Circadian Biology Northwestern University	Genetic regulation of sleep and circadian rhythms)	Rm. 2172 Medical Sciences Building University of Toronto	CIHR Team Research and Training Program in Sleep and Biological Rhythms (www.utoronto.ca/sleepandrhythms/) Endocrine and Diabetes Platform, Department of Physiology Contact: Richard.horner@utoronto.ca
Wednesday Feb 29th, 2012 12.30	Antoine Adamantidis, PhD;	Canada Research Chair in Neural Circuits and Optogenetics; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University; Researcher, Douglas Hospital Research Centre	Optogenetic modulation of neural circuits in the brain	Rm.3231 Medical Sciences Building University of Toronto	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 Time: TBA	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) CIHR Team Research and Training Program in Sleep and Biological Rhythms (www.utoronto.ca/sleepandrhythms/) Contact: d.belsham@utoronto.ca or Richard.horner@utoronto.ca

Thursday, May 24th 2012 4pm	Douglas A. Bayliss, PhD	Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, University of Virginia	Mechanisms of neuromodulation in central neurons	Rm. 2172 Medical Sciences Building, University of Toronto	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