March 15-17, 2021
Virtual
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Are you considering pursuing graduate studies in neuroscience at 涩里番? Are you curious to learn听about the interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research that is being done by IPN听supervisors and students? Join us for our 2021 virtual Open House event听from the comfort of your own home/office/lab!听
Attend our "Get to Know Lab X" sessions for the opportunity to meet our supervisors and students, hear them present their research, and ask questions related to their work and lab.听
Attend our very own alumni-studded career panel event titled听"Women in Neuroscience: IPN Edition."听Our panelists will share their own stories of being a graduate student and finding their professional niche.听We will also delve into deep discussions about the role of women in science, academia and the industry; what progress has/is being made to help women enter science and related听professional domains? What glass ceilings still exist for females to pursue graduate studies and听careers in science?听听
Browse through the program below and register for our events!
Questions: projects.ipn [at] mcgill.ca
Monday, March 15 @ 4:00 PM ET
"Get to Know Dr. Flores' Lab"
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Dr. Cecilia Flores听(Professor, Department of Psychiatry, 涩里番)
Dr. Flores' research is directed at understanding changes in dopamine neurons and their connections by genetic abnormalities and by exposure to drugs or stressors at different times in life. .听
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Tuesday, March 16 @ 2:00 PM ET听
"Get to Know Dr. Watt's Lab"
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Dr. Alanna Watt (Associate Professor, Department of Biology, 涩里番)
Dr. Watt's lab focuses on the development of brain circuits in both the healthy cerebellum and in animal models of ataxias, including spinocerebellar ataxia type 6 (SCA6) and ataxia of the Charlevoix-Saguenay region (ARSACS). They aim to听understand the pathophysiology that underlies the onset of disease symptoms in ataxias, since this may lead to new insights into treatments or prevention for these devastating human disorders. .听
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Wednesday, March 17 @ 12:00 PM ET
"Get to Know Dr. Poline's Lab"![]()
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Dr. Jean-Baptiste Poline (Associate Professor, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 涩里番)
Dr. Poline's work听makes him a leading researcher听in the fields of fMRI, imaging genetics research, and the neuroinformatics technologies that make a big-data approach to neuroscience possible. Learn more.听
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Wednesday, March 17 @ 3:00 PM ET
"Get to Know Dr. Orlowski's Lab"
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Dr. John Orlowski (Professor, Department of Physiology, 涩里番)
The scientific interests of Dr. Orlowski's听laboratory are directed towards developing a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of cellular acid-base (pH) homeostasis as it pertains to human health and disease, with a focus on one major component of the cellular pH-regulatory machinery, namely alkali cation [Na+, K+, Li+]/proton (H+) exchangers, commonly referred to as Na+/H+听exchangers (NHEs).听Learn more.听
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Wednesday, March 17 @ 5:15 PM ET
IPN Alumni Career Panel -听"Women in Neuroscience"
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Panelists:
Nadia Houri, Ph.D. (Associate Director, External Manufacturing, AVROBIO)听
Lyssa Manning, M.Sc. (Clinical Research Project/Program Manager, Massachusetts General Hospital)
Dr. Josefina听Maranzano, M.D., Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy,听Universit茅 du Qu茅bec 脿 Trois-Rivi猫res; Adjunct听Professor; Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, 涩里番)听