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Friday Seminar Series

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All seminars take place at 11:00 a.m. in Room 1034, McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, 3655 Sir William Osler (unless otherwise noted). Seminars are in person and also via Zoom (unless otherwise noted). All are welcome! If you would like to be included in our email Listserve for seminar announcements, please contact chairasst.physiology [at] mcgill.ca

2025 Schedule

Date: Topic: Speaker:

Sept. 5

"Why can we see it like others do?Could brains naturally communicate with each other?"

poster

Dr. Bruno Debruille

AssociateProfessor, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience,Douglas Institute Research Centre, ɬ﷬

Sept.12

"Defining the pathophysiological role of the bone-specific BRIL protein"

poster

Dr. Pierre Moffatt

Investigator,Shriners Hospitalfor Children, Associate Professor,Department of Human Genetics, Tenured Associate Professor,Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences,ɬ﷬

Sept. 19

"Neuro-immune interactions at the border: role in neuropathic pain"

poster

Prof.Thiago Mattar Cunha

Center for Research in Inflammatory Diseases., Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo Brazil. Current: Visiting Professor,ɬ﷬.

Sept. 26

"Dopamine and Movement: Defining Timescales of Modulation"

poster

Dr. Nicolas Tritsch

Assistant Professor, Departmentof Psychiatry,DouglasResearch Center, ɬ﷬

Oct. 3

"Biological pacemakers: a cell therapy approach to cardiac pacing"

poster

Dr. Stephanie Protze

Scientist, McEwen Stem Cell Institute, University Health Network, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto

Oct. 10

"Decoding Astrocyte and Interneuron Interactions in Sensory Cortical Development: Insights into Autism"

poster

Dr. Tara Deemyad

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

on line Zoom seminar only

Oct. 17

Reading week- No seminar

Oct. 24

"Spatial mapping of protein composition and tissue architecture in health and cancer"

poster

Dr. Andrea J.Radtke

Principal Scientist, Leica Microsystems, Bethesda, Maryland

Co-Hosted by The Goodman Cancer Institute

Oct. 31

"A translational approach to studying ageing and neurodegeneration"

poster

Dr. Mallar Chakravarty

Director - Cerebral Imaging Centre and Neuroinformatics, Douglas Mental Health University Institute,Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Research Centre, ɬ﷬

Nov. 7

"Fetal microglia mediate sex-specific neurodevelopmental responses to maternal stress"

poster

Dr. Jessica Rosin

Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia

Nov. 14

"Breast cancer as a systemic inflammatory disease"

poster

Dr. Hannah Garner

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Goodman Cancer Institute, ɬ﷬

Nov. 21

"A tale of serotonin’s value: from release dynamics to behavioral regulation"

poster

Dr. Jean-Claude Béïque

Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa

Nov. 28

“Influenza, pregnancy and airway dysfunction”

poster

Dr. James Martin

Senior Scientist, RI-MUHC, Glen site, Professor, Department of Medicine, ɬ﷬

Dec. 5

"Hypothalamic circuits regulating sleep and wakefulness"

poster

Dr. Natalie J. Michael

Assistant Professor,Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ), Faculty of Pharmacy, Université Laval

2026 Schedule

Date: Topic: Speaker:
Jan. 2 no seminar

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Jan. 9

"Regenerating the retina: insights from development"

poster

Dr. Michel Cayouette

Director, Cellular Neurobiology Research Unit,Vice-President, Research and Academic Affairs,Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal(IRCM)

Jan. 16

"In search for the origin of intelligence:How RNA editing and alternative splicing co-evolved to sculpt brain signaling"

poster

Dr. Derek Bowie

Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, co-Director, Cell Information Systems,ɬ﷬

Jan. 23

"How Body Resolves Pain: Inflammation Influences on Acute and Chronic Pain Resolution"

poster

Dr. Luda Diatchenko,

Professor,Faculty of Dental Medicine and Oral Health Sciences,Department of Anesthesia,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences School of Dentistry

Jan. 30

"A distributed dopaminergic code for sensory and motivational information"

poster

Dr. Vincent Breton-Provencher

Assistant Professor, Department ofPsychiatry and Neuroscience, Université Laval

Feb. 6

"Decoding oral somatosensory innervation"

poster

Dr. Yalda Moayedi

Assistant Professor, Pain Research Centre, Department of Pathobiology, New York University, College of Dentistry

co-hosted by The Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain

Feb. 13

'"Brain Hormone and Nutrient Signals: Regulators of Feeding and Glucose Homeostasis"

poster

Dr. Song-Yang Zhang

Assistant Professor, School of Human Nutrition, ɬ﷬

Feb. 20

"The actin-associated protein Synaptopodin: a key regulator of synaptic plasticity and Autism"

Dr. Anne McKinney

Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, ɬ﷬

Feb. 27

“Engineering of the Heart: Engineered Valves and Heart-on-a-Chip Models to Probe Cardiac Function and Disease”

poster

Dr. Houman Savoji,

Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal

Mar. 6 No seminar (Spring break)

Mar. 13

"Neural coding of natural vision in mouse and octopus"

poster

CANCELLED Dr. Chris Niell

Professor, DepartmentofBiology, University of Oregon

Co-Hosted by The Department of Biology

This seminar will be scheduled for a later time

Mar. 20

"The microbiota and intestinal drug metabolism – what you weren’t taught in pharmacology class"

poster

Dr. Simon Hirota

Professor and Associate Dean of Research infrastructure, Dept.of Physiology and Pharmacology, Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases,Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

Co-Hosted by ɬ﷬ Regenerative Medicine (MRM)

Mar. 27

"DICER1: a miRNA biogenesis enzyme with human disease relevance"

20Th Annual Undergraduate Research Day, Martin Amphitheatre, Room 504, McIntyre Bldg. @11:30am

Keynote lecturer:William D.Foulkes,MBBS, PhD, FRPC, FRSC

Alva Chair and Department Head, Human Genetics,ɬ﷬

in person seminar only

Apr. 3

No seminar(Good Friday)

Apr. 10

"Mechanisms of neuronal damage and repair in glaucoma"

poster

Adriana Di Polo, PhD

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Glaucoma and Age-Related Neurodegeneration,Professor, Department of Neuroscience,Université de Montréal,CHUM Research Centre

Apr. 17

"Mechanisms of Megaenzymes that Make Medicines"

poster

T. Martin Schmeing, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, ɬ﷬,Directeur, Centre de recherche en biologie structurale

Apr. 24

"Cortical mechanisms for ego-allocentric integration in the gaze system"

Dr. Doug Crawford

Distinguished Research Professor in Neuroscience, York Research Chair in Visuomotor Neuroscience, Director: York Centre for Integrative and Applied Neuroscience

May 1

"Recruitment of primate oculomotor networks for abstract cognition"

poster

Dr. David J. Freedman

Stahl Professor of Neurobiology in the Wallman Society of Fellows , Department of Neurobiology and the College Chair,The University of Chicago

May 8

"Transplant reimaginedHarnessing pluripotent stem cells to develop novel cellular therapies and diagnostics"

poster

Paraish S. Misra, MDCM, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology; Junior Scientist, Research Institute of the ɬ﷬ Health Centre, Metabolic Disorders and Complications program

May 22 "Breathing Matters"

31st Annual Graduate Research Day, Martin Amphitheatre, Room 504, McIntyre Bldg.@3:00pm

Keynote Lecturer:

Jack L. Feldman, Ph.D., Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine Chair in Neuroscience University of California, Los Angeles

in person seminar only

Previous schedules

2024-2025 Friday Seminar Schedule

2023-2024 Friday Seminar Schedule

2022-2023 Friday Seminar Schedule

2021-2022 Friday Seminar Schedule

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