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DAY 1 (Thursday September 19) DAY 2 (Friday September 20)



Locations:

Retreat: New Residence Hall (3625 Parc Ave., Montreal QC,H2X 3P8)

Student Social: Sir Winston Churchill Pub Complex (1455 Crescent St., Montreal QC, H3G 2B2)


Day 1
Thursday September 19, 2019

Time

Event

Speaker(s)

8:30 AM

Registration & Light Breakfast

9:30 AM

Opening Remarks Dr. Joseph Rochford,
Director, IPN, ۲ݮƵ University

9:45 AM

Keynote Lecture
“Event triggered and resting state imaging of mesoscale functional connectivity in mouse brain”
Dr. Timothy Murphy,
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia

10:45 AM

Coffee break

11:00 AM

Symposium A
“Pain management: where are we now?”
Chair:
Dr. Catherine Ferland,
Department of Experimental Surgery/Anesthesia, ۲ݮƵ University
Session 1: “Phox2a defines a developmental origin of the anterolateral system and is required for supraspinal nociception” Robert Brian Roome,
Ph.D. 7, IPN, Dr. A. Kania’s Lab
Session 2:“Investigating a neuropathic pain-like component in osteoarthritis”
Valerie Bourassa,
Ph.D. 4, IPN, Dr. A. Ribeiro Da Silva’s Lab
Session 3: “Nervous system alterations in joint pain” Samantha Locke,
Ph.D. 7, IPN, Dr. A. Ribeiro Da Silva’s Lab
Session 4: “The effect of chronic pain on DNA methylation in the mouse prefrontal cortex” Lucas Topham,
Ph.D. 6, IPN, Dr. L. Stone’s Lab
Session 5: “Reference values for the clinical assessment of pain processes in pediatric patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain” Don Daniel Ocay,
Ph.D. 2, Experimental Surgery, Dr. C. Ferland's Lab

12:30 PM

Lunch & Poster Board Session

2:00 PM

Colman-Sievers-Sells Innovation Awards Session
  • The Ann and Richard Sievers Award in Neuroscience
  • Bruce Sells Award in Neuroscience

2:45 PM

Brain @ ۲ݮƵ Awards Presentation

  • B@M Prizesfor Undergraduate Research
  • B@M Prize for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Neuroscience

Dr. Edith Hamel
Chair, Brain @ ۲ݮƵ Award Committee

Dr. Anne McKinney
Chair, Brain @ ۲ݮƵ
Associate Dean, Medicine (Academic Affairs)

3:30 PM

Symposium B
"The use of Artificial Intelligence in the context of neuroimaging studies”
Chair:
Dr. Marie-Hélène Boudrias,
School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, ۲ݮƵ University

Session 1: “High positive predictive value in a subset of individuals using a multi-step machine learning classification procedure to identify progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia"

Debra Dawson,
M.D.C.M & Ph.D. 5, IPN, Dr. A. Shmuel’s Lab
Session 2: “Amplifying the neural power spectrum” Andrew Doyle,
Ph.D. 2, Quantitative Life Sciences
Session 3: “A molecular gradient along the longitudinal axis of the hippocampus informs large-scale behavioral systems” Jacob Vogel,
Ph.D. 5, IPN, Dr. A. Evans’ Lab
Session 4: “Deep learning for high-throughput quantification of oligodendrocyte ensheathment at single-cell resolution"

Daryan Chitsaz,
Ph.D. 4, IPN, Dr. T. Kennedy’s Lab

5:00 PM

Coffee break

5:15 PM

Plenary Lecture
"Disruption of proteostasis as a pathogenic mechanism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and target for therapy"
Dr. Heather Durham,
Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, ۲ݮƵ University

6:15 PM

Opening Reception & Poster Board Session

Day 2
Friday September 20, 2019

Time

Event

Speaker(s)

8:30 AM

Registration & Light Breakfast
9:00 AM

Student Life:

  • GSAN
  • BrainReach
  • ۲ݮƵ Journal of Medicine
Kaitlyn Easson & Neelima Vaddadi,
Executive members of GSAN

Hyo Lee & Malosree Maitra,
Executive members of BrainReach

Mack Robinson,
co-Editor-in-Chief, ۲ݮƵ Journal of Medicine

9:15 AM

Mitacs:Connecting Universities with Industrial and Community Partners François Bilodeau,
Director, Business Development, Mitacs

9:30 AM

Workshop: "Make Your Mark: Personal and Project Branding for Neuroscientists" Dr. Falisha Karpati,
Program Officer, Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives

11:00 AM

Symposium C
“Neural circuit assembly and function in the healthy and diseased brain”

Chair:
Dr. Jean-François Cloutier,
Department of Neurology & Surgery, ۲ݮƵ University
Session 1: “Identifying molecules involved in neural wiring”
Júnia Santos,
Ph.D. 4, IPN, Dr. B. Chen’s Lab
Session 2: “Control of neural map formation by Kirrel family proteins” Neelima Vaddadi,
Ph.D. 5, IPN, Dr. J-F. Cloutier’s Lab

Session 3: “Purkinje cell axonal torpedoes act homeostatically to enhance action potential fidelity and cerebellar function”

Daneck Lang-Ouellette,
Ph.D. 6, Biology, Dr. A. Watt’s Lab
Session 4: “AβOs impair presynaptic differentiation by interfering with the β-neurexin complex” Alfred Lee,
Ph.D. 5, IPN, Dr. H. Takahashi’s Lab

12:30 PM

Lunch & Poster Board Session

2:00 PM

Symposium D
"New approaches to understanding risk for psychiatric disorders”
Chair:
Dr. Patricia P. Silveira,
Department of Psychiatry, ۲ݮƵ University
Session 1: “Brain dopamine transporter gene networks – link between early life adversity and the co-morbidity between metabolic disease and psychopathology” Barbara Barth,
Ph.D. 3, IPN, Dr. P. Pelufo Silveira’s Lab
Session 2: “Pediatric age acceleration: potential biomarker for individual differences on the effects of maternal mental health on child development” Megan ۲ݮƵ,
M.Sc. 2, IPN, Dr. K. O’Donnell’s Lab
Session 3: “Reinforcement learning as a key endophenotype of stress susceptibility” Eshaan Iyer,
Ph.D. 2, IPN, Dr. R. Bagot’s Lab

Session 4: "Social stress in adolescence disrupts prefrontal cortex and cognitive development"

Andrea Harée Pantoja Urbán,
Ph.D. 4, IPN, Dr. C. Flores' Lab
Session 5: “From brain connectivity to behavior: studying withdrawal from opioids and emotional impairments with mice resting state fMRI” Lola Welsch,
Ph.D. 3, IPN, Dr. B. Kieffer’s Lab

3:30 PM

Coffee break

3:45 PM

Panel: "After IPN – Trajectories Toward Academia, Industry & Entrepreneurship”

Dr. Emily Coffey,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology, Concordia University

Dr. Christopher Kent,
President & C.E.O.
ODS Medical Inc.

Maya Marcus-Sells,
Executive Director,
AI for Good Summer Lab

5:15 PM

Closing Remarks Dr. Joseph Rochford
7:30 PM

Student Social

Venue:Sir Winston Churchill Pub Complex (1455 Crescent St., Montreal QC, H3G 2B2)

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