[BIC-announce] FW: Jan 31 Killam - TOMORROW - Regulatory Events in Olfactory System Development

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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KILLAM Lecture - Tomorrow

 

Speaker:  Charles Greer, Ph.D.

Professor, Yale University

 

Title:  Regulatory Events in Olfactory System Development

 

Date:  Tuesday, January 31, 2006

 

Time:  4:00 pm

 

Place:  de Grandpre Communication Centre 
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Dear Colleagues, 

This week's Killam seminar entitled "Regulatory events in olfactory
system development" will be presented by Dr. Charles Greer.  Dr. Greer
is a Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Neurosurgery and
Section of Neurobiology, and Vice Chairman for Research in Neurosurgery.
He received his Ph.D. in the neurosciences from the University of
Colorado in 1978. Following postdoctoral studies in the Department of
Physiology and Section of Neurobiology at Yale University School of
Medicine, he joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor of
Neuroscience in the Sections of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology in 1983.
Dr. Greer is internationally recognized for his work on local synaptic
circuit organization in the olfactory system and the capacity of the
nervous system for plasticity. Dr. Greer also serves as the Co-director
of the Interdepartmental Neurosciences Graduate Program for Yale
University.

Dr Greer's research laboratory is focused on understanding the
organization of pathways and projections in the central nervous system
and the mechanisms that underlie the establishment of synaptic
specificity within circuits. The techniques employed include both in
vivo and in vitro models, confocal and electron microscopy, and
computational modeling. The program of research is unique because they
have been able to identify and begin characterizing specific pathways in
the brain that appear to utilize unique molecular markers for
establishing functionally defined projections and synaptic connections.
Understanding the mechanisms that underlie the establishment of
specificity plus plasticity is likely to contribute significantly to the
conceptual development of strategies that can be used to treat
neurodegenerative and trauma disorders. For example, understanding the
cellular environment that supports the replacement and axonal growth of
neurons in the olfactory system has high potential impact on spinal cord
injury where the inability of severed axons to reestablish appropriate
connections is the major impediment to recovery of function. Similarly,
neurodegenerative disorders could be treated more effectively through
transplants providing we can increase our understanding of the molecular
substrates that underlie the precise targeting of axons in the central
nervous system. 

Please join us for what should be an outstanding seminar.

Alyson Fournier, PhD

Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Montreal Neurological Institute, BT-109

Montreal, Quebec

H3A2B4

TEL:  514-398-3154

FAX:  514-398-6547

email:  alyson.fournier at mcgill.ca

 

 

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