[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - TODAY - Pathophysiology of Axo-glial Injury: Ion Channels and Glutamate Receptors

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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Jennifer Chew
McConnell Brain Imaging Centre
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Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 9:48 AM
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Subject: Killam Lecture - TODAY

 
KILLAM LECTURE
 
Speaker:  Peter Syts, M.D.
Professor, Ottawa Health Research Institute
 
Title:  Pathophysiology of Axo-Glial Injury:  Ion Channels and Glutamate Receptors
 
Date:  March 14, 2006 - TODAY
 
Place:  de Grandpre Communication Centre
 
Time:  4:00 PM
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Dear All, 
 
The March 14th Killam lecture will be presented by Dr. Peter Stys, visiting us from Ottawa.
 
Peter is Professor of Medicine (Neurology) at the University of Ottawa, Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Health Research Institute (OHRI), and Adjunct Research Professor, Dept. of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University. He obtained his MD at the University of Ottawa and completed his Neurology residency training at the University of Toronto, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship in the Dept. of Neurology at Yale where he worked on the basic mechanisms of anoxic/ischemic white matter injury.    
 
Peter's research interests focus on the physiology of myelinated axons and mechanisms of axonal injury in anoxia/ischemia, trauma and neuroinflammatory conditions.  He also practices clinical neurology at the Ottawa Hospital.
 
Current projects in his lab focus on: 1) Ca dynamics in normal and injured axons (including high-resolution imaging of Ca fluxes in axoplasm, glia and myelin of live CNS fibers), 2) mechanisms of glutamate receptor-mediated white matter damage, 3) mitochondrial pathophysiology in injured white matter tracts, 4) development of neuroprotective drugs for axonal/glial injury with a focus on Na channels and glutamate transporters/receptors, 5) role of NO in white matter pathophysiology, 6) development of in vitro models of immune-mediated white matter injury, with particular emphasis on mechanisms of axon spheroid formation, 7) development of techniques involving non-linear optical microscopy for detailed study of normal and diseased nervous system tissue.
 
Sources of research support for his lab include: CIHR, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, NINDS/NIH, Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, MS Society (Canada), National MS Society (US), Canadian Institute for Photonics Innovation, Canadian Stroke Network, NSERC.
 
Peter is an engaging speaker and will address themes/techniques that are likely to be of interest to many of you - so look forward to seeing you you all there!
 
cheers,
 
Amit Bar-Or
Neuroimmunology Unit