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KILLAM LECTURE

Speaker:       Naweed Syed, PhD

                   Associate Professor

                   University of Calgary

 Title:             Synaptic Plasticity: From Neurons, Silicon Chips to
Behavior

 Place:           de Grandpre Communications Centre

Date:            Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Time:            4:00 pm
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 Dr. Naweed Syed is a full professor and chair of the Department of Cell
Biology and Anatomy at the University of Calgary. He has pioneered
studies examining the mechanisms underlying synapse formation using the
model system of Lymnnaea, including landmark studies on the regeneration
of synapses in the living snail and the role of growth factors and local
translation in regulating synapse formation in the dish. In recent
years, he has pushed the envelope of synapse formation, recreating
connections on silicon chips as a first step in generating a
silicon-neuron interface. Join me for an exciting talk.

Colicos MA, Syed NI.  Neuronal networks and synaptic plasticity:
understanding complex system dynamics by interfacing neurons with
silicon
technologies. J Exp Biol. 2006 Jun;209(Pt 12):2312-9. Review.

Kaul RA, Syed NI, Fromherz P.   Neuron-semiconductor chip with chemical
synapse between identified neurons. Phys Rev Lett. 2004 Jan
23;92(3):038102.

Epub 2004 Jan 23.
Feng ZP, Grigoriev N, Munno D, Lukowiak K, MacVicar BA, Goldberg JI,
Syed

NI.   Development of Ca2+ hotspots between Lymnaea neurons during

synaptogenesis. J Physiol. 2002 Feb 15;539(Pt 1):53-65.

 

Woodin MA, Munno DW, Syed NI.     Related Articles, Links

Free Full Text     Trophic factor-induced excitatory synaptogenesis
involves

postsynaptic modulation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

J Neurosci. 2002 Jan 15;22(2):505-14.

 

Hamakawa T, Woodin MA, Bjorgum MC, Painter SD, Takasaki M, Lukowiak K,
Nagle

GT, Syed NI. Excitatory synaptogenesis between identified Lymnaea
neurons

requires extrinsic trophic factors and is mediated by receptor tyrosine

kinases. J Neurosci. 1999 Nov 1;19(21):9306-12.

 

Syed NI, Ridgway RL, Lukowiak K, Bulloch AG. Transplantation and
functional

integration of an identified respiratory interneuron in Lymnaea
stagnalis.

Neuron. 1992 Apr;8(4):767-74.

 

 

Wayne Sossin

Professor, Dept. Neurology and Neurosurgery

William Dawson Scholar

Montreal Neurological Institute

McGill University

Phone: 1-514-398-1486

Email Wayne.sossin at mcgill.ca