[BIC-announce] FW: Killam Lecture - TODAY - Genetic and optical targeting of neural circuits and behaviour

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

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Jennifer Chew

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre

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Subject: Killam Lecture - TODAY
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REMINDER

 

KILLAM LECTURE

 

Dear Colleagues,

Our Killam speaker for today, June 1st at 4:00 p.m. in the de Grandpré Communications Centre (MNI), is Dr. Herwig Baier from UCSF, Department of Physiology.

 

The title of his talk is: 

"Genetic and optical targeting of neural circuits and behaviour".

 

The Baier laboratory studies the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying animal behavior using the zebrafish Danio rerio as a model system.  Through a combination of forward genetic screening with high-throughput behavioral assays and functional neuroanatomy they were successful in identifying and characterizing numerous muations in genes involved in visually guided behaviours such as the opto-motor and opto-kinetic responses and prey capture behaviour.  Each mutation has tagged an important gene, which can be positionally cloned, and each identified gene serves as an entry point into a molecular process essential for normal vision. In addition to their gene discovery approach, the lab has recently moved into the area of neuronal circuit analysis, using targeted manipulations of synaptic activity in genetically defined subpopulations of neurons.  Herwig is an engaging speaker and is sure to give us a great presentation.

 

 

I am looking forward to seeing you all there for an interesting talk.

 

Thomas Stroh, Ph.D.

 

 

Naomi M. Takeda

Administrative Coordinator for:

Drs. Barbara E. Jones, David S. Ragsdale,

        Christopher C. Pack and T. Stroh

Montreal Neurological Institute

McGill University

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Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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: naomi.takeda at mcgill.ca <mailto:naomi.takeda at mcgill.ca> 

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