[BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday December 5th - 1 pm - Room 333

[Christophe Grova]

Dear all,

Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today

Wednesday - December 5th,  at 1 pm

Location: Room  333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775  University Street).

Speaker: Dr Jonathan Rocheleau , PhD, Assistant Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Affiliated Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Assistant Professor, Departments of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto


Title : Pancreatic islet-on-a-chip: a window into tissue molecular physiology

Abstract:
  Diabetes is a growing epidemic due to our aging population. Central to progression of this disease is the pancreatic islet, a micro-organ responsible for regulation of insulin secretion. Understanding the mechanisms of pancreatic islet function and survival are critical to the development of therapies to treat diabetes. Due to complexity of the organ as well as the small amount of available tissue, traditional biochemical assays are limited in their ability to dissect islet physiology. This seminar will use a series of vignettes to describe our efforts using microfluidic devices combined with quantitative fluorescence microscopy. The goals will be to show our research progress as well as introduce methods directly relevant to many areas of cell biology and molecular physiology.

A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars

See you there


Christophe Grova


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Christophe Grova, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering Dpt
Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt

Montreal Neurological Institute
Centre de Recherches Mathématiques

Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304
McGill University
3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4
email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca
tel : (514) 398 2516
fax : (514) 398 7461

web:
http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html
http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/
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