[BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday Jan. 22nd - 1h pm - Room 333

[Christophe Grova]

Dear all,

We will have our next  Biomedical Engineering seminar this coming wednesday

Wednesday  – Jan 22nd,  at 1 pm

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

Speaker:  Dr. Margaret Magdesian, PhD, Advanced Nano Designed Applications (ANANDA), McGill University, www.mcgill.ca/ananda

Title:
Get your cells in shape: the use of micro and nano tools to improve cell culture models


Abstract:
There are several limitations to study the mammalian nervous system. Difficult access and very small dimensions are recurring problems in neuroscience, especially for those studying the brain. Neurons extend through different organs creating a very complex network, where each connection has a specific role, fundamental to the proper function of the whole system. The connections between neurons are called synapses, which vary in size between 100 and 400 nm. To better understand neuronal function, degeneration and repair, smaller and more precise tools are needed. McGill ANANDA is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between cell biologists, physicist and engineers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and the McGill Nano Tools Microfab to develop new micro and nano tools for biological applications. We used microfluidics and silicon based microdevices to replicate the cell natural environment in vitro, improving cell culture models. ANANDA microdevices enable completely control of the cell microenvironment, providing important insights into cell adhesion, morphogenesis and chemotaxis. We also developed a model combining neurons grown on microdevices and Atomic Force Microscopy to explore the axonal resistance to injury and to manipulated axonal growth.  Our results can help answering fundamental questions on the mechanism of axonal degeneration, growth and repair and on the development of new techniques to artificially (re)connect neurons.

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

Multimodal Functional Imaging Lab (Multi FunkIm)
Montreal Neurological Institute
Centre de Recherches en Mathématiques

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

Web:
http://www.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/ResearchLabsMFIL/PeopleChristophe
http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/
MultiFunkIm Lab:
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