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SEMINAR SERIES

The Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics hosts speakers from other institutes around the world, as well as from the McGill community, in a series of weekly seminars. Everyone is welcome; however, space is limited.

Mondays 12:00-1:00 p.m.*
Room 1345 McIntyre Medical Bldg.
3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler
* Unless indicated otherwise

*Winter 2012 Seminar Series*
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January - May 2012

SPEAKER TOPIC DATE

January

Lisa Munter
Candidate for Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
Regulated intramembrane proteolysis in Alzheimer disease: mechanism and function January 9th
Martin Citron
Team Leader Alzheimer’s Disease Discovery Research
Eli Lilly
Abeta reduction for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: The development of beta-secretase inhibitors January 16th
SENIOR SEMINAR
Eugenie Goupil
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
Biased-allosteric regulation of Prostaglandin F2alpha receptors: small molecules and large receptor complexes January 23rd
Morag Park
Molecular Oncology Group Goodman Cancer Centre
McGill University
Met receptor tyrosine kinase, trafficking and transformation January 30th

February

SENIOR SEMINAR
Carlis Rejon
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
Activin receptors in gonadotrope cells: new tricks for old dogs Thursday
February 2nd
Matthew Suderman
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
Associations of Early Life Experience with the Epigenome: a Mechanism for Experience Driven Genome-Adaptations February 6th
Gerhard Multhaup
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
Why is the novel familial APP/Aß mutation K16N causing early-onset dementia? February 13th
Richard Wade-Martins
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
Oxford University
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease February 20th
Gustavo Turecki
Douglas Hospital Research Center
McGill University
The neurobiology of suicide February 27th

March

Erik Pioro
Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - from Bench to Bedside March 5th
SENIOR SEMINAR
Armen Khatchadourian
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
Lipid Droplets in Oxidative Stress and Inflammation: Semper Paratus March 12th
David Westaway
Center for Prions and protein folding disease
University of Alberta
Prion Diseases of Mammals – Past, Present and Future March 19th
Jason Young
Department of Biochemistry
McGill University
Chaperone Mechanisms and Protein Destinies March 26th

April

Jack Antel
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University
Basis of tissue injury and repair in Multiple Sclerosis April 2nd
Easter

April 9th
Heidi McBride
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University

New insights into mitochondrial dynamics April 16th
Emanuel Escher
Department of Pharmacology
University of Sherbrooke
Structure and Activation Mechanisms of the Human AT1 Receptor April 23rd
SENIOR SEMINAR
Jennifer Wright
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University

The hidden language of rats and its neuropharmacological basis
April 30th

May

Roberto Araya
Department of Physiology
University of Montreal
Electrical function of dendritic spines May 7th
TBA 
 
TBA May 14th
Victoria Day 
 
May 21st
Christopher L Brett
Biology Department
Concordia University
Understanding Ion Regulated Endocytosis and its Role in ADHD and Autism May 28th

June

Peter Cheung
Department of Biology
York University
Deciphering the Combinatorial Histone Modifications that Regulate Transcription June 4th
SENIOR SEMINAR
Beata Bak
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
McGill University
The secret life of IGSF1: From consternation to revelation June 18th