Weekly Activities & Seminar Schedule
All News & Events are posted on our Pharmacology Events & News Calendar.   

 The 2011-12 Seminar Program Oct 14, 2011  to April 13, 2012.

Our seminars will be held on Fridays at 12:00 NOON  for the first three weeks of each month. Seminars will be rotating between  Bannatyne Campus - A229 Chown Bldg. & St. Boniface Campus - Samuel Cohen Auditorium  (video-conferencing available at alternate site).  Againour seminar program will be expanding to include talks hosted by the Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders at St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre as well as and the Manitoba Neuroscience Network, Winnipeg Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience

 

Dr. C. Taylor
Professor, Human Ecology,
Human Nutritional Sciences,
University of Manitoba

“Divergent Effects of Dietary Fatty Acids in Metabolic Syndrome”

Friday, February 10, 2012
12:00 - 13:00

Samuel Cohen Auditorium
St. Boniface Research Centre**

**Video-linked to Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building

Dr. E. Kardami
Professor, Human Anatomy & Cell Sciences
Principal Investigator, Institute for Cardiovascular Sciences
University of Manitoba
St. Boniface Hospital Research

"Growth factors and mitochondria-based cytoprotection"

Friday, February 03, 2012
12:00 - 13:00

Samuel Cohen Auditorium-St. Boniface Research Centre**

**Video-linked to Pharmacology Library (Room A229 Chown Building)

Dr. Sari S. Hannila
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science
University of Manitoba

Friday, January 20
12:00 - 13:00

“Downregulation of Smad2 by secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor enhances axonal regeneration in the CNS”.

Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building

Video-linked to St. Boniface Research Centre
Room R1002

Dr. Paul Fernyhough

 

Friday, January 13

12:-13:00

 

Director of Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders

Professor - Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics & Physiology
University of Manitoba

Topic:“Mitochondrial dysfunction in neurons in diabetes”

 

Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building

Video-linked to St. Boniface Research CentreRoom R1002

Dr. Judy Anderson
Head, Biological Sciences,
Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba

Friday, January 06
12:00 - 13:00

“A new formulation to promote skeletal muscle regeneration by transdermal application”

Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building

Video-linked to St. Boniface Research CentreRoom R1002

Dr. Spencer B. Gibson
Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology
University of Manitoba

Friday, December 16, 2011
12:00 - 13:00

RESEARCH PROGRAM: Discovering Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating Cell Death.

Samuel Cohen Auditorium
St. Boniface Research Centre**

**Video-linked to Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building

Dr. Todd Duhamel
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management,University of Manitoba

Friday, December 09, 2011
12:00 - 13:00

"Physical activity improves heart health: using exercise to normalize myocardial calcium handling in the diabetic heart."

Samuel Cohen Auditorium
St. Boniface Research Centre**

**Video-linked to Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building

Dr. Brian Schmidt
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Manitoba

Friday, December 02, 2011
12:00 - 13:00

"Neurochemical activation of locomotor networks forty years later:  Therapeutic standstill or up-and-running?"

Samuel Cohen Auditorium
St. Boniface Research Centre**

**Video-linked to Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Gerald Minuk

Date: 

Friday, November 18, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg **

G. Y. Minuk, M.D., FRCPC
Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology
Head, Section of Hepatology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Manitoba

TOPIC:  "Cancer Stem Cells and Hepatocellular Carcinoma".

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

 

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Julia Rempel

Date: 

Friday, November 04, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg **

Julia Rempel, PhD, BSc
Director, Liver Research Program
Assistant Professor, Dept Medicine/Immunology
University of Manitoba

Title: Hepatitis C virus and interferon treatment induced neuropsychiatric disorders.

 

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Margaret Morris

Date: 

Friday, October 21, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg **

 

Dr. Margaret Morris, Head, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Manitoba
Medical Director, Women's Health, WRHA
Head, Adolescent & Pediatric Gynecology (HSC)
Site Medical Manager, HSC

TOPIC: LARC:  a solution for the adolescent?

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Wayne Lautt

Date: 

Friday, October 14, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg **

 

Dr. Wayne Lautt,  Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics,University of Manitoba

TOPIC: Absence of meal-induced insulin sensitization (AMIS) as the mechanism of prediabetes leading to obesity and diabetes: early diagnosis, prevention, reversal and treatment.

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Mojgan Rastegar

Date: 

Friday, May 27, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg **

 

Dr. Mojgan Rastgar
Assistant Professor - Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba

TOPIC: Understanding the role of Epigenetics in Stem Cell Neurogenesis and Human Disease

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Corey Mackenzie

Date: 

Friday, May 13, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg **

 

Dr. Corey Mackensie
Assistant Professor - Department of Psychology
University of Manitoba

TOPIC:  Are caregivers of older adults with dementia cognitively impaired?

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Jiming Kong

Date: 

Friday, May 06, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg **

 

Jiming Kong, PhD
Professor - Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba

TOPIC:  Rescue of motor neurons in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by targeting the BNIP3 pathway

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Ian Dixon

Date: 

Friday, April 29, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

Samuel Cohen Auditorium, St. Boniface Research Centre  **

 

Dr. Ian Dixon
Professor, Department of Physiology
University of Manitoba

Title: c-Ski upregulation of Meox2 diminishes cardiac myofibroblast phenotype.

**videolinked to A229 Chown Building

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Phillip Gardiner

Date: 

Friday, April 15, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

Samuel Cohen Auditorium, St. Boniface Research Centre  **

 

Dr. Phillip Gardiner is Director of the Health, Leisure & Human Performance Research Institute, and holds professorial positions in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management (as Associate Dean, Research), and in the Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, at University of Manitoba.

Title: Acute and chronic plasticity of spinal neurons in response to altered activity

**videolinked to A229 Chown Building

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Larry Hryshko

Date: 

Friday, April 8, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

Samuel Cohen Auditorium, St. Boniface Research Centre  **

 

Dr. Larry Hryshko
Professor, Department of Physiology
& Principal Investigator, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences
University of Manitoba

Title: Therapeutic Potential of Sodium-Calcium Exchange Inhibitors.  

**videolinked to A229 Chown Building

 

 

Pharmacology Seminar - Wanda Snow

Date: 

Friday, April 01, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

Samuel Cohen Auditorium, St. Boniface Research Centre  **

 

Wanda Snow
PhD. candidate
Department of Psychology
University of Manitoba

Title: Dystrophin within the Mouse Cerebellum: Implications for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

 **videolinked to A229 Chown Building

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Grant Pierce

Date: 

Friday, March 25, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg. **

 

Dr. Grat Pierce, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FISHR, FAPS, FIACS, FCAHS, FRSM
Executive Director of Research, St. Boniface Hospital
Professor of Physiology and Pharmacy, University of Manitoba  

TOPIC: Nuclear protein import in vascular smooth muscle cells.

 **videolinked to Samuel Cohen Auditorium, St. Boniface Research Centre

Brain Awareness Week Speaker - Dr. Jack Antel
March 16-17, 2011
Research Seminar & Public Lecture

Pharmacology Seminar - Stephanie Chu

Date: 

Friday, March 04, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg **

 

Stephanie Chu
MSc. Student
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
University of Manitoba

PHAC 7130 Lecture Presentation
TOPIC: TBA

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Miyoung Suh

Date: 

Friday, February 11, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

Samuel Cohen Auditorium at the St. Boniface Research Centre

 

Dr. Miyoung Suh, RD.,PhD.
Associate Professor
Director, University Dietetics Program
Department of Human Nutritional Sciences
University of Manitoba

TOPIC: Is omega-3 long chain fatty acid essential for retina structure and function?

 

Teaching Seminar - Dr. Bin Pan

Date:  Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Time:  1:00 PM
Location:  A229 Chown Bldg **
 

Dr. Bin Pan
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee,  WY

TOPIC:  Pharmacology of endocannabinoid signaling in the central nervous system. 

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus (R1002 SBRC bldg.)

Research Seminar - Dr. Bin Pan

Date: 

Monday, February 7, 2011

Time: 

1:00 pm

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg. **

 

Dr. Bin Pan
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee,  WY

TOPIC:  Synaptic plasticity of the reward circuit in cocaine addiction.

**videolinked to St. Boniface campus - R1002 SBRC Bldg.

Research Seminar - Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour
Date:  Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Time:  1:00 PM
Location:  Pharmacology Library, Room A229 Chown Bldg.**
 

Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour
Spinal Cord Research Centre
Department of Physiology
University of Manitoba

 

TOPIC:   “Thioredoxin: A Multifaceted Molecule for Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury"

**video-conferenced to St. Boniface R1002 SBRC Bldg.

Teaching Seminar - Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour
Date:  Thursday, February 3, 2011
Time:  9:00 AM
Location:  Pharmacology Library, Room A229 Chown Bldg.**
 

Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour
Spinal Cord Research Centre
Department of Physiology
University of Manitoba

 

 

TOPIC:   “"Redox Regulation of Apoptosis"

**video-conferenced to St. Boniface R1002 SBRC Bldg.

PhD Thesis Defense - Eli Kwaku Akude

Date: 

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Time: 

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg.

 

Final Oral Examination of PhD Thesis for:
Mr. Eli Kwaku Akude
PhD Candidate - Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
University of Manitoba

Neuroscience Seminar - Dr. Andrew Mizisin

Date: 

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg.

 

Dr. Andrew Mizisin
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology
University of California, San Diego
TOPIC:  Feline Diabetic Neuropathy.

 

Teaching Seminar - Dr. Natalie Gardiner

Date: 

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Time: 

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Dr. Natalie Gardiner
Faculty of Life Sciences,
University of Manchester

TOPIC:   “Neuropathic pain and future treatment strategies”

Research Seminar - Dr. Natalie Gardiner

Date: 

Monday, January 24, 2011

Time: 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown bldg.

 

Dr. Natalie Gardiner
Faculty of Life Sciences,University of Manchester

TOPIC:  "Glycation of extracellular matrix proteins contributes to the failure of sensory nerve regeneration in diabetes"


Research Seminar - Dr. David Bechtold

Date: 

Monday, January 10, 2011

Time: 

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg. **

 

Dr. David Bechtold
Faculty of Life Sciences
University of Manchester

TOPIC:  Circadian Control of Metabolism.

 

Pharmacology Seminar - Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie

Date: 

Friday, January 7, 2011

Time: 

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Location: 

A229 Chown Bldg. **

 

Ruth Ann Marrie, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine
University of Manitoba

TOPIC:  Comorbidity and its Influence in Multiple Sclerosis