AMAP Meeting 2021

Agenda

  • Sunday 26/09

    3.00pm Check-in
    5.00pm Trainee Support Meeting  
    6.00pm Welcome Remarks
    6.05pm Dinner
    7.00pm Guest Speaker     
    8.00pm Live Music in Lounge

  • Monday 27/09

    9.00am Session 1
    10.45am Coffee Break
    11.00am Session 2
    12.45pm  Lunch
    1.30pm  Afternoon Break
    & Group Activities                  
    5.00pm  Planning Meeting for 2022
    6.00pm  Dinner
    7.00pm Entertainment (Trivia)
    8.00pm Live Music in Lounge

  • Tuesday 28/09

    9.00am Session 3
    10.45am Coffee Break
    11.00am Session 4
    12.45pm Closing

    followed by Lunch to Go  

Speaker List

  • Guest Speaker

    Dr Colin Franz Northwestern University

    Diaphragm Dysfunction and Phrenic Nerve Injuries in COVID-19 Patients and Beyond: An Opportunity for Reverse Clinical Translation

  • Session 1

    Chair: Jack Guthrie

    Daniel Saucier (Dr Colleen O'Connell) University of Sherbrooke
    Why is there so much ALS in New Brunswick?: A patient-driven question that needs to be answered

    Dr Jim Fawcett Dalhousie  
    Hippo signaling in neuronal development

    Joscillyn Poirier (Dr John Frampton) Dalhousie  
    Rapid Liquid 3D Printing of a Blood Brain Barrier Model

    Laura Dumas (Dr Vic Rafuse) Dalhousie
    Exploring astrocyte diversity with multicolor tools

    Tyler Wells (Dr Turgay Akay) Dalhousie
    C-boutons and their influence on ALS disease progression

  • Session 2

    Chair: Gerben van Hameren (Friedman Lab)

    Dr Adam Johnston - University of Prince Edward Island
    Single-cell and spatial transcriptomic approaches to study tissue and neuromuscular repair

    Cory Munroe (Dr Tara Perrot/Heather Neyedli) Dalhousie
    Investigating the effect of probiotic supplementation on cognition and related health outcomes among video gamers: Background and protocol

    Mady Thompson (Dr John Frampton) Dalhousie  
    A novel biomaterial platform for patient (specific modelling of Alzheimer's Disease progression

    Olivier Laflamme (Dr Turgay Akay) Dalhousie 
    Spinal circuitry underlying crossed reflex

    Rowan Urquhart (Dr Colleen O'Connell) Dalhousie University
    Spinal Cord Injury Report Card

  • Session 3

    Chair: Tyler Wells (Akay Lab)

    Igor Tatarnikov (Dr Ying Zhang) Dalhousie
    The contribution of V3 interneurons to different locomotor behaviours - and how we analyse them.

    Dr Joel Ross University of Prince Edward Island
    Cellular reprogramming approaches for in vitro modelling of neuronal function and dysfunction.

    Mohsen Heidari (Dr Angelo Iulianella) Dalhousie
    The various roles of the microtube-interacting protein Mllt11 in neurogenesis and axonogenesis

  • Session 4

    Chair: Mady Thompson (Frampton Lab)

    David Burbidge (Dr Ying Zhang) Dalhousie
    The impact of intensive exercise on the progression of SOD1G93A Behaviour

    Dr John Frampton Dalhousie
    Biomaterial Scaffolds for Controlled Release of Neurotrophic and Neuroprotective Compounds

    Pooyan Moradi (Dr Alon Friedman) Dalhousie
    TGF-Beta inhibititon as a treatment for short and long term complications of repetitive mild TBI