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

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

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

followed by Lunch to Go  

Dr Colin Franz Northwestern University

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

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

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

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

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