Seminar and Journal Clubs Schedule
| Sep 2 |
Prion disease - an update from the UK - Dr. Simon Mead, MRC Prion Unit, Institute of Neurology, University College London |
| Sep 9 |
Introduction and presentation of the Prion Centre - Centre PI's |
| Sep 16 |
Neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration: Interlocking processes in NeuroAIDS and multiple sclerosis - Dr. Christopher Power |
| Sep 23 |
Journal Club: Gamma-secretase activating protein is a therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease - Mahua Maulik |
| Sep30 |
Prion 2010 Austria Update - Agnes/Camilo/SangGyun/Allen/Valerie |
| Oct 7 |
Cognitive Impairment and Lewy Body Disease - Dr. Richard Camicioli |
| Oct 14 |
Journal Club: Prion Protein (PrP) Knock-Out Mice Show Altered Iron Metabolism: A Functional Role for PrP in Iron Uptake and Transport - Dr. Allen Herbst |
| Oct 21 |
A yeast model for Alzheimer's Disease - Dr. Laura Edwards-Ingram |
| Oct 28 |
Novel N-terminal mutants of PrP: Properties in healthy and prion-infected cells - Agnes Lau Characterization of CWD isolates from orally inoculated white tailed deer with different PRNP genotypes - Camilo Duque Velasquez |
| Nov 4 |
The role of exogenous Abeta in increased APP levels and endogenous Abeta toxicity - Dr. Tim Revett |
| Nov 18 |
Journal Club: Prion Strain Interactions Are Highly Selective - Dr. Charles Mays III |
| Nov 25 |
Videoconference: APRI's International Young Researcher Prize Awardee |
| Dec 2 |
SFN San Diego Update - Tim/Agnes/Mahua/David |
| Dec 9 |
Investigating dysregulated microRNAs in prion-induced neurodegeneration - Anna Majer Delivery of small molecules through the blood brain barrier using Rabies Virus Glycoprotein in a non-invasive intravenous system - Amrit Singh-Boese Prion Neurotoxicity: Proteins Guilty by Association - Mike Stobart |
| Dec 16 |
Procession towards Prion infectible Zebrafish model & Conceiving multifaceted significance of cellular Prion Protein (PrPc) - Harsha Koduri Possible role of glutamate and GABA in an APP over-expressing and NPC1 gene lacking mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease - Bibaswan Ghoshal |
| Jan 13 |
mRNA analysis techniques for neurodegenerative diseases (plus a little bit of molecular biology history) - Dr. David Westaway |
| Jan 20 |
Shadoo: Towards its physiologic and pathologic roles - Dr. Nathalie Daude |
| Jan 27 |
Interactions between APP and PrP in the developing Zebrafish - Darcy Kaiser - Robert Mercer |
| Feb 3 |
Journal Club: Formation and maintenance of Alzheimer's disease beta-amyloid plaques in the absence of microglia - Yanlin Wang |
| Feb 10 |
Structural Biology of Prion Protein using NMR Spectroscopy - Dr. Jitendra Kumar |
| Feb 17 |
Journal Club: Amyloid beta from axons and dendrites reduces local spine number and plasticity - Dr. Tim Revett |
| Feb 24 |
Journal Club: Reversing EphB2 depletion rescues cognitive functions in Alzheimer model - Dr. Laura Edwards-Ingram |
| Mar 3 |
Endoproteolysis of Shadoo and Doppel - Dr. Charlie Mays |
| Mar 10 |
A cow, a hamster and an elk walk into a microscope... - John Paul Glaves Inactivation of Scrapie 263K by ozone - Ning Ding |
| Mar 17 |
HBI/Gairdner Foundation Symposium - No Seminar |
| Mar 24 |
Update on the AD/PD Conference, Barcelona - Dr. David Westaway |
| Mar 31 |
High resolution in vivo imaging in animal models - Dr. Ian Winship |
| Apr 7 |
Knocking Down PrP Expression using RNAi - Dr. Sanggyun Kang |
| Apr 14 |
Neuronal plasticity in developing zebrafish: Mechanisms for synaptic maturation - Dr. Declan Ali |
| Apr 21 |
From Diabetes to Alzheimer's disease and back: Insights into the role of astrocytes - Dr. David Vergote |
| Apr 28 |
CWD strains? - Dr. Debbie McKenzie (Videoconference) |
| May 5 |
Neurochemistry of butyrylcholinesterase in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease - Dr. Sultan Darvesh, Dalhousie University |
| May 12 |
Potential role of IGF-II receptor in the regulation of APP processing – Yanlin Wang Detection of PrPCWD from the feces, urine and saliva of experimentally-infected white-tailed deer – Luke Price |
| May 19 |
Prion 2011 Montreal - No seminar |
| May 26 |
Glia and Neurodegeneration - Dr. Kathryn Todd |
| Jun 2 |
Meeting update on Prion 2011 in Montreal |
| Jun 9 |
The Role of the Prion Protein in Brain Metal Homeostasis - Dr. Jake Pushie, University of Saskatchewan (videoconference) |
| Jun 16 |
Meeting update on Prion 2011 in Montreal (cont'd) |
| Jun 23 |
Regulation of NMDA receptors by cellular prion protein - implications for neurodegenerative disorders - Dr. Gerald Zamponi, University of Calgary (videoconference) |
| Jun 30 |
Influence of Cholesterol accumulation on APP metabolism and its relevance to Alzheimer's Disease - Mahua Maulik |
| Jul 7 |
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase fibril formation and their implication in Parkinson disease - Dr. Leonardo Cortez |
