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

 The 2012-13 Seminar Program Oct 5, 2012 to April 19, 2013.

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).  Again our 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


 Everyone is invited!

To view the current speakers and add the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Seminars to your calendar please go the University of Manitoba Events Calendar.


 

Past Seminars

 

Dr. Vernon Donlinsky
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, University of Manitoba


Title: "Cardiovascular benefits of resveratrol in healthy and diseased hearts."

Friday, February 08, 2013
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Pharmacology Library A229 Chown Building

Video-linked to St. Boniface Research Centre
Room R1002


Date:  Friday, January 11th, 2012
Time:  12:00 Noon
Location:  Samuel Cohen Auditorium, St. Boniface Research Centre**
**Video-conferenced to Bannatyne Campus (A229 Chown Bldg.)


Dr. Thomas Netticadan
Research Scientist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Principal Investigator, Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiology
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Topic:”Resveratrol and Cardioprotection”



Dr. Milton Tenenbein, MD, FRCPC, FAAP, FAACT, FACMT

Topic “Evidence Based Medicine and Clinical Toxicology: Why the Methodologists are Wrong”

Date: Friday, December 14, 2012.
Time: 12:00 Noon
Location: Pharmacology and Therapeutic Library A229 Chown**
**Video-conferenced to R1002 St. Boniface Research Centre

Dr. G.W. ’t Jong
Paediatrician - Clinical Pharmacologist, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics and Internal Medicine
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health (Winnipeg Children's Hospital),
Department of Internal Medicine - Clinical Pharmacology
University of Manitoba Health Sciences Center
Clinical Scientist, CRU Medical Leader Manitoba Institute for Child Health (MICH).

Topic: From Bedside to Bench and Back; Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology in Paediatric Care

Friday, December 7, 2012
12:00 - 13:00
Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building**
**Video-linked to R1002 St. Boniface Research Centre

 


Dr. Long-Jun Wu
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience
Rutgers University

Topic: Voltage-gated proton channels in microglia: physiology, mechanisms, and functions in brain damage

Friday, November 16, 2012
12:00 - 13:00
Pharmacology Library
Room A229 Chown Building**
**Video-linked to R1002 St. Boniface Research Centre



 


 

Kunjumon Vadakkan, Ph.D
Post-Graduate Medical Education Student
University of Manitoba

“Formation of internal sensations of higher brain functions: How can we get some grip on it?”

Friday, November 2, 2012
12:00 - 13:00

Samuel Cohen Auditorium
St. Boniface Research Centre**

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

 

 


 

Jim Davie, Ph.D.
Leader – Terry Fox Research Institute Prairie Node
Scientific Director – Manitoba Health Research Council
Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Child Health
Senior Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics  

Topic: Histone modification dynamics and regulation of gene expression

Friday, October 12, 2012
12:00 PM
Pharmacology Library A229 Chown Bldg.**

**Video-linked to R1002 SBRC 

 


Marzena Kastyak-Ibrahim, PhD
Department of Physics
University of Winnipeg

Title:  Imaging of white matter changes in AD mice by MR microscopy -a continuous challenge

Friday, October 5, 2012
12:00-13:00
Pharmacology and Therapeutics Library A229 Chown Bldg.
Video linked to R1002 St. Boniface Research Center


Sam K.P. Kung

Associate Professor, Ph.D.
Department of Immunology
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba

Title: A Quest to Understand How a Natural Killer Functions

Friday, April 13, 2012
12:00 - 13:00 

Cohen  St. Boniface Research Centre**

**Video-linked to Room Pharmacology Library A229


Dr. Brent Fedirchuk
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
University of Manitoba

Title: Motor output is facilitated by transient increases in spinal motoneuron excitability: how the spinal cord says "More Cowbell!"

Friday, March 09, 2012
12:00 - 13:00
Pharmacology Library A229 Chown Building

Video-linked to St. Boniface Research Centre
Room R1002


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

 




2013-2014 Weekly Schedules

Oct. 7-11, 2013

Sept. 30-Oct. 4, 2013

Sept. 23-27, 2013

Sept. 16-20, 2013

Sept. 9-13, 2013

Sept. 3-6, 2013

 

2012-2013 Weekly Schedules

April 22-26, 2013

April 15-19, 2013

April 8-12, 2013

April 1-5, 2013

March 25-29, 2013

March 18-22, 2013

March 11-15, 2013

March 4-8, 2013

February 25-March 1, 2013

February 18-22, 2013

February 11-15, 2013

February 4-8, 2013

January 28-February 1, 2013

January 21-25, 2013

January 7-11, 2013

December 17-21, 2012

December 10-14, 2012

December 3-7, 2012

November 26-30, 2012

November 19-23, 2012

November 12-16, 2012

November 05-09, 2012

October 29 - November 02, 2012
   

October 22-26, 2012    
        
October 15-19, 2012

October 08-12, 2012

October 01-05, 2012

September 24-28, 2012

September 17-21, 2012  

September 10-14, 2012 
 
September 3-7, 2012

 2011-2012 Weekly Schedules  

April 16-20, 2012

April 9-13, 2012

April 2-6, 2012

March 26-30, 2012

March 19-23, 2012

March 12-16, 2012

March 5-9, 2012

February 27-March 2, 2012

February 20-24, 2012

February 13-17, 2012

February 06-10, 2012

January 30-February 03, 2012

January 23-27, 2012

January 16-20, 2012

January 9-13, 2012

January 3-6, 2012

December 19-23, 2011

December 12-18, 2011

November 28- December 2, 2011

November 21-25, 2011

November 14-18, 2011

November 7 - 11, 2011

October 31-November 4, 2011

October 24-28, 2011

October 17-21 2011

October 10-14, 2011

October 3-7, 2011

September 26-30, 2011

September 19-23, 2011

September 12-16, 2011

September 5-9, 2011

 

2010-2011 Weekly Schedules

June 27- July 1, 2011

May 30-June 3, 2011

May 23-27, 2011

May 16-20, 2011

May 9-13, 2011

May 2-6, 2011

 April 18-22, 2011

 April 11-15, 2011

 April 4-8, 2011

Mar. 28-April 1, 2011

Mar. 21-25, 2011

Mar. 14-18, 2011

Mar. 7-11, 2011

Feb. 28-Mar 4, 2011

Feb. 21-25, 2011

Feb. 14-18, 2011

Feb. 7-11, 2011

Jan 31-Feb 4, 2011

Jan 24-28, 2011

Jan 17-21, 2011

Jan 10-14, 2011

Jan 3-7, 2011

Dec 13 - 17, 2010

Dec 6 - 10, 2010

Nov 29 - Dec 3, 2010

Nov 22 - 26, 2010

Nov 15-19, 2010

Nov 8-12, 2010

Nov 1-5, 2010

Oct 25 - 29, 2010

Oct 18-22, 2010

Oct 11-15, 2010

Oct 4-8, 2010

Sept 27-Oct 1, 2010

Sept 20 - 24, 2010

Sept 13 - 17, 2010