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DND Visiting Speaker – Dr. Jaideep Bains
Posted on: October 11, 2011
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Dr. Jaideep Bains
Professor, Hotchkiss Brain Institute &
Dept Physiology & Pharmacology,
University of Calgary
Topic: Synapses and the stress response.
Friday, Oct. 7th, 2011
12:00 NOON
Theatre “C” BMSB Bannatyne Campus
Bio
- Professor, Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary
- Member of CIHR Institute of Neuroscience Mental Health and Addiction Institute Advisory Board
- PhD Queen’s University 1997
- Human Frontiers and Epilepsy Foundation of America Postdoctoral
- Fellow, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 1997-2001
Research Interests: The goal of my lab is to understand how physiological and behavioural challenges lead to long-term changes in neural circuitry. We focus on neurons that coordinate an organism’s response to stress, with a particular interest in clarifying how the molecules released at the onset of a stressful stimulus leave a lasting imprint on how ‘stress-relevant’ circuitry functions. Within this context, we conduct experiments that will allow us to understand the fundamental rules that govern cell to cell communication within the hypothalamus and elucidate the molecular machinery that contributes to changes in synaptic function which, in turn, may be critical for changing network output.