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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>BIOL 678 (Special Topics in Cellular Neuroscience) will take place on Thursdays starting this week (Sept 12, 2013), in PAS2464 (Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience) from noon to 3 PM.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It will involve discussion of Neurosim Exercises every week(Neurons in Action 2 software) for the first hour, and presentations of four Nature Neuroscience Review articles every week by participating students.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>See attached list of articles to be covered. We have had persons audit the course in previous years.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks, David.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=862 style='width:564.0pt;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>1. SEPT 19, 2013 - MOLECULAR <o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>17-Jan-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Histone acetylation: molecular mnemonics on the chromatin<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Jul-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Emerging roles of non-coding RNAs in brain evolution, development, plasticity and disease<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Nov-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The mechanobiology of brain function<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>17-Jan-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Human brain evolution: transcripts, metabolites and their regulators<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>2. SEPT 26, 2013 - ION CHANNELS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>13-Mar-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Aquaporin water channels in the nervous system<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Jun-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Acid-sensing ion channels in pain and disease<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>12-Dec-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The NaV1.7 sodium channel: from molecule to man<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>25-Jul-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Calcium channel auxiliary α2δ and β subunits: trafficking and one step beyond <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>3. SEPT 26, 2013 - AXONS AND DENDRITES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>31-Jul-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Proteostasis in complex dendrites<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>10-Jul-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Molecular mechanisms of dendrite stability<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>30-Jan-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Axonal transport deficits and neurodegenerative diseases<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>13-Apr-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Axonal mRNA localization and local protein synthesis in nervous system assembly, maintenance and repair<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:14.6pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.6pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.6pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:13.75pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:13.75pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:13.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>4. OCT 3, 2013 - CALCIUM AND CALMODULIN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>14-Aug-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Nuclear calcium signalling in the regulation of brain function<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Dec-11<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Nanodomain coupling between Ca2+ channels and sensors of exocytosis at fast mammalian synapses<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>08-Feb-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Understanding calcium waves and sparks in central neurons<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>15-Feb-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Mechanisms of CaMKII action in long-term potentiation<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>5. OCT 10, 2013 - GLU AND GABA RECEPTORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-May-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>NMDA receptor subunit diversity: impact on receptor properties, synaptic plasticity and disease<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>05-Sep-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Dancing partners at the synapse: auxiliary subunits that shape kainate receptor function<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>06-Feb-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>New insights into the classification and nomenclature of cortical GABAergic interneurons<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>18-May-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Regulation of neuronal GABAB receptor functions by subunit composition<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>6. OCT 17, 2013 - SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>19-Oct-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The BCM theory of synapse modification at 30: interaction of theory with experiment<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>10-May-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Deep molecular diversity of mammalian synapses: why it matters and how to measure it<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>18-Jan-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Activity-dependent neurotransmitter respecification<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:16.4pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:16.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Jun-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:16.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Structural plasticity upon learning: regulation and functions<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>7. OCT 24, 2013 - TECHNICAL: OPTIGENETICS AND RECORDING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:14.4pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Mar-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Optogenetic investigation of neural circuits underlying brain disease in animal models<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>30-Aug-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Genetically encoded optical indicators for the analysis of neuronal circuits<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>18-May-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The origin of extracellular fields and currents — EEG, ECoG, LFP and spikes<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>30-Nov-11<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Direct electrical stimulation of human cortex — the gold standard for mapping brain functions?<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>8. OCT 31, 2013 - RHYTHMS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>02-May-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Sleep and the single neuron: the role of global slow oscillations in individual cell rest<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>28-Nov-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The circadian clock: a framework linking metabolism, epigenetics and neuronal function<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>02-Sep-11<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Linking neural activity and molecular oscillations in the SCN<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>07-Mar-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The circadian clock and pathology of the ageing brain<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:14.4pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.4pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>9. NOV 7, 2013 - CIRCUIT PLASTICITY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>18-Apr-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Emerging roles of astrocytes in neural circuit development<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Dec-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Neurotrophin regulation of neural circuit development and function<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>16-Aug-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Getting neural circuits into shape with semaphorins<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>05-Sep-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>New neurons for 'survival of the fittest'<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:14.6pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.6pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.6pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>10. NOV 14, 2013 - CORTEX<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Mar-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Corticostriatal connectivity and its role in disease<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:14.6pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.6pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>10-Aug-11<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.6pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Cortical state and attention<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>16-Aug-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Distributed synergistic plasticity and cerebellar learning<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>18-Jan-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Interneuron dysfunction in psychiatric disorders<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>11. NOV 21, 2013 - ENCODING / DECODING AND SYMMETRY / ASYMMETRY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Nov-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Encoding asymmetry within neural circuits<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>28-Nov-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>What are the mechanisms for analogue and digital signalling in the brain?<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>22-Feb-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Structural neurobiology: missing link to a mechanistic understanding of neural computation<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>08-Feb-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Direction selectivity in the retina: symmetry and asymmetry in structure and function<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:14.4pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.4pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:14.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>12. NOV 28, 2013 - DISEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:13.75pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:13.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>18-Apr-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:13.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Mechanisms of epileptogenesis: a convergence on neural circuit dysfunction<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Jun-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Will the real multiple sclerosis please stand up?<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Nov-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Down syndrome: the brain in trisomic mode<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>18-Nov-11<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Linking neurodevelopmental and synaptic theories of mental illness through DISC1<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'></td><td width=770 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>13. DEC 5, 2013 - HORMONES AND PEPTIDES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Mar-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The many faces of insulin-like peptide signalling in the brain<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>12-Sep-12<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Mind-altering microorganisms: the impact of the gut microbiota on brain and behaviour<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>20-Jun-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The histaminergic network in the brain: basic organization and role in disease<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:15.05pt'><td width=92 style='width:60.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>18-Jan-13<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=770 style='width:504.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:15.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>The nature of feelings: evolutionary and neurobiological origins<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Dr. J David Spafford<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>B1-173 Department of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>University of Waterloo,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA. N2L 3G1<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>519-888-4567 x38185<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><a href="mailto:spafford@uwaterloo.ca">spafford@uwaterloo.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>