Trainee Professional Development Retreat
Coast Canmore Hotel Canmore, Alberta, CanadaThe CAN Trainee Retreat is an opportunity to bring together trainees from across the province to explore professional development topics relevant to their careers as neuroscience professionals, as well as to foster cross-campus interaction and spur collaborative partnerships.Click here for more information.
Campus Alberta Neuroscience 5th Annual Symposium
Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel 105 Street Northwest, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaNeuroscience Innovation for Improving Brain Health Collaboration. Innovation. Impact. Details will be available on the Symposium Website as they are confirmed
Brain Imaging 101
EP1201 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, Alberta, CanadaSeminar by Dr. Frank MacMaster, University of Calgary
Movement Disorder Symposium
Clinical Sciences Building 2-193 University of AlbertaClick here to view the Symposium Program. The research retreat is by invitation, please let Dr. Richard Camicioli know if you would like to attend. rcamicio@ualberta.ca
Gairdner Symposium on Concussion – Public Lecture
Rozsa Centre University of CalgaryConcussion - a form of mild traumatic brain injury - can affect anyone. Approximately 250,000 Canadians a year experience a concussion, with more than half of them children. Join science writer and broadcaster Jay Ingram, retired Calgary Stampeder Jon Cornish, Hockey Canada's Paul Carson and experts from the University of Calgary's Integrated Concussion Research Program [...]
Gairdner Symposium on Concussion – Scientific Symposium
Theatre 4 - Health Sciences Centre University of Calgary - Foothills CampusRegistration is required. Please register by November 22, 2016. In November 2016, the University of Calgary will host the Gairdner Symposium on Concussion - Scientific Symposium. A collaboration between the Gairdner Foundation, and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, the Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the Integrated Concussion Research Program at the University of Calgary, the Gairdner Symposium on Concussion will [...]
2nd Annual Spinal Cord Injury Community-Research Engagement Symposium
Hyatt Regency Calgary 700 Centre Street SE, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaThe 2nd Annual SCI Community-Research Engagement Symposium is a unique event guided by a principle of community-research information exchange. During the course of the day, we will showcase current SCI research and provide a platform for those with lived-experience to share their research priorities. The Symposium is supported by Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Campus Alberta Neuroscience, University of Calgary [...]
Alberta MS Network Seminar
UofA ECHA 2-140, UofC HSC 1405A (live site), U of L EP1201 (live site), SHC 710007 Alberta, CanadaEveryone is welcome to attend but lunch is only available for those who RSVP to albertamsnetwork@gmail.com or jtrufyn@ucalgary.ca by January 19. UofA ECHA 2-140, UofC HSC 1405A (live site), UofL EP1201 (live site), SHC 710007
ARRTI Speaker Series: Dr. Zovoilis – Decoding the non-coding: The case of B2 SINE repeats
University of Lethbridge - C674 4401 University Dr W, Lethbridge, Alberta, CanadaOnly 1-2% of our genome has protein-coding potential. The rest of the genome consists largely of repetitive DNA, with satellite DNA, retrotransposable elements, and DNA transposons accounting for ~50% of noncoding sequences. For much of the past few decades, these poorly conserved elements have been considered “junk DNA” — remnants of evolution and genetic parasites [...]