Fall 2024 - Winter 2025
The Neuroscience Colloquium Series is an opportunity for both students and faculty members to attend a lecture from a researcher to learn about the groundbreaking advances being made in field. Lectures will take place in-person on Fridays, starting at 11:30am. Weekly notices will be distributed advertising the speaker in more detail. If you would like to be added to our mailing list, please contact our Departmental Administrator, Ryan MacKay, via e-mail at Ryan.MacKay@carleton.ca
During weeks where there is no guest speaker, we will be showcasing our Brainbytes Series. Brainbytes is a neuroscience cafe for our gradute students to share thesis plans, gain experience presenting, answer questions, and build momentum for works in progress. It is an opportunity to share knowledge among colleagues within the department and includes both human and animal based research.
Friday, September 13th - Hosted by Matthew Holahan/Argel Aguilar-VallesDr. Amy Bombay, Carleton UniversityTitle: Multigenerational trauma and the protective effects of culture in relations to mental health among First Nations Peoples in Canada.
Friday, September 20th - Hosted by Alfonso AbizaidDr. Corey Baimel, Dalhousie UniversityTitle: Pathway-specific connectivity in motivated behaviours.
Friday, September 27th - Brainbytes - Hosted by Melissa CheeTBA
Friday, October 4th - Hosted by CUSTARDr. Katie Gunnell, Carleton UniversityTitle: Physical activity and mental health in adolescents and young adults.
Friday, October 11th - Hosted by Argel Aguilar-VallesDr. Craig Ferris, Northeastern UniversityTitle: Applications in Awake Animal Imaging - The drug naïve brain on LSD, Psilocybin, and inhaled Cannabis
Friday, October 18th - Hosted by Melissa CheeDr. William Colmers, University of AlbertaTitle: NPY-mediated changes in BLA function and structure
Friday, November 1st - Brainbytes - Hosted by Melissa CheeTBA
Friday, November 8th - Hosted by Hongyu SunDr. Majid Mohajerani, McGill UniversityTitle: CANCELLED
Friday, November 15th - Hosted by Melissa Chee/Argel Aguilar VallesDr. Gilda Stefanelli, University of OttawaTitle: CANCELLED
Friday, November 22nd - Hosted Robyn McQuaidDr. Corina Nagy, McGill UniversityTitle: Deciphering Depression: Single-Cell Insights into Sex-Specific Depressive States and Depression-Related Developmental Trajectories.
Friday, November 29th - Hosted by CUSTARDr. Teresa Liu-Ambrose, University of British ColumbiaTitle: Exercise to Promote Brain Health in At-Risk Older Adults
Friday, December 13th - Brainbytes - Hosted by Melissa CheeTBA
Friday, January 10th - Hosted by CUSTARDr. Francine Darroch, Carleton UniversityTitle: A multi-site community-based participatory approach to trauma-and violence-informed physical activity programming
Friday, January 17th - Hosted by Kim HellemansDr. Naguib Mechawar, McGill UniversityTitle: Glia and the lasting impact of early-life adversity on cortical neuroplasticity in humans
Friday, January 24th - Hosted by Michael HildebrandDr. Annemarie Dedek, University of WaterlooTitle: Investigating spinal pain physiology across sex and species
Friday, January 31st - Brainbytes - Hosted by Melissa CheeTBA
Friday, February 7th - Hosted by CUSTARDr. Heather Foulds, University of SaskatchewanTitle: Métis Identity and Culture in Health and Wellbeing
Friday, February 14th - Hosted by Shawn HayleyDr. Anurag Tandon, University of TorontoTitle: TBA
Friday, February 28th - Hosted by Hongyu Sun/Argel Aguilar-VallesDr. Paul Frankland, Sick Kids / University of TorontoTitle: TBA
Friday, March 7th - Brainbytes - Hosted by Melissa CheeTBA
Friday, March 14th - Hosted by Matthew HolahanDr. Cassandra Morrison, Carleton UniversityTitle: TBA
Friday, March 21st - Hosted by Natalina SalmasoDr. Keith Murai, McGill UniversityTitle: TBA
Friday, March 28th - Hosted by Amedeo D'AngiulliDr. Margot Taylor, Sick Kids / University of TorontoTitle: TBA
Friday, April 4th - Brainbytes - Hosted by Melissa CheeTBA