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Featured In This Issue CPIN Newsletter
The 2016 CPIN Research Day on May 19 was a rousing success with more than 200 people
participating in the events. 5 CPIN faculty members presented Distinguished lectures. 24 oral
and 79 poster presentations by CPIN trainees were evaluated by 33 judges. 4 Excellence in
Oral Presentation and 12 Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards were recognized by the
presentation judges. CPIN would like to thank our generous event sponsors. For further
details, please see Pages 4 to 8 for the event summary.
Jonathan Dostrovsky Award in Neuroscience The deadline for this year’s award application
is Thursday, June 30. Please visit the award webpage for further information: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/award_opportunities/jonathan_dostrovsky_award.htm
News – CPIN Faculty Members Congratulations to Dr. Freda Miller (Prof., Molecular
Genetics, Physiology & the Institute of Medical Science) on being elected as the new President
of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience. Congratulations to Dr. Steven Prescott
(Associate Prof., Physiology & the Institute for Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering) on the
innovative research from his laboratory on mechanisms underlying the development of touch-
evoked pain involving a reduced inhibition of pain signal transmission. We would also like to
welcome Dr. Blake Richards (Assistant Prof., Biological Sciences and Cell & Systems
Biology) as a new faculty member to the CPIN community. Please see page 2 for details.
Congratulations CPIN Graduating Students Please see page 3 for details.
Welcome New CPIN Students Please see page 3 for details.
CPIN Neurotalk Please see page 9 for details.
Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN) Student Social Event We would like to
acknowledge the CPIN graduate students who volunteered at this year’s CAN Student Social
event held on May 30 at The Ballroom that was organized in collaboration between CPIN and
Dr. Melanie Woodin (Chair of the Local CAN Organizing Committee): Ekaterina Turlova
(group leader), Andrew Barszczyk, Celeste Leung and Dulcie Vousden.
Call for CPIN 2016-2017 Distinguished Lecturer Nominations CPIN trainee & faculty
members are welcome to nominate potential speakers for the 2016-2017 Neuroscience
Distinguished Lectureship Series. Please submit your nominations at the following link: http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/lectureship/distinguished_lecturer_nominations.htm
Nominations will be reviewed by the CPIN Academic/Executive Committees for approval.
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Neuroscience Opportunities Please see page 9 for details
Speaker | Dr. Stafford Lightman, Professor of Medicine, University of Bristol; Henry
Wellcome Laboratories for Integrative Neuroscience & Endocrinology, Bristol, United
Kingdom
Title | Shining a light on rhythms of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
Date | Thursday, June 16, 2016
Time | 4:00 pm
Location | Rm. 2172, Medical Sciences Building, 1 King's College Circle, U of T
Host | Dr. Graham Collingridge, Chair and Professor, Department of Physiology, U of T
Sponsor | Department of Physiology, U of T
Note: A wine and cheese reception will be held at the Medical Sciences Building C.
David Naylor Student Commons (Stone Lobby) at 5:00pm following the lecture.
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News - CPIN Faculty Members http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/home.htm
Congratulations to Dr. Freda Miller (Professor, Departments of Molecular Genetics, Physiology and the
Institute of Medical Science; Senior Scientist, Neurosciences & Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children)
on being recently elected as the new President of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience.
Dr. Miller obtained her undergraduate degree at the University of Saskatchewan and her Ph.D. at the
University of Calgary, and held faculty positions at the University of Alberta and the Montreal Neurological
Institute at McGill prior to coming to Toronto in 2002. Her research has focused upon growth factor
signaling in the developing nervous system, with a particular focus on how neurotrophic factors regulate the genesis, survival and growth of neurons. In particular, her laboratory has defined an interplay between the TrkA and
p75 neurotrophin receptors that regulates the biology of developing neurons, has defined key roles for the p53 family in the
brain, has identified and characterized the first dermal stem cell, and has defined how growth factors encountered in the
embryonic environment regulate the self-renewal and differentiation of developing neural precursors.
In recognition of this work, she has won numerous awards, and is an HHMI Senior International Research Scholar, and an
elected fellow of the AAAS and of the Royal Society of Canada. In addition, this work has led to her role as a founder in two
different biotechnology companies. Dr. Miller also has significant experience in administrative roles. She was previously a
Councillor and Secretary for the Society for Neuroscience, and President of the International Society for Developmental
Neuroscience, and is currently the Treasurer-Elect of the Society for Neuroscience.
Congratulations to Dr. Steven Prescott (Senior Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children; Associate Professor,
Department of Physiology and the Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering) on the innovative
research from his laboratory on mechanisms underlying the development of touch-evoked pain involving a
reduced inhibition of pain signal transmission.
This work is featured as a press release from the recent Canadian Neuroscience Meeting in Toronto
(http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/cafn-npu052716.php).
Research in Dr. Prescott’s lab focuses on how the nervous system processing information, especially how that processing
goes awry in neurological disorders such as neuropathic pain.
His lab combines experiments (electrophysiology, optogenetics, calcium imaging, etc.) with computer simulations and
mathematical analysis to uncover how changes in neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission affect information
processing by single neurons and neural circuits in the spinal cord and brain.
We would like to welcome Dr. Blake Richards (Assistant Professor, Departments of Biological Sciences
and Cell & Systems Biology) as a new faculty member to the CPIN community.
His research examines the neurobiology of learning and memory with a focus on testing hypotheses about
learning generated by models in computational neuroscience. He originally obtained his Hon. B.Sc. in
Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Toronto, before going on to do a M.Sc. and
D.Phil. in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford.
After his graduate work, Dr. Richards was awarded a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with Dr. Paul Frankland at
SickKids hospital, where he studied memory consolidation. His lab started in 2014, and currently has funding from
NSERC, HFSP and Google. More information about Dr. Richards' current research and trainees can be found at his lab
website: linclab.org
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Congratulations CPIN Graduating Students
Last Name First Name Home Unit Degree Supervisor
Beera Kiran Medical Biophysics MSc Brian Nieman
Compagnone Jordana Institute of Medical Science MSc Mario Masellis
De Barros Freitas Carina Patricia Institute of Medical Science PhD Evdokia Anagnostou
D'Souza Abigail Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc Robert Bonin
Kim Junseok Institute of Medical Science PhD Karen Davis
MacKay-Clackett Isabel Institute of Medical Science MSc Derek van der Kooy
Patel Ingita Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc Robert Bonin
Yini Virginia Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc Robert Bonin
Welcome New CPIN Students
Last Name First Name Home Unit Degree Supervisor (s)
Brunec Iva Psychology MA Morris Moscovitch & Morgan
Barense
Butcher Nancy Institute of Medical Science PhD Anne Bassett
D'Souza Samantha Rehabilitation Science MSc Darcy Fehlings
Elliott Brittany Physiology MSc Elise Stanley
Hou Yi Bo Physiology MSc Paul Frankland
Joseph Michael Physiology MSc Lyanne Schlichter
Morrissey Mark Psychology PhD Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi
Ng Enoch Institute of Medical Science PhD Albert Wong & John Roder
Poon Alan Institute of Medical Science MSc Carol Westall
Pressey Jessica Cell and Systems Biology PhD Melanie Woodin
Qiu Lily Institute of Medical Science MSc Jason Lerch & Mark Palmert
Renton Tian Rehabilitation Science MSc Jane Topolovec-Vranic & Angela
Colantonio
Santoro Adam Institute of Medical Science PhD Paul Frankland
Shulyakova Natalya Physiology PhD James Eubanks & Linda Mills
Terpstra Alexander Rehabilitation Science MSc Robin Green
Yalnizyan-Carson Annik Cell and Systems Biology MSc Blake Richards & Melanie
Woodin
CPIN Research Day (http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/CPIN_Research_Day.htm)
The 2016 University of Toronto CPIN Research Day was held on May 19 at the Medical Sciences Building of the University of
Toronto. Over 200 graduate, postdoctoral and faculty members as well as friends attended the CPIN Research Day.
CPIN Trainee Oral Presentations were delivered by 24 trainees and evaluated by 11 judges from 9:00 to 10:15am. Students in
each group were competing for Excellence in Oral Presentation Awards (see page 7 for the list of winners).
• Group 1 (MSB 2173): Chair: Dr. Lili-Naz Hazrati (Assistant Professor, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; CPIN Executive
Committee member); Student Chair: Frances Xia
• Group 2 (MSB 3227): Chair: Dr. Lu-Yang Wang (Professor & Director, The BRAIN Platform, Physiology; Interim Head & Senior
Scientist, Neurosciences and Mental Health, SickKids; CPIN Executive Committee member); Student Chair: Celeste Leung
• Group 3 (MSB 4171): Chair: Dr. Vincent Tropepe (Associate Professor and Chair, Cell and Systems Biology); Student Chair:
Ekaterina Turlova
• Group 4 (MSB 4279): Chair: Dr. Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi (Associate Professor, Psychology); Student Chair: Vladislav
Sekulic
CPIN Research Day Sponsorship The 2016 CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee wish to acknowledge the following
sponsors: the Heart and Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, the U of T Human Biology Program, the Krembil Research
Institute, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, Parkinson Canada, the SickKids Neurosciences
& Mental Health Program and the St. Michael’s Neuroscience Research Program; as well as the 16 CPIN participating
Departments and their faculties: the Departments of Cell & System Biology, Psychology, and Computer Science from Faculty of
Arts and Science; Graduate Department of Dentistry from Faculty of Dentistry; Departments of Biochemistry, Laboratory
Medicine & Pathobiology, Medical Biophysics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Rehabilitation Science, Institute of Biomaterials &
Biomedical Engineering, and Institute of Medical Science from Faculty of Medicine; Graduate Department of Pharmaceutical
Sciences from Faculty of Pharmacy; the Dalla Lana School of Public Health from Faculty of Public Health; Department of Applied
Psychology & Human Development from Ontario Institute For Studies in Education; the Graduate Department of Music from
Faculty of Music. See page 8 & our website for details (http://neuroscience.utoronto.ca/events/CPIN_ Research_Day.htm).
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Research Day Welcome and Opening Remarks (MSB 2158, JJR Macleod Auditorium) All attendees were welcomed by Dr.
Zhong-Ping Feng (CPIN Director; Professor, Physiology). The opening remarks were delivered by Dr. Allan S. Kaplan (Vice
Dean, Graduate and Academic Affairs, Faculty of Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry).
New Award Announcement Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng announced the establishment of the annual Jonathan Dostrovsky Award
in Neuroscience (http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/award_opportunities/jonathan_dostrovsky_award.htm). Due to the
generosity of Dr. Dostrovsky, this new annual award recognizes and supports excellence amongst graduate students enrolled in
the Collaborative Program in Neuroscience.
(CPIN Research Day Photos credit: Vladislav Sekulic)
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Morning Session Distinguished Neuroscience Lectures (JJR Macleod Auditorium) Two Distinguished
Neuroscience Lectures were delivered at the Research Day by CPIN faculty members during the morning
session between 11:10am to 12:10pm. The session Chair was Dr. Amy Ramsey (Assistant Professor,
Pharmacology; CPIN Academic Committee member).
The first lecture was presented by Dr. Sandra Black (Professor and Brill Chair in Neurology, Department of
Medicine; Professor, Institutes of Medical Science, of Rehabilitation Sciences, and of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering; Executive Director, Toronto Dementia Research Alliance; Director, Hurvitz Brain
Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute) entitled “Brain Networks and Network Science”.
The second lecture was delivered by Dr. John S. Floras (Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of
Medicine and Institute of Medical Science; Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Integrative Cardiovascular
Biology; Senior Clinical Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute) entitled “Disturbances of
neurogenic control of the human heart and circulation in heart failure and sleep apnea”.
Poster Presentations (MSB Stone Lobby) Following the lunch break at 12:10pm, 79 poster presentations in 12 groups were
given by trainees at the MSB Stone Lobby from 12:30 to 2:00pm. The poster presentations were evaluated by 22 judges.
Students in each group were competing for Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards (see page 7 for the list of winners).
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Afternoon Session Distinguished Neuroscience Lectures (JJR Macleod Auditorium) Three
Distinguished Neuroscience Lectures were presented at the Research Day by CPIN faculty members
during the afternoon session between 2:40 to 4:10pm. The session was co-chaired by Dr. Jeffrey
Henderson (Associate Professor, Pharmacy, CPIN Academic and Executive Committees’ member) and
Dr. Zhengping Jia (Professor, Physiology; Senior Scientist, Neurosciences and Mental Health, SickKids).
The first lecture was presented by Dr. Michael H. Thaut (Professor and Director of the Music and Health
Research Collaboratory,MaHRC, Faculty of Music) entitled “Music and rhythm based interventions for
neurorehabilitation – research translations from the basic neuroscience of music perception and music
performance”.
The second lecture was delivered by Dr. Janice Robertson (Associate Professor, Department of
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology; Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases)
entitled “Uncovering Disease Mechanisms in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”.
The final lecture of the session was presented by Dr. Graham Collingridge (Professor and Chair,
Department of Physiology; Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute) entitled “Is
Alzheimer’s caused by LTD gone awry”.
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CPIN Activity Summary (JJR Macleod Auditorium) At 2:30pm following the poster presentation
session, Dr. Zhong–Ping Feng overviewed the major educational and outreach activities undertaken by
CPIN in the 2015-2016 academic year and acknowledged the CPIN trainees and CPIN faculty members,
CPIN Academic and Executive Committees, CPIN Board of Directors, CPIN Participating Graduate Units
and the CPIN Research Day sponsors for their support. For more information, please visit
http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/
(CPIN Research Day Photos credit: Vladislav Sekulic)
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Congratulates to Awardees Following the afternoon lecture session, the winners of the Excellence in Poster and Oral
Presentation Awards were announced by CPIN Student Co-Chairs Vladislav Sekulic (Student Organizer) and Ekaterina
Turlova (Student Organizer). In addition, the winners of the Best in Show awards at the CPIN NeuroCentricArts competition that
was held on April 29 at UofT were also announced by Suhail Asrar (CPIN Alumnus and Administrator). The winners received
their awards from Dr. Zhong-Ping Feng.
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CPIN Excellence in Oral Presentation Awards
Colleen Gillon, Physiology, Sheena Josselyn lab
Charissa Poon, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Kullervo Hynynen lab
Husain Shakil, Physiology, Steven Prescott lab
Yohan Yee, Medical Biophysics, Jason Lerch lab
CPIN Excellence in Poster Presentation Awards
Dhekra Al-Basha, Physiology, Steven Prescott lab
Jessica Arsenault, Psychology, Bradley Buchsbaum lab
Kiran Beera, Medical Biophysic, Brian Nieman lab
Alexandra Chatzikalymniou, Physiology, Frances Skinner lab
Fenika Kapadia, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Etienne Sibille lab
Tsukiko Miyata, Medical Biophysics, Jim Woodgett lab
Temitope Olanbiwonnu, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Laurie Zawertailo lab
Alicia Paniccia, Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Sally Lindsay lab
Vinoja Sebanayagam, Institute of Medical Science, Jennifer Ryan & Randy McIntosh labs
Chesarahmia Dojo Soeandy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jeffrey Henderson lab
Petri Takkala, Institute of Medical Science, Steven Prescott lab
Neuroscience Undergraduate Excellence in Poster Presentation Award
Priscilla Chan, Michael Fehlings lab (Human Biology, Neuroscience Program)
CPIN NeuroCentricArts Best in Show Award Winners
Eric Chung, Category: Original Computer Animation, Title: Optogenetics: Controlling the brain with light
Zahra Emami, Category: Acrylic Painting, Title: Universal Minds
Stephanie Holbik, Category: Photography, Title: The Shadow We Cast on Nature
Shraddha Pai, Category: Fabric Appliqué, Title: Room with a View
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Event Sponsors
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The immense success of the 2016 CPIN Research Day is attributable to a enormous team effort by the CPIN faculty members,
postdoctoral fellows and graduate students as well as the CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee, session chairs, judges,
volunteers and event sponsors. CPIN would also like to thank the Distinguished Lecturer speakers in both the morning and
afternoon sessions for their educational and inspirational talks!
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Trainee Presentation Judges
Deryk Beal, Robert Bonin, Colleen Dosckstader, Jonathan Downar, Zhong-Ping Feng, Leon French, Karen A. Gordon, Ariel
Graff, Anne-Marie Guerguerian, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Jeffrey Henderson, Zhengping Jia, William Ju, Julie Lefebvre, Donald
Mabbott, Kei Masani, Jose Nobrega, Mohan Pabba, John Peever, Peter Pennefather, Stephen Perry, Amy Ramsey, Ali
Salahpour, Iman Sarvastani, Gerold Schmitt-Ulms, Frances Skinner, Shuzo Sugita, Hong-Shuo Sun, Kaori Takehara-
Nishiuchi, Anurag Tandon, Vincent Tropepe, Lu-Yang Wang and Carol Westall
Special Acknowledgements
Artur Cane, Angela Colantonio, Jonathan Dostrovsky, Michael Farkouh, Lili-Naz Hazrati, Karen A. Gordon, Allan Kaplan, Darina
Landa, Mingyao Liu, Tom Schweizer, Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi, Vincent Tropepe, Lu-Yang Wang, Donald Weaver, Jim
Woodgett, Melanie Woodin and Julie Wysocki
Event Program Design
Alexandre Guet-McCreight (Cover Art)
Vladislav Sekulic (Abstracts)
Distinguished Speakers
Sandra Black, Graham Collingridge, John S. Floras, Janice Robertson and Michael H. Thaut
Trainee Volunteers
Julianne Baarbe, Alexandra Chatzikalymniou, Ayda Ghahremani, Alexandre Guet-McCreight, Sammen Huang, Feiya Li, Tsukiko
Miyata, Sarah Peters, Sofia Raitsin, Raymond Wong, Frances Xia and Yohan Yee
CPIN Research Day Organizing Committee
Vladislav Sekulic (Student Organizer), Ekaterina Turlova (Student Organizer), Zhong-Ping Feng (CPIN Director), Jeffrey
Henderson, Amy Ramsey and Suhail Asrar (CPIN Office)
Administration
Suhail Asrar
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/CPINneurotalk/
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2015-16 CPIN Neurotalk
Grad Room, northeast corner of Spadina & Harbord, in the Second Cup,
downstairs.
Date & time: Thursday, June 23 at 5:30pm
Moderated by: Vladislav Sekulic, Physiology The rise of ever growing data sets in neuroscience has resulted in the ushering of a new era of
"Big Data". From neuroimaging data, diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), multiunit recordings, and
gene sequencing, modern techniques for studying the brain increasingly possess the capability of
gathering huge amounts of data. This presents special challenges not only in terms of the
significant technical feats required to acquire the data, but also the non-trivial issues in analyzing,
synthesizing, and generating understanding from the data. This month we will broadly explore
issues related to Big Data in Neuroscience and society. In general, how do we make sense of all
the data? What are some of the additional challenges that large data sets create above and
beyond the "standard" difficulties in deciphering neural activity? How does the collection and
public dissemination of large data sets as well as the development of portable EEG equipment
affect how non-scientists participate in the study of the brain? We will also go over some well
known "Big Data" projects in Neuroscience, from the microcircuit level all the way up to publicly
available clinical datasets, all of which are changing the landscape of neuroscience research.
Join us for a discussion of these Big issues!
Neuroscience Opportunities http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/Positions_Available.htm
Postdoctoral Fellow Position
Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Description: The Woodin Lab is focused on understanding inhibitory synaptic function and plasticity. A key protein underlying
inhibitory transmission is the chloride extruder KCC2. We are currently discovering and characterizing KCC2 protein
interactions, in order to determine how they regulate KCC2 function. We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to identify and
characterize KCC2-protein interactions that can be targeted for KCC2 enhancement in the treatment of autism spectrum
disorder (ASD). The ideal candidate will have expertise and/or education in a combination of proteomics, biochemistry, and
neuroscience. The initial appointment will be for one-year, and is renewable for a second year. Salary will be commensurate
with experience. Applications for the position can be made by emailing a cover letter, resume, and the contact information for
two academic references to Melanie Woodin at [email protected]
For further information, please visit the CPIN website:
http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/communications/Positions_Available.htm
The CPIN Newsletter will resume in September 2016 following the summer break
Reminders
Submissions for News Updates The CPIN Office requests trainee and faculty members to submit updates in research
discoveries, events, and other achievements involving CPIN members. Please send your submissions to
CPIN Student Completion Form CPIN graduate students who have completed both their home department and CPIN
trainee requirements must fill in the online completion form located at the link below:
http://www.neuroscience.utoronto.ca/students/cpin_student_completion_form.htm