Harley Hotchkiss Memorial Lecture - Dr. Samuel Weiss, January 14th, 2016

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The Harley Hotchkiss Memorial Lecture Series and the Department of Neuroscience are pleased to present:

Brain Tumour Stem Cells and STAT3 Oncogenic Signaling in Glioblastoma Multiforme

Samuel Weiss, PhD

Professor, Departments of Cell Biology & Anatomy/Physiology & Pharmacology

Director, Hotchkiss Brain Institute

Cumming School of Medicine

University of Calgary

Thursday January 14, 2016

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience

Everyone is Welcome!

Dr. Samuel Weiss is Professor and Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Scientist in the Departments of Cell Biology & Anatomy and Pharmacology & Therapeutics at the University of Calgary.  He is the inaugural director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, whose mission is to translate innovative research and education into advances in neurological and mental health care.  Dr. Weiss’ own explorations into the brain have changed the fields of developmental neurobiology and neural regeneration, and have earned him one of the world’s most prestigious medical science awards, a Gairdner International Award.  In 1985, together with Dr. Fritz Sladeczek, Dr. Weiss discovered the metabotropic glutamate receptor - now a major target for pharmaceutical research and development for neurological disease therapies.  In 1992, Dr. Weiss discovered neural stem cells in the brains of adult mammals.  This groundbreaking discovery has led to new approaches for brain cell replacement and repair. Dr. Weiss’s current research focuses on transformed brain stem cells that give rise to malignant gliomas. It is hoped that studies of the comparative distinctions of neural and glioma stem cells will shed new light on how to treat the currently untreatable malignant gliomas.

Room or Area: 
EP1201

Free


Contact:

LeAnna Kalvi | leanna.kalvi@uleth.ca