"The Hope and the Hype: Stem Cells for Brain Repair"

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The graduate students of the department of neuroscience are pleased to present the  13th annual Brenda Milner Lecture Series featuring Dr. Freda Miller. Join the students for Dr. Miller's FREE PUBLIC LECTURE, "The Hope and the Hype: Stem Cells for Brain Repair" on Wednesday, May 6, 2015. The talk will be held at 7:00pm in the Aspen Room at the Lethbridge Lodge (320 Scenic Drive S).

Dr. Freda Miller is a molecular developmental neurobiologist at The Hospital for Sick Children and Professor at the University of Toronto.  She is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Research Scholar, Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neurobiology, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.  She has authored more than 140 scientific papers, reviews, and book chapters.

In this lecture, Dr. Miller will present her cutting-edge work on stem cell development and repair, as well as what the future may hold for stem cell use in brain injury treatment and prevention. For more information, please visit http://bit.ly/BMLS2015 or call (403) 394-3900.

 

Room or Area: 
Lethbridge Lodge - Aspen Room

Free


Contact:

Kayla Stone | kayla.stone@uleth.ca | 403-394-3900 | bit.ly/BMLS2015