SCRC affiliate members Drs. Benedict Albensi and Paul Fernyhough have both been awarded sizable grants in the latest round of CHIR funding, for their research projects in neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Albensi’s projet is Sex-based differences associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Fernyhough’s projet is Muscarinic receptor antagonism as a novel mechanism for sensory […]
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We have had a great year at the SCRC. Highlights include the ceremony to acknowledge 34 years of support from the Will-to-Win Golf Classic, the recruitment of a new principal investigator, significant advances in the development of our translational research mandate, and a host of research accomplishments by our investigators and trainees. We invite you […]
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Christopher Hart, a Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Soheila Karimi‘s lab, has received the 2018 Hilary Kaufman Lerner Memorial Fund from the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences. This award is given to top research trainees/residents who work on demyelinating conditions. The award is valued at $3000, to be spent on research in multiple sclerosis. This award […]
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At the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology 2018 annual general meeting, Drs. Jayne Kalmar and Duane Button presented the President’s Lecture Dr. Phillip Gardiner’s honour on the evening of Wednesday, October 31st. The title of their talk was “Motoneurones, Muscle, and Mechanisms: A PHILharmonious Approach to Studying Neuromuscular Plasticity.” Jayne and Duane are alumni of […]
Read MoreGraham McLeod, a BSc Med graduate from Dr. Karimi‘s lab, received 4 awards for his BSc Med thesis during the award ceremony at the Annual Joe Doupe Lecture Event last Thursday. Graham’s thesis presentation, entitled “Development of new therapies for myelin repair in multiple sclerosis”, was chosen as one of the top three and therefore […]
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Dr. Jeremy Chopek has signed his acceptance letter and is expected to join the Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology on September 1, 2018. Dr. Chopek is the latest recruit to the Division of Neuroscience and Spinal Cord Injury. Dr. Chopek received his MSc (2009) in Kinesiology and PhD (2014) in the Department of Physiology & […]
Read MoreThe SCRC would like to highlight a few achievements by its trainees at the recent Canadian Students Health Research Forum. Both of these trainees are Ph.D. students in Dr. Soheila Karimi‘s lab. Arsalan Alizadeh, recipient of the 2017 Drewry Award for Excellence of Research in the Health Sciences, delivered the 2018 Drewry Memorial Lecture. Christopher […]
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We are pleased to announce that Dr. Soheila Karimi has received a 2017 Merit Award for her contribution in the past year to Research/Scholarly work, teaching and service (combination) from the University of Manitoba and UMFA. We offer our congratulations to Dr. Karimi and we thank all those who have supported her. More information, including […]
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Honoring 34 years of Will-to-Win Classic golf tournament donor support for spinal cord injury research at the Spinal Cord Research Centre The Participants in the annual Will-to-Win Classic Golf Tournament have generated financial support for research at the Spinal Cord Research Centre at the University of Manitoba since 1984. This continuous support has been instrumental […]
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May is MS Awareness Month in Canada. One of the SCRC’s researchers, Dr. Soheila Karimi, is featured in a Winnipeg Free Press article today: “U of M researchers battle MS from new angle.” Be sure to read up on her lab’s compelling research in fighting MS and promoting myelin repair.
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