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Dr. Soheila Karimi‘s lab has had a busy spring and summer this year, garnering a number of important awards in the process. The SCRC wishes to extend heartfelt congratulations to: Scott Dyck: recipient of the 2017 Research Manitoba/Will to Win PhD Graduate Studentship   Arsalan Alizadeh: recipient of the 2017 Drewry Award for Excellence of […]

Manitoba Neuroscience Network 7th Scientific Meeting June 16, 2017 Dear colleagues, Thank you for your support and participation in the 7th MNN annual meeting held at the Radisson on the 16th of June. We have received positive reviews of the meeting and by all measures, the event was a success. All talks, including those by […]

The SCRC would like to congratulate Drs. Stecina and Jordan on their success in obtaining a five year CIHR Project Grant. This will be Dr. Stecina’s first CIHR grant with many more to come! Well done! CIHR Project Grant: “Identifying the contribution of serotonergic brainstem neurons and their spinal relays to locomotor activity and sensory-motor […]

Among the nine University of Manitoba research projects to receive a combined total of $1.3 million in funding this year from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund, is the Human Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre for Health, Balance and Motor Control being developed by SCRC researchers Dr. Kristine Cowley and Dr. […]

The SCRC would like to congratulate Dr. Soheila Karimi in her success as one of 14 recipients (and only one in Manitoba) of a three-year national Multiple Sclerosis Society Operating Research Grant. The grant was part of the 2017-2018 Annual Research Competition, and provides $358,321.00 in funding for her project entitled: “Role and therapeutic potential […]

The SCRC would like to congratulate Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour for his award of a $150,000 (US) research grant from the Paralyzed Veterans of America, for his project “Increasing Neuroprotection and Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury.”

Scott Dyck, PhD student in Dr. Soheila Karimi’s laboratory, receives the Most Promising Student Award from Life Science Association of Manitoba (LSAM) in 2017 (above) and speaks about his research in spinal cord injury (right) at the LSAM Gala at the Winnipeg Art Gallery on February 15, where he was invited to present his work […]

Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Regenerative Medicine Program in the Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology on the HSC campus. He and his team have been awarded a $70,000 General Operating Grant from the Foundation, as part of the 2016-2017 Grants. His research focuses on a newly developed antioxidant protein, and […]

The SCRC would like to congratulate Dr. Eftekhar Eftekharpour (PI) and Dr. Soheila Karimi (Co-applicant) on their success in receiving the very highly competitive Paralyzed Veterans of America grant for their project “Increasing Neuroprotection and Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury.” Total $150,000 USD for two years.