SCRC Member Research Presentations at International Meetings and Symposia

Here is a list of some of the international meetings and symposia in which SCRC members will be or have been participating.

• 2018, Nov. 3-7, San Diego, CA, USA. Neuroscience 2018 - 48th SfN Annual Meeting.
  10 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
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• 2017, Nov. 11-15, Washington, DC, USA. Neuroscience 2017 - 47th SfN Annual Meeting.
  13 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
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• 2016, Nov. 12-16, San Diego, CA, USA. Neuroscience 2016 - 46th SfN Annual Meeting.
  34 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
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• 2015, Oct. 17-21, Chicago, IL, USA. Neuroscience 2015 - 45th SfN Annual Meeting.
  18 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
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• 2014, Nov. 15-19, Washington, DC, USA. Neuroscience 2014 - 44th SfN Annual Meeting.
  27 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
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• 2013, Nov. 9-13, San Diego, CA, USA. Neuroscience 2013 - 43rd SfN Annual Meeting.
  17 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
• 2013, Nov. 25. Warsaw, Poland. Images Of The Spinal Cord: From Functionally Identified Neurons To Functional Recovery.
  Lecture by Dr. Larry Jordan.
• 2013, May 13-14. Winnipeg, MB. Will to Win Spinal Cord Symposium - Spinal Motor Control: Neurons, Networks, Movement
  Lectures by Drs. Eftekharpour & Karimi
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• 2012, Oct. 13-17, New Orleans, LA, USA. Neuroscience 2012 - 42nd SfN Annual Meeting.
  18 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
• 2012, May. Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison.
  Public lecture by Dr. Brian Schmidt entitled “Facilitation of hindlimb stepping through neurochemical excitation of thoracic propriospinal neurons”.
• 2012, May 4. Marseille, France. A Serotonergic Command System for Control of Locomotion.
  Lecture by Dr. Larry Jordan.
• 2012, Mar 21. Montreal, Que. UQAM. Journée Scientifique du Groupe de Recherche en Activité Physique Adaptée.
  Keynote lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled "The bumpy road from muscle fiber to the spinal cord: a kinesiologist's journey - La route cahouteuse de la fibre musculaire à la moelle épinière : le parcours d'un kinésiologue".
• 2012, Feb 9, University of British Colombia Okanagan. Department of Kinesiology.
  Lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled "The athletic and sedentary nervous system".
• 2012, Feb 7. McNally Robinson, Grant Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba. CIHR “Café Scientifiques”.
  Talk by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled "Renewing Hope for Spinal Cord Injury"
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• 2011, Nov. 25. Winnipeg Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled “Control of locomotion by a serotonergic pathway arising in the parapyramidal region of the medulla” .
• 2011, Nov. 12-16, Washington, DC, USA. Neuroscience 2011 - 41st SfN Annual Meeting.
  21 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
• 2011, Oct 24-26. Quebec, Canadian Arthritis Network scientific meeting.
  Lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled "Inflammation, a signature initiative of CIHR."
• 2011, Aug 11-13, Edmonton, Alberta. Excercise Physiologists of Western Canada Annual Meeting.
  Keynote address by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled "Curves, speed-bumps and straght-a-ways on the exercise neuroscience highway "
• 2011, March 31st – April 3rd. Kananaskis, Alberta. Spinal Cord Networks: Beyond the Black Box. Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled “Walking in the upright posture: A good model for studies on restoration of locomotion after spinal cord injury?”
  Presentation by Dr. Brian Schmidt entitled: "Propriospinal transmission of the locomotor command signal".
• 2011, March. Drexel University, Philadelphia.
  Invited lecture by Dr. Brian Schmidt entitled: "The role of propriospinal pathwas in propagation of the locomotor command signal ".
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• 2010, Nov. 13-17, San Diego, CA, USA. Neuroscience 2010 - 40th SfN Annual Meeting.
  29 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
• 2010, Nov. 3-5, Toronto. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology.
  President's Tutorial keynote lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled "Exercise neuroscience: speed bumps on the autobahn "
• 2010, Oct 25-29. Concordia University, Montreal. International Graduate Course in Exercise Physiology.
  Lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled "Neural adaptations to exercise training"
• 2010, Oct 8. Halifax, NS. Symposium: Spinal Microcircuits and Motor Behaviour.
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: “Serotonergic control of inter- and intralimb coordination during locomotion"
• 2010, April 20-21. Banff, Alberta. Treatment strategies for SCI: from biology to clinical reality.
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: “Serotonergic control of locomotor coordination.”
• 2010, Feb 24-25. Washington, DC. Freezing of Gait Workshop. Physiology and Anatomy of Coupling Intention to Walk with Locomotion and Balance,
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: “Cortical influences on brainstem locomotor regions and step initiation.”
• 2010, Feb. 24, University of Poznan, Poland.
  Public lecture by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled “The nervous system response to increased and decreased physical activity”.
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• 2009, Dec 9-13, Pacific Grove, California. 13th International Symposium on Neural Regeneration, Asilomar Conference Center,
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan (Chairman) entitled “Reorganization and Plasticity”.
• 2009, Oct. 17-21, Chicago, IL, USA. Neuroscience 2009 - 39th SfN Annual Meeting.
  20 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
• 9th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society, September 9-12, 2009.
  Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: "Physiological adaptations in the rhythmic firing properties of alpha-motoneurons to changes in physical activity and aging" in the Symposium 'Motor Units and Motoneurons'.
• 2009, June 1-4, Drexel University, Philadelphia.
  Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Intrinsic spinal mechanisms increase motoneuron excitability during fictive scratch."
• 2009, May 4-5. Montreal, Que. Breathe, Walk and Chew: The Neural Challenge.
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan (Moderator) entitled “Modulation of Rhythmic Movements”.
• 2009, April 24-26, Beijing, China. The 2nd International Association of Neurorestoratology Annual Conference (IANRAC).
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled:“Brainstem and spinal neural systems for the initiation of locomotion.”
• 2009, Feb. 12. Gottingen, Germany, European Neuroscience Institute.
  Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: “Stressing the middle man: motoneurone adaptations to altered activity levels”.
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• 2008, Dec 5, Puebla, Mexico. Instituto de Fioliologia Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla.
  Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Creating new neurons during movement: Motoneuron properties and behaviour during fictive locomotion."
• 2008, Dec 3, Puebla, Mexico. Instituto de Fioliologia Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla.
  Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Modeling the mammalian locomotor CPG: insights from mistakes and perturbations."
• 2008, Nov. 15-19, Washington, DC, USA. Neuroscience 2008 - 38th SfN Annual Meeting.
  16 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
• 2008, Oct. 5-10, Vienna, Austria. Summer School for the Biological Treatment of Chronic Spinal Cord Injury.
  Presentations by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Creating the Locomotor State: The Organization of the Mammalian Locomotor CPG," and Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "Brainstem and spinal neural systems for the initiation of locomotion."
• 2008, July 26-29, Tsukuba, Japan. 7th World Congress on Aging and Physical Activity.
  Presentation by Dr. Michelle Porter entitled: "Effect of an upper flexibility intervention on neck range of motion in older women."
• 2008, June 25-26, Montreal, Que, Canada. Spinal Cord Function, Repair and Rehabilitation after Injury.
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan (Moderator) entitled: "Functional Organization and Plasticity of the Spinal Cord".
• 2008, June 8-11, Whistler, BC, Canada. 18th Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference.
  Presentation by Dr. Michelle Porter entitled: "The effect of a new road safety device with auditory alerts on older drivers."
• 2008, Feb. 25. Copenhagen, Denmark, PANUM Institute for Neurophysiology, University of Copenhagen.
  Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled “Adaptations of alpha-motoneurones to increases and decreases in physical activity, and aging”.
• 2008, January 13-17, Washington, DC, USA. Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting.
  Presentation by Dr. Michelle Porter entitled: "The effect of auditory alerts on brake response times in younger and older male drivers - a simulator study."
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• 2007, Nov. 3-7, San Diego, CA, USA. Neuroscience 2008 - 37th SfN Annual Meeting.
  30 presentations from Winnipeg researchers.
• 2007, Nov. 2. Windsor, Ontario. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Windsor.
  Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled "Are there "sedentary" and "endurance-trained" spinal cords, how do they differ, and can they change?"
• 2007, Sept 20-23, Alberta Motor Control Meeting, Jasper, Alberta.
  Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Sensory control of the CPG by muscle afferents ".
• 2007, Sept 4, Shandong Medical University, Jinan, China.
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "How the brain controls locomotion".
• 2007, Sept 5, Qi Lu Hospital, Jinan, China.
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "Recovery of locomotion after spinal cord injury: A neurophysiologist's perspective".
• 2007, Sept 7, Dept. of Physiology, Qingdao Medical University, Qingdao, China.
  Presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "How the brain controls locomotion".
• 2007, June 12-15. University of Wisconsin - Madison biennial spinal cord symposium:"Cellular and Network Functions in the Spinal Cord".
  Presentation by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Creating a variety of motoneuron activity patterns in the two-level mammalian locomotor CPG".
  Presentation by Dr. Brian Schmidt.
• 2007, May 24, Mexico City, Mexico.
  Seminar at CINVESTAV by Dr. David McCrea entitled: "Creating a realistic model of the mammalian locomotor CPG - from physiology to simulations and back".
• 2007, March 25-30, Seville, Spain. The Society for the Neural Control of Movement 17th Annual Meeting
  Poster presentation by Dr. Larry Jordan entitled: "A brainstem-spinal command system controlling locomotion."
• 2007, March 9. Tucson, Arizona. Dept Physiology, Univ of Tucson.
  Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: “The in vivo rat model for the study of adaptations in spinal cord neurons and networks”.
• 2007, March 2. UCLA, Los Angeles. Department of Physiological Sciences.
  Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: “Effects of altered activity levels on alpha-motoneurones”.
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• 2006, November 28. Calgary Alberta. Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary.
  Presentation by Dr. Phil Gardiner entitled: "Are there sedentary and athletic motoneurones, how do they differ, and how do they change".
• October 14-18, Atlanta, GA, USA. Neuroscience 2006 - 36th SfN Annual Meeting
  (40 presentations from Winnipeg members)
• 2006, October 15, Atlanta, GA, USA. Society for Neuroscience Symposium
  'Mammalian locomotor neurons: identification, properties and function'.
  Chair: Dr. L.M. Jordan.
• 2006, Aug 30-Sept. 2, Wenner-Gren Centre, Stockholm SWEDEN. International symposium Networks in Motion.
  Presentation by Dr. D. McCrea: "Organization of rhythm and pattern generation networks - Modeling the mammalian locomotor CPG: insights from mistakes and perturbations". (Abstract 40K PDF) Also: 4.6 Mb PDF of the slide presentation.
  Presentation by Dr. L.M. Jordan: "Descending Inputs to the Spinal Cord Networks". (Abstract 40K PDF)
• 2006, May 8-9, Montreal, CANADA. 28th International Symposium: Computational Neurosciences.
  Presentation by Dr. D. McCrea: "Modeling the mammalian locomotor CPG: insights from mistakes and perturbations".
• 2006, May 2-7, Key Biscayne, FL, USA. The Society for the Neural Control of Movement 16th Annual Meeting.
  Presentation by Dr. D. McCrea: "Neural activity patterns in spinal cord: complementary approaches and perspectives across limbed vertebrates.
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• 2005, Nov 12-16, 2005. Washington DC, USA. Neuroscience 2005 - 35th SfN Annual Meeting
  (24 presentations from Winnipeg members)
• 2005, November. University of Wisconsin. Symposium on mechanisms of network function in the spinal cord-brainstem.
  Presentation by Dr. B. Schmidt.
• 2005, April 15-17. Kananaskis, Alberta. Genetic dissection of spinal cord development and function.
  Presentation by Dr. L. Jordan entitled: “Locomotion induced by endogenously released neurotransmitters in the isolated rat spinal cord.”
• 2005, April 14. University of Calgary, Minisymposium on Motor Systems.
  Presentation by Dr. L. Jordan entitled: “Ascending commissural cells and cholinergic control of locomotion”
• 2005, March 31-April 5, San Diego, USA. 35th International Congress of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) .
  Presentation by Dr. D. McCrea entitled "Spinal circuitry of sensorimotor control of locomotion".
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• 2004, October 23-27, San Diego, USA. Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting
  (26 presentations from Winnipeg members)
• 2004, Sept 24, University of Montreal, Dept of Physiology.
  Presentation by Dr. L. Jordan entitled: “Activation of the cholinergic propriospinal system as a means for restoring locomotor function after spinal cord injury”.
• 2004, April 27-28, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB. Will-To-Win Symposium
  Lectures by Drs. Schmidt, Jordan, McCrea, Shefchyk & Fedirchuk
• 2004, March 28-April 3, Sitges, Spain. The Society for the Neural Control of Movement 14th Annual Meeting
  Presenters: Myriam Lafreniere-Roula & Katinka Stecina.
• 2004, Jan. 28-Feb 1, Canadian Physiological Society Annual Winter Meeting.
  Presentation by Dr. L. Jordan entitled: “The role of bulbospinal monoaminergic systems in the activation of locomotion: studies in the neonatal rat spinal cord.”
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• 2003, November 8-12, New Orleans, USA. Society for Neuroscience 33rd Annual Meeting
  (18 presentations from Winnipeg members)
• 2003, July 10-15, Prague, Czech Republic. Sixth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience.
  Dr. Susan Shefchyk presenting in Symposium "Physiological Consequences of Spinal Cord Injury and Rehabilitation Engineering Interventions."
• 2003, June 27-28, Louisville, KY, USA. 9th Annual Kentucky Spinal Cord & Head Injury Research Trust (KSCHIRT) Symposium: Frontiers in Spinal Cord Regeneration
  (Dr. Susan J. Shefchyk presenting: "Sacral spinal neurons: intrinsic properties and connections that contribute to continence and micturition")
• 2003, May 3, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Spinal Cord Injury/Brain Injury Symposium "Live Your Present...Build Your Future"
  (Dr. Kris Cowley presenting: "Spinal Cord Injury-related Research: Where has it been, Where is it at, and Where is it going?")
• 2003, April 22-26, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. The Society for the Neural Control of Movement 13th Annual Meeting.
  Dr. Brian J. Schmidt presenting: "Localized and/or distributed rhythm generators in the spinal cord of mammals".
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• 2002, November 2-7, Orlando, FL, USA. Society for Neuroscience 32nd Annual Meeting
  (19 presentations from Winnipeg members)
• 2002, June 12-14, Montréal, Québec, Canada
  Canadian Federation of Biological Societies (CFBS) 45th Annual Meeting - Symposium on "Axon regeneration and repair in the injured spinal cord" Dr. Brian Schmidt presenting: "Identifying locomotor central pattern generator neurons in the mammalian spinal cord" (Dr. Larry Jordan cancelled).
• 2002, May 23-25, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Canadian Pain Society 2002 Annual Conference - "Back to the Future: Emerging Ideas on Pain Mechanism and Treatment"
  Dr. Robert M. Brownstone presenting: "Electroanalgesia & Neuropathic Pain".
• 2002, May 11-12, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. American Society of Neuroradiology Symposium on Advances in Spinal Imaging and Interventions
  Dr. Marc del Bigio presenting "Pathology of Hydrocephalus"
• 2002, May 3-6, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
  Joint meeting of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) and International Medical Society of Paraplegia (IMSOP)
  Dr. Karen Ethans presenting poster on "The Effects of Sildenafil on the Cardiovascular System in Men with Spinal Cord Injury at or Above the Sixth Thoracic Level" (Alan Casey, co-author); Pat Nance presenting "Efficacy and Safety of Tolterodine in Patients with Neurogenic Bladder" (K. Ethans, co-author).
• 2002, April 2-4, Venice, Italy. 3rd World Congress on Neural Rehabilitation
  Dr. Karen Ethans presenting poster on Arrow baclofen infusion pump.
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• 2001, November 10-15, San Diego, CA, USA. Society for Neuroscience 31st Annual Meeting
• 2001, October 12, U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Youth Symposium
  Drs. Larry Jordan, Brent Fedirchuk, Brian Schmidt, Patrick Stroman presenting workshop on Spinal Cord Injury; Dr. Jonathan Geiger presenting workshop on Vascular and Neurodegenerative Disorders.
  CMHF Youth Symposium - Spinal Cord Workshop 811k PDF
• 2001, September 22-25, Ystad Saltsjöbad, Sweden. Symposium on Spinal Cord Function, Plasticity and Repair
  Dr. Larry Jordan, Session Chair. Poster presentations by graduate students Yue Dai, and Myriam Lafreniere-Roula
• 2001, June 13-17, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Canadian Association of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (CAPM&R) Annual Scientific Meeting
  (Dr. Karen Ethans, Scientific Program Chair, and National Meeting Co-ordinator)
• 2001, May 18-20, Long Beach, CA, USA. American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Annual Meeting
  Dr. Karen Ethans presenting a poster on "Safety in the Cardiovascular System with the Use of Sildenafil in Men with Spinal Cord Injury at Sixth Thoracic Level or Higher: A Pilot Project".
• 2001, May 6-7, Montréal, Québec, Canada. XXIIIrd International Symposium of CRSN "Spinal Cord Trauma: Neural Repair and Functional Recovery" Drs. L. Jordan and S. Shefchyk presenting.
• 2001, April 5-6, Bethesda, MD, USA. The Spinal Cord in Health and Disease: A Conference To Honor The Career of Robert. E. Burke, M.D. Dr. McCrea presenting.
• 2001, March 25-30, Seville, Spain. 11th Annual Neural Control of Movement Meeting, preliminary program
  (Workshop proposed)
• 2001, March 18-22, Okazaki, Japan. International Symposium on "Higher Nervous Control of Posture and Locomotion: parallel and centralized control mechanisms" Dr. Jordan presenting.
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• 2000, November 4-9, New Orleans, LA, USA. Society for Neuroscience 30th Annual Meeting
• 2000, October 25-28, Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Canadian Society of Exercise Physiologists, Annual Scientific Conference "Muscles in Action" Dr. D. Kriellaars presenting.
• 2000, June 15-17, Boulder, CO, USA. Plateau Potentials and Rhythmic Firing in Motoneurons
  Drs. R. Brownstone and K. Carlin presenting.
• 2000, April 12, London, UK
  The Neural Control of Locomotion Research Symposium
  • "Asymmetrical organization of interneurones mediating group I disynaptic excitation to flexor and extensor motoneurones during fictive locomotion"
    David McCrea, Oral presentation
  • "Changes in patterns of activity in hindlimb flexors during fictive locomotion and scratching"
    Jorge Quevedo, Katinka Stecina, Simon Gosgnach and David McCrea
    Poster - Sensorimotor Control PC18
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• 1999, October 23-28, Miami Beach, FL, USA. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
• 1999, June 2-5, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Canadian Federation of Biological Sciences Conference, Neuroscience Theme
      -     Photo of Symposium Speakers (17KB JPEG image)
• 1999, April 11-15, Kauai, HI, USA. Neural Control of Movement Society Conference
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• 1998, November 7-12, L.A., CA, USA. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
• 1998, March 20-23, N.Y., NY, USA. New York Academy of Sciences Conference

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