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NeuroEvents

NeuroEvents

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NeuroEvents

Your one stop for all the Neuroscience events happening on campus and throughout the Western community.

Áine Dineen Talk

Date: March 25th, 2026. 

Location: Western Interdisciplinary Research Building Room 4190.

Description:  "Development of tuning to coarse and fine visual features: inductive biases differ in minds and machines".  11:00am.

Info: All are welcome.  

Contact Dr. Marieke Mur for more information at mmur@uwo.ca.  

Headache Rounds

Date: March 25th, 2026. 

Location: Victoria Hospital E4-013 or Online.  

Description:  12:00pm.  

Meeting ID: 291 996 536 705 6
Passcode: sT7yx7a911:00am.

Info: All are welcome.  

Annual kNOwPain Conference

Date: March 26th, 2026. 

Location: Great Hall, Somerville House, Western University.  

Description:  Keynote speakers Drs. Hance Clarke, Norm Buckley and Margot Latimer, and Mr. John R. Sylliboy.     

Info: All are welcome.  Please register in advance.

Neuroradiology Noon Rounds

Date: March 26th, 2026. 

Location: University Hospital Radiology Conference Room or Online.  

Description: 12:00pm.

Info: 

Meeting ID: 241 726 745 603 90
Passcode: zW7Bg3M6

Epilepsy Rounds

Date: March 27th, 2026. 

Location: University Hospital Auditorium C or Online.  

Description: Dr. Michelle-Lee Jones - Case Presentation.  8:00am.

Info: 

Meeting ID: 937 1193 4215
Passcode: 226934

Brain Hack Western

Date: March 27th - 29th, 2026. 

Location: Western Interdisciplinary Research Building 

Description: $5 registration (includes on-site meals, snacks, and coffee each day).

Info: Brainhack Western 2026

Perspectives in Neuroscience Speaker Series

Date: March 31, 2026.  

Location: North Campus Building, Western University. 

Description: Dr. Elizabeth Bess, University of California, Irvine - "Finding catalysts of gut reactions: the gut microbiota in disease onset and treatment".  9:00am.  

Info: Neuroscience Graduate Program Website

BrainsCan Impact Seminar

Date: April 2nd, 2026.  

Location: Dental Sciences Building (DSB) 1002 or Online.

Description: Drs. Mallar Chakravarty, Marco Prado, Martin Duennwald, and Thomas Durcan - "Early biomarkers for development and monitoring of effective disease-modifying therapies".  12:00pm.  

Info: All are welcome but please register in advance.

Perspectives in Neuroscience Speaker Series

Date: April 7th, 2026.  

Location: North Campus Building, Western University.  

Description: Dr. Isaac Ming-Cheng Chiu, Harvard Medical School - "Bacteria interactions with sensory neurons in pain and itch".  9:00am.   

Dr. Patricia Conrod - The Strategic Vision For Neuroscience Research at CIHR and at Western

Date: April 8th, 2026

Location: Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, Room 3000.  

Description: Dr. Patricia Conrod, CIHR Scientific Director - INMHA - "The Strategic Vision For Neuroscience Research at CIHR and at Western".  1:00pm.  

Info: All are welcome.  

Developmental Disabilities Clinical and Research Rounds

Date: April 8th, 2026

Location: Online.

Description: Dr. Ana Suller Marti - "Overcoming Barriers: Managing drug-resistant epileptic syndromes".  4:00pm.  

Info: All are welcome.  Please register in advance.

BHCare Training Platform Webinar

Date: April 9th, 2026

Location: Online.

Description: Dr. Gill Livingston - "The role of modifiable risk factors for dementia in an era of anti-amyloid therapy".  2:00pm.

Info: Register in advance.  

BioNext SR&ED Funding Workshop

Date: April 16th, 2026

Location: The Connector Suites, Convergence Centre.  Online.

Description: Lunch & Learn Workshop.  Presented by Deloitte - "Learn How to Make R&D Fund You!"  11:00am.  

Info: Register in advance.  

Rotman Graduate Student Conference

Date: May 2nd and 3rd, 2026

Location: Western Interdisciplinary Research Building, Room 1170 or Online.  

Description: Philosophical Issues in the Life Sciences - Dr. Lauren Ross (University of California, Irvine) and Dr. Dani S. Bassett (University of Pennsylvania).

Info: All are welcome, please register in advance. 

Science Rendez-Vous

Date: May 9th, 2026

Location: Western University

Description: This event is for all ages and is free!

Info: More information and Registration Link Below.  

Rotman Research Retreat on Knowledge Translation

Date: May 21st, 2026

Location: Western Interdisciplinary Reserach Building, Room 3000.

Description:A workshop to explore what researchers mean by “knowledge translation.”

Info: All are welcome, registration is required.  The call for proposals is open until Friday March 27th.  

Child Health Research Day

Date: May 27th, 2026. 

Location: Kings University College, Western.  

Description: Medical and Basic Science Research in Paediatric Health

Info: Registration will open April 1, 2026.

Child Health Symposium

Date: May 28th, 2026. 

Location: Kings University College, Western.  

Description: Research and Best Practices in Child and Youth Health and Well-Being  

Info: Registration will open April 1, 2026.

Scientific Meeting of the Canadian DOHaD Society

Date: June 2-3rd, 2026.  

Location: Western University 

Description: Keynote speakers include Dr. Richard Pilsner (Wayne State University) and Dr. Simone Vigod (University of Toronto).

Info: Abstract Submissions are now open.

CNS Research and Education Innovation Day

Date: June 9th, 2026.  

Location: King's University College.

Description: Poster and oral presentations from residents, graduate students, PhD candidates and postdoctoral fellows, as well as a Keynote Speaker.

Info: Abstract Submissions are now open.

Healthcare Enhanced by AI & Learning (HEAL)

Date: June 24th, 2026.  

Location: Ronald D. Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Description: A one-day conference focused on bringing AI into real healthcare practice.

Info: Abstract Submissions are now open.

Registration is open as well.