Inaugural Trainee Research Meeting takes place May 6, 2011

journalclub  002ICORD’s Trainee Committee at is hosting a one-day Trainee Research Meeting on May 6th, 2011, at the Blusson Spinal Cord Centre.

The meeting will feature two distinguished plenary lectures by leading North American spinal cord injury researchers, as well as short presentations of spinal cord injury-related research from current ICORD Trainees.

Register now!

This meeting is open to Trainees, Staff and Faculty at UBC and ICORD’s partner institutions. Download the registration form & draft schedule here.

Invited speakers:

Dr. Milos Popovic, PhD, P.Eng.

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Control of lower limbs during standing and implication for developing a neuroprosthesis for standing in SCI

Dr. Mark Tuszynski, MD, PhD

University of California,  San Diego

Axonal plasticity and regeneration in the CNS: from rodents to primates