Loyola's Stritch School of Medicine celebrated St. Albert Day with a two day biomedical science exposition held on their campus in Maywood, IL. CANlab members Krishna Bharani, Matt Kmiecik, Brian Swies, and Dr. Morrison participated on Thursday by presenting three posters of their recent work. It was a great opportunity to share our work with Loyola Graduate Dean Dr. Sam Attoh and Neuroscience Program Director Dr. E.J. Neafsey, as well as see old friends who have moved on from their Loyola undergraduate days to being medical students.
The Neuroscience Society and the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor are sponsoring a talk by Brain Bugs author and UCLA Neurobiology professor Dean Buonomono at 5pm on November 10 in the Galvin Auditorium (Sullivan Center). Why not take a look at his book before the talk? Psyc 382 students as well as many faculty members are already reading it. You can learn more by taking a look at reviews of the book or by listening to interviews on the book's website. Dr. Buonomono's interview with NPR's Terry Gross on Fresh Aire is a particularly good one.
As many of you know I'm an Apple guy. I learned to program on an Apple II+. I owned a Model 00001 Macintosh, their first notebook computer, the first iPod and iPad models. I've owned over 30 Mac models and I've used every version of their operating system. Everything good that has come out of Apple over the years bore the mark of the creator, Steve Jobs. Beautiful. Innovative. Elegant. Intuitive.
I've thought long and hard about who the most creative individuals alive today are...who the Renaissance people are...the great and powerful innovators...in my opinion the greatest of these during my lifetime is no longer with us. We will miss your mark, Steve, but each time I touch my Mac keyboard, I will remember you. Members of the CANlab joined the Loyola Neuroscience Society student organization in the 22nd annual Walk to End Alzheimer's a major fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association. The Loyola team raised $2,160 with the help of Drs. Dye, Holmbeck, Larson, Morrison, Silton, Sutter, and Dean Fennell. Above: Team Loyola ready to go for a slightly damp jaunt. Left: Our team standing amidst the Alzheimer's memory field, remembering those affected by this most difficult and traumatic disease. A few CANlab members chow down afterwards at Chipolte. Will someone please pass that special sauce? Dr. Silton Jr., our official lab mascot, shows his spirit for his daddy and mommy's favorite team with a loaner from Miraj! Thanks to a travel fellowship from the Alzheimer's Association, Dr. Morrison is in Paris attending the Alzheimer's Association International Conference and presenting collaborative work with the Northwestern Alzheimer's Disease Center. The project is aimed at using EEG to develop biomarker's predicting the transition from health to pathologic aging, including Alzheimer's disease. Work on this project enters its next phase with new funding from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/American Federation of Aging Research. The Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) is the world's largest conference of its kind, bringing together researchers from around the world to report and discuss groundbreaking research and information on the cause, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. As a part of the Alzheimer's Association's research program, AAIC serves as a catalyst for generating new knowledge about dementia and fostering a vital, collegial research community. Above. Dr. Morrison with the lab's poster which he presented on Saturday at the Neuroimaging Preconference and then again as a part of the general AAIC conference. Left. Paris kicked the conference off with Bastille Day. Alzheimer's disease is the number one public health crisis of the 21st century and thus there are many interests represented at the conference...yes that really is a "free" cappuccino inscribed in chocolate with a drug company's name!
The CAN Lab is collaborating with Dr. Amy Bohnert's laboratory and Girls in the Game (www.girlsinthegame.org) to collect new data about the relationship between exercise and executive function in adolescent girls. "Coach Val" and I ("Coach Becky") collected data at the park yesterday! It was a beautiful Chicago summer morning and all of the girls seemed very happy to be at summer camp. We will return to collect more data in the park at the end of camp.
Dr. Morrison just received word that he received the New Investigator in Alzheimer's Disease Award from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation/American Federation of Aging Research for his project using EEG to predict the transition from normal aging to Alzheimer's disease. The two year award will fund a continuation of the project to evaluate the cognitive abilities of older adults and people diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Impairments for longitudinal tracking.
Dr. Morrison had a successful replacement of his right hip and joined the ranks of the bionic. He's already back to work thanks to the surgical prowess of Dr. David Beigler of Illinois Bone and Joint. Dr. Beigler performed the relatively rare anterior hip replacement procedure. As Dr. Beigler loves to say "its hard on me but easy on you!". And it fact it was, Dr. Morrison was cane free in just under three weeks. He can't wait to get back on his bike!
To celebrate the end of an exciting and successful year in the CAN LAB, we enjoyed spending time together at Dr. Morrison's house for a BBQ. It was a nice spring evening and Dr. Morrison fired up the grill on his back porch. There was delicious food and excellent conversation. I'm already looking forward to our next CAN LAB gathering. -- Dr. Silton As a token of their appreciation for Dr. Morrison's excellent mentorship, the CAN LAB undergraduates surprised Dr. Morrison with our new lab mascot: da Vinici! Of course, da Vinici is wearing a very fancy, personalized helmet... Our CAN LAB grad students made dessert. Arie made his famous brownies...and Val brought a beautiful fruit salad. YUM! |
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