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DESCRIPTION:Special Seminar\n	From Penfield to the Future: Towards The Neuro
 ’s Next Century\n\n\nEdward A. Fon\, MD\, FRCP(C)\n	Scientific Director\, M
 ontreal Neurological Institute-Hospital\n	Canada Research Chair in Parkinso
 n's Disease\n	Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery\n	Faculty of Medicine 
 and Health Sciences\n	91ºÚÁÏÍø\n\nIn person: de Grandpré Communica
 tions Centre \n\nOnline: ZOOM\n\nDr. Edward Fon is the Scientific Director
  of the Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital (The Neuro) and Professor
  in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at 91ºÚÁÏÍø. He 
 is a Clinician-Scientist and attending neurologist specializing in movemen
 t disorders at the MUHC. He is the Director of the FRQS Quebec Parkinson N
 etwork (QPN) and Co-Director of the Canadian Open Parkinson Network (C-OPN
 ). He was trained at the Université de Montréal\, 91ºÚÁÏÍø and th
 e University of California\, San Francisco (UCSF). His research focuses on
  the cellular and molecular events leading to neurodegeneration in Parkins
 on's disease (PD). Dr Fon is particularly interested in the function and c
 ell biology of PD genes. His work has been published in prestigious journa
 ls including Nature\, Science\, Nature Neuroscience\, Nature Cell Biology\
 , eLife\, Molecular Cell\, Physiological Reviews\, Neuron\, PNAS\, PloS Bi
 ology\, Nature Communications\, Journal of Cell Biology\, Cell Reports\, a
 nd EMBO J. As Scientific Director\, he has led the implementation of key t
 ranslational platforms at The Neuro including the Clinical Biological Imag
 ing and Genetic repository (C-BIG) and the Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU
 ). To support these programs\, he secured major partnerships with public f
 unders and industry while embracing the Open Science Principals of The Neu
 ro. Throughout his career\, he has received several awards including the C
 IHR Clinician-Scientist award\, the Prix de Jeune Chercheur Blaise Pascal\
 , a National Scholar award of the FRQS and the EJLB Foundation Scholar. He
  is currently an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Inves
 tigation (ASCI) and a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Parkinson’s Diseas
 e. He is a member of the Research Committee of Brain Canada. His research 
 has benefited from uninterrupted funding throughout his career from the CI
 HR and is currently supported by Brain Canada\, FRQS\, the Michael J. Fox 
 Foundation\, CQDM\, CFI and Parkinson Canada. In 2023\, he was listed amon
 g the top 1% most cited researchers in the world by Clarivate.\n
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LOCATION:Hybrid: de Grandpré Communications Centre\, The Neuro and Zoom\, M
 ontreal Neurological Institute\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, 3801 rue U
 niversity
SUMMARY:Special Seminar: From Penfield to the Future: Towards The Neuro’s N
 ext Century
URL:/medsimcentre/channels/event/special-seminar-penfi
 eld-future-towards-neuros-next-century-368324
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