Invited talks and lectures
12th February 2010
Departmental Seminar, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, UK “Ca2+ signaling in neurodegenerative disease: novel avenues for neuroprotection”
8th May 2009
McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (Host: Dr. D. Steindler)
Special Seminar: “Migraine, epilepsy, cerebellar ataxia and trauma: one pathophysiological mechanism?”
11th March 2009
Eye Foundation of Kansas City, UMKC School of Medicine, Kansas City, MO (Host: Dr. N. Sabates)
Vision Research Seminar: “Novel Insights into Familial Hemiplegic Migraine: Involvement of the Visual System”
7th October 2008
Scientific Seminar, Memory Disorders Research Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital,
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark (Host: Dr. Joergen E. Nielsen)
“Novel therapeutic approaches for cerebellar ataxias.”
3rd October 2008
Scientific Seminar, Glostrup Research Institute, Glostrup Hospital, Glostrup, Denmark
(Host: Dr. Inger Jansen Olesen)
“Migraine: Insights from transgenic mouse models.”
22nd June 2008
Expert Seminar, Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
“The role of Cav3.1 and GABA-A receptors in cerebellar ataxia.”
8th April 2008
The Chris Thompson Memorial Symposium and Neuroscience North East, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Durham, Durham, UK
“Migraine: Insights from two novel transgenic mouse models.”
22nd January 2008
Departmental Seminar, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX (Host: Dr. M. Singh)
"Migraine: Insights from a novel transgenic mouse model."
23rd November 2007
Departmental Seminar, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
(Host: Prof. Steve Edwards)
“Migraine: Insights from two transgenic mouse models.”
11th May 2007
Departmental Seminar, Department of Pharmacology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria (Host: Prof. Dr. J. Striessnig)
"Calcium Channel Dysfunction in Mouse Models for Epilepsy and Migraine."
9th May 2007
Departmental Seminar, Institute for Surgical Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany (Host: Prof. Dr. N. Plesnila)
"Cacna1a S218L Knock-In Mice: A Model for Migraine, Trauma and Ataxia."
7th May 2007
Departmental Seminar, Institute for Physiology II/Neurophysiology, University of Jena, Jena, Germany (Host: PD Dr. F. Richter)
"The Role of Calcium Channel Dysfunction in Migraine."
4th May 2007
Expert Seminar, Neuromed Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
“Migraine: Insights from a novel mouse model with the S218L mutation in the P/Q-type Ca2+ channel.”
10th October 2006
Colloquium, Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
"Muscle Weakness Contributes to the Phenotype of Rolling Nagoya Mutant Mice."
3rd October 2006
Departmental Seminar, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX (Host: Professor P. Koulen)
"Synaptic effects of mutations in neuronal Cav2.1 calcium channels."
22nd March 2006
Departmental Seminar, Department of Neuropathology, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany (Host: Prof. Dr. I. Blümcke)
“Synaptic effects of neurological disease-associated mutations in Cav2.1 calcium channels.”
11th October 2005
Departmental Seminar, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany (Host: Prof. Dr. T. Jentsch)
"Characterization of neuromuscular synaptic transmission in the novel Cacna1a knock-in mouse model for familial hemiplegic migraine."
16th May 2005
Laboratory Seminar, Professor Terrance Snutch, Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
"Recent advances in the study of Ca2+ channel mutant mice."
20th July 2004
Departmental Seminar Molecular and Cell Biology Series, University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom (Host: Dr. C.L. Thompson)
"P/Q-Type Calcium Channels in Health and Disease." |
Short presentations at conferences
S. Kaja, M. Shapovalova, A. Tottene, J. Mezeyova, D. Parker, M.D. Ferrari, A.M. van den Maagdenberg, D. Pietrobon, T.P. Snutch. Absence of Functional Compensation in Cerebellar Neurons of Knock-in Mice with the Familial Hemiplegic Migraine Type 1 S218L Mutation. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting San Diego, CA 2007. Slide presentation
S.Kaja, R.C.G. Van de Ven, M.D. Ferrari, R.R. Frants, A.M.J. Van den Maagdenberg, J.J. Plomp. Differential non-Cav2.1 compensation profiles at motor nerve terminals of Leaner and Null Cav2.1-mutant mice. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Atlanta, GA 2006.
Slide presentation
S. Kaja, R.C. van de Ven, R.R. Frants, M.D. Ferrari, A.M. Van den Maagdenberg, J.J. Plomp. Characterization of neuromuscular synaptic transmission in the novel Cacna1a S218L knock-in mouse model for familial hemiplegic migraine. Postgraduate and Early-Career Symposium 2005, Sep 14-15, Durham, UK. Slide presentation.
S. Kaja, R.C.G. Van de Ven, L.A.M. Broos, R.R. Frants, M.D. Ferrari, A.M.J. Van den Maagdenberg, J.J. Plomp Increased transmitter release at neuromuscular synapses of a novel Cacna1a S218L knock-in mouse model for familial hemiplegic migraine. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting San Diego, CA 2004. Slide presentation
S. Kaja, J.J. Plomp, L.A. Broos, R.C. van de Ven, A.M. van den Maagdenberg, R.R. Frants, M.D. Ferrari. Ex vivo electrophysiology at the mouse neuromuscular junction. Topiramate Preclinical Update Meeting Johnson & Johnson 2003, Jan 16-18, Coral Gables, FL. Slide presentation.
S. Kaja, A. Wilton, M. Bingley, P. Tiwari, C.L. Thompson. Expression of an extrasynaptic, cerebellar granule cell-specific GABA-A receptor subtype is selectively impaired in the epileptic and ataxic mouse, Tottering. Neuroscience North East Conference 2002, Dec 16-17, Sunderland, UK. Slide presentation.
S. Kaja, S. Yang, R. Liu, K. Fujitani, A.-M. Brun-Zinkernagel, J.H. Brandstatter, J.W. Simpkins, K. Inokuchi, P. Koulen. Vesl-1L/Homer-1c expression in the rat retina and changed expression during retinal ischemia and neuroprotection by estrogen. Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Orlando, FL 2002. Slide presentation |
Other
Guest speaker: “Anthropology: New insights from psychology and neuroscience”
Symposium of the German National Academic Foundation,
Bad Honnef, Germany, November 2005;
Guest speaker: “Will and Emotion: New Insights from Psychology, Philosophy and Neuroscience”,
German National Academic Foundation Summer University,
Rovinj, Croatia, August 2003;
Guest speaker: “FUTUR – The German Research Dialogue”
Think-tank by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research,
Berlin, Germany, February 2005;
Guest speaker: “End-of-life decisions”,
German National Academic Foundation Summer University,
Rot an der Rot, Germany, August 2002. |