McCaig Institute Seminar Series
The Seminar Series is put together by a group of dedicated student leaders. Speakers and topics are chosen to reflect the breadth of the research produced by members of the McCaig Institute.
The McCaig Institute's Seminars usually take place on Wednesdays at noon, except for the first week of the month when we have a special seminar on Monday at noon.
McCaig Institute Seminar Series
Join us every Wednesday at 12:00 p.m. for the McCaig Institute seminar series using the Zoom details below:
Link: https://ucalgary.zoom.us/j/92223877714
Meeting ID: 922 2387 7714
Passcode: mccaig
Winter 2022 Schedule:
Jan. 5, 2022
Dr. Frank Jirik
"The many faces of STING: from autoinflammation to cellular senescence”
Jan. 12, 2022
Guest Speaker: Dr. Jillian Beveridge
"The Impact of ACL Function on Knee Biomechanics and PTOA Risk"
Jan. 19, 2022
Kirinpreet Dhillon
"Abilities in Focus: How do physicians influence physical activity among people with mobility impairment?"
Jan. 26, 2022
NO SEMINAR
Feb. 2, 2022
Samantha Leech: "Determining neurochemical changes involved in chronic knee osteoarthritis pain using brain spectroscopy."
Paige Wyatt: "Bone quality of Canadian athletes assessed with advanced medical imaging: a focus on female long track speed skater."
Feb. 9, 2022
Dr. Kati Pasanen
"Knee injuries in team sports - insights from injury prevention"
Feb. 16, 2022
Nathan Neeteson
"Automatic segmentation of trabecular and cortical compartments in HR-pQCT images using an embedding-predicting U-Net and morphological post-processing"
Feb. 23, 2022
Dr. Jason Anderson
"Direct and Indirect Evidence from Bone for Locomotion Across the Fin-to-Limb Transition"
March 9, 2022
Guest speaker: Dr. Amy Merrill-Brugger
"Assembling the skull: new insights from rare disorders”
March 23, 2022
Dr. Emily Bishop
"Tri-Compartment Offloading: A Biomechanical Evaluation of the Levitation Knee Brace"
April 6, 2022
Anthonia Anowai
"STOF Award Experience - Diversity and Inclusion Certificate"
April 13, 2022
Dr. Leigh Gabel
"Exercise for preventing bone loss during long-duration spaceflight"
April 20, 2022
Meghan Critchley
"Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for dance-related injury in elite adolescent ballet dancers"
May 4, 2022
Jessica Corpuz
“Elucidating the role of Proteoglycan 4 in murine intervertebral discs”
May 11, 2022
Monica Russell
“Limping into the future: Long-term biomechanical effects of youth sport-related ankle sprain injuries”
May 18, 2022
Ashley Clarke
"To clot, or not to clot?: Using TEG analysis to assess hypercoagulability following pelvic and acetabular fractures"
May 25, 2022
Hannah Smith
"The effect of nutrition on musculoskeletal health"
Lisa Yamaura
"TEG Talk: Can Thrombelastography Identify Hypercoagulability and Platelet Hyperactivity in Orthopaedic Surgery Patients with Metastatic Bone Disease?"