News Archive from 2005
December 29, 2005
Austin Bergquist and several members of the Steadward Center have travelled to London to learn about FES rowing machine at Brunel University. Other stops include the
Aspire National Training Centre and the
Royal National Orthopedic Hospital
in Stanmore, the London Regatta Centre in East London, and labs in the Oxford Brookes University.
December 5, 2005
Dr. Penelope McNulty is with us this week from the University of Sydney and the Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute in Austrailia.
November 11, 2005
Dave, Jesse, Olle and Joanna went to Washington, D.C., to attend the 35th annual meeting organized by the Society for Neuroscience. Olle and Joanna presented their posters at this meeting.
November 3, 2005
Dr. Brian Maraj went to Niagara Falls, Ontario to present a poster at a meeting organized by the Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS).
October 27, 2005
This morning we had the pleasure of being visited by the new
president of the University of Alberta, Dr. Indira Samarasekera. She was introduced to
our research team and was given a brief demonstration of some of the techniques
we use to study the neural control of human movement.
October 24, 2005
Dr. Collins gave a afternoon lecture to a group of students at the Canmore Collegiate High School and an evening lecture for the general public. The talks were part of a seminar series put on as part of the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical
Research. Dr. Collins spoke about Stroke and Rehabilitation. A warm hello Mr. Lake and the great students in Canmore.
October 20, 2005
Today a group from the Steadward Centre for Personal and Physical
Achievement visited the lab to discuss our common interests in functional
electrical stimulation (FES) and get an introduction to some of our FES
research. We are looking forward to working more closely with the Steadward Centre and the SCITCS FES Clinic on mutual research interests in the future.
September 30, 2005
The Digitimer High Voltage Stimulator has arrived! This will allow us to deliver higher intensity stimulations in our experiments.
September 23, 2005
We are going to "Neurohike" the XXXIII Meeting of the Alberta Motor Control Group in Jasper this weekend.
September 13, 2005
The Autumn 2004 issue of the New Trail magazine includes an article describing experiments to measure nerve conduction velocity in "Lucy", an elephant at the Edmonton Zoo. Click here to see a scan of the article.
September 12, 2005
Olle attends an advanced Biodex training session in New York.
September 1, 2005
A welcome to Dr. Jesse Dean, the new postdoctoral fellow in the lab and a welcome back to Joanna Clair who is starting her MSc degree.
August 19, 2005
The Biodex System 3 has finally arrived! We will use this to study isolated contractions of different muscle groups. This addition to the Human Neurophysiology Laboratory was made possible by grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Alberta Science and Research Investments Program and a contribution from the Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation.
August 16, 2005
Olle Lagerquist is awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral). This is formerly known as the Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship. Recipients of this award carry out a full-time research program during the summer months.
July 18, 2005
Website launched! The Human Neurophysiology Laboratory has arrived on the World Wide Web.
July 12, 2005
At long last we received our new Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator (MagPro 30, Medtronic). This will be used to stimulate nerve and muscle and also specific parts of the brain (non-invasively) that are involved in the control of human movement. This will allow us to study how the cortex contributes to voluntary and electrically-evoked contractions of human muscle. This addition to the Human Neurophysiology Laboratory was made possible by grants from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Alberta Science and Research Investments Program.
July 8, 2005
Piotr Klakowicz wins second place in student presentation competition at IFESS conference in Montreal.
June 27, 2005
Congratulations to Evan Baldwin for the successful completion of the requirements for a Master's degree.
June 13, 2005
Congratulations to Piotr Klakowicz for the successful completion of the requirements for a Master's degree.
