Neurogenesis Speaker Series: April Edition
Come meet HBHL-supported Faculty!聽
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
4:30鈥�6:30 p.m. (includes a one-hour reception)
Get ready for the last EVER edition of Neurogenesis! Get to know HBHL-supported faculty recruits firsthand, learn about their research, ask questions and network with your peers during the post-event reception.
Each event in this series features two HBHL faculty recruits whose research areas provide an interesting contrast or intersection for discussion.
April Speakers:聽
- Nicolas Tritsch聽- "Defining dopamine鈥檚 role in movement"
- Stephanie Zandee听-听鈥�A multi modular approach to characterize multiple sclerosis brain pathology in rapid autopsy brain tissue鈥�
- Q&A moderated by HBHL Scientific Director聽Alan Evans
Speakers
Nicolas Tritsch, PhD
Dr. Tritsch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Douglas Research Centre and 成人VR视频. After graduating from 成人VR视频 with a聽BSc in immunology and an MSc in neuroscience, he obtained a PhD in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University, completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School, and began his independent career at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine, where he explored how dopamine modulates the activity of brain circuits that control voluntary movements in health and disease. His laboratory relocated to the Douglas Research Centre in 2024, with the goal of deepening our understanding of neuromodulatory signalling in mental health disorders. Dr. Tritsch鈥檚 research uses a variety of optical, genetic and physiological approaches in rodents to reveal how the mammalian brain learns and motivates action.聽
Stephanie Zandee, PhD
Dr. Stephanie Zandee obtained a BSc in Molecular Life Sciences and a MSc in Molecular Mechanisms of Disease at the Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands). She moved to the University of Edinburgh to carry out a PhD in the labs of Dr. Stephen Anderton and Dr. Anna Williams, focusing on regulatory T cells in Multiple Sclerosis pathology. She continued her research in the lab of Dr. Alexandre Prat at the CrCHUM in Montreal, where she investigated the blood-brain barrier in MS. Dr. Zandee has been extensively trained in MS neuropathology and coordinated the Prat lab brain bank and autopsy program for eight years. Dr. Zandee has started her own research group at the Montreal Neurological Institute (The Neuro), 成人VR视频, as of July 2024. The Zandee lab is focusing on understanding MS lesion pathology at a single cell level using rapid autopsy derived tissue, with a specific focus on the role of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-37 and regulatory T cells using machine learning approaches.