BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250716T213633EDT-3524gopMeb@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250717T013633Z DESCRIPTION:The K.A.C. Elliott Lecture\, ' Mechanism of Episodic Memories ' will be delivered on May 1\, 2018 by Susumu Tonegawa\, Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience\, Director\, RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circu it Genetics\, Director\, RIKEN Brain Science Institute\, Principal Investi gator\, Tonegawa Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, Cambridge\ , USA. This important named lecture will take place in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (3801 Uni versity Street). A reception will follow.\n\nThe KAC Elliott Lecture was i nstituted in honour of Dr. Kenneth Allan Caldwell Elliott who was a neuroc hemist at the MNI (1958-1968). Dr. Elliott contributed immensely to the un derstanding of the basic chemical mechanisms of cerebral edema\, epilepsy\ , and brain tumours.  Importantly\, in 1957\, Dr. Elliot and his colleague s identified the role of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)\, now believed to be the major inhibitory transmitter in the brain.\n\n \n DTSTART:20180501T200000Z DTEND:20180501T213000Z LOCATION:Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre\, Montreal Neurological Institute\, CA \, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 2B4\, 3801 rue University SUMMARY:The K.A.C. Elliott Lecture URL:/channels-contribute/channels/event/kac-elliott-le cture-286243 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR