Naweed Syed

Professor

Cell Biology & Anatomy

PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)


Contact information

Phone

Office: 403-220-5479

Web presence

PubMed

Google Scholar

Location


Research and teaching

Research areas

  • Brain
  • Molecular Mechanism
  • Neurodevelopment
  • Neuro plasticity
  • Synapsis

Research Summary

Research Personnel:

Anosha Ulfat, PhD Neuroscience Program
Shadab Batool, PhD Neuroscience Program
Syedah Ali, PhD Neuroscience Program
Roofia Pishgar, MSC, Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program
Nerea Jimenez Tellez, PhD Biochemistry and Microbiology 

Dr. Pierre Wijdenes, Postdoctoral Fellow
Wali Zaidi, Research Technician 
Jean Kawasoe, Research Technician 

Research interests

My research program is focused at defining the fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying nervous system development and synaptic plasticity. Specifically, my lab seeks to identify genes and the underlying molecular cascade that allows neurons to extend their projections en route towards their targets and establish neuronal connectivity during development to control all brain functions. We have developed several neuron-chip recording techniques that allow us to monitor neuronal activity from large networks of brain cells at the resolution of single cells. Our lab also studies the impact of various extrinsic factors that influence neuronal synaptic plasticity between brain cells.


Publications

PubMed


Awards

Grants
NSERC
Mitacs
CIHR 

Awards:

  • 2020 Award, 2020 Annual Celebration of Excellence, University of Calgary
  • 2020 Graduation Commencement Speech, Peerless Training Institute, Calgary
  • 2019 Kotler Global Innovation Award Recipient (Novel Technology Development)
  • 2019 Award of Excellence, COPO (Canadians of Pakistani Origin)
  • 2019 Chief Guest for Education Award Ceremony by Anjuman Sadaat-e-Amroha
  • 2019 Invited/laid Foundation Stone for future Pakistan International University. Islamabad
  • 2019 Honored Guest Speaker, Rawalpindi Medical University, Laid the stone for Research Center, Pakistan 2019 Pride of Nation Award, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Pakistan
  • 2019 COMSTEC Recognition from Dr. Tariq Banuri, Chairman Higher Education Commission
  • 2019 Service Award, ALOHA: Empowering Young Minds Community, Calgary, Canada
  • 2019 Award, Graduation Commencement Speech and Appreciation, Bay River College, Calgary
  • 2019 Award, Guest of Honor. The Citizens’ Foundation of Canada
  • 2019 Award, Outstanding Research and Invocation Award, Boy Scouts Association of Pakistan
  • 2019 Award, Outstanding Innovation Award, Wiltshire Laboratories