Max Cynader is the founding director of the Brain Research Centre and the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health at the University of British Columbia.
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Max Cynader received a Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University in 1967 and a Ph.
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Max Cynader did postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute in Germany before joining the Faculty in the departments of psychology and physiology at Dalhousie University.
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Max Cynader published influential papers on the mechanisms by which normal and abnormal visual experience affected the development of the visual cortex.
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Max Cynader further investigated the molecular mechanisms that underpinned the plasticity of the visual system, publishing papers on changes in gene expression, and receptor redistribution in the cortex associated with the critical period.
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Max Cynader has contributed to technology development, and to the commercialization of research results.
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Max Cynader appeared on many television and radio shows, and made numerous presentations to lay groups such as the Rotary Club, Probis, Avocis, and various seniors groups.
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Max Cynader emphasized the importance of modern Brain Research in developing new treatments for the many prevalent Neurological and Psychiatric diseases that impact society.
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Max Cynader served as a spokesperson for the Alzheimer's Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Literacy BC, sat on the Board of Brain Canada and acted for various Public and private funding agencies.
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Max Cynader is married, to Ann Lynn Langford, and has three daughters.