Seminar Series 2008-2009
Jordan Hall 1-17 Tuesdays @ 4 PM (unless otherwise noted)
Preview: Mondays @12:15 in MR4 5102 (unless otherwise noted)
| Fall 2008 | |
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| September 2, 2008 | NGP New Student Welcome Picnic |
| September 9, 2008 |
Benjamin Purow, MD "microRNAs in brain tumors and the Notch pathway" Host: Bettina Winckler
Preview: Benjamin Kefas, Postdoctoral Fellow, Purow Lab |
| September 16, 2008 |
NISS series
Uwe-Karsten Hanisch, PhD Microglia: active sensor and versatile effector cells in the normal and pathologic brain Host: Jonathan Kipnis Preview: Noel Derecki, Graduate Student, Kipnis Lab |
| September 30, 2008 |
Xin-Yun Lu, MD, PhD "A possible biological link between obesity and mood disorders" Host: Chien Li
Preview:Chien Li, Department of Pharmacology
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| October 7, 2008 |
Slobodan Todorovic, MD, PhD "Voltage-gated calcium channels in the thalamus as targets for general anesthesia" Host: Bettina Winckler
Preview: Peihan Orestes, Graduate Student, Todorovic Lab
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| October 14, 2008 |
Linda Phillips, PhD "Extracellular Matrix Regulation of Reparative Plasticity Following Brain Injury" Host: Pat Trimmer
Preview: Emily Cronin-Furman, Graduate Student, Trimmer Lab
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| October 21, 2008 |
Brian Smith, PhD "Plasticity tunes spatiotemporal dynamics of early olfactory processing"
Host: Jay Hirsh
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| November 4, 2008 |
Paul Yates, MD "Retinal vascular and neural development: common molecules/ common mechanisms" Host: Bettina Winckler
Preview: Paul Yates, Department of Opthalmology |
| November 11, 2008 |
NeuroImmunology Seminar Series
Rodney Johnson, PhD "Aging, Microglial Cell Priming and Discordant Communication between the Immune System and Brain"
Host: Jonathan Kipnis
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| November 18, 2008 | No Seminar-Society for Neuroscience |
| November 25, 2008 | No Seminar-Thanksgiving |
| December 9, 2008 |
Public Thesis Seminar
Heidi Walsh "Modulation of GnRH-Stimulated LHb Transcription by Steroid Hormones and the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System" Mentor: Dr. Peggy Shupnik
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| January 20, 2009 |
NISS series
Stanley H. Appel, MD Host: Jonathan Kipnis
Preview: Jonathan Kipnis |
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Special Date and Time |
Canceled- WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR FALL 2009
Miguel Nicolelis, MD, PhD Host: Carolina Ramoa |
| February 10, 2009 | Open Date |
| February 17, 2009 |
Distinguished Lecturer
Host: Doug Bayliss |
| March 3, 2009 |
No Seminar-Spring Break |
| March 10, 2009 |
Christine Thisse, PhD Inducing morphogenesis using the zebrafish model organism
Host: Bettina Winckler
Thisse, B., Wright, C. V. E. and Thisse, C. (2000). Activin and Nodal-related factors control antero-posterior patterning of the zebrafish embryo. Nature 403, 425-427. Agathon, A., Thisse, C. and Thisse, B. (2003). The molecular nature of the zebrafish tail organizer, Nature, 424, 448-452. Seiliez, I., Thisse, B. and Thisse, C. (2006). FoxA3 and goosecoid promote anterior neural fate through inhibition of Wnt8a activity before the onset of gastrulation. Dev. Biol., 290(1), 152-163.
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| March 17, 2009 |
Brian Wiltgen, PhD The contribution of NMDA receptor-independent plasticity to learning and memory.
Host: Bettina Winckler |
| March 24, 2009 |
CANCELED
Janice Juraska, PhD Host: Emilie Rissman |
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please note special time
12:00 PM March 31, 2009
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Virginia Lee, PhD "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration:Connecting the Dots Through TDP-43"
Host: George Bloom
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| April 14, 2009 |
Canceled
NISS Seminar
Michal Schwartz |
| April 21, 2009 |
Canceled
Dan Tracey "Genetic analysis of nociception in Drosophila: a painless operation"
Host: Barry Condron |