Events Calendar - School of Medicine
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- day:
- Thursday
- date:
- 04/25/2019
- time:
- 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
- event:
- "Neural Circuits in Sleep and Epilepsy" by Nigel Pedersen
- area:
- location:
- PINN 1-17
- type:
- Seminar
- department:
- Pharmacology
- services:
- audience:
- Faculty Students
- details:
- Hosted by Steve Abbott, Nigel Pederson, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
In the Pedersen Epilepsy and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, we study the systems neuroscience of wakefulness and epilepsy in humans and animal models. There are two main streams of research. The first centers on the neurobiological basis of consciousness and the underlying wake-sustaining mechanisms upon which it depends (1-6); another group of projects examines brain networks in epileptic seizures, including the modulatory effects of sleep-wake circuits and networks through which seizures propagate.
We study large-scale brain circuits underlying wakefulness and sleep. Using a variety of genetically encoded technologies in mice, we have recently described a new component of the brain circuit that maintains wakefulness, the supramammillary hypothalamus (3). This region exerts control over both the hippocampal network (important for certain kinds of memory formation) as well as the wake network and cerebral cortex. A unique and interesting feature of this neuronal group is the presence of a subpopulation of neurons that we described to release both inhibitory GABA and excitatory glutamate on to a key population of hippocampal neurons - dentate granule cells (3). These neurons are sparsely firing neurons that control which activity enters the classical hippocampal tri-synaptic circuit. The supramammillary region, comprising three major neuronal populations (3), is thus able to control wakefulness and influence information flow into the hippocampus. Studies continue to understand the role of these circuits on attention, wakefulness and the role of this region in setting hippocampal excitability in epilepsy. A specific ongoing experiment involves disruption of GABA release by supramammillary neurons and examining spontaneous seizures and seizure threshold, using Cre-lox techniques. We are also examining the anatomical connectivity and spontaneous activity of identified supramammillary neuronal subpopulations using unit recording and, later, fiber photometry.
- URL:
- http://epilepsylaboratory.org/
- isCME:
- No
- speakers:
- Nigel P. Pedersen, Phd, Assistant Professor, Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- registration:
- No registration is necessary
- contact:
- Antoinette Reid Pharmacology 434-924-1919 adw2n@Virginia.EDU
- Attachments:
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SeminarNotice_Nigel Pedersen.pdf
- day:
- Thursday
- date:
- 04/25/2019
- time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- event:
- BMG Department Seminar, Dr. Kivanc Birsoy, Rockefeller University "Identification of metabolic liabilities and cancer cells"
- area:
- location:
- Pinn Hall 1017
- type:
- Seminar
- department:
- Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetics
- services:
- audience:
- Everyone
- details:
- isCME:
- No
- registration:
- No registration is necessary
- contact:
- Nancy Rush Biochemistry 3-0087 nr9b@virginia.edu
- day:
- Thursday
- date:
- 04/25/2019
- time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- event:
- CCPH Seminar 12pm: Dr. Kara Wiseman “Behavior Change Interventions for Cancer Prevention and Control”
- area:
- location:
- Pinn 2ABC
- type:
- Seminar
- department:
- Cancer Center Research Program Events
- services:
- audience:
- details:
- isCME:
- No
- registration:
- No registration is necessary
- contact:
- Maria Lane MCL9TH@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
- day:
- Thursday
- date:
- 04/25/2019
- time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- event:
- Molecular Tumor Board 12pm
- area:
- location:
- ECCCC 3303
- type:
- Lecture
- department:
- Cancer Center Research Program Events
- services:
- audience:
- details:
- 12:00 - 12:15 PM - Case 1: Castrate-resistant prostate cancer with ctDNA abnormalties
12:15 - 12:30 PM - Case 2: Case 2: Recurrent/metastatic lung adenocarcinoma with MET mutation
12:30 - 1:00 PM - Presentation on recent approval of FGFR inhibitor in metastatic bladder cancer
- isCME:
- No
- registration:
- No registration is necessary
- contact:
- Maria Lane MCL9TH@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
- day:
- Thursday
- date:
- 04/25/2019
- time:
- 5:45 PM - 6:45 PM
- event:
- Go Girls! Fitness Support Group
- area:
- location:
- UVA Battle Building OR Orange Pediatrics
- type:
- Class
- department:
- Go Girls
- services:
- audience:
- Everyone
- details:
- Go Girls! is a fun dance-based fitness and education program for girls ages 7-21. Our group meets every week to exercise in a fun environment, make new friends, and support each other in wellness goals. We participate in 45 minutes of dance fun followed by a brief wellness discussion. Go Girls! is free for girls ages 7-21 & female family and friends!
Join us at The Battle Building at the University of Virginia Children's Hospital, 1204 West Main St, Charlottesville, VA.
OR, join us at Orange Pediatrics from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. - Orange Medical Center, 661 University Lane, Suite A, Orange, VA
Free parking is provided for Go Girls! participants in the 11th street garage. After 5pm use push button/video phone for building access on the W. Main St. entrance or the 3rd floor parking garage entrance (level C). Please bring your parking garage ticket in and get it validated.
Classes are also held on Mondays from 5:45 - 6:45 p.m. at UVA Primary Care Zion Crossroads - UVA Medical Park Zion Crossroads, 1015 Spring Creek Parkway, Zion Crossroads, VA 22942
- URL:
- https://www.gogirls.virginia.edu/
- isCME:
- No
- registration:
- No registration is necessary
http://www.gogirls.virginia.edu/programs/registration
- contact:
- Anna King Akk8n@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
- day:
- Thursday
- date:
- 04/25/2019
- time:
- 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
- event:
- Newborn Care Class
- area:
- location:
- University Hospital
- type:
- Class
- department:
- OB / Gyn
- services:
- audience:
- Everyone
- details:
- Prepare for the arrival of your little one! We will cover newborn behavior, sleep patterns and how to calm a fussy baby. Care in the hospital, and basics in baby care will be discussed , along with on going resources.
- URL:
- https://uvahealth.com/services/pregnancy-birth/prenatal-class-info
- isCME:
- No
- registration:
- No registration is necessary
des4v@virginia.edu 434 924 9920
- contact:
- Diane Sampson 434 924 9920 DES4V@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu
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