Molecular, Cellular
and
Integrative Neurosciences

Seminar Series
Academic Year 2007-2008

Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be on Wednesdays at 4:00pm

W1 Anatomy/Zoology Building

Seminar schedules for previous academic years here: 02-03, 03-04, 04-05, 05-06, 06-07

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

August
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
22	NB793 - Organizational Meeting 1:00-150 pm
29	Dr. Jozsef Vigh Department of Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University	Shedding Light on a Presynaptic Inhibitory Circuit in the Retina

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

SEPTEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
5	Dr. Mark T. Nelson Dept. of Pharmacology College of Medicine University of Vermont Burlington, VT	Vascular Cross-Talk in the Brain: Roles of Potassium Channels and Calcium Signaling
12	Dr. Vincent Rehder Biology Department Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	NO News: Roles for Nitric Oxide in Neurite Outgrowth and Growth Cone Motility
19	Dr. Seth Blackshaw Department of Neuroscience School of Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	Functional Genomics of Retinal and Hypothalamic Development
26 2:00 pm Guggenheim Rm 107	Dr. Daniel C. Dennett Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies Tufts University Medford, MA	If the brain is the mind, can we have free will?

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OCTOBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
3	Dr. Jose Rizo-Rey Department of Biochemistry UT SW Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX	Bending Membranes During Neurotransmitter Release
10	Dr. Thomas E. Hughes Dept of Cell Biology & Neuroscience Montana State University Bozeman, MT	Jumping Green Genes: Random Insertion of Fluorescent Proteins
17	Dr. Elizabeth A. Connor Department of Biology University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA	The Ins and Outs of Synaptic Maintenance
TH 25 Cherokee Park Rm LSC	Dr. Blanche Capel Dept of Cell Biology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC	Patterning Decisions in Organ Development
31	Dr. Chris Leonard Department of Physiology New York Medical College Valhalla, NY	The Cellular Basis for Arousal: Orexin Receptor Function in the Reticular Activating System

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

NOVEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
7	NO SEMINAR Neuroscience Meeting
14	Dr. Joseph Carroll The Eye Institute Milwaukee, WI	Visualizing the Effect of Disruptions in the Cone Pigment Genes on the Organization of the Cone Mosaic
19-23	NO SEMINAR Fall Recess
28	Dr. Shane Hentges Department of Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Cellular Physiology and Cannabinoid Actions in the Central Regulation of Food Intake

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

DECEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
5	Dr. Nathan E. Schoppa Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics UCHSC Aurora, CO	Functional Role of Inhibitory Microcircuits in Generating and Reading Synchronized Activity in the Olfactory System
10	Dr. Larry J. Young Dept of Psychiatry & Behav. Sciences Yerkes National Primate Research Center Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, GA
11-14	NO SEMINAR Finals
17-31	NO SEMINAR Winter Break

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

JANUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1-16	NO SEMINAR Winter Break
23	NB793 Organizational Meeting
30	Dr. Carol Seeger Psychology Department Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Moving Beyond Motor Processing: The Basal Ganglia in Learning and Cognition

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

FEBRUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
6	NO SEMINAR
13	Dr. Bruce Draper Computer Science Department Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Familiarity Detection in Artificial Vision
20	Dr Katherine Mancuso Dept of Cell Bio, Neurobio & Anat Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI	Colorblindness Cure: Gene Therapy Confers a New Sensation
27	Dr. Michael Mozer Department of Computer Science Institute of Cognitive Science University of Colorado Boulder, CO	Rational Models of Cognitive Control

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

MARCH
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
5	Dr. Matthew Malcolm Department of Occupational Therapy Neurorehabilitation Research Laboratory Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Enhancing Therapeutic Effects in Human Stroke Rehabilitation Using Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
12	Dr. Carol Barnes Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute ARL Division of Neural Systems, Memory and Aging University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	Neural Correlates of Age-Related Memory Deficits in Rats and Monkeys
19	NO SEMINAR
26	Dr. Sarah Bottjer Section of Neurobiology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	Changes in Brain Wiring During the Sensitive Period for Vocal Learning in Songbirds

[ August | September | October | November | December | January | February | March | April | May ]

APRIL
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
2	Dr. Gregory Amberg Biomedical Sciences Department Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Calcium-Dependent Regulation of Cerebrovascular Ion Channel Function
10 Thursday	Dr. Robert Singer Anatomy and Structural Biology Yeshiva University Bronx, NY	The Birth and Travels of RNA
16	Dr. Jacques Michaud CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center Mother and Child University Hospital Center Montreal, Quebec	Development of the Hypothalamus: A Window on Common Disorders
23	Dr. Bing Zhang Department of Zoology University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	Clathrin-Associated Molecules at the Fruit Fly Neuromuscular Synapse
30	Dr. Luis Fernando Santana Department of Physiology and Biophysics University of Washington Seattle, WA	TBA

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MAY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
7	Dr. Gary Miller Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Rollins School of Public Health Emory University Atlanta, GA	TBA
13	NO SEMINAR

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