Molecular, Cellular 
and 
Integrative Neurosciences

Seminar Series
Academic Year 2009-2010


Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be on Wednesdays at 4:00pm
W1 Anatomy/Zoology Building
Seminar schedules for previous academic years here: 03-04, 04-05, 05-06, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
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August
DATE SPEAKER TITLE
26

NB793 - Organizational Meeting
W1 A/Z • 1:00-1:50 pm

 
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SEPTEMBER
DATE SPEAKER TITLE

3

Thursday

Dr. Ted Abel
Professor, Dept. of Biology; Director, Biological Basis of Behavior Program;
University of Pennsylvania, PA

Molecular mechanisms of Long-Term Memory Storage

9

Dr. Ione Fine
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
The Effects of Visual Deprivation
16 Dr. Julie Fiez
Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Washington University at St. Louis, Pittsburgh, PA

The Consequences of Making a Choice: Learning and the Human Striatum

23 Dr. Jeffrey S. Diamond
Senior Investigator, Synaptic Physiology Section, NINDS, Porter Neuroscience Research Center, Bethesda, MD
Parallel Processing Within Individual Retinal Interneurons
30
Dr. Nicholas C. Spitzer
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chair, Section of Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego, CA
Activity-Dependent Neurotransmitter Respecification: novel Neuroplasticity
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OCTOBER
DATE SPEAKER TITLE
7

Dr. Dr. Paul J. Anderson
K. Frank Austen Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA

Co-Sponsored with Frontiers in Biomedical Sciences Seminar Series and the Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology

Polysomes, P-bodies and Stress Granules: Spatial Control of mRNA Translation / Decay

14

NO SEMINAR

   
21

No Seminar -Neuroscience Meeting October 17 - 21, Chicago, Illinois

 

28
Dr. Jonathan H. Jaggar
Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Dept. of Physiology, Memphis, TN
Vasoregulation by Smooth Muscle Cell IP3 Receptors
     
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NOVEMBER
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
4
Dr. James Q. Zheng
Professor, Emory University University, School of Medicine, Depts. of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Atlanta, GA
Actin Cytoskeleton in Synaptic Receptor Trafficking

11 (Wednesday - Marriott)

Dr. Catherine Woolley
Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Il

Estrogen Actions in the Hippocampus: It's All in the Timing
18

Dr. Amy Lee
Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Regulation of Presynaptic L-type Ca2+ Channels at Ribbon Synapses

23 - 27

NO SEMINAR- Fall Recess

 

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DECEMBER
DATE
SPEAKER

TITLE

2

Dr. Ashok Prasad
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Digital and Analog Activation of Ras and its Role in Thymic Selection
9

Dr. Robert H. Miller
Vice Dean for Research, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH

14-18 NO SEMINAR
Finals
 
21-31
NO SEMINAR
Winter Break

 

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