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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