Molecular, Cellular
and
Integrative Neurosciences

Seminar Series
Academic Year 2003-2004

Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be on Wednesdays at 4:10pm

W1 Anatomy/Zoology Building

Seminar schedules for previous academic years here: 98-99, 99-00, 00-01, 01-02, 02-03

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

SEPTEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
3	Dr. Sue Kinnamon Dept. of Biomedical Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Bitter Taste Signaling Mechanisms
10	Dr. Harald Sontheimer Cellular & Molecular Biology Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	Ion Channel and Amino Acid Transporters Support the Growth and Invasion of Human Malignant Gliomas
17	Dr. Margaret Wierman Dept. of Endocrinology VA Medical Center Denver, CO	Molecular Mechanisms of GnRH Neuronal Development
24	Dr. Suzanne Moenter Dept. of Internal Medicine University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	GABAergic Regulation of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neurons

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

OCTOBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1	Dr. Celia Sladek Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics University of Colorado Health Science Ctr Denver, CO	Regulation of Vasopressin Release: Neurotransmitters, Osmotic Regulation and Gonadal Steroids
8	Dr. Wade Regehr Harvard University Cambridge, MA	Retrograde Signaling by Endocannabinoids
15	NO SEMINAR
22	Dr. Richard Aldrich Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Physiology Howard Hughes Medical Institute Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA	Biophysical and Physiological Function of Calcium and Voltage Activated Potassium Channels
29	Dr. Steve White Dept. Pharmacology & Toxicology University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Development of Novel Antiepileptic Drugs: Are existing models really predictive of therapy-resistant epilepsy?

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

NOVEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
5	Dr. Mani Ramaswami Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	Neural Plasticity Mechanisms: From Experimental Psychology to Synaptic Signaling
12	NO SEMINAR Neuroscience Meetings
19	Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch NICHD, NIH Bethesda, MD	Insights into Molecular Compartmentalization and Transport Using GFP Technology
24-28	NO SEMINAR Thanksgiving Break

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

DECEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
3	Dr. Roberto Malinow Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories Cold Spring Harbor, NY	Synaptic Plasticity Mechanisms
10	Dr. Ruth Anne Eatock Dept. of Otolaryngology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX	Ion Channels in Vestibular Hair Cells (A Fair and Balanced Look)
15-19	NO SEMINAR Finals
20-31	NO SEMINAR Winter Break

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

JANUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1-20	NO SEMINAR Winter Break
21	Orientation Meeting Anatomy/Zoology Bldg. W1	(Cancelled)
28	Dr. Deborah N. Garrity Department of Biology Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Keeping the Beat: Heart Rhythm in Zebrafish Cardiovascular Mutants

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

FEBRUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
4	Dr. John Polich Dept. of Neuropharmacology The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA	Electric Thoughts in the Assessment of Individual Differences, Disorders and Drugs
11	Dr. Lucy J. Troup Dept. of Psychology Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	Color Processing in the Peripheral Retina
18	No Seminar Biophysics Meeting
25	Dr. Marie T. Banich Dept. of Psychology University of Colorado Boulder, CO	fMRI Investigations of Attentional Control

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

MARCH
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
3	Dr. David L. Deitcher Cornell University Ithaca, NY	The SNARE Proteins: Unzipped
10	Dr. Terrance M. Egan Dept. of Phamacol. & Biol. Science St. Louis University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO	Calcium flux and gating in ATP-gated P2X receptors
17	NO SEMINAR Spring Recess	TBA
24	Dr. Carolyn R. Houser Dept. of Neurobiology UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles, CA	GABA System Plasticity in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
31	Dr. Dick Swaab Netherlands Institute of Brain Research Amsterdam	The Human Hypothalamus in Health and Disease: Sex, Mood, Sleep and Food

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

APRIL
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
7	Dr. Philip G. Haydon Dept. of Neuroscience University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, PA	Glia: Listening and Talking to the Synapse
14	Dr. Susan J. Birren Department of Biology Brandeis University Waltham, MA	Sympathetic Neurons and the Heart: Development and Modulatory Interactions
21	Dr. Lynn Enquist Dept. of Molecular Biology Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Visualizing Directional Movement of an Alphaherpesvirus in Neurons
28	Dr. Kevin R. Jones Dept. of Mol., Cell. and Devel. Biology University of Colorado Boulder, CO	Genetic Analysis of BDNF Function in the Forebrain

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

MAY

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

5

Dr. Anirvan Ghosh
Div. of Biological Science
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Transcription Control of
Cortical Development

10-14

NO SEMINAR
Finals

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