Molecular, Cellular
and
Integrative Neurosciences

Seminar Series
Academic Year 2004-2005

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

W1 Anatomy/Zoology Building

Seminar schedules for previous academic years here: 99-00, 00-01, 01-02, 02-03, 03-04

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

SEPTEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1	Dr. Eric S. Nisenbaum Neuroscience Discovery Research Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, IN	RESCHEDULED 10/20/2004
8	Dr. John A. Jellies Biological Sciences Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI	Self-Assembly of a Simple Neural Circuit from Start to Finish
15	Dr. Russell A. Poldrack Cognitive Psychology University of California Los Angeles, CA	The Neural Basis of Category Learning
22	Dr. Aaron DiAntonio Dept. of Mol. Biol. and Pharmacology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO	Regulating the Size and Strength of a Glutamatergic Synapse
29	Dr. Anthony Brown Neurobiotechnology Center Dept. of Neuroscience Ohio State University Columbus, OH	Slow Axonal Transport: "Stop and Go" Traffic in Nerve Cells

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

OCTOBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
6	Dr. Gerald A. Schwarting The Shriver Center Univ. of Massachusetts Medical School Waltham, MA	Beta3-GnT1 Regulates Olfactory Development and Function
13	Dr. Michael D. Ehlers Dept. of Neurobiology Duke University Medical Center Durham, NC	Endosomes, Intracellular Sorting, and Plasticity Mechanisms at Glutamatergic Synapse
20	Dr. Eric S. Nisenbaum Neuroscience Discovery Research Eli Lilly and Company Indianapolis, IN	Molecular Determinants and Functional Consequences of Allosteric Modulation of Glutamate AMPA Receptors
27	NO SEMINAR Neuroscience Meeting

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

NOVEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
3	Dr. Charles Taylor Dept. of CNS Pharmacology Pfizer Global Res. & Development Ann Arbor, MI	The Calcium Channel Alpha2-Delta Protein as a Drug Target
10	Dr. Maureen Neitz Depts. of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology, Neurobiol. and Anatomy The Eye Institute Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI	Color Vision: From Genes to Behavior
17	Dr. David Diamond Depts. of Psychology and Pharmacology University of South Florida Tampa, FL	How Does Stress Affect the Hippocampal-Prefrontal Memory System?
22-26	NO SEMINAR Thanksgiving Break

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

DECEMBER
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1	Dr. Ignacio Provencio Dept. of Anatomy, Physiology & Genetics Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD	Melanopsin: What Frog Skin Can Tell Us About The Human Retina
8	Dr. David T. Yue Dept. of Biomedical Engineering Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, MD	Calmodulation of Ca2+ Channels Seen from Molecules to Neurons
13-17	NO SEMINAR Finals
20-31	NO SEMINAR Winter Break

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

JANUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
1-17	NO SEMINAR Winter Break
19	Dr. Gary Strichartz Pain Research Center Dept. of Anesthesia Harvard Medical School Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA	Uncovering New Mechanisms in Post-Operative Pain: Novel Targets and Potential Therapeutics
26	Dr. Sheryl G. Beck Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	CANCELLED

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

FEBRUARY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
2	Dr. Thomas Sutula Dept. of Neurology University of Wisconsin Hospital Madison, WI	The Changing Brain: Seizure-induced Hippocampal Plasticity in Development and Adulthood
9	Dr. William Betz Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics UCHSC Aurora, CO	Synaptic Vesicle Recycling
16	NO SEMINAR Biophysical Society Annual Meeting
23	Dr. Diane Lipscombe Dept. of Neuroscience Brown University Providence, RI	Neuronal Calcium Channels: A Painful Tale of Splicing

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

MARCH
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
2	Dr. Ronald Tjalkens Environmental and Radiological Hlth.Sci. Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO	For Whom the Bell Tolls: Glia and Neurodegeneration in Parkinsonism
9	Dr. G. Bard Ermentrout Dept. of Mathematics University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Learning at a Slug's Pace: Oscillations and Waves in an Olfactory System
16	Dr. Richard W. Tsien Molecular and Cellular Physiol. Dept. Stanford University Medical Center Stanford, CA	Ion Channels and Adaptation at Central Synapses
23	Dr. Andrew G. Herzog Dept. of Neurology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA	Reproductive Endocrine Disorders in Women with Epilepsy
30	Dr. Clara Franzini-Armstrong Dept. of Cell & Develop. Biol. University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Calcium Release Units in Skeletal and Cardiac Muscles - Structure-Function Correlations and Phylogeny

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

APRIL
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
6	Dr. Paul R. Selvin Dept. of Physics Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	Big Jump vs. Little Jump: How does the Voltage Sensor in K+ Channels Move?
13	Dr. Robert E. Oswald Dept. of Molecular Medicine Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Structure and Dynamics of Glutamate Receptors
20	Dr. F. Gregory Ashby Dept. of Psychology University of California Santa Barbara, CA	TBA
27	Dr. Sergio R. Ojeda Division of Neuroscience Oregon Regional Primate Research Center Oregon Health & Science University Beaverton, OR	TBA

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

MAY
DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
4	Dr. David W. Raible Dept. of Biological Structure University of Washington Seattle, WA	TBA
9-13	NO SEMINAR Finals

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

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