MCIN

Seminar Series
Academic Year 1998-1999
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SEPTEMBER
DATE SPEAKER TITLE
2 No Seminar  
9 Bret N. Smith
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology 
Colorado State University 
Fort Collins, CO		 Epileptogenesis and Synaptic Reorganization in the 
Temporal Lobe
16 Michael M. Tamkun
Department of Physiology 
Colorado State University 
Fort Collins, CO		 New Developments with 
Cardiovascular Potassium Channels
23 Barry Ganetzky
Department of Genetics 
University of Wisconsin 
Madison, WI		 Neurogenetics of Synaptic 
Transmission in Drosophila 
30 Jeffrey Karpen
Department of Physiology and Biophysics 
University of Colorado Medical  School 
Denver, CO		 What Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated 
Channels Can Tell Us About 
Allosteric Proteins
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OCTOBER
DATE SPEAKER TITLE
7 Helen L. Reeve
Dept. of Medicine and Physiology 
VAMC 
Minneapolis, MN		 Maturational Change in 
Potassium Channels in the Pulmonary Circulation
14 Meyer B. Jackson
Department of Physiology 
University of Wisconsin 
Medical School 
Madison, WI		 Control of Release from 
Nerve Terminals
21 Mark D. Noble
Department of Oncological Science Huntsman Cancer Inst
Univ. of Utah School of Medicine 
Salt Lake City, UT		 Development, Regeneration 
and Neoplasia 
in the Mammalian CNS
28 Burton Horowitz
Dept. of Physiology & Cell Biology 
University of Nevada School of Medicine 
Reno, NV		 A Volume Regulated Chloride 
Channel: 
Regulatory Mechanisms 
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NOVEMBER
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
4
Barry L. Jacobs
barryj@Princeton.edu
Program of Neuroscience 
Princeton University 
Princeton, NJ
Serotonin:
Three Short Stories
11
No Meeting
Society for Neuroscience Meeting
 
18
Angeles B. Ribera
angie.ribera@UCHSC.edu
Department of Physiology and Biophysics 
University of Colorado Medical School 
Denver, CO
Zebrafish Mutants and
"Macho" Behavior
25
No Seminar
Thanksgiving Break
 
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DECEMBER
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
2
David M. Lovinger
david.lovinger@mcmail.vanderbilt.edu
Department of Molecular Physiology 
& Biophysics 
Vanderbilt University 
Nashville, TN
The Corticostriatal Synapse:
Gateway to the
Basal Ganglia
9
Terrence J. Sejnowski
The Salk Institute
Computational Neurobiology Lab
La Jolla, CA
 TBA
16
No Seminar
Final Exams
 
23
No Seminar
Winter Break
 
30
No Seminar
Winter Break
 
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JANUARY
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
6
No Seminar
Winter Recess
 
13
William W. Lytton
billl@head.neurology.wisc.edu
Department of Neurology
University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
 Computer Model of 
Dentate Gyrus
20
Gary E. Pickard
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Colorado State University
 Serotonin Receptors in the
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus:
1B or Not 1B,
That is the Question
27
No Seminar
Winter Brain Conference
 
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FEBRUARY
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
3
Peter Mombaerts
mombaer@rockvax.rockefeller.edu
Rockefeller University
New York, NY
 Targeting Olfaction
10
 Katherine Graubard
Department of Zoology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Changing Gaits:
Neuromodulator Lessons
from a Crab's Stomach
17
 No Seminar
Biophysics Meeting
 
24
 Kamran Khodakhah
kamran.khodakhah@uchsc.edu
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
UCHSC
Denver, CO
 Does InsP3 Play a Role
in Cerebellar LTD?
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MARCH
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
3
 Robert F. Margolskee
Margolskee@MSVAX.MSSM.edu
Dept of Physiology & Biophysics
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY
 Tasteless Mice:
Transgenic and Biochemical
Analysis of Taste Transduction
10
No Seminar
Spring Recess
 
18
 (Thursday)
Eric Knudsen
eric@brio.stanford.edu
Department of Neurobiology
Stanford University 
School of Medicine
Stanford CA
Mechanisms of Learning
in the Auditory System
of the Barn Owl
24
 Andrew R. Marks
Director, Molecular Cardiology Program
Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY
 Molecular Biology of 
Excitation-Contraction
Coupling
31
 Francisco Bezanilla
Department of Physiology
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
 The Voltage Sensor
of  Ion Channels
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APRIL
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
7
 Paul Wade
prwl@uwyo.edu
Dept. of Zoology & Physiology
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY
 Serotonin in the Gut:
the Role of 5-HT and 5-HT
Receptors in Intestinal
Motility
14
 Martin Kelly
Department of Physiology
Oregon Health Sciences University
Portland, OR
Modulation of K+ Channel
Activity by Estrogen:
Role in the Control of the
Female Reproductive Cycle
21
Alan Nagahara
Dept. of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO
 Behavioral Deficits
from Prenatal Exposure
to Alcohol in Rats:
The Role of the Prefrontal
Cortex
23
Special Seminar (Friday)
Leonard Maler
Dept. of Anat. & Neurobiology
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada
Synaptic Physiology of a Sensory
Searchlight:
From Cell Biology to 
Signal Processing
28
 Shimon Amir
amir@csbn.concordia.ca
Department of Psychology
Concordia University
Montreal, Canada
 Modes of Plasticity
in Circadian Clock Resetting
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MAY
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
5
 Sukumar Vijayaraghaven
Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics
Univ. of Colorado Medical School
Denver, CO
Calcium Signalling by
Nicotinic Receptors:
The Straw that Broke
Joe Camel's Back
12
 No Seminar
Finals
 
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