Neuroscience Seminar Series

Fall 2003 - Spring 2004

Date Presenter Title

Aug 26

Matt Blankenship

"Src Phosphorylation Of Tau: Site Mapping In Human, Rat, And Mouse"- Gloria Lee Lab 

Sept 9

Will Graves - Tom Grabowski Lab 

"Naming As A State Of Mind: Probing The Neural Basis Of Lexical Processing With fMRI And The Word Frequency Effect."

16

Larry Cahill, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor Dept. of Neurobiology and Behaviour, University of California at Irvine

"Sex- and Hemisphere-Related Influences on Neural Mechanisms of Emotionally Influenced Memory"

23

Dan Tranel - Department of Neurology

"How The Brain Retrieves Knowledge For Objects And Events"

30

Dimitrios Kouzoukas – Robert Robinson Lab

"Neural Correlates of Visually-Induced Positive and Negative 'Feelings'"

Oct 7

Robert Wenthold - Scientific Director, NIDCD, and Chief, Laboratory of Neurochemistry, NIDCD

"Trafficking of NMDA Receptors: From Assembly to Synapse"

14

Joshua Sanes

"Selective Synapse Formation In The Visual System"

21

Rick Nelson

"Brain Specific Glycoprotein Regulation By Fbx2; How Sweet Are Those Sugar Chains?"

28

Mary Horne - Department of Pharmacology

"Cyclin G2,a PP2A Interacting and Microtubule Associated Protein that Induces Cell Cycle Arrest and is Linked to Signaling Pathways Promoting Neuronal Differentiation and Cerebellar Development”

Nov 4

Lavanya Vijayaraghavan - Ralph Adolphs Lab

“Liking, Wanting & Looking: Do The Basal Ganglia Use Emotional Information To Guide Behaviour?”

18

Herb Proudfit - Department of Pharmacology

“The Modulation of Neuronal Excitability by Dendritic Varicosities” 

Dec 2

Jody Buckwalter - Gary Van Hoesen Lab

“Neural Systems of the Posterior Cingulate and Medial Parietal Cortices” 

9

Dan Tranel - Department of Neurology

"How The Brain Retrieves Knowledge For Objects And Events"

16

Sokol Todi - Dan Eberl Lab 

 

Jan 13

Myun-Jun Kim – Wayne Johnson Lab

“A Role For Pickpocket1, A Drosophila DEG/ ENaC Channel, In Mechanosensory Transduction”

20

 Eduardo Vianna - Dan Tranel Lab

“Psychophysiological Responses To Emotional Films” 

27

David Skyba - Kathleen Sluka Lab

“Glutamate Receptor And Kinase Involvement In A Model Of Non-Inflammatory Muscle Pain”

Feb 2

 Beth Turner - Dan O'Leary Lab 

“Gender Liability to the Effects of Marijuana on Driving”

10

 Brian Nolan - John Freeman Lab

“Purkinje Cells And Eyeblink Conditioning: Excitatory And Inhibitory Learning”

17

Jihye Lee - Chun-Fang Wu Lab

“Distribution Of Activity-dependent Molecules Correlated With A Naturally Occuring Gradient of Synaptic Strength At Drosophila Larval Body-wall Neuromuscular Junctions”

24

Ross McKim - Nick Pantazis Lab

“Neuroprotection Against Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A New Role For Nitric Oxide”

Mar 2

 Glen Marrs - Michael Dailey Lab

"The Role Of Classic Cadherins And Integrins In Dendritic Development"

4

Kun Ping Lu - M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, MA

“Pinning Down in Cell Signaling, Cancer, and Alzheimer’s Disease”

9

Gumei Liu - Bev Davidson Lab

“AAV4 Mediated CNS Gene Transfer In MPS VII Mice”

22

Neuroscience Seminar by Hanna Damasio - UI Foundation Distinguished Professor of Neurology and Director, Human Neuroanatomy & Neuroimaging Laboratory

"Some Advances In the Understanding Of Brain And Language"

Apr 6

Amy Jongeling, Dori Defoe, Ryan Jeffrey, Vivian Costa

Rotation Talks

13

Kirill Nourski - Paul Abbas Lab

 

20

Michael Koenigs – Dan Tranel Lab

"Investigating The Role Of Somatic Markers In Prospective Memory"

27

Steven Green - Department of Biological Sciences

"Control Neuronal Survival And Synaptogenesis By Neural Activity"

May 5

 

"Fundamentals of Obtaining External Funding"

11

Brian Martin - Assistant Professor of Microbiology

 

13

Peter L. Strick, Ph.D., Co-Direct Departments of Neurobiology, Neurological Surgery and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh

 

18

Christopher Kovach, Michael Gregory, Unni Jensen

Rotation Talks

25

Scott Schachtele

 

June 1

David Driscoll, Travis Jewett, Chad Leugers

Rotation Talks

15

Daniela Angehlina - Stanley Perlman Lab

 

22

Diana Gallegos - Dan Tranel Lab