University of Iowa :: Graduate Program in Neuroscience

Neuroscience Seminar Series

Fall 2008 - Spring 2009

Date	Location	Presenter	Topic
Aug 26	GH	Daniel Tranel Director, Neuroscience Graduate Program, Department of Neurology	Introduction to the Neuroscience Seminar
Sept 2	EMRB	W. Kyle Simmons National Institute of Mental Health	"Using fMRI, and the anterior temporal lobes, to evaluate competing claims about the human conceptual system"
9	EMRB	Johannes Hell Department of Pharmacology	"Role of CaMKII binding to the NMDAR NR2B Subunit in Synaptic Function and Memory"
16	EMRB	David Driscoll Steve Anderson Lab	"The Regulation of Emotion and Social Behavior Following Damage to Prefrontal Cortex"
23	BBE	Andrew Garrett Joshua Weiner Lab	“The role of glial gamma-Pcdhs in CNS synapse development”
30	EMRB	William Dauer Departments of Neurology and Pharmacology, Columbia University	CANCELLED
Oct 7	EMRB	Alex Bassuk Department of Pediatrics	"New Epilepsy Genes and Pathways ”
14	EMRB	Katie Croft Steve Anderson Lab	"Detestable or Marvelous? Neuroanatomical correlates of character judgment"
21	No Seminar Today - Thursday Seminar this week
23 New Date	EMRB	Henry Paulson University of Michigan	"Toward Understanding Polyglutamine Neurodegenerative Diseases"
28	EMRB Note: Location Change	John T. Cacioppo Tiffany & Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Psychology, University of Chicago	"The Neuroscience of Loneliness"
Nov 4	EMRB	Durga Mohapatra Department of Pharmacology	"Modulation of Voltage-gated Potassium Channels: A Neuroprotective Control During Epileptic Seizures & Ischemia"
11	EMRB	Vivian Costa Mike Welsh Lab	"Effects of ASIC3 expression in central neurons on proton-gated currents and fear conditioning"
18	No Seminar - SfN Conference
25	No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
Dec 2	EMRB	KC Rowe Jane Paulsen Lab
Dec 2	EMRB	Hannah Klein de Licona Dan Bonthius Lab
Dec 9	EMRB	Richard Miles INSERM U739 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière 105 boulevard de l'Hôpital 75013 Paris	"Epileptiform synchronies in vitro: human tissue vs disinhibition"
16	EMRB	Erik Asp Dan Tranel Lab
16	EMRB	Chad Leugers Gloria Lee Lab	"Modulation of neuronal Ras/MAPK signaling by microtubule associated protein Tau"
24	No Seminar - Winter Break
Jan 20	EMRB	Michael Welsh Department of Internal Medicine
27	BBE	Shaun Vecera Department of Psychology
Feb. 3	EMRB	Nancy Andreasen Department of Psychiatry
10	EMRB	Janelle Beadle Dan Tranel/Sergio Paradiso Lab
10	EMRB	Megan Sands Beverly Davidson Lab
17	EMRB	Curt Sigmund Department of Internal Medicine
24	BBE	Josh Cosman Shaun Vecera Lab
24	BBE	Rupa Gupta Dan Tranel Lab
March 3	EMRB	Matt McNeill Rob Cornell Lab
10	EMRB	Brain Awareness Week Larry J. Young Emory University
17	No Seminar - Spring Break
24	No Seminar Today - Thursday Seminar this week
26	EMRB Note: Location Change	Mel Feany , M.D., Ph.D. Harvard Medical School Associate Professor of Pathology (co-sponsored with Molecular & Cellular Biology)
31	EMRB
April 7	EMRB
14	EMRB
14	EMRB
21	EMRB
21	EMRB
28	BBE
May 5	EMRB
12	EMRB	Rotation Talks	Brad Thomas, Matt Yorek
19	EMRB
19	EMRB
26	BBE
June 2	EMRB
June 2	EMRB
June 9	EMRB
16	EMRB