| Date |
SPEAKER |
INSTITUTION |
HOST |
TITLE |
|
9/8/03* |
James A. Mazer, Ph.D.
(Faculty Candidate) |
University of
California, Berkley |
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. |
"Form
Perception During Natural Vision: Visual Area V4" |
|
9/11/03 |
Vladimir Parpura, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of California, Riverside |
Michael Brenner, Ph.D. |
"Astrocytes - More Than
Cement" |
|
9/15/03 |
FuMing
Zhou, Ph.D.
(Faculty Candidate) |
Baylor College of Medicine |
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. |
"Dynamic Dopamine Signaling and
Serotonergic Interactions" |
|
9/18/03 |
Daniel McGehee, Ph.D. |
University of Chicago |
Robin Lester, Ph.D. |
"Nicotinic Receptors and
the Predisposition to Drug Abuse" |
|
9/22/03 |
Gonzalo Torres, Ph.D.
(Faculty Candidate) |
Duke University |
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. |
"Trafficking and Protein-Protein
Interactions of the Human Dopamine Transporter" |
|
9/25/03 |
William
J. Schwartz, M.D. |
University of Massachusetts Medical
School |
Stuart Mangel, Ph.D. |
"Dual Circadian
Oscillators in the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus and the Regulation of
Behavioral Rhythmicity" |
|
9/28/03 |
Huda Y.
Zoghbi, M.D.
Retreat Speaker |
Baylor College of Medicine |
|
"Tangled Triplets and
Neurodegeneration" |
|
9/28/03 |
Tom
Curran, Ph.D.
Retreat Speaker |
St. Jude's Childrens Hospital |
|
"Control of Neural Positioning During Brain
Development by the Reelin Signaling Pathway"
Tentative Title |
|
10/2/03 |
Qiang Zhou, Ph.D.
(Faculty Candidate) |
University of
California, Berkley |
|
"TRK Receptor Signaling in the Refinement of
Developing Synapses"
Tentative Title |
|
10/6/03 |
Phil Washbourne, Ph.D.
(Faculty Candidate) |
University of California, Davis |
|
"Recruitment of Receptor Complexes and Active Zone
Synapses"
Tentative Title |
|
10/17/03 |
Ricardo
Araneda, Ph.D.
(Informal Seminar) |
Columbia University |
Lucas Pozzo-Miller,
Ph.D. |
"The molecular receptive field of olfactory
neurons" |
|
10/20/03 |
Christian Hansel, Ph.D.
(Faculty Candidate) |
Erasmus University |
|
"Dynamics of Calcium Transients During Synaptic
Depression in Cerebellum"
Tentative Title |
|
10/23/03 |
Gladys Ko, Ph.D.
(Faculty Candidate) |
University of Houston |
|
"Circadian Regulation of Cyclic Nucleotide Gated
Ion Channels in Retinal Photoreceptors"
Tentative Title |
|
10/27/03 |
Tom
Blanpied, Ph.D.
(Faculty Candidate) |
Duke University |
|
"Protein Trafficking in the Maintenance and
Plasticity of Dendritic Spines"
|
|
*11/14/03
*Friday, *4:00 pm |
Dr. Giancarlo Pepeu |
University of Florence
Florence, Italy |
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. |
"The role of brain cholinergic systems in
cognitive processes" |
|
1/8/04 |
Douglas M. Ruden, Ph.D. |
University of
Alabama at Birmingham |
Yi Zhou,
Ph.D. |
"Drosophila as a Genetic Model for Heavy
Metal Neurotoxicity" |
|
1/15/04 |
Yongchang Chang, Ph.D. |
University
of Alabama at Birmingham |
David Weiss, Ph.D. |
"Structural dynamics
underlying ionotropic GABA receptor function" |
|
1/22/04 |
Wen-Cheng Xiong,
M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D. |
"Signaling Transduction
in Axon Path-finding" |
|
1/29/04 |
Danny Winder, Ph.D. |
Vanderbilt University |
Anne Theibert, Ph.D. |
"Electrophysiological Analysis of the Bed
Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis and its Role in Addiction" |
|
2/12/04 |
Bruce R. Korf, M.D., Ph.D. |
University of Alabama at
Birmingham |
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. |
"Diagnosis and Management of
Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Prospects and Challenges" |
|
2/19/04 |
|
|
|
|
|
2/26/04 |
Guillermo
Marques, Ph. D. |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Lin Mei,
Ph.D. |
"TGF-beta signaling in
the Drosophila nervous system" |
|
3/4/04 |
Bradley L.
Schlaggar, M.D., Ph.D. |
Washington University |
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. |
"The Developmental Functional Neuroanatomy of
Lexical Processing" |
|
3/11/04 |
Zuo-Zhong Wang |
University of Pittsburgh |
Lin Mei,
Ph.D. |
“Assembly
of the postsynaptic apparatus at the neuromuscular junction” |
|
3/12/04*
4:00 p.m.
(Friday) |
Ronald J. Lukas, Ph.D.
(Special Seminar) |
Barrow Neurological
Institute |
Robin Lester, Ph.D. |
"A Perspective
on Nicotine, its Receptors,
and its Effects" |
|
*3/16/04
(Tuesday) |
Michisuke Yuzaki, M.D., Ph.D. |
Keio University Medical
School*, Japan |
Lucas Pozzo-Miller,
Ph.D. |
"Molecules Controlling Synapse Structure
and Plasticity: Casting New Light on Two Old Molecules GluRδ2 and
Cerebellin" |
|
3/18/04 |
Sheryl S.
Smith, Ph.D. |
SUNY, Brooklyn |
David
S. Weiss, Ph.D. |
"Neurosteroid Withdrawal
and GABA-A Receptor
Function” |
|
3/25/04 |
SPRING BREAK |
|
|
|
|
4/1/04 |
Maurice
S. Swanson, Ph.D. |
University of
Florida College of Medicine |
Scott Wilson, Ph.D. |
“RNA-Mediated Disease” |
|
4/08/04 |
EASTER WEEK |
|
|
|
|
4/15/04 |
William T.
Greenough, Ph.D. |
University of Illinois |
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. |
"Applied Plasticity: Roles of Plastic
Brain Phenomena in Clinical Pathology" |
|
4/22/04 |
Elizabeth S.
Sztul, Ph.D. |
Cell Biology,
UAB |
Michael Brenner, Ph.D. |
“Molecular Regulation of Membrane Traffic" |
|
4/29/04 |
|
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|
5/6/04 |
Ray L. Watts, M.D. |
University of Alabama
at Birmingham |
Michael Friedlander,
Ph.D. |
"Recent Advancements in Experimental
Therapeutics for Parkinson's Disease" |
|
5/13/04 |
Mark O. Bevensee, Ph.D. |
Physiology & Biophysics, UAB |
Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D. |
"Cellular and Molecular Physiology of
Na/Bicarbonate Cotransporters (NBCs) in Brain" |
|
5/20/04 |
Douglas A.
Coulter, Ph.D. |
University of Pennsylvania |
John J. Hablitz, Ph.D. |
"GABAergic Function and
Dysfunction in Epilepsy" |
|
5/27/04 |
John R. Huguenard, Ph.D. |
Stanford University |
John J. Hablitz, Ph.D. |
"The Roles of Synaptic
Inhibition in Synchronizing and Desynchronizing Neural Circuits" |
|
5/27/04
4:00 p.m. |
Barry E.
Stein, Ph.D. |
Wake Forest University School of
Medicine |
Michael Friedlander, Ph.D. |
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