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SEMINAR  SERIES     2005-2006
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Unless indicated otherwise, all regular seminars are held on Thursdays at 1:00 PM in the Department of  Neurobiology Conference Room in the Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building 1825 University Boulevard (corner of 19th Street South and University).  Please contact Kym Proctor in the Department of Neurobiology if you have any questions on scheduled seminars at 205-934-2452.

DATE SPEAKER INSTITUTION HOST TITLE
9/8/05    Jianhua Zhang, Ph.D.
UAB Pathology
UAB School of Medicine John Hablitz, Ph.D.
Interim Chair
UAB Neurobiology
 "c-Fos-regulated mechanisms in neuronal cell death"
10/6/05 Meyer Jackson, Ph.D.
Kenneth Cole Professor of Physiology
University of Wisconsin Medical School   Amy Weaver
Sontheimer Lab,
UAB Neurobiology

"Fusion pores and fusion machines in calcium-triggered exocytosis"

 10/27/05 Randy Pittman, Ph.D.,
Professor, Dept of Pharmacology
 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Scott Wilson, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
"Cellular Functions and Dysfunctions of the Polyglutamine Neurodegenerative Disease Protein Ataxin-3"
 11/3/05 Christian Rosenmund, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics and Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine Robin A. J. Lester, Ph.D. UAB Neurobiology "Regulation of Release Probability by the Synaptic Vesicle Priming Factor Munc13"
12/1/05 Jian Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior
Columbia University  Yi Zhou, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
"Structural Basis of Calcium Channel Regulation by the Beta Subunit"
12/15/05 Bill Britt, M.D.
Professor
UAB Pediatrics
UAB Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D.,
UAB Neurobiology
"CMV Infection of the Developing CNS: Clues to Pathogenesis"
1/19/06 Ege Kavalali, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
,
Center for Neuroscience
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D.,
UAB Neurobiology
"Evoked and spontaneous synaptic vesicle recycling in central synapses"

 

1/26/06
 
Wolfgang Mueller, M.D./Ph.D.
Director of Research
Department of Neurosurgery
 
University of New Mexico
School of Medicine
Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D.,
UAB Neurobiology
"Control of synaptic dynamics by pre- and postsynaptic plasticity at the CA3-CA1 synapse in rat hippocampal slice"
2/2/06**
THT 740
Claudio Busettini, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
UAB
Department of
Vision Sciences
Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
"Disjunctive Eye Movements"
2/9/06***
BBRB 170
Philip Haydon, Ph.D.
Professor & Vice Chair
Department of Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
“Glia: Listening and Talking to the Synapse”
2/15/06***
BBRB 170
3:00-4:00P
Co-sponsored with Cell Biology
Kurt F. Hauser, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
The Albert B. Chandler Medical Center
The University of Kentucky
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology

 

"Opiate Abuse and HIV-1 Neuropathogenesis:  Astroglial-microglial Interactions Exacerbate Disease Progression"
2/16/06**
THT 740
2:30-3:30p
Franklin R. Amthor, Ph.D.
Professor
 
UAB
Department of Psychology
Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology

 

"Does the synchronous-firing binding code begin in retina?"
2/22/06**
THT 740
2:30-3:30p
Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
   
2/28/06***
BBRB 170
1:15-2:15p
Pamela E. Knapp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology

 

The Albert B. Chandler Medical Center
The University of Kentucky

 

Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology

 

"Glial Cells:  Perpetrators and Targets of Inflammation and Injury in the CNS"
3/2/06**
THT 740
Postponed
until 6/01/06
Suzanne B. Bausch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology, Neuroscience
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology

 

"Chronic treatment with subunit selective NMDAR antagonists in vitro : effects on seizures and synaptic plasticity"
 
3/9/06
Milos Pekny, Ph.D.,
Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry
 Göteborg University Michael Brenner, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
"Astrocytes, intermediate filaments and regeneration in the adult mammalian 
brain"
3/16/06
cancelled
Phil Schwartzkroin, Ph.D.
Neurological Surgery
UC Davis    
3/23/06 Hey-Kyoung Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Maryland
(College Park)
Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D.,
UAB Neurobiology
"Regulation of Synaptic AMPA Receptors by Visual Experience"
3/30/06 Qin Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Physiology & Biophysics
UAB Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D.,
UAB Neurobiology
" Regulation of the alpha2 adrenergic receptor by multi-domain protein, spinophilin"
4/6/06
Room 1015 SHELBY
Michael Brenner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
UAB Neurobiology
UAB
Lynn Dobrunz
UAB Neurobiology
“Role of GFAP mutations in Alexander disease”
4/13/06 Tim Kraft, Ph.D.
Vision Sciences
UAB Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology

“Signal detection in a harsh environment:Retinal Degeneration”

4/20/06 Lawrence Marsh, Ph.D., Director, Developmental Biology Center and Director, Optical Biology Core University of California
(Irvine)
Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology and
Marques
“Using model organisms to find cures for neurodegenerative diseases"
4/21/06 Patric K. Stanton, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Professor of Neurology New York Medical College Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D.,
UAB Neurobiology
"Two-photon visualization of long-term plasticity of transmitter release using FM styryl dyes in brain slices"
4/27/06 Zu-Hang Sheng, Ph.D., Chief, Synaptic Function Unit NIH, Bethesda, MD Yi Zhou, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
“Axonal trafficking of active zone precursor vesicles and presynaptic assembly”
5/4/06 Timothy J. Gawne, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Optometry
UAB Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
"Neural Dynamics and the Perception of Visual Form"
5/11/06 Arthur Burghes, Ph.D.
Professor
Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry
Ohio State University Scott Wilson, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
"Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in man and model systems”
5/18/06 Carol Barnes, Ph.D.,
Professor, Division of
Neural Systems
University of Arizona Co-sponsored by the UAB Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute and hosted by 
Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology
"Age related memory decline: What does the hippocampus contribute?"
*5/25/06

Starts at noon.

Anthony Nicholas, M.D.
Associate Professor

UAB Department of Neurology

Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology

"Ongoing Studies of Protein Deimination in Neurological Diseases"
6/01/06
Shelby Bld
10th floor
Suzanne B. Bausch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Pharmacology, Neuroscience
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D.
UAB Neurobiology

 

"Chronic treatment with subunit selective NMDAR antagonists in vitro : effects on seizures and synaptic plasticity"
 
         
         

*Note time change
** Tinsley Harrison Tower (THT) 740
*** Bevill Biomedical Research Building (BBRB), Room 170, 845 19th Street South


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