Spring 2010- Thursday Seminar Series- 12:30pm in 1131 Bioinformatics

Jan. 11

Larry Young, PhD

Professor, Psychiatry, Emory University

 "Molecular Neurobiology of Social Bonding: Implications for Human Behavior and Autism"

  Jan. 21

 Jeremy Nathans, MD, PhD

HHMI Investigator; Professor, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins

 "Frizzled Receptors in Development and Disease"

Jan. 28

Kim Huber, PhD

Associate Professor, Neuroscience, UT SouthwesternMedical Center

 "Regulation of Synaptic Development and Plasticity by Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein"

Feb. 4

TBA

Feb. 11

Mark Wightman, PhD

Professor, Chemistry, UNC

 "Subsecond Responses of Brain Catecholamines to Aversive and Apetitive Stimuli"

Feb. 18

Michael Dyer, PhD

Associate Member, Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude's Childrens Research Hospital

 "Retinoblastoma: Bridging Developmental Neurobiology and Cancer Genetics"

Feb. 25

Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD

Vice Chair, Neurology, UC San Francisco

 "Control of Cortical Development by the Meninges"

Mar. 4

Shan Sockanathan, PhD                                               

Associate Professor, Neuroscience,

Johns Hopkins

 "Regulating Neuronal Differentiation in the Developing Nervous System"

Mar. 11

Kelsey Martin, MD, PhD

Professor, Psychiatry and Biological Chemistry, UCLA

 "Signaling Between Synapse and Nucleus During Neuronal Plasticity"

Mar. 18

Bryan Roth, MD, PhD

Professor, Pharmacology, UNC

 "Chemical Genetic Solution for Cell-Ype Specific Control of Cellular Signaling"

Mar. 25

Pierre Vanderhaeghen, MD, PhD

Senior Scientist, FRS/FNRS, IRIBHM- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

 "Making Cortex in a Dish: From Stem Cells to Neuronal Networks"

Apr. 1

Lisa Goodrich, PhD

Associate Professor, Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

 "Molecular Mechanisms of Auditory Circuit Assembly"

Apr. 5

Beth Stevens, PhD

Assistant Professor, Neurology, Harvard Medical School

 "How are CNS Synapses Eliminated During Development and Disease?"

Apr. 15

Alice Ting, PhD

Associate Professor, Chemistry, MIT

 "Fluorescent Reporters of Protein Trafficking and Interactions, and Application to the Study of Neurexin-Neuroligin Function in Developing Synapses"

Apr. 22

Selena Bartlett, PhD

Director, Preclinical Development Group, Gallo Clinic, UC San Francisco

 "The Role of Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Ethanol and Nicotine Co-Dependence"

Apr. 29

Marcos Frank, PhD

Assistant Professor, Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania

 "Sleep and Synaptic Plasticity: More than Just a Dream"

May 6

Stewart Anderson, MD

Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neuroscience, Cornell

 "Cortical Inerneurons: Fate Determination and Potential Use in Cell Based Therapy for Epilepsy"

May 11

Ralph Adolphs, PhD

Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Caltech

 "Social Cognition and the Human Amygdala"