Spring 2010- Tuesday Mini-Series- 12:30pm in 124 Taylor Hall

Jan. 12

Ben Hayden, PhD

Postdoc, Platt lab, Duke

"Monitoring functions of cingulate cortex"

Jan. 19

Mike Salling

Graduate Student, Hodge lab, UNC

"Alcohol consumption alters the expression of neuroplasticity-related proteins in the amygdala"

Jan. 26

Lee Langer 

Thorfinn Riday

Graduate Student, Pevny lab, UNC

Graduate Student, Philpotlab, UNC

"The effects of SOX2 hypomorphism on early eye development"

"Neocortical plasticity in a mouse model of Angelman Syndrome"

Feb. 2

Albino Maia, PhD

Postdoc, Nicolelis lab, Duke

"Nicotine activates TRPM5-dependent and independent taste pathways"

Feb. 16

Maya Everett

Zeiss

"Super-resolution microscopy"

Feb. 23

Mar. 2

Liz Buttermore

Beth Knight

Graduate Student, Bhat lab, UNC

 Graduate Student, Deshmukh lab, UNC

"Organization and maintenance of Purkinje Neuron Pinceau in the cerebellum"

"Investigating inflammasome proteins in neurons"

Mar. 9

Swati Banerjee, PhD               

Research Associate, Bhat lab, UNC

"Neuron-glial interactions and axon guidance in drosophila"

Mar. 16

Beth Cox

Student, Johns lab, UNC

"Prenatal cocaine exposure alters human and rodent infant vocalizations: implications for matenal care and neural integrity"

Mar. 23

Xiaoyan Li, PhD

Postdoc, Snider lab, UNC

"Genetic dissection of MEK-ERK pathway in central nervous system development"

Mar. 30

Jaeda Countinho

Graduate Student, Polleux lab, UNC

"Role of srGAP2 in membrane deformation during neuronal migration and morphogenesis"

Apr. 6

Ben Arenkiel, PhD

Postdoc, Ehlers lab, Duke

"Dissecting the functional anatomy of neuronal circuit integration"

Apr. 13

Sarah Street, PhD

Postdoc, Zylka lab, UNC

"Functional effects of ectonucleotidases in pain circuits"

Apr. 20

Tyisha Williams, PhD

Postdoc, Brenman lab, UNC

"AMP-activated protein kinase and the developing brain"