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Monday, January 13th

MacNider 321

Brianna George, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (Kash Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, UNC School of Medicine

Alterations in Hippocampal Serotonin Signaling Following Chronic Alcohol Consumption”

Alexandra Nowlan, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (McElligott Lab), Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, UNC School of Medicine

“Noradrenergic Activity in Opioid Withdrawal”

Monday, February 3rd

MacNider 321

Robert Mealer, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Genetics, UNC School of Medicine

“Protein glycosylation in brain development and disease”

Monday, February 24th

MacNider 321

Jennifer Wolstenholme, Ph.D., VCU Alcohol Research Center, Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Virginia Commonwealth University

Adolescent Binge Drinking and the Epigenetic Regulation of Prefrontal Cortex Development”

Monday, March 3rd

MacNider 321

Erin Milligan, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

“PAE creates enhanced vulnerability to developing tactile allodynia through underlying CNS proinflammatory actions: a sensitization unmasked by minor nerve injury or minor adolescent psychological stress”

Monday, March 17th

MacNider 321

Tiffany Wills, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – School of Medicine

“Sex Differences in Adolescent Alcohol-Induced Hyperkatifeia”

Monday, April 7th

MacNider 321

Christopher Lapish, Ph.D., Professor of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Flexible Encoding Schemes in Rodent Prefrontal Cortex During Decision-Making”

Monday, April 21st

MacNider 321

Data Blitz – BCAS grad students and postdocs (5 min each)

Signup list will be available

Monday, May 5th

MacNider 321

Leon Coleman, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, UNC School of Medicine

“Neuro-metabolic and immune disruptions by alcohol in the promotion of Alzheimer’s disease and addiction”

Monday, May 19th

Bioinformatics 1131

*Bowles Award*

Katie Witkiewitz, Ph.D., Director, Center on Alcohol, Substance Use and Addictions, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, University of New Mexico

“A “New” Very Old Approach To Treating Pain Among Individuals with Alcohol Use Disorder”