UCD Seminar Speakers Academic Year 2007 - 2008

(Seminars are at Thursdays at 4:00 p.m., in the RC1 - North, 6th floor room P18-6107,
unless otherwise noted)
(Questions and suggestions to: John.Caldwell@uchsc.edu, phone: 303-724-3190, room P18-7105; or to: Sruthi.Pandipati@uchsc.edu, phone: 303-724-4525)

DATE

NAME

SPONSOR

TOPIC

Sept. 6

     
Sept. 12
1 PM
RC1N-7108
Kathryn Barlow
Graduate Student
Levinson Lab
Thesis Update Role of AKAP 79/150 in the Modulation of Sensory Transmission in Dorsal Root Ganglia
Sept. 13
2 PM
RC1N-7108
Joshua Ohrtman
Graduate Student
Beam Lab
Comprehensive Exam Short-term Regulatory Mechanisms of Calcium Channels in Muscle: Nature vs. Nurture

Sept. 13

Peter Kalivas

Medical Univ. of South Carolina

Nancy Zahniser Excitatory Neuroplasticity in Addiction
Sept. 17
2 PM
RC1N-7108
Julie (Schutzman) Milder
Graduate Student
Patel Lab
Comprehensive Exam Oxidative Stress-Mediated Adaptation: A Protective Mechanism Underlying the Ketogenic Diet
Sept. 18
10 AM
RC1N-7108
Michael Gaffield
Graduate Student
Betz Lab
Thesis Defense FRAP Measurements of Synaptic Vesicle Mobility in Motor Nerve Terminals

Sept. 20

Trevor Williams
UCD
Membership Function of the AP-2 Transcription Factor Family in Neural Tube Development and Olfactory Bulb Patterning

Sept. 24
MONDAY

Yasuo Mori
Kyoto University
Kurt Beam TRPM2 Channels Control Chemotaxis in Inflammation
Oct. 4
9:30 AM
RC1N-7108
Dianna Bartel
Graduate Student
Finger Lab
Comprehensive Exam Microglial Changes in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract Following Peripheral Gustatory Nerve Transection

Oct. 5 & 6

Annual Retreat - Keystone, CO - Erich Jarvis, Duke University Neuroscience Program  

Oct. 11

     
Oct. 16
2 PM
6th Floor - 6107
David Cantu
Graduate Student
Patel Lab
Comprehensive Exam Role of Mitochondrial Aconitase in Neuronal Injury

Oct. 18

Jozseph Vigh
CSU
John Caldwell Neurophysiology of a Reciprocal Synapse in the Retina
Oct. 22
4 PM
Lotta Granholm
Medical Univ. of South Carolina
John Sladek Genes and Environment: A Dual Hit for Neurodegeneration 
Oct. 23
11 AM
Brian Gulbransen
Graduate Student
Finger Lab
Thesis Defense Nasal Solitary Chemoreceptor Cells: Cell Turnover, Nerve Dependence, and Detection Capabilities

Oct. 25

No Seminar
See Oct. 22
   

Nov. 1

Society for Neuroscience    

Nov. 8

Society for Neuroscience    

Nov.  15

Corinna Burger
Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
Angie Ribera From Virus to Brain: Viral Gene Delivery as a Tool to Study Nervous System Function
Nov. 16
10:30 AM
6th floor - 6107
Susan Goebel
Graduate Student
Browning Lab
Thesis Defense Phospho-Regulation of Hippocampal NMDA Receptor Localization and Function

Nov.  22-23

Thanksgiving    
Nov. 28 & 29
12 PM
Post Rotation Talks    

Dec. 6
12 PM

Eric Neeley
Graduate Student
Leonard Lab
Thesis Defense The Effects of Prenatal Stress on Gene Expression

Dec. 10

FRNG Annual Meeting - Fort Collins Marriott, CO - Dr. Larry Young, Emory Univ. Front Range Neuroscience Group Molecular Neurobiology of Social Bonding

Dec. 13

Paul Lombroso
Yale Univ.
Mike Browning Taking Steps to Improve Cognition

Dec. 17
2 PM
RC1N-7108

Matt Pink
Graduate Student
Dell'Acqua Lab
Thesis Update Dynamic Enzyme Anchoring to AKAP79: Role in Local and Distal Synaptic Signaling Events

Dec. 19
12 PM WED

Holiday Party    

Dec. 22 - Jan. 2

Winter Break    

Jan. 10

     

Jan. 17

Jim Koenig
Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine
Sherry Leonard
& Celia Sladek
Adult behavior is programmed by developmental events in the rat

Jan. 24

     
Jan. 26 - Feb. 1 Winter Brain Conference
Snowbird, UT
   

Jan. 31

Robert Murphy
UCD
Pharmacology Eicosanoids and Phospholipids in the Central Nervous System: Fundamental Studies using Newer Approaches with Mass Spectrometry

Feb. 7

Scott Soderling
Duke Univ.
Mark Dell'Acqua Signaling to Neural Actin: Role of the WAVE1 and WRP Signaling Complex

Feb. 14

Gwen Garden
Univ. Washington
Dianna Bartel, Grad Student-Finger Lab Molecular Regulation of Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration in the HIV infected brain
Feb. 20 & 21 Post Rotation Talks    
Feb. 21-24 Graduate Student Recruitment    

Feb. 28

Geoff Schoenbaum
Univ. of Maryland

Diego Restrepo The Orbitofrontal Cortex and Associative Learning

Mar. 6

Sue Carter
Univ. Ill., Chicago
Celia Sladek/Heide Ford
Shared w/Reprod. Sci.
Sex differences in the functions of oxytocin and vasopressin: Implications for autism
Mar. 7
11 AM

Seth Oliveria
MSTP Student
Sather Lab

Thesis Defense Localized Calcineurin Controls L-type Ca2+ Channel Activity and Nuclear Signaling

Mar. 13

Ben Strowbridge
Case Western Univ.
Nathan Schoppa
Shared w/ Physiology
 
Mar. 13
NOON
Hensel-Phelps-East Auditorium
Alcino Silva
UCLA
Ulli Bayer
Shared w/Mol. Bio.
 

Mar. 20

Andy Bass
Cornell
Tom Finger Heeding the hormonal call: neural plasticity of audio-vocal mechanisms for mating

Mar. 27

Sarah Bottjer

Univ. Southern California

Angie Ribera  

Apr. 3

Paul De Koninck
Univ. Laval, Quebec City
Ulli Bayer  

Apr. 10

Catherine Dulac
Harvard Univ.
Lee Niswander  

Apr. 17

Marthe Howard
Univ. of Toledo
Kristin Artinger Mechanisms of Specification and Differentiation of Noradrenergic Neurons

Apr. 24

Richard J. Traystman
Vice Chancellor for Research UC Denver AMC
Membership Can Sex Steroids and Genes Alter Outcome from Global Cerebral Ischemia?

May  1

Ed Rubel

Univ. Washington

Dan Tollin Afferent Regulation of Auditory Brainstem Development: Signals, Cellular Events and Critical Periods

May  8

Matt Kelley
NIDCD/NIH
Linda Barlow Regulation of Cell Fate and Patterning in the Mammalian Cochlea

May  14 & 15

Post Rotation Talks    

May  22

     

May 29

Wolfgang Streit
Univ. of FLA College of Medicine
RMRNG Meeting Microglia in Brain Pathology: From Nerve Injury to Neurodegenerative Diseases

 

 

2008-2009 Seminars