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 |
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Sept. 6 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sept. 13 |
Medical Univ. of South Carolina |
Nancy Zahniser | Excitatory Neuroplasticity in Addiction |
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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 |
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Sept. 18 10 AM RC1N-7108 |
Michael Gaffield Graduate Student Betz Lab |
Thesis Defense | FRAP Measurements of Synaptic Vesicle Mobility in Motor Nerve Terminals |
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Sept. 20 |
Trevor Williams UCD |
Membership | Function of the AP-2 Transcription Factor Family in Neural Tube Development and Olfactory Bulb Patterning |
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Sept. 24 |
Yasuo Mori Kyoto University |
Kurt Beam | TRPM2 Channels Control Chemotaxis in Inflammation |
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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 |
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Oct. 5 & 6 |
Annual Retreat - Keystone, CO - Erich Jarvis, Duke University | Neuroscience Program | |
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Oct. 11 |
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Oct. 16 2 PM 6th Floor - 6107 |
David Cantu Graduate Student Patel Lab |
Comprehensive Exam | Role of Mitochondrial Aconitase in Neuronal Injury |
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Oct. 18 |
Jozseph Vigh CSU |
John Caldwell | Neurophysiology of a Reciprocal Synapse in the Retina |
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Oct. 22 4 PM |
Lotta
Granholm Medical Univ. of South Carolina |
John Sladek | Genes and Environment: A Dual Hit for Neurodegeneration |
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Oct. 23 11 AM |
Brian Gulbransen Graduate Student Finger Lab |
Thesis Defense | Nasal Solitary Chemoreceptor Cells: Cell Turnover, Nerve Dependence, and Detection Capabilities |
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Oct. 25 |
No Seminar See Oct. 22 |
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Nov. 1 |
Society for Neuroscience | ||
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Nov. 8 |
Society for Neuroscience | ||
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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 |
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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 |
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Nov. 22-23 |
Thanksgiving | ||
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Nov. 28 & 29 12 PM |
Post Rotation Talks | ||
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Dec. 6 |
Eric Neeley Graduate Student Leonard Lab |
Thesis Defense | The Effects of Prenatal Stress on Gene Expression |
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Dec. 10 |
FRNG Annual Meeting - Fort Collins Marriott, CO - Dr. Larry Young, Emory Univ. | Front Range Neuroscience Group | Molecular Neurobiology of Social Bonding |
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Dec. 13 |
Paul Lombroso Yale Univ. |
Mike Browning | Taking Steps to Improve Cognition |
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Dec. 17 |
Matt Pink Graduate Student Dell'Acqua Lab |
Thesis Update | Dynamic Enzyme Anchoring to AKAP79: Role in Local and Distal Synaptic Signaling Events |
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Dec. 19 |
Holiday Party | ||
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Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 |
Winter Break | ||
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Jan. 10 |
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Jan. 17 |
Jim Koenig Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine |
Sherry Leonard & Celia Sladek |
Adult behavior is programmed by developmental events in the rat |
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Jan. 24 |
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| Jan. 26 - Feb. 1 |
Winter Brain Conference Snowbird, UT |
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Jan. 31 |
Robert Murphy UCD |
Pharmacology | Eicosanoids and Phospholipids in the Central Nervous System: Fundamental Studies using Newer Approaches with Mass Spectrometry |
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Feb. 7 |
Scott Soderling Duke Univ. |
Mark Dell'Acqua | Signaling to Neural Actin: Role of the WAVE1 and WRP Signaling Complex |
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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 | ||
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Feb. 28 |
Geoff Schoenbaum |
Diego Restrepo | The Orbitofrontal Cortex and Associative Learning |
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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 |
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Mar. 7 11 AM |
Seth Oliveria |
Thesis Defense | Localized Calcineurin Controls L-type Ca2+ Channel Activity and Nuclear Signaling |
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Mar. 13 |
Ben Strowbridge Case Western Univ. |
Nathan Schoppa Shared w/ Physiology |
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Mar. 13 NOON Hensel-Phelps-East Auditorium |
Alcino Silva UCLA |
Ulli Bayer Shared w/Mol. Bio. |
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Mar. 20 |
Andy Bass Cornell |
Tom Finger | Heeding the hormonal call: neural plasticity of audio-vocal mechanisms for mating |
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Mar. 27 |
Univ. Southern California |
Angie Ribera | |
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Apr. 3 |
Paul De
Koninck Univ. Laval, Quebec City |
Ulli Bayer | |
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Apr. 10 |
Catherine Dulac Harvard Univ. |
Lee Niswander | |
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Apr. 17 |
Marthe
Howard Univ. of Toledo |
Kristin Artinger | Mechanisms of Specification and Differentiation of Noradrenergic Neurons |
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Apr. 24 |
Richard J. Traystman Vice Chancellor for Research UC Denver AMC |
Membership | Can Sex Steroids and Genes Alter Outcome from Global Cerebral Ischemia? |
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May 1 |
Univ. Washington |
Dan Tollin | Afferent Regulation of Auditory Brainstem Development: Signals, Cellular Events and Critical Periods |
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May 8 |
Matt
Kelley NIDCD/NIH |
Linda Barlow | Regulation of Cell Fate and Patterning in the Mammalian Cochlea |
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May 14 & 15 |
Post Rotation Talks | ||
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May 22 |
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May 29 |
Wolfgang Streit Univ. of FLA College of Medicine |
RMRNG Meeting | Microglia in Brain Pathology: From Nerve Injury to Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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