Spring 2012 Seminar Schedule

Our seminars are held at the Beckman Institute, Tuesdays at 4:00 PM. Seminars are in room 1005 unless otherwise stated.


January
17 First Year Project Presentations
Kaitlyn Breithaupt
Mark Fletcher
Lindsey Robertson
Sara Royston
                 CONGRATULATIONS!! NICE JOB TO ALL!
24 First Year Project Presentations
Annie Wigginton (Centre College, KY)
Jake Carpenter-Thompson
Alex Iordan
Geena Skariah
                 CONGRATULATIONS!! NICE JOB TO ALL!
31 Ann Nardulli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Role of Estrogen in Neuroprotection
Host: Neuroscience Program
Ann Nardulli's web page
February
7 Russ Fernald, Stanford University
"How does social behavior change the brain?"
Host: Justin Rhodes
Russ Fernald's web page
14 Amy Shelton, Johns Hopkins University
"Multiple mechanisms for human spatial learning and navigation: are humans just big rats?"
Host: Sam Beshers
Amy Shelton's web page
21 First Year Project Presentations
Adam Hamilton
Chris Liu
Jamie Norton
Franklyn Rocha Cabrero
28 Tony Stretton, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"The Ascaris nervous system: a simple nervous system. Hah!"
Host: Justin Rhodes
Tony Stretton's web page
March
6 Wendy Suzuki, New York University
"Memory, Exercise and the Primate Brain"
Host: Neal J. Cohen
Wendy Suzuki's web page
13 Robert Liu, Emory University
"Of Mice and Moms: A computational neuroethological approach to social communication"
Host: Dan Llano
Robert Liu's web page
20 SPRING BREAK -- NO SEMINAR
27 Aron Barbey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"An integrative architecture for general intelligence revealed by lesion mapping"
Host: Neuroscience Program
Abstract
Aron Barbey's web page
April
3 Ted Price, University of Arizona
"Molecular mechanisms of chronic pain"
Host: Stephanie Ceman
Ted Price's web page
10 Brenda Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"BoNT-based Neuronal-specific Delivery Vehicle Platforms for Neurodegenerative Diseases"
Host: Neuroscience Program
Brenda Wilson's web page
17 Tallie Z. Baram, University of California at Irvine
"How does the brain become epileptic?: Genes, channels, plasticity and master switches".
Host: Hee Jung Chung
Tallie Z. Baram's web page
24 Roger Nicoll, University of California at San Francisco
"Deconstructing and reconstructing a synapse"
Host: Hee Jung Chung
Roger Nicoll's web page
May
1 Ted Abel, University of Pennsylvania
"Molecular Mechanisms of Long-Term Memory Storage"
Host: Paul Gold
Ted Abel's web page
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