Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule
Our seminars are held at the Beckman Institute, Tuesdays at 4:00 PM. Seminars are in room 1005 unless otherwise stated.
| September | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, Washington University - St. Louis "Choices, Values, and Neurons" Host: Ming Hsu Dr. Padoa-Schioppa's web page |
| 8 | Roberto Galvez, Dept of Psychology and Beckman Institute, UIUC "Neocortex: a site of storage for associative memories" Host: Neuroscience Program http://neuroscience.illinois.edu/people/faculty/rgalvez.html |
| 15 |
Cheryl Conrad, Arizona State University "How chronic stress influences forebrain plasticity and function: contributions of genetics, environment and signaling pathways" Dr. Conrad's web page Hosts: Donna Korol and Ed Roy Cheryl Conrad is an alumna of the Neuroscience Program |
| 22 |
Randy Nelson, The Ohio State University "Using Gene-Knockout Mice to Study Aggression: A Cautionary Tale" Dr. Nelson's web page Host: Neuroscience Student Organization NOTE: This Seminar is in Room 5602 |
| 29 | Nicho Hatsopoulos, University of Chicago "Exploiting sensory feedback to augment cortically controlled brain-machine interfaces" http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/hatsopoulos_n.html Host: Todd Coleman |
| October | |
| 8 |
SfN Night at NSP 4:00 - 7:00 PM in Beckman 1005 NOTE: this is a THURSDAY |
| 13 | Hanna Stevens, Chief Resident and Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Child Study Center "The Earliest Environment: Prenatal Influences on Brain Development" Host: Neuroscience Program Hanna Stevens is an alumna of the Neuroscience Program and the Medical Scholars Program |
| 20 | No seminar -- Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago |
| 27 | Mark Rasenick, University of Illinois at Chicago
"G protein signaling and membrane microdomains: relevance to the synaptic biology of depression" Host: Brad Schwartz http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcpb/pages/rasenick/rasenick.htm |
| November | |
| 3 |
Marina Wolf, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science "AMPA receptor plasticity during cocaine withdrawal" Host: Joshua Gulley Dr. Wolf's home page |
| 10 |
Michael Ryan, Clark Hubbs Regents Professor in Zoology, University of Texas "Sexual Selection and Communication in Tungara Frogs: Brain, Behavior and Evolution" Host: Becky Fuller http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/ib/faculty/RYAN.HTM |
| 17 | Shih-Chieh Lin, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center "The roles of non-cholinergic basal forebrain neurons in top-down attention" Host: Lee Cox |
| 18 | William L. Klein Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University "Synaptotoxic AΒ Oligomers (ADDLs): A Molecular Basis for the Cause, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease" MCB Director's Seminar |
| 24 | No seminar -- Have a Happy Thanksgiving! |
| December | |
| 1 | Randall Sakai, University of Cincinnati Medical Center "Neuroendocrine and Metabolic Effects of Chronic Social Stress in Rodents" Host: Lee Beverly Dr. Sakai's home page |
| 8 | Neuroscience Program Student Data Blitz |
