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Neuroscience Seminar Series

2007 Spring Semester

Room: 140 Bardeen
Time: Mondays at 4:00 p.m.
Contact: Heather Daniels with questions

Past Lectures: | Fall 2006 |

January 22nd

Faculty Research Presentation
Developmental neurobiology approaches to brain tumor biology, John Kuo

January 29th Faculty Research Presentation
Lipid metabolism and cytokines in stroke, Rao Adibhatla
February 5th

Student Research Presentation
Connecting behavior, brain, and biochemistry in autism under a model of amygdala allostasis,
Brendon Nacewicz

February 12th Faculty Research Presentation
Role of transcription factors in post-ischemic cerebral inflammation and brain damage, Raghu Vemuganti

Adeno-associated viral vectors: Potential applications in the study of nervous system function, Corinna Burger

 

Normal Aging of the Brain and Alzheimer’s Disease (Luigi Puglielli)

February 19th Introduction
A macrosopic to microscopic perspective on Alzheimer’s Disease, Courtney Guenther
February 26th The players-substrate and enzymes of AD neuropathology, Ken O’Riordan

The aging program and the aging brain, Jessica Jarecki

March 5th

p53/p44, pTEN, p75, and the program to the aging brain and AD, Melissa Harris

Neurotrophins and neurotrophin receptors; A possible link to AD neuropathology, Erica Rosenbaum

 

Reconciling Altruism with Evolutionary Theory (Garet Lahvis)

March 12th Introduction
Reconciling altruism and natural selection via neuroscience, Meaghan Bychowski
Thursday,
March 15th

Neuroscience Lecture Series
p53 and the control of adult neurogenesis
Heidi Scrable, University of Virginia
4:00 pm, 140 Bardeen

March 19th What factors influence cooperation in a group?, Michelle Edelmann
March 26th Exploring the neuronal substrates of cooperative behavior: A role for empathy?, Elliott Merriam
April 2nd Spring Break, No Class
April 9th

Ethics Presentation

Thursday,
April 12th

CANCELLED!!
Neuroscience Lecture Series
Higher functions of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and how they are affected by age and gender,
Daniel Tranel, University of Iowa
4:00 pm, 140 Bardeen

  Homeostatic Plasticity (Dan Uhlrich and Donata Oertel)
April 16th Introduction
The more things change, the more things stay the same: Homeostatic plasticity in neurons and neuronal networks, Keith Hengen
April 23rd Neuroscience Lecture Series/Grass Lecture
Glutamate receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity
Roger Nicoll, University of California-San Francisco
April 30th Homeostatic plasticity: Ins and outs of glutamate receptors-arg!, Michael Dash
Thursday,
May 3rd

Neuroscience Lecture Series
How does the neuron doctrine relate to the cell theory?  The relevance of contemporary evidence
Ray Guillery
University of Wisconsin-Madison
4:00 pm, 140 Bardeen

May 7th Homeostic plasticity: Terminal talk
Megan Campbell
Thursday,
May 17th
Daniel Tranel
University of Iowa
Cosponsored with NTP

 

 

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