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Neuroscience Training Program Seminars

Fall 2011


Spring 2012 Seminar Series Schedule (PDF)


Date
Time/Room
Speaker
Title
 
1/11/12
Wednesday
12 pm
444B
Lin Mei, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology
Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine & Genetics
Georgia Helath Sciences University
Augusta, Georgia
"Synapse formation and plasticity and their implications in muscular dystrophy and brain disorders"
 
1/18/12
Wednesday
12 pm
444B
John A. Schetz, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, Texas
"Sigma receptors, antipsychotic drugs and the prevention of oxidative-nitrosative stress"
 
1/25/12
Wednesday
12 pm
444B
Johnathan P. Godbout, Ph.D
Dept. of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics
Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research
Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
"Impaired Anti-inflammatory Regulation of Microglia in the Brain of Aged Mice"
 
2/1/12

Wednesday

12 pm
444B
Milena Girotti, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology
The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio
"Exploring the role of interleukin 6 in the neuroendocrine response to stress"
 
2/8/12
Wednesday
12pm
444B
Roger Porsalt, Ph.D.
Porsolt Inc. USA
Texas Reseach Park
San Antonio, Texas
"Animal modeling in behavior pharmacology"
 
2/13/12
Monday
12 pm
444B
Greg M. Cole, Ph.D.
Professor, Medicine and Neurology
Associate Director, UCLA Alzheimer's Center
Asscoiate Director, Research at the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center
University of Southern California Los Angeles
"Alzheimer's Disease Prevention vs Treatment: Methods and Mechanisms"
 
2/15/12
Wednesday
12 pm
444B
James Bower, Ph.D.
Computational Neurobiology
The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio
"Using biologically realistic multi-scale models to link molecules to function: Be careful what you ask for"
 
2/29/12
Wednesday
12 pm
444B
Paul J. Wellman, Ph.D.
Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience Program
Department of Psychology
Texas A&M University
"Ghrelin and reinforcement circuits"
 
3/19/12
Monday
12 pm
444B
Eliezer Masliah, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pathology and Medicine
University of California San Diego
"Prion-like propagation of proteins in neurodegenerative disorders; potential role for immunotherapy"
 
3/21/12
Wednesday
12 pm
444B
John E. Pintar, Ph.D.
Neuroscience and Cell Biology
UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
Piscataway, New Jersey
"Genetic studies of opioid system function"
 
3/28/12
Wednesday
12 pm
444B
Lisa M. Monteggia, Ph.D.
Ginny and John Eulich Professorship in Autism
Spectrum Disorders
Department of Psychiatry
UT Southwest Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
"Mechanism of Rapid Antidepressant Action"
 
4/2/12
Monday
12 pm
444B
Luis Fernando Santana, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Washington
"Calcium signaling amplification by oligomerization of L-type CaV1.2 channels"
 
4/4/12
Wednesday
12 pm
444B
Michael Beckstead, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio
"The effects of methamphetamine on dendrodendritic dopamine neurotransmission"
 
4/16/12
Monday
12 pm
444B
Jose Moron-Concepcion, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology
Columbia University
"Learning to be an opiod addict: Implications for pain management"
 
4/30/12
Monday
12 pm
444B
David Rossi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Behavioral Neurosciences
Oregon Health and Sciences University
"Novel mechanisms of ischemic damage and neuroprotection in the cerebellum"
 

Neuroscience students are required to attend one seminar each week. Seminars are scheduled at 12:00pm every Monday and/or Wednesday in room 444B, as per the schedule above.

**Note – when two talks are listed in a given week, everyone is encouraged to attend both, but students in the neuroscience track MUST attend at least one of the two.