Fall 2007
Date
|
Speaker
|
Title
|
Readings/PDF's
|
|---|---|---|---|
August 24 |
Organizational Meeting |
||
August 31 |
Matt Abbinanti |
Modulation
in the lateral amygdala |
Yamamoto
et al., 2007 |
September 7 |
Dan
Fergus |
MicroRNA
regulation of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons |
Kim, J. et al.,
2007
|
September 14 |
Kassandra Kisler |
Tops
and bottoms: can a chromaffin tell which side is up? |
Becherer,
U. et al., 2007 |
September 21 |
Eric Williams |
Transcriptional
Repression of PGC-1a by Mutant Huntingtin Leads to Mitochondrial
Dysfunction and Neurodegeneration |
Cui,
L. et al., 2006 McGill, J.K., & Beal, M.F., 2006 |
September 28 |
Lola Mukhamedieva |
Store-operated channels: new actors in and old play? |
Yuan, J.P. et al., 2007 |
October 5 |
Adam Arterbery |
Steroid Bioavailability in the Ventricular System of the Brain: Enzymatic Regulation of Steroid Activity in the Choroid Plexus |
Sinclair, A. J. et al., 2007 |
October 12 |
Amina
Kinkhabwala |
Buff Neurons: A Look at Fitness Optimization of Structure for Function |
Stiefel, K & Sejnowski, T. J., 2007 |
October 19 |
Kevin Rohmann |
SK Channel Expression Provides a Mechanism for Electrosensory Frequency Tuning |
Ellis, L. D. et al., 2007 |
October 26 |
Hannah Kim |
Membrane Supply and Neuron Growth: Studying the Roles of the Secretory Pathway in Axon and Dendrite Structural Development |
Ye, B. et al., 2007 |
November 2 |
Neuroscience Travel Day |
No Meeting |
|
November 9
|
Tandee Dillon |
Stress and the initiation of Alzheimer's Disease |
Kang, Jae-Eun et al., 2007 |
November 16 |
John Olthoff |
Optimally wired subnetwork determines neuroanatomy of Caenorhabditis elegans |
Pérez-Escudero, Alfonso & de Polavieja, Gonzalo G., 2007 |
November 23 |
No Meeting-Thanksgiving |
||
November 30
|
Sandeep Kishore |
State-Dependent Dendritic Computation in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons |
Gasparini, S. & Magee, J. C., 2006 |
December 1 |
LAST DAY OF OFFICIAL
CLASSES |
||
December 7 |
Elaine Farkas |
Chemically-selective imaging of brain structures with CARS microscopy |
Volkmer, A., 2005 |
December 14 |
Ayesha Paul |
Antennal mechanosensors mediate flight control in moths |
S. P. Sane, et al., 2007 R. McNeil Alexander, et al., 2007 |
December 18 Tuesday, 4PM - CANCELLED |
Lola Mukhamedieva |
STIM1 heteromultimerizes TRPC channels to determine their function as store-operated channels |
CANCELLED |
Spring 2007
Date
|
Speaker
|
Title
|
Readings
|
|---|---|---|---|
February 2 |
Laurieanne Dent |
Testing the "anti-coincidence" detection model of species-speccific electric signal re-encoding in electric fish brain |
|
February 9 |
Adam Arterbery |
The Glucocorticoid Receptor: Searching for natural models of human disease states |
|
February 16 |
Hannah Kim |
Identification of seizure susceptibility pathways in Drosophila |
|
February 23 |
Lola Mukhamedieva |
Amine-induced oscillations in a pacemaker cell: Ionic mechanisms |
|
March 2 |
Dustin Rubinstein |
An investigation of the neural substrates responsible for Drosophila courtship song patterning |
|
March 9 |
John Olthoff |
Neural mechanisms for pectoral fin coordination in larval zebrafish |
|
March 16 |
Guisheng Zhong |
Persistenet sodium currents participate in fictive locomotion generation in neonatal mouse spinal cord |
|
March 23 |
N/A |
SPRING BREAK |
|
March 30 |
Sandra Holley |
A mutation outside the ligand-binding domain of an AMPA receptor subunit: Does it affect gating? |
|
April 6 |
Eric Williams |
The role of the olfactory bulb in olfactory sensory neuron axon guidance |
|
April 13 |
Amina Kinkhabwala |
Neurotransmitter and transcription factor phenotypes reveal a novel patterining in hindbrain |