Neurobiology and Behavior
Seminar series • Spring 2008
(all seminars are Thursdays at 12:30 pm in the Morison Room (A106) of Mudd Hall unless otherwise noted)
Jan. 24 Tom Eisner (Cornell University) Special Presentation – Host: Fetcho
Adventures of a Visual Enthusiast (Readings from a book in the making by Tom Eisner)
Jan. 31 Jean Hardwick (Ithaca College) – Host: Johnson
Regulation of autonomic intracardiac neurons by inflammatory mediators
Feb. 7 Thom Cleland (Cornell University) – Host: Dietcher
The construction of olfactory representations
Feb. 14 Gail Patricelli (UC Davis) – Host: Bradbury
Tradeoffs among multiple sexually-selected display traits in greater sage-grouse: an experimental study using a robotic female
Feb. 21 Walter Koenig (UC Berkeley) – Host: Seeley
Acorns and the behavioral ecology of cooperative breeding in the Acorn Woodpecker
Feb. 28 Ken Lohmann (University of North Carolina) – Host: Walcott
Beyond the five senses: The maps, compasses, and sensory biology of Sea Turtle
Mar. 6 Christian Voigt (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research) – Host: Bradbury
Sex-specific reproductive tactics in a polygynous mammal: Two sides of the same coin
Mar. 13 Bob Baker (NYU Medical Center) – Host: Bass
Gene Regulation and the Evolution of Motor Behavior
Mar. 27 Heather Mattila (Cornell University) – Host: Seeley
Do polyandrous honey bee queens produce busier bees?
Apr. 3 Teresa Nicolson (Oregon Health Sciences Center/Vollum Insitute)– Host: Nowak
The genetics of synaptic transmission in zebrafish hair cells
Apr. 10 Indira Raman (Northwestern University) – Host: Howland
Synaptic signaling in cerebellar circuits
Apr. 17 CJ Heckman (Northwestern University) – Host: Harris-Warrick
Control of active properties of motoneuron dendrites: diffuse descending neuromodulation, focused local inhibition
Apr. 22 Richard Wrangham (Harvard University) - Host: Sherman
The evolutionary ecology of cooking
May 1 Honors Student Poster Session
