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Spring 2009
Date
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Speaker
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Title
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Readings/PDF's
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January 23 |
No Meeting |
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January 30 |
Matt Abbinanti |
Postnatal development of firing properties and serotonergic modulation of commissural interneurons in the mouse spinal cord |
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February 6 |
No Meeting |
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February 13 |
Jason Gallant |
New perspectives on an instance of intraspecific variation in electrogenic signaling in the mormyrid fish, Paramormyrops kingsleyae" |
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February 20 |
Cancelled |
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February 27 |
Erin Johnson |
A small-systems approach to motor pattern generation |
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March 6 |
Shane Peace |
Investigating Olfactory Generalization Using Behavioral Pharmacology and Non-Topographical Contrast Enhancement |
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March 13 |
Laura Manella |
Olfactory habituation: An electrophysiological correlate to a behavioral learning paradigm |
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March 20 |
SPRING BREAK |
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March 27 |
John Olthoff |
The Neural Substrate of Pectoral Fin Coordination and Pattern Generation in Larval Zebrafish |
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April 3 |
Hannah Kim |
Analysis of pumilio target genes and their effects on neuronal excitability |
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April 10
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No Meeting |
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April 17 |
Sam Dillon |
Estrogen and Olfactory Sensitivity |
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April 24 |
Mike Riley |
Functional Organization of Hindbrain Neural Circuits Involved in Motor Control |
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May 1
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Lola Kadiri |
The importance of internal calcium stores in a pyloric pacemaker function |
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May 8 |
Leo Arellanos |
Importance of Noradrenergic Modulation for Olfactory Detection and Discrimination |
Fall 2008
Date
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Speaker
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Title
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Readings/PDF's
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August 29 |
Matt Abbinanti |
A single N-terminal cysteine in TRPV1 determines activation by pungent compounds from onion and garlic |
Salazar et al 2008 |
September 5 |
Jason Gallant |
Home is Where the Tesla Are: Magnetoreception in Drosophila |
Gegear et al 2008 |
September 12 |
Lola Mukhamedieva |
Tripping the 'fear switch' |
Herry et al 2008 |
September 19 |
John Olthoff |
Genes, evolution, and Development: How a single transcription factor affects the neuronal fate and topographic map in the motor columns of spinal cord |
Dasen et al 2008 |
September 26 |
Kevin Rohmann |
A Novel Na+ Channel Splice Form Contributes to the Regulation of an Androgen-Dependent Social Signal |
Liu H et al 2008 |
October 3 |
Leo Arellanos |
Neuropathology in Drosophila Mutants with Increased Seizure Susceptibility |
Fergestad et al 2007 |
October 10 |
NO MEETING |
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October 17 |
Sam Dillion |
Increased dopamine after mating impairs olfaction and prevents odor interference with pregnancy |
Serguera et al 2008 |
October 24 |
Erin Johnson |
Synapse-specific changes in serotonin signaling contribute to age-related changes in the feeding behavior of the pond snail, Lymnaea |
Yeoman et al 2008 |
October 31 |
Hannah Kim |
Age-dependent epigenetic control of differentiation inhibitors is critical for remyelination efficiency |
Shen et al 2008 |
November 7 |
Dan Fergus |
Association of Copy Number Variation with Autism |
Marshall 2008 |
November 14
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SFN Travel Day |
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November 21 |
Shane Peace |
Profound Context-Dependent Plasticity of Mitral Cell Responses in Olfactory Bulb |
Doucette and Restrepo 2008 |
November 28 |
Thanksgiving |
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December 5
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Mike Riley |
Roles of continuous neurogenesis in the structural and functional integrity of the adult forebrain |
Imayoshi et al 2008 |
December 12
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Laura Manella |
Maternal care and hippocampal plasticity: How to blame your mother for your inability to cope with stress |
Champagne et al 2008 |
Spring 2008
Date |
Speaker |
Possible Topic |
Readings/PDF's |
| January 25 | CANCELLED | ||
| February 1 | Eric Williams | The Role of Protocadherin 10 in Olfactory Sensory Neuron Axon Guidance | |
| February 8 | Dan Fergus | The Molecular Basis of Song Variation in the Cricket Genus Laupala | |
| February 15 | Kassandra Kisler | Transparent Microelectrode Arrays to Study Exocytosis | |
| February 22 | Sandeep Kishore | Dendritic organization in spinal motro networks of larval zebrafish | CANCELLED |
| February 29 | Amina Kinkhabwala | Stripes of neurons by neurotransmitter phenotype reflect a foundation for neural circuits in hindbrain | |
| March 7 | |||
| March 14 | Lola Mukhamedieva | Ionic mechanisms of pacemaking in a small motor network | |
| March 21 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| March 28 | Adam Arterbery | Studies from alternative male morphs-The growing emergence of new perspectives | |
| April 4 | Tandee Dillon | Hormonal regulation of olfactory sensitivity | |
| April 11 | Kevin Rohman | Differential Expression of Slo1 Co-Orthologs in Midshipman Peripheral Auditory System: Implications for Auditory Neuroscience and Vertebrate Evolution | |
| April 18 | Matt Abbinanti | Modulation of Commissural Interneurons in the Developing Mouse Spinal Cord | |
| April 25 | Elaine Farkas | What are lipid rafts? Model membrane studies of lipid phase behavior and applications to native cells | |
| May 2 | John Olthoff | The Neural Substrate of Pectoral Fin Coordination and Pattern Generation in Larval Zebrafish |
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| May 9 | Sandeep Kishore | Dendritic organization in spinal motor networks of larval zebrafish |
Fall 2007
Date |
Speaker |
Possible Topic |
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 | Neurosciene 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 | Computation in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons | Gsparini, 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 | Sane, S. P., et al., 2007 McNeil Alexander, R., et al 2007 |
| December 18 Tuesday, 4 PM | Lola Mukhamedieva | STIM1 hetereomultimerizes TRPC channels to determine their function as store-operated channels |
CANCELLED |
Spring 2007
Date |
Speaker |
Possible Topic |
Readings/PDF's |
| February 2 | Laurieanne Dent | Testing the "anti-coincidence" detection model of species-specific 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 | Persistent 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 | Ericc 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 patterning in hindbrain |
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