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Neurobiology and Behavior

Seminar series   •   Spring 2013

(All seminars are Thursdays at 12:30 pm in the Morison Room (A106) of Mudd Hall unless otherwise noted)

 

Jan. 24             David Dickman – Host: Fetcho

            Navigating with a magnetic sense

 

Jan. 31             Erol Akçay – Host: Vehrencamp & Reeve

            The evolution of cooperation and skew under imperfect information

 

Feb. 7              Robin Dando – Host: Fetcho

            The gustatory system – transduction & translation

 

Feb. 14            Larry Young – Integrative Seminar – G10 Biotech – 12:30PM – Host: Bass

 The chemistry between us: From genes and brains to monogamy and autism therapies

 

Feb. 21            Sam Tilsen – Host: Bass

              The dynamics of selection and coordination in speech production

 

Feb. 28            Nathan Spreng – Host: Harris-Warrick

              Imagine all the people: Neuroimaging evidence for memory’s role in navigating the social world

 

Mar. 7             Suzanne Alonzo – Host: Reeve

              Coevolutionary and Social Dynamics of Reproduction

 

Mar. 14           Josh Dudman – Host: Goldberg

 Basal ganglia circuits for the pursuit of reward

Mar. 21           No NBB Seminar – Spring Break

 

Mar. 28           Naoshige Uchida – Host: Linster

Dissecting neural computations in the dopamine reward circuit

 

Apr. 4              Molly Cummings – Host: Raguso

From fish brains to frog skins – Understanding behavioral and signal diversity via mechanistic studies

 

Apr. 9 (Tues)  Ivette Perfecto – Integrative Seminar – 404 Plant Science – 12:00PM – Host: Lassoie

 Complex ecological interactions and autonomous pest control in a coffee agroecosystem

 

Apr. 11            No NBB Seminar (supporting Big Bio Seminar on 4/9)

 

Apr. 18            Walter Wilczynski – Host: Nowak & Bass

 Social Modulation of Hormones and the Brain in Anuran Amphibians

 

Apr. 25            John Wingfield – Host: Bass  (4:30PM)

 Putting the brakes on reproduction: implications for biomedicine, conservation and global climate change

 

May 2              NBB Honors Poster Session – Host: Harris-Warrick


May 9            Alexay Kozhevnikov (Neuroscience Institute, Pennsylvania State University) – Host: Goldberg 

The neural mechanisms of action syntax generation

 

May 20 (Monday)   Holly Summers – Thesis Defense Seminar (1:00PM)

 Floral adveristement and mating system transitions n the Yellow Evening Primrose, Oenothera lava

 

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