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Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 Neuroscience/BBDI Seminar Schedule
All seminars are held on Wednesdays, 12:00 Noon, CA-1002
(unless otherwise noted)
| August 27, 2008 |
Dr. David Blake
Associate Director
Synapses & Cognitive Neuroscience Center,
Medical College of Georgia
“Neuroplasticity in learning sensory discrimination” |
| September 3, 2008 |
Dr. Erhard Bieberich
Associate Professor
Developmental Neurobiology Program,
IMMAG,
Medical College of Georgia
“Smart drugs for smarter stem cells: the two facets of ceramide” |
| September 10, 2008 |
Dr. Lin Mei
Eminent Scholar and Director,
Developmental Neurobiology Program, IMMAG,
Medical College of Georgia
“Neuregulin signaling in neural development, synaptic plasticity and schizophrenia”
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| September 17, 2008 |
Dr. Jerry Buccafusco
Professor and Director, Alzheimer’s Research Center,
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Medical College of Georgia
"CNS Drug Development in Academia: Cognition, Schizophrenia, Drug Abuse"
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| September 24, 2008 |
No Seminar
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| October 1, 2008 |
Dr. William Hill
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
"Mobilization and Homing of Stem Cells to Sites of Stroke Injury" |
October 7, 2008
*Special Seminar*
(Tuesday - Noon) |
Dr. Min Zhuo
Professor and Michael Smith Chair in Neuroscience & Mental Health,
Dept. of Physiology, University of Toronto
"Cortical plasticity and its roles in sensory/emotional behaviors" |
| October 8, 2008 |
Dr. David Mott
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Host: Dr. Nevin Lambert
"Subunit dependent properties of kainate receptors: implications for epilepsy " |
| October 15, 2008 |
Dr. Krishnan Dhandapani
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurosurgery
Medical College of Georgia
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
"Toll-like receptor-4: A novel link between neurotrauma and the development of cerebral edema"
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| October 22, 2008 |
open |
| October 29, 2008 |
Dr. Jennifer McDowell
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology, and BioImaging Research Center,
University of Georgia,
Athens, GA
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
“Multi-modal imaging of inhibitory processes" |
| November 5, 2008 |
Dr. Robert Yu
Director and Eminent Scholar, Institute of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Institute of Neuroscience, Medical College of Georgia
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
"Glycobiology of Neural Stem Clls: The Fountain of Youth" |
| November 12, 2008 |
Dr. Wen-Cheng Xiong
Professor, Developmental Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Medical College of Georgia
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
"Netrin-1 Signaling in Neuronal Axon and Sperm Pathfinding" |
| November 15-19, 2008 |
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting - Washington, DC |
November 20, 2008
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Special Seminar - Thursday 2:00 PM
Dr. Jens P. Dreier
Professor, Department of Neurology & Experimental Neurology, Center for Stroke Research, Charité University Medicine Berlin
Host: Dr. Sergei Kirov
"Inverse neurovascular coupling in the rat and human brain" |
| November 21, 2008 |
Medical College of Georgia-
Neuroscience Retreat
Savannah Rapids Pavillion, Evans, Georgia
Keynote Speaker -
Dr. Paul Worley
Johns Hopkins University |
| November 27-28, 2008 |
Thanksgiving Holidays |
| December 3, 2008 |
Dr. David Hess
Professor and Chair,
Presidential Distinguished Chair
Department of Neurology
Medical College of Georgia
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
"Bridging the translational gap in acute stroke research" |
| December 10, 2008 |
Dr. Weichun Lin
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Host: Dr. Len Mei
" Ubiquitination dependent regulation of synapse formation and function" |
| December 17, 2008 |
Dr. Karen Zito
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior Center for Neuroscience, University of California at Davis, CA
Host: Dr. Sergei Kirov
"Dendritic spine morphogenesis and cortical synapse formation" |
| December 22-31, 2008 |
Holiday Season |
| January 1-2, 2009 |
Holiday Season |
| January 7, 2009 |
Dr. Justin Zivin
Professor,
Department of Neurosciences
University of California at San Diego
Host: Dr. Jay Hegde
"What has gone wrong with stroke research, and what can we do to fix it?"
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| January 14, 2009 |
Dr. John Maunsell
Professor,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Neurobiology,
Harvard Medical School
Host: Dr. Jay Hegde
"How Attention Changes Neuronal Responses in Visual Cerebral Cortex" |
| January 21, 2009 |
Dr. Jerry C.P. Yin
Professor, Genetics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Host: Dr. Joe Tsien
"Sleep/Circadian Rhythms and Memory Formation in Drosophila" |
| January 28, 2009 |
Dr. Byron Ford
Associate Professor,
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology
Morehouse School of Medicine
Host: Dr. Robert Yu
“The neuroprotective and anti-inflammatory roles for neuregulin-1 in ischemic stroke.” |
| February 4, 2009 |
Dr. Mark Wallace
Associate Professor,
Department of Psychology
Vanderbilt University
Host: Dr. David Blake
"Development and Plasticity in Multisensory Representations" |
| February 11, 2009 |
Dr. David C. Van Essen
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Washington University Medical School
Host: Dr. Jay Hegde
"Mapping human and macaque cerebral cortex in health and disease" |
| February 18, 2009 |
Dr. Michael Tiemeyer
Associate Professor,
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
“Synapses, Fucose and Drosophila Development” |
February 25, 2009
**Cancelled** |
Dr. Elliott Albers
Regents' Professor, Director, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University
"Vasopressin/Oxytocin and the central regulation of social behavior"
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| March 4, 2009 |
Dr. Anne McKinney
Associate Professor, McGill University
Host: Dr. Sergei Kirov
"Mature dendritic spine remodeling in the hippocampus." |
| March 11, 2009 |
Dr. Mark Mayford
Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute
Host: Dr. Joe Tsien
"Genetic control of memory circuits" |
| March 18, 2009 |
Dr. Sergio Ojeda
Head, Division of Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University, Oregon National Primate Research Center
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
“Gene networks controlling the onset of female puberty: A role for epigenetics” |
| March 25, 2009 |
Dr.
Bradley Alger
Professor,
Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Host: Dr. Sergei Kirov
"Hippocampal Interneurons: Theta Rhythms, Circuits, and Endocannabinoids" |
| April 1, 2009 |
Dr. Robert Edwards
Professor and Co-Director, Departments of Neurology and Physiology, UCSF Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of California at San Francisco, CA
Host: Nagendren Muthusamy
( Neuroscience Graduate Student)
"The Origin and Regulation of Synaptic Vesicle Pools" |
| April 6-10, 2009 |
Spring Break - Master's Week |
| April 15, 2009 |
*Rescheduled for Fall 2009*
Dr. Paula Dore-Duffy
Professor of Neurology
Chief of the Division of Neuroimmunology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Host: Dr. William Hill
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April 20, 2009
*Special Seminar*
(Monday - Noon) |
Dr. Barbara Sherwin
James McGill Professor
CIHR Distinguished Scientist
McGill University
Host: Dr. Darrell Brann
"Estrogen and Cognitive Functioning in Women:
Can the Critical Period Hypothesis Explain the Data?" |
| April 22, 2009 |
Dr. Elizabeth Buffalo
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurology
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Host: Dr. Jay Hedge
"Memory Signals in the Macaque Hippocampus." |
| April 29, 2009 |
Dr. Roberta Diaz Brinton
Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development, University of Southern California
Host: Limor Raz (Neuroscience Gradute Students)
"Estrogen Regulation of Mitochondrial Bioenergetics: Implications for Neurodegenerative Disease Risk" |
| May 6, 2009 |
Dr. Eng Lo
Professor,
Departments of Neurology and Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital,
Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA
Host: Darrell Brann/David Hess
"Neurovascular Responses in Stroke" |
| May 13, 2009 |
Dr. Dennis Choi
Director, Comprehensive Neuroscience Center, Emory Neuroscience Initiatives, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
Host: Dr. Joe Tsien
""Getting to Drugs" |
| May 20, 2009 |
Meagan McManus
MCG-UGA Student Seminar Exchange Award Winner
Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Host: Christina Wilson - GSO President, graduate student - Neuroscience
Welcoming Speech by Dr. Patricia Cameron, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies
“Mitochondria-targeted Antioxidants in the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders” |
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