Past Seminars


 

Fall 2011

Date

Speaker

Faculty Host
September 1 Hongjun Song
Johns Hopkins		 Shaoyu Ge
September 8 Jose Manuel Alonso
SUNY College, Optometry		 Alfredo Fontanini
September 15 S. Murray Sherman
University of Chicago		 Paul Adams
September 22 Anna Majewska
University of Rochester		 Shaoyu Ge
September 29 No Seminar Rosh Hashanah
October 6 Charles Gilbert
Rockefeller University		 Arianna Maffei
October 13 Kenneth Miller
Columbia University		 Giancarlo La Camera
October 20 Z. Josh Huang
Cold Spring Harbor Lab		 Lonnie Wollmuth
October 27 Daniel McGehee
University of Chicago		 Lorna Role
November 3 Jeff Twiss Kevin Czaplinski
November 10 No Seminar Pre SFN Meeting
November 17 No Seminar Post SFN Meeting
November 24 No Seminar Thanksgiving
December 1 Michel Lemay
Drexel University, College of Medicine		 Lorne Mendell
December 8 Peter Shizgal
Concordia University, Montreal		 Gary Matthews

 

Fall 2009 - 2010

Date

Speaker

Title

Faculty Host
September 10 Miriam Goodman
Stanford University		 Genetic Deconstruction of Touch Sensation Sensory Processing Series
(Kernan)
September 17 Michael Gold
University of Pittsburgh		 Ionic Mechanisms Underlying Inflammation-Induced Sensitization of Nociceptive Afferents
Sensory Processing Series
(Mendell)
September 24 Christine Portfors
Washington State Univ. Vancouver		 Efficient encoding of social vocalizations in the auditory midbrain Sensory Processing Series
(Matthews)
October 1 Alexandre Pouget
University of Rochester		 Probabilistic inferences in neural circuits: from insects to humans Sensory Processing Series
(Role)
October 8 Steven Hsiao
Johns Hopkins University		 Mechanism of Tactile Object Recognition
 Sensory Processing Series
(Mendell)
October 29 Robert Fettiplace
University of Wisconsin- Madison
Medical School		 The mechanotransducer channels of auditory hair cells Sensory Processing Series (Adams)
November 5 Dirk Bucher
University of Florida		 Maintaining The Temporal Patterns Of Neural Activity Arianna Maffei
November 12 Lilly Mujica-Parodi
Stony Brook University		 Computational Diagnostic Techniques in Assessing Neural Risk for Vulnerability Towards Acute and Chronic Emotional Stress: Fractals, Pheromones, and Fear
Lorne Mendell
November 19 Mark Tuszynski
University of California, San Diego		 Axonal plasticity and regeneration in the injured CNS: Progress, and the need for more progress Joel Levine
December 3 POSTPONED
Rachel Brewster
University of Maryland, Baltimore		 TBA Howard Sirotkin
January 28 Adam Kepecs
CSHL 		Neural Mechanisms for Computing and Using Decision Confidence Lonnie Wollmuth
February 4 Brian Kaspar
Ohio State University 		Understanding Neurodegenerative Disease & Aging of the Brain Using Gene Delivery
 Shaoyu Ge
February 11 Stephen Shea
CSHL		 Neural Circuits for Olfactory and Auditory Social Communication in Mice Lonnie Wollmuth
February 18 Alfredo Kirkwood
Johns Hopkins University 		The Polarity of Plasticity in Visual Cortex Arianna Maffei
February 25 Diego Restrepo
University of Colorado 		What Information Do Mitral Cells Carry in the Olfactory Bulb?
 Alfredo Fontanini
March 11 John Disterhoft
Northwestern University		 Mechanisms of Associative Learning in Young and Aging Brain Craig Evinger
March 25 Harold Zakon
Univ. of Texas, Austin 		Neurobiology Meets Molecular Evolution: Three Stories About Sodium Channels David McKinnon
April 8 Stephanos Kyrkanides
Stony Brook Univ.		 CNS-Peripheral Inflammation cross-talk: Pain Studies Neurobiology of Disease Series
(Lorne Mendell)
April 15 Christopher Henderson
Columbia University		 Stem cell-derived motor neurons as a tool for developing therapeutic strategies for ALS Neurobiology of Disease Series
(Lorna Role)
April 22 Ahmet Hoke
Johns Hopkins Univ.		 Regeneration in the Peripheral Nervous System: Challenges and Opportunities Neurobiology of Disease Series
(Lorne Mendell)
April 29 William Dauer
University of Michigan		 Genetic Pieces to the Puzzle of Neurodegeneration Neurobiology of Disease Series
(Craig Evinger)

 

2008 -2009

Date

Speaker

Title

Faculty Host
September 4 Glenn Turner,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory		 Neural coding in the Drosophila olfactory system Lonnie Wollmuth
September 11 Julie Kauer, Brown University TRPV1: Hot channels in hippocampal synaptic plasticity Glutamatergic Transmission Series
September 18 Jeffry Isaacson,
Univ. of California, San Diego		 Central circuits underlying olfaction Glutamatergic
Transmission Series
Sept 25 John Isaac, NIH Regulation of AMPA receptor subunit composition and calcium-permeability during hippocampal synaptic plasticity Glutamatergic
Transmission Series
October 2 David Bredt. Eli Lilly & Co. Synaptic plasticity regulated by TARP subunits of AMPA receptors Glutamatergic
Transmission Series
October 16 Jeffrey Diamond. NIH Glutamate transporters regulate transmitter spillover and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus Glutamatergic
Transmission Series
October 23 Bradley Yoder,
Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham		 Molecular and cellular insights into cilia associated diseases and developmental disorders
 Maurice Kernan
October 30 Mark Bowen,
Stony Brook University		 Understanding synaptic protein structure one molecule at a time Lonnie Wollmuth
November 6 Allan Basbaum.
Univ. of California, San Francisco		 The neurobiology of pain: from molecules to circuits to behavior Lorne Mendell
November 13 Frances Edwards, University College London What goes up must come down; homeostatic plasticity in the rodent hippocampus Lorna Role
December 4 H. Richard Koerber,
University of Pittsburgh		 Interfering with Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Chronic Pain Lorne Mendell

December 11

Eve Marder, Brandeis University

Beyond optimality: How good is good enough?

David McKinnon
January 29 Wei Chen
University of Texas Medical School at Houston		 Twisting of spike propagation and reciprocal synaptic transmission for odor perception Shaoyu Ge
February 5 Mark Stefani
Middlebury College 		Teaching rats to sort cards: an assessment of the neural mechanisms underlying a rodent model of executive function
 Mary Kritzer
February 12 Peter Baas
Drexel University		 Neuronal microtubules cut and run: implications for development and disease Maurice Kernan
February 19 Patricio O'Donnell
University of Maryland		 Periadolescent maturation of prefrontal cortical dopamine function: relevance to schizophrenia Alfredo Fontanini
February 26 John Martin
Columbia University		 Motor Systems Repair After Spinal Cord Injury Lorne Mendell
March 5 John Rubenstein
UC, San Francisco		 Transcriptional Regulation of Interneuron Development Joel Levine
March 12 Lori Isom
University of Michigan		 Sodium channel beta subunits: multi-functional cell adhesion molecules involved in brain development and disease
 Gary Matthews
March 19 Patricia Coyle
Stony Brook University		 Update on MS pathophysiology Neurobiology of Disease Series
March 26 Song-Hai Shi
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center		 Mammalian neocortical development: from neurogenesis to circuit formation Shaoyu Ge

April 2

 Graduate Student Seminar TBA Lonnie Wollmuth
April 9 Christopher Henderson CANCELLED
Columbia University		 Using stem cells to model motor neuron degeneration in ALS Neurobiology of Disease Series
April 16 Graduate Student Seminar TBA Lonnie Wollmuth
April 23 Graduate Student Seminar TBA Lonnie Wollmuth
April 30 David Ginty
Johns Hopkins		 Growth and survival signals controlling development of the peripheral nervous system Simon Halegoua
May 7 Graduate Student Seminar TBA Lonnie Wollmuth
May 14 Pat Levitt
Vanderbilt University		 Translational studies on MET receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in Autism Spectrum Disorders Neurobiology of Disease Series
May 28 Graduate Student Seminar TBA Lonnie Wollmuth

 

2007-2008

Date

Speaker

Title

Faculty Host
September 20 Steven Siegelbaum, Columbia University Regulating learning and memory through dendritic integration Neural Circuits Series
September 27 Gyorgy Buzsaki, Rutgers University Internally generated assembly sequences in the hippocampus Neural Circuits Series
October 4 Eric Lang, NYU School of Medicine Timing is everything: how the inferior olive gets a response out of the cerebellum Neural Circuits Series
October 11 Anthony Grace, University of Pittsburgh Limbic system modulation of dopamine neuron activity and the pathophysiology of schizophrenia Neural Circuits Series
October 18 John Lisman, Brandeis University A circuit-based model that integrates a broad range of findings regarding schizophrenia Neural Circuits Series
October 25 Julie Kauer, Brown University Opiates block ltp at synapses in the midbrain reward pathway Neural Circuits Series
November 15 Yimin Zou, Univ. of California, San Diego Wnt signaling in nervous system wiring Joel Levine
November 29 Bruce Riley, Texas A&M University Fgf signaling coordinates development of sensory hair cells and neurons of the inner ear Howard Sirotkin
December 6 C.J. Heckman, Northwestern University Spinal Motor Output: Diffuse Descending Neuromodulation, Specific Local Inhibition William Collins
December 13 Maureen McCall, University of Louisville What comparisons of no b-wave mouse mutants tell us about retinal development and function Gary Matthews
January 17 Martin Schwab, University of Zürich and ETH Repairing the injured spinal cord Lorne Mendell
January 31 Robert Fyffe, Wright State University Ion channel localization in motoneurons: regulatory control after axon injury Lorne Mendell
February 7 Bo Li, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Glutamatergic synapse dysfunction: clues for understanding schizophrenia and depression Faculty Candidate Seminar
February 14 Yingxi Lin, Harvard Medical School Activity-dependent regulation of inhibitory synapse development Faculty Candidate Seminar
February 21 Harry Burgess, University of Pennsylvania Genetic analyses of neural circuits controlling behavior in larval zebrafish Faculty Candidate Seminar
February 28 Kwoon Wong, Brown University Cells and circuits setting the mammalian biological clock Faculty Candidate Seminar
March 6 Gareth Thomas, Johns Hopkins University Novel neuronal targets for MAP kinase signaling Faculty Candidate Seminar
March 13 Henry Woo, Dept. of Neurosurgery, Stony Brook University New developments in the endovascular treatment of acute stroke Joel Levine
March 18 Hong Chen, Yale University Molecular basis for clathrin and ubiquitin-mediated endocytosis: function of epsin in synapses and non-neuronal tissues Faculty Candidate Seminar
March 27 Gerald Gebhart, University of Pittsburgh Hypersensitivity – a disease of pelvic viscera Neurobiology of Disease Series
April 3 David Lewis, University of Pittsburgh Dissecting the disease process of schizophrenia: towards the development of pathophysiologically-based therapies Neurobiology of Disease Series
April 10 Mark Hallett, NIH/NINDS Pathophysiology of focal dystonia Neurobiology of Disease Series
April 24 James Surmeier, Northwestern University Calcium, homeostatic plasticity and Parkinson's disease Neurobiology of Disease Series
May 1 Hazel Sive, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Morphogenesis of the vertebrate brain Howard Sirotkin

 

2006-2007

Date

Speaker

Title

Faculty Host
September 7 Chris McBain, NIH A Novel Form of Bidirectional Plasticity at Mossy Fiber Interneuron Synapses Paul Brehm
September 12 Martin Bastmeyer, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Retinal Axon Guidance by Micropatterned Ephrin Gradients Joel Levine
September 14 Randy Gallistel, Rutgers University How Cognitive Science Will Transform Neuroscience Gary Matthews
September 21 Turhan Canli, Dept. of Psychology, Stony Brook University The Serotonin Transporter Polymorphism - Neural Correlates of Action and Epigenesis Gail Mandel
September 28 Lonny Levin, Weill Medical College of Cornell University The Role of Soluble Adenylyl Cyclase in the Nervous System: all cAMP is cAMP, but Some cAMP is MORE Than Others Simon Halegoua
October 5 Bruce Appel, Vanderbilt University In Vivo Imaging and Genetic Analyses of Myelination in Zebrafish Howard Sirotkin
October 12 Joe LoTurco, University of Connecticut Mapping Pathways of Migration in Developing Neocortex Mary Kritzer
October 20 Frans van der Werf, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands How does the brain behave after facial nerve palsy: Peripheral and central communication
 Craig Evinger
October 26 Louise McCullough, University of Connecticut Health Center Gender Differences in Cerebral Ischemia Mary Kritzer
November 2 Dwight Bergles, Johns Hopkins University Synaptic Signaling in CNS Glia Joel Levine
November 16 John Krystal, Yale University Seeking the angel in angel dust: contributions of glutamate psychopharmacology to our understanding of the neurobiology and treatment of schizophrenia Mary Kritzer
November 30 Brian McCabe, Columbia University Regulation of Synapse Growth and Plasticity in Drosophila Maurice Kernan
December 7 Alberto Pereda, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Plasticity of Electrical Synapses
 Paul Brehm
December 14 Robert Gibbs, University of Pittsburgh Hormones and Cognition: What the Animals are Telling Us Mary Kritzer
February 22 Ellen Hess, Johns Hopkins University A New Twist on the Anatomy of Dystonia Craig Evinger
March 1 William Van Nostrand, Dept. of Medicine, Stony Brook University Cerebral Microvascular Amyloid Promotes Neuroinflammation and Behavioral Deficits in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Familial Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Joel Levine
March 8 Stefan Herlitze, Case Western Reserve University G-Protein Modulation of Presynaptic Ca2+ Channels and Neuronal Circuits Lonnie Wollmuth
March 15 Aaron DiAntonio, Washington University Synaptic Growth and Stability: Walking the Highwire Maurice Kernan
March 22 Leslie Vosshall, Rockefeller University Olfaction: From Receptors to Perception Maurice Kernan
April 5 James Fadool, Florida State University Deciphering Mosaics in Vertebrate Photoreceptor Development Gary Matthews
April 12 Karen Berkley, Florida State University Neural Mechanisms of Pelvic Pain Lorne Mendell
April 19 Wade Regehr, Harvard Medical School Retrograde Signaling by Endocannabinoids in the Cerebellum Paul Brehm
April 26 Cecilia Moens, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center A Necessary Evil: How Vertebrate Embryos Use and Control Retinoic Acid Levels to Generate Spatial Pattern Howard Sirotkin
May 3 Peter Shizgal, Concordia University, Montreal The Role of Tonic Dopamine Signaling in the Computation of Payoff Gary Matthews
May 10 Mark Shapiro, University of Texas, San Antonio Convergent and Divergent Intracellular Signaling Pathways Modulating Neuronal Ion Channels Lonnie Wollmuth
May 17 Edward Ziff, NYU School of Medicine Protein Interactions and the Trafficking of AMPA Receptors Simon Halegoua
May 24 Gabriel Corfas, Children's Hospital, Boston Molecular Mechanisms of Neuron-Glia Interactions:  Roles in Development and Disease Simon Halegouar
May 31 Corey Smith, Case Western Reserve University Regulation of the Mode of Exocytosis in Mouse Adrenal Chromaffin Cells Gary Matthews