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9/6/2007
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SEMINAR SERIES 2007-2008 All regular seminars are held on Thursdays at 1:00 PM in the Dept of Neurobiology Conference Room #1015 Shelby Building |
contact Jan Phillips 934-2452 in the Dept of Neurobiology if you have any questions on scheduled seminars. |
Thursday SHEL 1015 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. |
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9/18/2007
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Erik David Roberson Asst. Adjunct Professor Dept. of Neurology CV |
University of California, San Francisco |
David Standaert, M.D. Neurology |
"Tau Regulates Susceptibility to Excitotoxicity and A-Induced Neuronal Dysfunction" |
9/27/2007
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Simon Alford, Ph.D. Professor CV
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University of Illinois, Chicago |
Linda O. Wadiche, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"G Proteins Target the Presynaptic Fusion Machinery: Beyond Release Probability and the Quantal Synapse" |
10/4/2007
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Gavin Rumbaugh,Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Neurobiology
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University of Alabama at Birmingham |
David Sweatt, Ph.D. Endowed Chair and Professor Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Emerging roles for Myosin II in neurons: Implications for spine morphogenesis, synaptic plasticity and memory formation" |
10/11/2007
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David Mott, Ph.D. Asst. Professor Dept. of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience CV |
University of South Carolina |
Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D. Dept. Neurobiology |
"Subunit dependent modulation of kainate receptors: implications for epilepsy" |
10/18/2007
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Serena Dudek, Ph.D. CV |
NIH - NIEHS |
Lynn Dobrunz, Ph.D. Dept. Neurobiology |
"Consolidating Long-Term Potentiation: Getting to the Nucleus" |
10/25/2007
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Maurizio Grimaldi, MD, PhD Pharmacologist CV
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Southern Research Institute |
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology Director, CIRC and Center for Glial Biology in Medicine |
"Basic science-driven drug discovery: glial cells lead the way, neurons follow " |
11/15/2007
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Antonello Bonci, M.D. Professor, Neurology CV

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University of California, San Francisco Ernest Gallo Clinic & Research Center |
Robin Lester, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Synaptic Plasticity in the Mesolimbic System: Implications for substance abuse" |
11/29/2007
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Paul Worley, M.D. Professor CV
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The Solomon H. Snyder Dept. of Neuroscience The Johns Hopkins University |
Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"IEGs and synaptic plasticity" |
12/20/2007
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Yi Sun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences/Molecular & Medical Pharmacology
CV

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University of California Los Angeles Associate Academic Director UCLA Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Medicine |
Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D. Dept. Neurobiology |
"Modeling neurological diseases using human embryonic stem cell-derived neurons" |
1/10/2008
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Craig E. Jahr, Ph.D. Senior Scientist CV
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Vollum Institute Oregon Health & Science University |
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology Director, CIRC and Center for Glial Biology in Medicine |
"Neural-glial interactions" |
1/24/2008
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Peter Penzes, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Physiology CV

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Northwestern University |
Gavin Rumbaugh, Ph.D. Dept. Neurobiology |
"Molecular mechanisms of synaptic structural plasticity and pathology" |
2/7/2008
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Gregory Cox, Ph.D. Staff Scientist CV
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The Jackson Laboratory |
Scott Wilson, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Mouse models of neuromuscular disease" |
2/12/2008
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Michelle Grey Postdoctoral Fellow CV
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David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
Dr. Watts, M.D. and Dr. Standaert, M.D. co-sponsored by Dept of Neurology and the Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics |
"BACHD mice recapitulate Huntington's Disease pathology and demonstrate pathological cell-cell interactions" |
2/21/2008
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Stephen F. Traynelis, Ph.D. Associate Professor CV

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Emory University Dept. of Pharmacolgy Atlanta, GA |
Robin Lester, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Zn2+ control of NMDA receptor gating" |
2/26/2008
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T. Chris Gamblin, Ph.D. Asst. Professor Department of Molecular Biosciences CV

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The University of Kansas |
David Standaert, M.D. and Ray Watts, M.D. Neurology |
"Modeling Tau Polymerization in Alzheimer's Disease" |
3/6/2008
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Hengbin Wang, Ph.D. Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Scott Wilson, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Epigenetic regulation of transcription " |
3/13/2008
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Sergio Ojeda, D.V.M. Division of Neuroscience CV |
Oregon Primate Center, Oregan Health and Science University |
Michael Brenner, PhD UAB/Neurobiology/Glial Center |
"Involvement of glial cells in the neuroendocrine control of female sexual development." |
3/20/2008
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Manzoor Bhat, M.S., Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Cell & Molecular Physiology, UNC Neuroscience Center CV

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill SOM |
Susan Campbell, Ph.D. Dept. Neurobiology |
"Organizing Principles of Axo-Glial Junctions Across Species" |
3/27/2008
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David Gadsby, Ph.D. Patrick A. Gerschel Family Professor and Head Laboratory of Cardiac/Membrane Physiology CV and news & views
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Rockefeller University |
Jacques Wadiche, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Mapping the ion pathway through the living Na,K-ATPase pump in situ" |
3/28/2008
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Anastassios Tzingounis, Ph.D. Postdoctoral fellow Roger Nicoll lab
Special time for this seminar!!! 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
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University of California, San Franciso, CA |
Jacques Wadiche, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Seizing the brake: how global calcium limits neuronal excitability" |
4/1/2008
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Danielle Simmons, PhD. Postdoctoral Researcher Dept. of Psychiatry CV |
University of California, Irvine |
Gavin Rumbaugh, PhD Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Up-regulating BDNF as a therapeutic strategy for Huntington Disease" |
4/3/2008
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Kristina Visscher, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Researcher CV
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Brandeis University |
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology Director, McKnight Brain Institute, CIRC and Center for Glial Biology in Medicine |
"Background activity alters the way we perceive and remember" |
4/8/2008
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Chad Antony Dickey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology CV
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University of South Florida College of Medicine |
co-sponsored by the Dept. of Neurology and the Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics |
"Chaperones and Kinases Converge to Regulate Tau Proteotoxicity" |
4/24/2008
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R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D. Chief, Nervous System Development & Plasticity Section CV
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National Institutes of Health, NICHD |
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology Director, CIRC and Center for Glial Biology in Medicine |
"Activity-Dependent Myelination: Plasticity Beyond the Synapse" |
4/24/2008
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David Petrik, Ph.D. Postdoc Candidate
**Special time**
10:30am - 11:30am |
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio |
Linda Wadiche, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Neurogiology |
"The Accessory Beta4 Subunit Regulates Response of BK Channels to Dephosphorylation" |
5/1/2008
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Richard Robitaille, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Physiology CV

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Université de Montréal |
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology Director, CIRC and Center for Glial Biology in Medicine |
"Glial cells govern synaptic plasticity" |
5/15/2008
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Randy Blakely, Ph.D. Professor Pharmacology & Psychiatry CV
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Vanderbilt University |
Jacques Wadiche, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology |
"Suck It Up, Pay Attention and Get Moving: Dopamine, Dopamine Transporters and ADHD" |
5/20/2008
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Stefan Clemens, Ph.D. Instructor Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Faculty Candidate |
Emory University
*Special day for seminar* Tuesday |
David Sweatt, Ph.D. John Hablitz, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology UAB |
"Dynamic neuromodulation in the spinal cord: Dopamine, the autonomic system, and Restless Legs Syndrome " |
5/22/2008
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Wen-Biao Gan, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept of Physiology & Neruoscience |
Skirball Institute Program New York University |
Michael Brenner, Ph.D./Glial Center |
"Structural dynamics of synapses and microglia in vivo." |
5/29/2008
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Farah Lubin, Ph.D. Postdoc Dept. of Neurobiology
Faculty Candidate
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
*Special time for seminar* 10:30 a.m. |
David Sweatt. Ph.D. John Hablitz, Ph.D. |
"EPIGENETIC GENE REGULATION IN THE ADULT HIPPOCAMPUS: IMPLICATIONS IN MEMORY FORMATION AND EPILEPSY " |
5/29/2008
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Kim McAllister, Ph.D. Associate Professor Center for Neuroscience
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University of California, Davis

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Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D. Associate Professor Dept. of Neurobiology |
cancelled |
6/3/2008
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Ghazaleh Sadri-Vakili, Ph.D. Instructor Dept. Neurology
Faculty Candidate |
Mass General Hospital MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease |
David Sweatt, Ph.D. John Hablitz, Ph.D. Dept. of Neurobiology UAB |
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