| Date |
Speaker |
Institution |
Host |
Title |
9/10/2009
|
David E. Featherstone, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor

NBL703 Credit
|
University of Chicago
|
Vladimir Parpura, MD, PhD
|
"Molecular mechanisms controlling glutamatergic synapse strength and behavior" |
9/17/2009
|
Joseph Ayers, Ph.D. Professor
 NBL 703 credit
|
Northeastern University
|
Vladimir Parpura, MD, PhD
|
"Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots and Neurorehabilitation" |
10/1/2009
|
George Augustine, Ph.D. Professor
NBL703 Credit |
Duke University School of Medicine
|
Vladimir Parpura, MD, PhD
|
"Synaptic biophotonics: Novel optogenetic methods for defining brain Circuitry" |
10/29/2009
|
Dale Benos, Ph.D. Professor & Chair
 NBL 703 Credit |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Vladimir Parpura, Ph.D. |
"Plasticity of ENaC;ASIC" |
11/5/2009
|
Robert Lipsky, Ph.D. Director
NBL 703 Credit |
Inova Health System
Inova Fairfax Hospital
|
Farah Lubin, Ph.D.
|
"Epigenetic regulation of gene expression: potential targets for therapeutic intervention in the CNS." |
11/12/2009
|
Michael V. Sofroniew, M.D., Ph.D. Professor
 NBL 703 Credit |
University of California, Los Angeles |
Michael Brenner, Ph.D. co-sponsored with the Center for Glial Biology in Medicine |
"Molecular dissection of reactive astrogliosis and glial scar formation" |
11/19/2009
|
Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor

NBL 720 Credit |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
David Sweatt, Ph.D. |
"BDNF actions on both sides of synapses: TRPC channels, MeCP2 and the cellular neuropathology of Rett syndrome" |
12/3/2009
|
Ricardo C. Araneda, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
 NBL 703 Credit |
University of Maryland |
Lucas Pozzo-Miller, PH.D. |
"Neuromodulation of inhibitory neurons in the olfactory bulb" |
12/9/2009
|
Kelly Monk, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Developmental Biology |
Stanford University |
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
3:00 p.m.
BBRB 170 |
"Zebrafish Genetics Uncover New Regulators of Myelination" |
12/17/2009
|
Robin Lester, Ph.D. Asso. Professor

NBL 703 Credit |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
David Sweatt, Ph.D. |
“How I learned to stop worrying and love nicotine” |
1/7/2010
|
Selva Baltan, M.D., Ph.D. Asst. Professor
 NBL 703 Credit |
University of Washington, Seattle |
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D.
co-sponsored with CIRC & Center for Glial Biology in Medicine |
"Oligodendrocyte injury following white matter ischemia " |
1/14/2010
|
Craig Powell, M.D., Ph.D. Asst. Professor

NBL 703 Credit
|
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center |
David Sweatt, Ph.D. |
"Animal Models of Autism: Molecular Mechanisms to Potential Therapies" |
1/21/2010
|
Scott Wilson, Ph.D. Asst. Professor

NBL 703 Credit |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
David Sweatt, Ph.D. |
"Different roles for the proteasome at central and peripheral nervous system synapses revealed by Usp14" |
1/28/2010
|
Kevin J. Staley, MD Professor

NBL 703 Credit
|
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts Gen Hosp
|
John Hablitz, Ph.D. |
"Neuronal ion transport, GABA-mediated synaptic signaling and seizure therapy " |
2/4/2010
|
Steven E. Petersen, Ph.D. Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

NBL 703 Credit |
Washington University St. Louis |
Kristina Visscher, Ph.D. |
"Network analysis of large-scale brain organization and development" |
2/11/2010
|
Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D Professor
 NBL 703 Credit |
University of California, Irvine |
John Hablitz, Ph.D. |
"How does the brain become epileptic? plasticity, epigenetics, ion channels" |
2/18/2010
|
Shannon G. Matta, Ph.D. Assoc. Professor

NBL 703 Credit |
University of Tennessee Health Science Center |
Robin Lester, Ph.D. |
"Neuronal mechanisms underlying transgenerational use of nicotine and alcohol" |
2/25/2010
|
Bruce Bean, Ph.D. Professor
 NBL 703 Credit |
Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts |
Jacques Wadiche, Ph.D. |
"Treating pain through TRP channels" |
2/26/2010
|
Zhuan Zhou, Ph.D. Professor and Senior Investigator
 |
Institute of Molecular Med. Peking University
Different day, time and place!!!
Friday, Feb. 26th 11:00am Shelby #1015 |
Vladimir Parpura, M.D., Ph.D.
co-sponsored by: Atomic Force Microscopy & Nanotechnology Laboratories.
|
"Modulation of neurotransmitter release by Action potential codes in striatum in vivo" |
3/4/2010
|
Massimo Scanziani, Ph.D. Professor and Vice Chair
 NBL 703 Credit |
University of California, San Diego |
Neurobiology Graduate Students |
"Excitation and Inhibition in Cortical Space" |
3/12/2010
|
Robert Zorec, Ph.D. Professor
 NBL 703 credit |
University of Ljubljana
 Special Day Friday, Mar 12 1:30pm Shelby #1015
|
Vlad Parpura, M.D., Ph.D. |
"TBS" |
3/25/2010
|
Karen L. Gamble, Ph.D. Asst. Professor
 NBL 703 Credit
|
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
John Hablitz, Ph.D |
"TBA" |
4/1/2010
|
Etty Benveniste, Ph.D. Professor/Chairman

NBL 703 Credit |
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
Vlad Parpura, M.D., PH.D. |
'TBS" |
4/8/2010
|
Craig Garner, Ph.D. Professor

NBL 703 Credit |
Stanford School of Medicine |
Harald Sontheimer, Ph.D.
co-sponsored with CIRC & Center for Glial Biology in Medicine |
"TBA" |
4/15/2010
|
Thomas Otis, Ph.D. Professor
 NBL 703 Credit |
UCLA |
Jacques Wadiche, Ph.D. |
"TBA" |
5/6/2010
|
Jack Parent, M.D. Assoc. Professor

NBL 703 Credit |
University of Michigan Medical Center |
Linda Wadiche, Ph.D. |
"TBA" |
5/13/2010
|
Jens R. Coorssen, Ph.D. Foundation Chair, Mole. Phy.

NBL 703 Credit
|
SOM School of Biomedical & Health Sciences College of Health & Science University of Western Sydney NSW, Australia
|
Vlad Parpura, M.D., Ph.D.
co-sponsored by: Atomic Force Microscopy & Nanotechnology Laboratories |
"New approaches to dissecting the mechanism of Ca2+-Triggered Membrane Fusion." |
5/27/2010
|
Edwin R. Chapman, Ph.D. Professor

NBL 703 Credit
|
University of Wisconsin |
Lucas Pozzo-Miller, Ph.D. |
"TBS" |