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Frontiers in Neuroscience Spring 2013 Seminar Schedule
Unless otherwise indicated, all seminars are at 12:00 pm in the Whitehead Auditorium
February 1, 2013 * Emory NS Recruitment Weekend speakers are senior students in our program. Yanjie Fan, Graduate Student, Emory Neuroscience Program
"Actin capping protein in dendritic spine formation during synaptic development"
Katy Shepard, Graduate Student, Emory Neuroscience Program
"Noradrenergic Modulation Of Experience-Dependent Plasticity During Auditory Cortical Development"
February 8, 2013 Roger D. Cone, PhD, Professor and Chair of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University
"The Neural Control of Energy Homeostasis and Somatic Growth"
February 15, 2013 * Emory NS Recruitment Weekend speakers are senior students in our program. Becky Meyer, Graduate Student, Emory Neuroscience Program
"GPR37 and GPR37L1: Novel neuroprotective receptors?"
Chris Makinson, Graduate Student, Emory Neuroscience Program
"Mechanisms of epilepsy: A balance of voltage gated sodium channels"
February 22, 2013 Michelle LaPlaca, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
"Plasma Membrane Integrity in Traumatic Brain Injury: Triggers and Diggers"
March 1, 2013 Shella Keilholz, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Emory/GA Tech
"The neural basis of network dynamics in resting state functional MRI"
March 8, 2013 Geert de Vries, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Georgia State University
"How to deal with sex differences in biology and medicine: lessons from the neuropeptides vasopressin and oxytocin"
March 15, 2013 No Frontiers - Spring Break
March 22, 2013 Christopher Coe, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Director of the Harlow Center for Biological Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"All roads lead to psychoneuroimmunology"
March 29, 2013 Michael Sutton, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan
"Tuning neurotransmission through local protein translation at synaptic sites"
April 5, 2013 Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, Associate Professor in Neurology, Boston Children's Hospital
"Neuronal connectivity in Tuberous Sclerosis"
April 12, 2013 Tracy Ann Read, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Emory University
"The role of cancer stem cells in brain tumor growth and metastasis"
April 19, 2013 Ralph Greenspan, PhD, Associate Director, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, UCSD
"Gene Interactions in Drosophila Behavior: Specificity and Pleiotropy"
April 26, 2013 Francisco Alvarez, PhD, Associate Professor of Physiology, Emory University
"Spinal locomotor circuit development: moving forward"
May 3, 2013 Julio Ramirez, PhD, R. Stuart Dickson Professor of Psychology, Davidson College
"The intentional mentor: effective mentoring of undergraduate science students"
Frontiers in Neuroscience Fall 2012 Seminar Schedule
September 7, 2012 Gregory S. Berns, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Neuroeconomics, Emory University
"What is Your Dog Thinking? FMRI of Awake Unrestrained Dogs"
September 14, 2012 Zachary Johnson, PhD, Researcher at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University
"Identifying Genes that Influence Behavior in Baboons"
September 21, 2012 Ling Wei, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Emory University
"Novel Strategies in Stem Cell Transplantation Therapy after Stroke"
September 28, 2012 Carol A. Shively, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Psychology, Wake Forest University
"Stressed versus Depressed - What's the Difference?"
Videos: Part 1,
Part 2.
October 5, 2012 Karen S. Rommelfanger, PhD, Director of Neuroethics Program, Emory University
"Mind over Matter: Placebo for Psychogenic Movement Disorders"
Videos: Part 1,
Part 2.
October 19, 2012 Steve M. Potter, PhD, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
"Closed-loop, open-source electrophysiology to study learning, network dynamics, and epilepsy"
Videos: Part 1,
Part 2.
October 26, 2012 Larry C. Walker, PhD, Research Professor of Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University
"The Seeds of Neurodegenerative Disease"
Videos: Part 1,
Part 2.
November 2, 2012 Richard D. Mooney, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology, Duke University
"Song Learning: From Synapse to Behavior"
Videos: Part 1,
Part 2,
Part 3.
November 9, 2012 No Frontiers
November 16, 2012 Arthur W. English, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology, Emory University
"Enhancing functional recovery from nerve injury with exercise"
Videos: Part 1,
Part 2.
November 23, 2012 No Frontiers - Thanksgiving Holiday
November 30, 2012 Stephen F. Traynelis, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, Emory University
"Effect of Disease Causing Mutations on NMDA Receptor Function"
December 7, 2012 Gary Bassell, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology, Emory University
"mRNA regulation in neuronal development, plasticity, and disease intervention"
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S. Traynelis Lab - Tracking of microglial cell motility over time; the lines represent the movements of the cell over a 15-minute period
A. English Lab - Mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) cells labeled using antibody to the neurotrophin receptor, trkB (red). Green = yellow fluorescent protein in large cells
Y. Smith Lab - Binding of 18F-FECNT (Dopamine Transporter Ligand) in the monkey striatum; side view of animal's head and eyes with the striatum strongly labeled (PET)
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