All seminars held in Lipsett Amphitheater and can be viewed via NIH VideoCasting  .
Seminar Series Dates: September 14, 2009 - June 28, 2010
To arrange to meet with an invited speaker, contact the host for that speaker (see seminar schedule for hosts). |
September
14
, 2009
12 Noon
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ELIZABETH GLOWATZKI, PH.D.
Department of Otolaryngology Head
and Neck Surgery
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Properties of transmitter release at the hair cell afferent synapse
Host(s): Diana Ma
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September
21
, 2009
12 Noon
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*** Cantoni Memorial Lecture ***
LI-HUEI TSAI, PH.D
Picower Institute for Learning
and Memory
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Chromatin remodeling in neurodegeneration and neuronal repair
Host(s): Zheng Li
|
September
28
, 2009
12 Noon
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XIAOQIN WANG, PH.D
Biomedical Engineering Department
Johns Hopkins University
Neural mechanisms for auditory-vocal interaction in the marmoset brain
Host(s): Okihide Hikosaka
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October
5
, 2009
12 Noon
|
RICHARD KRAUZLIS, PH.D
Systems Neurobiology Laboratory
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Priority maps for movement and perception in the primate superior colliculus
Host(s): Frederick Miles
|
October
26
, 2009
12 Noon
|
MICHAEL CROWDER, M.D, PH.D
Departments of Anesthesiology and Developmental Biology
Washington University, School of Medicine
Survival from hypoxia: The critical role of protein homeostasis
Host(s): Howard Nash
|
November
2
, 2009
12 Noon
|
*** Robert Whitney Newcomb Memorial Lecture ***
DWIGHT BERGLES, PH.D
The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Sounds in silence: How the ear initiates activity in the auditory system before hearing begins
Host(s): Stephan Brenowitz
|
November
9
, 2009
12 Noon
|
FRANK LAFERLA, PH.D
Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders
University of California, Irvine
Alzheimer’s disease and stem cell therapy
Host(s): Francesca Bosetti
|
November
16
, 2009
12 Noon
|
RICHARD PASSINGHAM, PH.D
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Has brain imaging discovered anything new?
Host(s): Elisabeth Murray
|
November
23
, 2009
12 Noon
MASUR Auditorium
|
SHAUL HESTRIN, PH.D
Department of Comparative Medicine
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Selectivity of local circuits in the neocortex
Host(s): Kazu Nakazawa
|
November
30
, 2009
12 Noon
|
CHARLIE SCHROEDER, PH.D
Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging
The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research
Delta Awakens: Use of Low Frequency Oscillations in Attentive Processing
Host(s): Afonso Silva
|
December
7
, 2009
12 Noon
|
SCOTT WADDELL, PH.D
Department of Neurobiology
University of Massachusetts, School of Medicine
Motivational control of memory expression in Drosophila
Host(s): Mark Stopfer
|
December
14
, 2009
12 Noon
|
*** Guroff Memorial Lecture ***
JEREMY NATHANS, M.D., PH.D
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Frizzled signaling in development and disease
Host(s): Leonardo Belluscio
|
December
21
, 2009
12 Noon
|
TBD
|
January
4
, 2010
12 Noon
|
LARRY YOUNG, PH.D
Department of Psychiatry and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
Yerkes National Primate Center and Emory University, School of Medicine
Molecular neurobiology of social bonding: Implications for autism spectrum disorders
Host(s): Scott Young and Jacqueline Crawley
|
January
11
, 2010
12 Noon
|
JOSHUA KAPLAN, PH.D
Department of Molecular Biology Massachusetts General Hospital
Mechanisms regulating synaptic transmission in C. Elegans
Host(s): Katherine Roche
|
January
25
, 2010
12 Noon
|
MICHAEL GREENBERG, PH.D
Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Signaling networks that regulate synapse development and cognitive function
Host(s): Craig Blackstone
|
February
1
, 2010
12 Noon
|
TREVOR ROBBINS, PH.D
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
TBD
Host(s): Elisabeth Murray
|
February
8
, 2010
12 Noon
|
OLAF SPORNS, PH.D
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Programs in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
Indiana University
Network neuroscience - connectivity and dynamics of the human brain
Host(s): Peter Bandettini
|
February
22
, 2010
12 Noon
|
DAVID GOLDSTEIN, PH.D
Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy
Duke University/Center for Human Genome Variation
Neuropsychiatric genetics: From mendel to GWAS and back again
Host(s): Bryan Traynor
|
March
1
, 2010
12 Noon
|
STUART CULL-CANDY, PH.D
Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology
University College London, United Kingdom
Calcium permeable AMPARs, TARPs and plasticity
Host(s): Mark Mayer
|
March
8
, 2010
12 Noon
|
DAVID JULIUS, PH.D
Department of Physiology
University of California, San Francisco
From peppers to peppermints: Natural products as probes of the pain pathway
Host(s): Kenton Swartz
|
March
11
, 2010
12 Noon
|
FRANK GERTLER, PH.D
Department of Biology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Control of the cytoskeleton during neurite initiation and axon guidance
Host(s): Edward Giniger
|
March
15
, 2010
12 Noon
|
ERIKA HOLZBAUR, PH.D
Department of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine
Microtubule motors and axonal transport: Function and dysfunction in neurodegenerative disease
Host(s): Zuhang Sheng
|
March
29
, 2010
12 Noon
|
WOLF ALMERS, PH.D
Vollum Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
Imaging protein interactions during single endocytic and exocytic events
Host(s): Ling-Gang Wu
|
April
5
, 2010
12 Noon
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SABINE KASTNER, M.D., PH.D
Department of Psychology and Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University
Representation of object information in human and monkey visual cortex
Host(s): Leslie G. Ungerleider
|
April
12
, 2010
12 Noon
|
KAREL SVOBODA, PH.D
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Janelia Farm Research Campus
Neural circuits underlying somatosensation
Host(s): Stephan Brenowitz
|
April
19
, 2010
12 Noon
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JEFFREY R. GRUEN, MD
Departments of Pediatrics, Genetics and
Investigative Medicine
Yale Child Health Research Center
Yale University, School of Medicine
Lexinome, Proteome, Ima*Genome? New Views of Dyslexia
Host(s): Ellen Sidransky
|
April
26
, 2010
12 Noon
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JONATHAN HORTON, M.D., PH.D
Department of Ophthalmology
University of California, San Francisco
Binocular function in strabismus
Host(s): Bruce Cumming
|
May
3
, 2010
12 Noon
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ELIZABETH GOULD, PH.D
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University
Structural plasticity in the adult mammalian brain
Host(s): Heather Cameron
|
May
10
, 2010
12 Noon
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PETER GILLESPIE, PH.D
Oregon Hearing Research Center
and Vollum Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
The hair bundle's protein constellation
Host(s): Bachara Kachar
|
May
17
, 2010
12 Noon
|
*** CANCELLED ***
RICHARD LEWIS, PH.D
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford University, School of Medicine
TBD
Host(s): Kenton Swartz
|
May
24
, 2010
12 Noon
|
NICOLA CLAYTON, PH.D
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Back to the future: The development and evolution of mental time travel
Host(s): Jackie Crawley
|
June
7
, 2010
12 Noon
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RAIMUND DUTZLER, PH.D
Department of Biochemistry
University of Zurich, Switzerland
A prokaryotic perspective on pentameric ligand gated ion channel structure and function
Host(s): Joseph Mindell
|
June
14
, 2010
12 Noon
|
ANTHONY RICCI, PH.D
Otolaryngology/Head
& Neck Surgery (ENT)
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Localizing mechanotransducer channels to the tips of auditory hair cell stereocilia
Host(s): Bachara Kachar
|
June
21
, 2010
12 Noon
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MICHAEL BRECHT, PH.D.
Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience
Humboldt University, Germany
TBD
Host(s): Heidi Schambra
|
June
28
, 2010
12 Noon
|
SUSAN AMARA, PH.D
Department of Neurobiology
University of Pittsburg
TBD
Host(s): Francesca Bosetti
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