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Mar 9 2010 12:00 noon
Marina Picciotto, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Seminar Title: Intracellular signaling pathways
downstream of nicotinic receptors in
addiction-related behaviors
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Feb 23 2010 12:00 noon
Maria E. Rubio, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Otolaryngology
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: Neurons and glial cells respond to
hearing loss
Location: 1495 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Feb 22 2010 12:00 noon
Susan Sesack, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: A newly identified brain region with
extensive inhibitory inputs to dopamine
neurons – Implications for disorders of
reward processing
Location: 1695 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Translational Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychiatry
Feb 18 2010 9:00 a.m.
Michael Platt, Ph.D.
Duke University Director
Department of Neurobiology
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Duke University
Seminar Title: From brain to society: Neuroethology and
neuroeconomics of social behavior
Location: Doherty Hall, Room 2210, Carnigie Mellon University
Sponsor: HHMI and Department of Biological Sciences Carnegie Mellon University
Feb 18 2010 12:00 noon
Suma Jacob, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Illinois at Chicago
Seminar Title: Behavioral neuroendocrine associations
and treatment options in Autism
Location: 1695 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Translational Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychiatry
Feb 17 2010 3:30 p.m.
Willi Halfter, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: Basement membranes in the developing
and aging eye
Location: 3rd Floor Conference Room, Mellon Institute
Sponsor: Department of Biological Sciences. Carnegie Mellon University
Feb 16 2010 12:00 noon
William C. de Groat, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Seminar Title: Nitro-fatty acids, a new class of signaling molecules, activate TRP channels in
sensory neurons
Location: 456 Salk '03 Hall
Sponsor: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Feb 15 2010 12:00 noon
Clarissa L. Waites, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University
Seminar Title: Molecular mechanisms of synapse
formation and function
Location: Learning Research Development Center Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Feb 10 2010 4:00 p.m.
David Lacomis, M.D.
Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Chief, Division of Neuromuscular Disease
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Seminar Title: Myasthenia Gravis: Review and U
Location: 1105BC Scaife Conference Center
Sponsor: Department of Neurology Grand Rounds Series
Feb 10 2010 9:00 a.m.
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense:
Kathleen E. Cosgrove
Center for Neuroscience
School of Arts and Sciences/Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: High affinity group III mGluRs regulate
mossy fiber input to CA3 interneurons
Location: A219B Langley Hall
Sponsor: Center for Neuroscience
Feb 9 2010 4:00 p.m.
Jean-Claude Lacaille, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology
University of Montreal
Seminar Title: Persistent plasticity of inhibition in brain memory circuits
Location: A219B Langley Hall
Sponsor: Department of Neuroscience
Feb 4 2010 4:00 p.m.
Patricia Smith Churchland
President’s Professor of Philosophy
University of California
San Diego, CA
Seminar Title: Consciousness, eliminative materialism and
progress in brain research
Location: WPIC Auditorium, 2nd Floor
Sponsor: Center for Neural Basis of Cognition
Feb 4 2010 12:00 noon
Joan C. Rogers, Ph.D., OTR/L
Professor of Occupational Therapy and
Nursing
Chair, Department of Occupational Therapy
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: Functional assessment of disability
in late depression
Location: ADRC Conf.Room S439, Montefiore Hosp.
Sponsor: Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Feb 3 2010 10:00 a.m.
Benjamin Y. Hayden, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology
Duke University
Seminar Title: Monitoring outcomes and the role of the
cingulate cortex in risky choice
Location: PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE
328 Mellon Institute, Social Room
Sponsor: Department of Neuroscience
Feb 3 2010 4:00 p.m.
David A. Lewis, M.D.
Chairman and UPMC Professor in Translational Neuroscience
Department of Psychiatry
Medical Director and Director of Research
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Seminar Title: Translating neural circuits into novel therapeutics for schizophrenia
Location: 1105BC Scaife Conference Center
Sponsor: Department of Neurology Grand Rounds Series
Feb 2 2010 12:00 noon
Anna Wang Roe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Departments of Psychology and Radiology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Seminar Title: Imaging modules of perception and
attention in macaque visual cortex
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Jan 27 2010 10:00 a.m.
Matthew A. Smith, Ph.D.
Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition
University of Pittsburgh and
Carnegie Mellon University
Seminar Title: Deriving functional circuitry from
cortical population activity
Location: A219B Langley Hall
Sponsor: Department of Neuroscience
Jan 21 2010 2:00 p.m.
Larry S. Zweifel, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Department of Biochemistry
University of Washington
Seminar Title: Genetic dissection of phasic dopamine
function in fear, reward, and anxiety
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Jan 20 2010 4:00 p.m.
Berge Minassian, M.D., FRCPC
Associate Professor
Department of Paediatrics
University of Toronto Clinician-Scientist
Toronto, Ontario
Seminar Title: Genetics of the epilepsies
Location: 1105BC Scaife Conference Center
Sponsor: Department of Neurology Grand Rounds Series
Jan 19 2010 12:00 noon
John H. Martin, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and
Neuroscience
City College/City University of New York
Seminar Title: Bringing the corticospinal system online
during postnatal development
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Jan 14 2010 4:00 p.m.
Kenneth Norman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology and
Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University
Seminar Title: Tracking memory retrieval using
multivariate pattern analysis
Location: 2nd Floor WPIC Auditorium
Sponsor: Center for Neural Basis of Cognition
Jan 11 2010 12:00 noon
Subroto Ghose, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Seminar Title: An investigation into the 'COMT val/val genotype x adolescent cannabis use' interaction in schizophrenia
Location: 1695 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Translational Neuroscience Program and Department of Psychiatry