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Jul 25 2013 4:00 p.m.
Okihide Hikosaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Researcher
Chief, Section of Neuronal Networks
Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research
National Eye Institute
National Institutes of Health
Seminar Title: Distinct basal ganglia circuits controlling behaviors aiming at flexible and stable values
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Jul 8 2013 12:00 noon
Amanda Kinnischtzke
Center for Neuroscience
School of Medicine/Neuroscience
Seminar Title: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Cell type specific connections from primary motor to primary
somatosensory cortex
Location: 1495 Starzl Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Center for Neuroscience
Jun 25 2013 4:00 p.m.
Takashi Kozai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Bioengineering
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: Towards seamless integration of brain and machine directed by neurobiology road map
Location: 1495 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Jun 24 2013 10:00 a.m.
Jessica E. Galgiani
Department of Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: Master's Thesis Defense: Vermis-cingulate cortex interconnections: A cerebro-cerebellar circuit in the rat
Location: 4075 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Neuroscience
Jun 14 2013 12:00 noon
Monica A. Perez, PhD, PT
Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
CNUP Training Faculty
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Seminar Title: Neural control of movement after spinal cord injury
Location: Lecture room 6, Scaife Hall
Sponsor: Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Seminar
Jun 10 2013 9:00 a.m.
Rachelle Stopczynski
Center for Neuroscience
School of Medicine/Neurobiology
Seminar Title: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Neuroplastic changes in a mouse model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
Location: 1495 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Center for Neuroscience
Jun 3 2013 10:00 a.m.
Gil D. Hoftman
Center for Neuroscience
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences/Neuroscience
Seminar Title: Ph.D. Dissertation Defense
Development of cortical GABA circuitry: Identifying periods of vulnerability to schizophrenia
Location: 2nd Floor Auditorium, Learning Research Development Center
Sponsor: Department of Neuroscience
Jun 3 2013 4:00 p.m.
Pat Levitt, Ph.D.
Provost, Professor, and Director
Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and Chair
Department of Cell & Molecular Biology
Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Seminar Title: The neurobiology of social behavior development
Location: 2nd Floor Auditorium, Learning Research Development Center
Sponsor: Department of Neuroscience
May 29 2013 12:00 noon
Rajiv R. Ratan, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Seminar Title: Twists and turns (non helical) the transcriptional road to oxidative neuronal death: a unifying hyopthesis for cancer and neurodegeneration
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
May 15 2013 11:00 a.m.
Sheila Nirenberg, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Seminar Title: Strategies for finding neural codes
Location: S100A Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: CNBC and Department of Neurobiology
May 15 2013 4:00 p.m.
Charles Gerfen, Ph.D.
Chief
Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience
National Institute of Mental Health
Seminar Title: Functional organization of the basal ganglia: Insights from genetic manipulations
Location: 2nd Floor Auditorium, Learning Research Development Center
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease and the Department of Neurology
May 15 2013 1:30 p.m.
Charles Gerfen, Ph.D.
Chief
Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience
National Institute of Mental Health
Seminar Title: Molecular tools for animal models of disease
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease and the Department of Neurology
May 14 2013 12:00 noon
Jonathan R. Wolpaw, M.D.
Chief
Laboratory of Neural Injury and Repair
Wadsworth Center
New York State Department of Health and State University of New York
Seminar Title: The role of the spinal cord in motor learning: A negotiated equilibrium
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and SNI
May 2 2013 2:00 p.m.
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Assistant Professor of Economics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Washington University in St. Louis
Seminar Title: Neuronal origins of choice variability in economic decisions
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor:
May 1 2013 12:00 noon
Jean-Christophe Rochet, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Purdue University
Seminar Title: A balancing act between alpha-synuclein and DJ-1 in Parkinson's disease
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Apr 29 2013 3:00 p.m.
Anna Devor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosciences
University of San Diego
Seminar Title: How to build a hemodynamic response from scratch
Location: 6014 Biomedial Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Radiology
Apr 26 2013 2:00 p.m.
Kathleen Cullen, Ph.D.
Professor, William Dawson Chair, and Director
Aerospace Medical Research Unit
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Seminar Title: Please note location change: Information processing in early vestibular pathways: Implications for the coding of self motion in health and disease. A reception to follow
Location: Conference Room A, University Club
123 University Place
Sponsor: Auditory and Vestibular Training Program
Apr 26 2013 11:00 a.m.
Samantha Fung, Ph.D.
Research Officer
Neuroscience Research Australia
Seminar Title: Inflammation overload: Can white matter neurons inform us about cortical pathology in schizophrenia?
Location: 1695 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Translational Neuroscience Program and the Department of Psychiatry
Apr 25 2013 4:00 p.m.
Jessica Cantlon, Ph.D.
Brain & Cognitive Sciences
University of Rochester
Seminar Title: Math, monkeys, and the developing brain
Location: Mellon Institute Social Room
Sponsor: CNBC
Apr 16 2013 4:00 p.m.
Stephen J. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Seminar Title: Brain maps to mechanisms: Neural circuit molecular architecture
Location: 1495 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology, CNBC, and SNI
Apr 11 2013 2:00 p.m.
Marc H. Schieber, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Neurology, Neurobiology & Anatomy, Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Visual Sciences, and Biomedical Engineering
University of Rochester
Seminar Title: Rapid flexibility of the motor cortex in novel situations
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Apr 10 2013 12:00 noon
Jeffrey Johnson, M.D.
Professor
Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Seminar Title: Halting the progression of neurodegenerative diseases: What's Nrf2 got to do with it?
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Apr 9 2013 3:30 p.m.
Jamie Maguire, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
Tufts University School of Medicine
Seminar Title: Complex role of GABAergic inhibition in health and disease
Location: 1395 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology
Apr 8 2013 12:00 noon
Maura Boldrini, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Research Scientist, Molecular Imaging & Neuropathology Division
Columbia University
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Seminar Title: Adult hippocampal neurogenesis and major depression
Location: 1695 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Translational Neuroscience Program
Apr 4 2013 11:00 a.m.
Yan Dong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neuroscience
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: Please note date and time change:
Synaptic reorganization by cocaine: A rejuvenation hypothesis
Location: 1495 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Department of Neurobiology
Apr 4 2013 4:00 p.m.
Michael Shadlen, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and HHMI Investigator
Kavli Institute of Brain Science
Department of Neuroscience
Columbia University
Seminar Title: Believing and Time: A neural mechanism for decision making
Location: 328 Mellon Institute
Sponsor: CNBC
Mar 26 2013 12:00 noon
Igor Ponomarev, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
University of Texas at Austin
Seminar Title: Systems neurogenomics of alcohol
Location: 1695 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Department of Psychiatry
Mar 22 2013 12:00 noon
Matthew A. Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Opthamology
CNUP Training Faculty
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Seminar Title: Cortical circuits that support visual perception
Location: Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall
Sponsor: Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Seminar
Mar 22 2013 12:00 noon
Matthew A. Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
CNUP Training Faculty
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Seminar Title: Cortical circuits that support visual perception
Location: Lecture Room 6, Scaife Hall
Sponsor: Senior Vice Chancellor's Research Seminar
Mar 21 2013 4:00 p.m.
David C. Van Essen, Ph.D.
Alumni Endowed Professor of Neurobiology
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
School of Medicine
Washington University in St. Louis
Seminar Title: The Human Connectome Project: Progress and perspectives
Location: 328 Mellon Institute
Sponsor: CNBC
Mar 20 2013 12:00 noon
Robert E. Burke, M.D.
Alfred and Minnie Bressler Professor of Neurology and Pathology
Director of Research Laboratories for Parkinson's Research
Director of the Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center
Columbia University
Seminar Title: Reconstruction of the adult nigrostriatal dopaminergeic pathway by mTor signaling-induced axon regeneration
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mar 20 2013 4:00 p.m.
Brian Schmidt, D.D.S., Ph.D., FAAN
Director, Bluestone Center for Clinical Research
Professor, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
New York University
Seminar Title: Neurobiology of cancer pain
Location: 1195 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Center for Pain Research
Mar 19 2013 12:30 p.m.
Stephen H. Scott, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Department of Medicine
Queen's University
Kingston, Ontario
Seminar Title: The use of optimal feedback control to interpret voluntary motor control
Location: 1495 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Systems Neuroscience Institute and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Mar 6 2013 12:00 noon
David Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Division of Biology
California Institute of Technology
Seminar Title: Mitochondrial dynamics and neurodegeneration
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mar 6 2013 4:00 p.m.
Ronald Wiley
Director, Lab of Experimental Neurology
Vanderbilt University
Seminar Title: Pain processing in the dorsal horn: Analysis using targeted cytotoxins
Location: 1195 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Center for Pain Research
Mar 5 2013 4:00 p.m.
Susan M. Dymecki, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Genetics
Harvard Medical School
Seminar Title: Towards decoding the brain serotonergic system: Intersectional genetics and functional probing
Location: 1495 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: CNBC and SNI
Feb 28 2013 4:00 p.m.
Rachel I. Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
Seminar Title: Beyond glomeruli: Connectivity and computation in higher-order olfactory neurons
Location: 328 Mellon Institute
Sponsor: CNBC
Feb 21 2013 12:00 noon
Dan Ding, Ph.D.
Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: Cueing Kitchen: A task-based cognitive coaching system
Location: S439 Montefiore
Sponsor: Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Feb 20 2013 4:00 p.m.
Mark Sylka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Cell Biology and Physiology
University of North Carolina
Seminar Title: Biochemical modulation of nociceptor circuits
Location: 1195 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Center for Pain Research
Feb 20 2013 12:00 noon
Peter Hollenbeck, Ph.D.
Professor and Associate Head
Department of Biological Sciences
Purdue University
Seminar Title: Mitochondrial transport, Metabolism and ROS production in disease models
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Feb 18 2013 12:00 noon
Shin-ichi Kano, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Johns Hopkins University
Seminar Title: Brain disorders in a dish: Toward a mechanistic understanding of mental illness
Location: 1695 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Department of Psychiatry
Feb 18 2013 12:00 noon
Atsushi Iriki, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Senior Team Leader
Symbolic Cognitive Development
Research Professor
RIKEN Brain Institute
Kyoto Univeristy, Japan
Seminar Title: The neural substrate for tool usage and imitation in non-human primates: Exploring evolutionary mechanisms of human intelligence
Location: S120 Biomedical Science Tower South
Sponsor: CNBC and SNI
Feb 13 2013 12:00 noon
Guy Caldwell, Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Blackmon-Moody Outstanding Professor
University of Alabama
Seminar Title: A predictable worm: Application of C. elegans for investigation of neurological diseases
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Feb 6 2013 12:00 noon
Bruce Lamb, Ph.D.
The Lerner Research Institute
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Seminar Title: The opposing roles of inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease pathogenesis
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Jan 30 2013 12:00 noon
Michael Kaplitt, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Weill Cornell Medical College
Seminar Title: Title: TBA
Location: 6014 Biomedical Science Tower 3
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
Jan 29 2013 11:00 a.m.
John Caltagarone, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Scholar
Sorkin Lab
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: Targeting of dopamine transporter to filopodia
Location: 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye and Ear Institute
Sponsor: Department of Cell Biology
Jan 29 2013 11:00 a.m.
Yong Liao, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Scholar
Frizzell Lab
University of Pittsburgh
Seminar Title: The SUMO modification is involved in the CFTR in CFBE cell
Location: 5th Floor Boardroom, Eye and Ear Institute
Sponsor: Department of Cell Biology
Jan 24 2013 4:00 p.m.
Henrique von Gersdorff, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist & Professor
Oregon Health and Science University
Vollum Institute
Seminar Title: Phase-locking mechanisms for synaptic transmission at auditory hair cells
Location: 520 Eye and Ear Institute
Sponsor: Department of Otolaryngology, Auditory Research Group
Jan 23 2013 4:00 p.m.
Petra Schweinhardt, M.D., Ph.D.
Alan Edwards Centre for Research on Pain
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Seminar Title: Spying on the brain - cerebral alterations in chronic pain
Location: 1495 Biomedical Science Tower
Sponsor: Pittsburgh Center for Pain Research
Jan 17 2013 4:00 p.m.
Elizabeth Tricomi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Rutgers University, Newark
Seminar Title: Contextual influences on value representation in the brain
Location: 328 Mellon Institute
Sponsor: CNBC
Jan 11 2013 4:00 p.m.
Hans Hultborn, Dr. Med. Sci
Professor
Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Health Sciences University of Copenhagen
Seminar Title: Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying hyper-reflexia below a spinal lesion
Location: S100A Biomedical Science Tower South
Sponsor: Systems Neuroscience Institute
Jan 10 2013 12:00 noon
Sarah Townsend, Ph.D.
Candidate for Faculty Position in Psychology
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
Seminar Title: Can the absence of prejudice be threatening? Worldview misalignments in intergroup relations
Location: 4127 Sennott Square
Sponsor: Department of Psychology