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THE MAHONEY INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES

presents its:


Neuroscience Colloquium Series

Fall 2009

also sponsored by:

The Behavioral Neuroscience & The Systems & Integrative Biology Training Grants

 


Course Description

Date
Speaker
Title
Papers
Presenter
Mentor
Students Attending Lunch Weds 12 to 1 Rm 140 John Morgan

September 16

Bill Carlezon
McLean Hospital at Harvard Medical School

Role for Sprouty2 in hippocampal neurogenesis and stress resistance in rats BC1
BC2

 

Tracy Bale

 

September 23

Lisa Monteggia
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Role of MeCP2 & HDACs in regulating synapse function and behavior


LM1
LM2

Samantha White

Jesse Isaacman-Beck

Julie Blendy (papers)

Whitney

Shane

Collin

September 30

Matthew Rasband
Baylor College of Medicine

The functional organization of axons in health and disease
MR1
MR2
MR3

Chris Dengler

Shane Allen

Steve Scherer

Ankit, Daniel, Erin, Joey, Collin, Judy, Brigid, Lauren, Chris, Shane

October 7

Kelly Jordan-Sciutto
University of Pennsylvania

Alternative roles for cell cycle proteins in neurons and neurodegeneration

KJS1
KJS2
KJS3

Daniel Colacurcio

Erin Coffey

Dennis Kolson

Laura, Chris, Daniel, Erin, Whitney, Marino

October 14

Kristin Scott
University of California, Berkeley

Taste recognition in drosophila
KS1
KS2
KS3

Collin Challis

Morgan Bridi

Minghong Ma

Collin, Adam, Judy, Marino, Joey, Morgan

October 28

Roger Nicoll
FLEXNER Lecture
UCSF

Synaptic plasticity and the trafficking of glutamate receptors

RN1
RN2

RN3

Brigid Jensen

Whitney Parker

Matthew Dalva

Angela, Ankit, Whitney, Joey, Shane, Adam, Brigid, Erin, Marino, Judy

November 4

Ed Callaway
Systems Neurobiology
Salk Institute

Unraveling cortical circuits with photostimulation and rabies virus
EC1
EC2
EC3

Marino Pagan

Adam Watson

Matthew Dalva

Colin, Omar, Erin, Alexis, Angela, Marino, Adam, Joey

November 11

Carla Shatz
Stanford

Tuning up the Brain: Moonlighting MHCI and Synapse Plasticity During Developmental Critical Periods
CS1
CS2
CS3

Judy Wang, Alexis Gerber, Lauren Stutzbach

Jonathan Raper

 

November 18

 

Elly Nedivi
MIT

Plasticity genes and circuit remodeling in the adult brain

EN1
EN2

Heather Ballance

Colleen Kovacsics

Rita Balice-Gordon

Erin, Daniel, Lauren, Ankit, Heather

December 2

 

Thomas Schwarz
Harvard-Children's Hospital

 

Transporting Organelles and Signals

TS1
TS2
TS3

Ankit Jain

Omar Butt

 

Ed Cooper

Omar, Ankit, Whitney, Brigid

December 9

Ben Barres
Stanford

How do astrocytes induce CNS synapse formation?
BB1
BB2

Joey Wasserman

Angela Jablonski

Jeffrey Golden

Joey, Angela, Lauren, Morgan, Collin

4:00 p.m. Wednesday (refreshments - 3:45 p.m)
Barchi Library 140 John Morgan Building

Except Where Specifically Noted**

For further information, please contact Angela Gilmore at agilmore@mail.med.upenn.edu

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