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Week of February 14, 2011

Pharmacology Seminar
Monday, Feb 14
Mark Zylka, PhD, Asst Prof of Cell and Molecular Physiology, UNC SOM
Biochemical modulation of nociceptive circuits
12 noon, Class of '62 Lecture Hall, John Morgan Bldg

Vision Seminar
Monday, Feb 14

Sara Aton, UPenn
Mechanisms for sleep-dependent plasticity in the cortex following visual experience
12:15 pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)

Cell & Developmental Biology
Monday, Feb 14

Mary E. Hattan, PhD, Frederick P. Rose Professor, Head, Lab of Developmental Neurobiology, The Rockefeller Univ
New directions in CNS neuronal migration
12:15, Aud, BRB II/III

Treatment Research Center
Monday, Feb 14

Roger D. Weiss, MD, Harvard Med School/McLean Hospital, Div of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Results from the multi-site prescription opioid addiction treatment study
3 pm, Main Conf Rm, 3900 Chestnut St

Neuroscience of Obesity Special Seminar
Joint sponsored by SOVM Neuroscience Center and IDOM 
Tuesday, Feb 15
Greg Barsh, MD, PhD, Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology; Dept of Genetics Stanford
Genetics of color variation: Model systems & model organisms in a post-genome world
4 pm, 2011 Hill 131 Aud

MINS Seminar
Wednesday,
Feb 16
Isabel Gauthier, PhD, Dept of Psychology, Vanderbilt
High resolution imaging of perceptual expertise
4 pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)

Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine
Wednesday, Feb 16

Marian E. Gindy, PhD, Research Fellow, RNA Therapeutics, Merck & Co
Optimization of lipid-based vehicle for siRNA delivery
12 pm, Reunion Hall, John Morgan Bldg

Physiology Seminar
Thursday, Feb 17

Donald L. Gill, PhD, Chair and Prof, Dept of Biochemistry, SOM, Temple Univ
STIM-targets: A tale of two channels
4 pm, Physiology Conf Rm, B400 Richard Bldg

CTL Workshop
Friday, Feb 18
J. Kevin Foskett, PhD, Dept of Physiology
Designing Your First College Course
3:30 to 5:00pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan)

PMI
Monday, Feb 21

Mon-Li Chu, PhD, Dept of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Thomas Jefferson Univ,
Collagen VI-related myopathies
2pm, Physiology Conf Rm,  B400 Richards Bldg

MINS Seminar
Wednesday,
Feb 23
Krishna Shenoy, PhD, Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford
Toward a single-trial understanding of motor preparation
4 pm, Barchi Library (140 John Morgan Bldg)

Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Thursday, Feb 24

Caryn Lerman Ph.D., Mary W. Calkins Professor and Director, Tobacco Use Research Ctr, Dept of Psychiatry, UPenn SOM, Annenberg Public Policy Ctr, UPenn, Deputy Dir, Abramson Cancer Ctr
Nicotine addiction: Medication Development and Pharmacogenetics

12 noon, BRB II/III Aud

Center for Autism Research,
Thursday, Feb 24

Douglas C. Wallace, Director, Center of Mitochondrial and Epigenomic Medicine, Michael and Charles Barnett Endowed Chair of Pediatric Mitochondrial Medicine and Metabolic Disease
A mitochondrial etiology of complex diseases and the metabolic and genetic basis of autism
4 pm, 3535 Market St, 14th Fl, Rm E

PMI
Monday, Feb 28

Simona Boncampagni, PhD, Univ G. D'Annunzio
Ca2+ release units/mitochondria association in developing and diseased skeletal muscle
2 pm, Physiology Conf Rm, B400 Richards Bldg

NGG Thesis Defense
Wednesday, March 2

David Hurtado (Mentor: Virginia Lee)
"Selective reduction of GSK-3 isoforms ameliorates pathological signatures of Alzheimer's disease"
1 pm, Grossman Aud, Wistar Institute

Center for Neuroscience and Society
Thursday, March 3

David Brooks, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times
Your World and Mine: Brain Research and Public Life
4 pm, Class of 1949 Auditorium, Houston Hall (3417 Spruce)

Center for Autism Research (CAR)
Thursday, March 10

Lise Croen, PhD, Director, Autism Research Program, Kaiser Permanente Northern California
What causes autism? An epidemiologist's approach to searching for clues
7pm, Colket Translational Research Bldg, Rm 1100A

Institute for Research in Cognitive Science
13th Annual Pinkel Endowed Lecture
Friday, March 25

Patricia Smith Churchland, Dept of Philosophy, UCSD, Salk Institute
How the Mind Makes Morals
12 pm, Cohen Hall Aud

Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences Annual Retreat
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Sprague Lecturer: Gerald D. Fishbach, Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health

Computational Neuroscience Retreat
Thursday, April 28
IRCS Conf Rm, 3401 Walnut, Ste 400A

Second Annual Vice Provost's Special Seminar
Sponsored by: SOVM Neuroscience Center and SOM Depts. of Genetics, IDDRC, Sleep Center and MINS
Friday, May 6 (Please note change in date and presenter)
Bruce McEwen, PhD, Alfred E. Mirsky Professor, Head, Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology, The Rockefeller University
Sex, Stress and the Brain: Hormone Actions Above the Hypothalamus Via Novel Mechanisms
4 pm

SIB/Vision Retreat
May 25-27, 2011

Scholar-in-Residence Sascha Du Lac, PhD, Assoc Prof of Systems Neuroscience, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, LaJolla, CA


Regular Seminar Series in Other Departments:

Behavioral Neuroscience in Psychology Click here

Biological Basis of Behavior Student Research Schedule Click here

Biology Department Seminar Series Click here

Cell & Developmental Biology Seminar Series Click here

Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Click here

Center for Functional Neuroimaging Click here

Center for Neurobiology and Behavior Click here

Center for Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Click here

Epilepsy Research Seminar Series Click here

Dept of Genetics Seminar Series Click here

Dept of Genetics and Dept of Cell and Developmental Biology Click here

Institute on Aging Visiting Scholars Series Click here

Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Series Click here

IRCS Brain and Language Series Click here

IRCS Colloquium Series Click here

MRDDRC Seminar Series Click here

Monell Chemical Senses Center Seminar Series Click here

Neurology Grand Rounds Click here

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds Click here

Dept of Pharmacology Click here

Dept of Physiology Click here

Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rounds Click Here

Dept of Psychology Colloquium Click here

School of Medicine Calendar Click here

Treatment Research Center Seminars Click here

Vision Training Seminars Click here

Wistar Institute Seminars Click here


   


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