PMI Seminar
Monday Nov 26th
Dr. David Sharp, Albert Einstein SOM
“Microtube mechanisms of cell migration”
2pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Dept. of Psychiatry
Treatment Res Ctr
Monday Nov 26th
Cynthia Clark, PhD, C.R.N.P., Univ of Penn
“Substance dependence persons attending self-help
groups while in a pharmacotherapy study: demographics,
predictors, and outcomes”
3pm, 3900 Chestnut St. Main Conf Rm
MINS Seminar Series
Wednesday Nov 28th
Ione Fine, PhD, Univ of Washington
“Do early blind individuals ‘see’ auditory motion?”
4pm, 140 John Morgan
Clinical Neuroscience Conference
Friday, November 29th
Christina Szperka, MD, Research Fellow
“Making headaches less painful”
8:00 AM, Abramson Research Center
3615 Civic Center – 1st Floor
Conference Room 124
Department of Neurology Grand Rounds
Thursday Nov 29th
Sean Savitz, MD, FAHA, Univ. of Texas Med Ctr.
“Stem cell therapies for stroke”
12pm, Surgery Theatre Rm, Ground White (HUP)
IRCS Talk Series
Friday Nov 30th
David Knill, Univ. of Rochester
“The ubiquitous role of statistical learning in visual perception”
12pm, 3401 Walnut St., Suite 400A, IRCS Conf. Rm.
http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/colloq
Pharmacology Seminar
Monday Dec 3rd
Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, Univ. of N. Carolina
“Chemical and synthetic biology approaches for deconstructin
neural circuitry and behavior”
12pm, Translational Res Ctr., Rubenstein Auditorium (1st Flr)
Contact: Kathleen McGlade at 215 898-1185/ktencer@upenn.edu
Vision Seminar
Monday Dec 3rd
Dr. Enrique Rodriguez-Boulan, Weill Cornell Med Col.
“Photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelium: partners
In normal vision and retinal disease”
12:15, 140 John Morgan Bldg., Barchi Library
PMI Seminar
Monday Dec 3rd
Dr. James Holaska, Univ. of Chicago
“Dynamic organization of the nucleus during muscle stem
Cell differentaiation”
2pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
Psychology Colloquia
Monday Dec 3rd
Dr. Steven Heine, Univ. of British Columbia
“Making sense in the face of nonsense: how a search
For meaning underlies many key psychological motivations”
3:30pm, Stitler Hall B21 (208 S. 37th St)
For more info: http://www2.psych.ubc.ca/~heine/
Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Tuesday Dec 4th
Nathalie Perreault, PhD, Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, (Québec) Canada
“Gastric BMP signaling: when mesenchyme and
epithelium tells a different story”
12pm, Abramson Research Center, Conf. Rm. 123-ABC (1st Flr)
Lunch provided
Please contact Neya Fitzgerald (267) 426-9319
MINS Seminar Series
Wednesday Dec 5th
Baljit Khakh, PhD, UCLA
“Determining the rules for astrocyte engagement in
neural microcircuits”
4pm, 140 John Morgan, Barchi Library
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Thursday, Dec 6th
Paul Kettl, MD, MHA, Univ. of Penn
“Psychiatry in the armed forces module case conference”
12pm, BRB II/III Auditorium
Department of Neurology Grand Rounds
Thursday Dec 6th
Marc Fisher, MD, Univ. of Massachusetts Med. Sch
“Translational stroke research – a personal journey”
12pm, Surgery Theatre Rm, Ground White (HUP)
Neuroscience of Behavior Initiative
Thursday Dec 6th
Constantine (Kostas) Lyketsos, MD, Johns Hopkins
“The cure-care conundrum in dementia research”
2pm, 140 JM, Barchi Library
Physiology Seminar
Thursday Dec 6th
Justin W. Taraska, PhD, NIH
“Imaging the nanometer-scale architecture of vesicle
Membrane Protein”
4pm, 4th flr Physiology Conf. Rm., B400 Richards
Center for Neuroscience and Society
December 6th
Brain Rumors: Public (Mis)understanding of Neuroscience and Why It Matters
Neuroskeptic
4:30 p.m. Room 214, Gittis Hall (3400 Chestnut St.)
For additional info, please call 215-573-8534 or visit neuroethics.upenn.edu
IRCS/SILC Talk Series
Friday Dec 7th
Alison Sweeney, Univ. of Penn
“TBA”
12pm, 3401 Walnut St., Suite 400A, IRCS Conf. Rm.
http://www.ircs.upenn.edu/colloq
Pharmacology Seminar
Monday Dec 10th
Ralph DiLeone, PhD, Yale Univ.
“Circuits of consumption: cortial and striatal systems
regulating food intake”
12pm, Translational Res Ctr., Rubenstein Auditorium (1st Flr)
Contact: Kathleen McGlade at 215 898-1185/ktencer@upenn.edu
PMI Seminar
Monday Dec 10th
Dr. Hilary Coller, Dept. of Molecular Biology
2pm, Austrian Auditorium, CRB
IDDRC
Tuesday Dec 11th
Dr. Gregory L. Holmes, Dartmouth Medical Sch
“The epileptic encephalopathies: mechanisms and treatment”
12pm, Abramson Res Ctr. Conf. Rm. 123-ABC
NGG Thesis Defense
Thursday Dec 13th
Vanessa J. Troiani, Supervisor Robert T. Schultz
“The impact of motivation on object-based visual
Attention indexed by continuous flash suppression”
11am, 140 John Morgan Bldg (Barchi Library)
Department of Neurology Grand Rounds
Thursday Dec 13th
Thomas P. Bleck, MD, FCCM, Rush Univ. Med Ctr
“Seizures and status epilepticus in critical care”
12pm, Surgery Theatre Rm, Ground White (HUP)
Physiology Seminar
Thursday Dec 13th
Jian Payandeh, PhD, Genetech, Inc.
“Structural insights into sodium and magnesium channels”
4pm, 4th flr Physiology Conf. Rm., B404 Richards
Behavioral & Cognitive Neuroscience Retreat
Friday, Dec 14th
Stellar Lecturer Todd C. Sacktor, M.D
SUNY Downstate Med Ctr.
“Enhancing, erasing, and tracing long-term memories by targeting PKMζ”
Claudia Cohen Hall
Please Register at: http://www.med.upenn.edu/ngg/behaviorretreat.shtml
Penn Interdisciplinary Pain Seminar Series
Friday Dec 14th
Dan Clauw, MD, Michigan
Direct all Inquiries to: jenleung@seas.upenn.edu
Vision Seminar
Monday Dec 17th
Jessica Morgan, Univ. of Penn
“Adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopy and its
Application for high resolution study of choroideremia”
12:15pm, 140 John Morgan, Barchi Library
MINS/NGG Holiday Party
Wednesday Dec 19th
4 – 6pm, 140 John Morgan (Barchi Library)
Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds
Thursday, Dec 20th
Michael Ashburn, MD, MPH, MBA, Univ. of Penn
“The integration of patient-reported outcomes
into ongoing care of the patient with pain”
12pm, BRB II/III Auditorium
