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Molecular, Cellular and Integrate Neurosciences

 

 

Seminar Series: Academic Year 2011 - 2012

Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be on Tuesday, 11am,  Behavioral Sciences Bldg., Rm. 357

 

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August
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SEPTEMBER
DATE SPEAKER TITLE

6

 

NB793: Organizational Meeting, (W1, A/Z- 1:00pm-1:50pm)

 

13

Dr. C. William Shuttleworth,
Professor, Dept. of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Mechanisms Underlying Spreading Depolarizations and the Progression of Acute Neuronal Injury
20 Dr. Lawrence B. Salkoff,
Professor, Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Department of Genetics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Are Sodium-Activated Potassium Channels the "Gatekeepers" of Synaptic Integration?
27 Dr. Felix E. Schweizer,
Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

Ubiquitin as a Dynamic Regulator of Synaptic Transmission

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OCTOBER
DATE SPEAKER TITLE
4

Dr. Curt R. Freed,
Professor and Head, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO

Stem Cell Transplants and Other New Treatments for Parkinson's Disease

11 Dr. Jessica Prenni,
Director, Specialized Facilities and Research Instrumentation, Director, Proteomics & Metabolomics Facility, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Introduction to Mass Spectometry Based Proteomics and Metabolomics
18

Dr. Matthew N. Rasband,
Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Associate Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

The Functional Organization of Axons in Health and Disease

25
Dr. Timothy A. Benke,
Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, Neurology and Pharmacology, Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado, Denver and Health Sciences Center, The Children's Hospital, Aurora, CO
Chronic Disruption og FMRP and PP2A Localization by Early Life Seizures Enhances mLTD in Adult Rats
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NOVEMBER
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE

1

Yates 104

4:00 pm

Reception to Follow

Dr. William N. Zagotta,
Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA
Molecular Mechanisms of Gating in Cyclic Nucleotide-Regulated Ion Channels

 

8

 

Dr. Ingo Greger,
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

AMPA Receptor Biogenesis - Atomic Determinants and Built-In Modulators
15
NO SEMINAR
Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
 
21-25

 

NO SEMINAR- Fall Recess

 
29

 

Dr. James Bamburg,
Professor, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

 

A Cell Biologist's View of Neurodegenerative Diseases - Could there be a common Mechanism and Therapeutic Strategy?

 

 

 

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DECEMBER
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
7 (Wed.)

Front Range Neurosciences Group Meeting Dr. Bertil Hille,
Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA

G-Protein Coupled Receptors Rule the Mind Through Phosphoinositide Signals
12-16

NO SEMINAR
Finals

 
 

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JANUARY 2012 (CLASSES BEGIN JANUARY 17)
DATE
SPEAKER
TITLE
1-16

NO SEMINAR - WINTER BREAK

 

17

NB793 - ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING (W1, A/Z) 1:00pm

 
21-26

45th Winter Conference on Brain Research - Snowbird, UT

 
31 Dr. Harold Zakon, Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, Section of Neurobiology, Patterson Laboratory Bldg., Austin, TX Electric Fish Are Green: Energy Conservation and Ion Channel Recycling
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FEBRUARY
7
Dr. Tatjiana Piotrowski, Associate Investigator, Stowers Institute for Medical Research; 1000 E. 50th St., Kansas City, MI
Morphogensis and Regeneration of the Zebrafish Sensory Lateral Line System
14

Dr. William A. Catterall, Professor and Chairman, University of Washington, Pharmacology Department, F427 Health Sciences, Seattle, WA

Structure and Function of Voltage-Gated Sodium Channels at Atomic Resolution
21

Dr. John Rash, Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Saltatory Conduction Revisited: New Views Derived from Immunocytochemistry and Ultrastructure

 

 

28

NO SEMINAR

February 25-29, 2012 - Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

 
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MARCH
6

Dr. Donald R. Smith, Professor, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

 

 

The Conundrum of Manganese: Linking Early Life Exposure to Neurological Deficits

 

13

NO SEMINAR - Spring Recess (March 12-16, 2012)

 
20

Dr. Mark Thomas, Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural & Health Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

Generating Rhythms in the Mouse Brain: The Role of Dopamine

27

Dr. Thomas Preuss, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College and CUNY Biopsychology Graduate Program, 695 Park Ave., New York, NY

Mechanisms of Neural Decision-Making in the Escape Network of Fish
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APRIL
3
Dr. Craig Jahr, Senior Scientist, Oregon Health & Science University, Vollum Institute 2435A; 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland OR
Presynaptic Receptors and Analog Signaling in the CNS
10
Dr. Diego Krapf, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Anomalous Diffusion and Ergodicity Breaking in the Plasma Membrane
17
Dr. Shane Hentges, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, - Neuro Division, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Exitation and Inhibition in Neural Circuits Controlling Food Intake
24
Dr. Ted Abel, Brush Family Professor of Biology; CO-Director, Biological Basis of Behavioral Neuroscience Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Sleep and Memory
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MAY
1
15 Minute Rotation Presentation by each current MCIN Student
8 Dr. Stephen W. Scheff, Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology Department, Associate Director, Sanders-Brown Center of Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Early Alzheimer's Disease: Searching for Lost Synapses
7-11

FINALS WEEK

 

 

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