Archives: 2017/18 Schedule
FALL 2017
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
Host: Dr. Brian MacVicar
Speaker: Dr. Larry Swanson, Univ. of Southern California
Title: From Cajal to connectome and beyond
SEPTEMBER 8
Host: Dr. Brian MacVicar
Speaker: Dr. Alfonso Araque, Univ. of Minnesota
Title: Circuit-specific synaptic regulation by astrocytes
SEPTEMBER 15
Host: Dr.Catharine Winstanley
Speaker: Dr. Brian Knutson, Stanford University
Title: Neural prediction of risky choice: From rats to risk markets
SEPTEMBER 22
Host: Dr. Catharine Winstanley
Speaker: Dr. Kay Tye, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT
Title: Neural Circuits Underlying Positive and Negative Valence
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Host: Dr. Brian MacVicar
Speaker: Dr. Christophe Bernard, Institut de Neurosciences des Systemes, France
Title: Influence of internal and external events on brain function
SEPTEMBER 29
Host: Dr. Kota Mizumoto
Speaker: Dr. Kazuo Emoto, Univ. of Tokyo
Title: Molecular and cellular basis for dendrite development and remodeling
OCTOBER 6
Host: Dr. Ann Marie Craig
Speaker: Dr. Alice Ting, Stanford University
Title:Directed evolution of molecular tools for cell biology and neuroscience
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 12:00-1:30 PM, ROOM 3402 A/B/C, 3RD FLOOR, DMCBH
Host: Dr. Neil Cashman
Speaker: Dr. Ali Noorafshan, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Title: Neuro-stereology: an unbiased quantitative microscopy
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 10:00-11:00 AM
Host: Dr. Fabio Rossi
Speaker: Dr. Alexandre Prat, Université de Montréal
Title: Role of the Blood-Brain Barrier during neuroinflammation
OCTOBER 20
Host: Dr. Koto Mizumoto
Speaker: Dr. Shinsuke Niwa, Tohoku University
Title:The molecular mechanism that regulates the axonal transport of synaptic vesicles
NOVEMBER 17
Host: Dr. Helen Tremlett
Speaker: Dr. Ellen M. Mowry, John Hopkins Univ.
Title:Fasting mimicker diets for multiple sclerosis: the "Altering the Timing or Amount of Calories in MS" Trial
NOVEMBER 24
Host: Dr. Brian MacVicar
Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Theriault
Title: Open Science, Big Data and Brain-CODE
DECEMBER 1
Host: Dr. Rob McMaster
Speaker: Dr. Ian MacKenzie, VCH/UBC
Title: Mutations in the stress granule protein TIA1 in ALS and FTD
DECEMBER 8
Host: Dr. Tim O'Connor
Speaker:Dr. Alvarez-Buylla, UCSF
Title:Mechanism of Stem Cell Retention for Adult Neurogenesis
DECEMBER 15
Host: Dr. Brian MacVicar
Speaker: Dr. Baljit Khakh, Univ. of California, LA
Title:Cells That Tile Your Brain: Astrocyte Roles in Neural Circuits
TERM 2 (SPRING 2018) SCHEDULE
JANUARY 5
Host: Dr. Ipek Oruc
Speaker: Dr. Bevil Conway, NIH
Title: Color: a tool for understanding the brain basis for perception and cognition
JANUARY 18 (DMCBH KOERNER LABS LIBRARY)
Host: Dr. Ann Marie Craig
Speaker: Dr. Susumu Tomita, Yale University
Title: Molecular machinery controlling synaptic transmission
JANUARY 19
Host: Dr. Lynn Raymond
Speaker: Dr. William Yang, University of California, LA
Title: Applying Mouse Genetics, Systems Biology, and Novel Neurotechnology to Dissect Huntington’s Disease Pathogenesis
MONDAY, JANUARY 29TH - ROOM 3402 A/B/C, 3RD FLOOR, DMCBH
Host: Dr. Brian MacVicar
Speaker: Dr. William Newsome, Stanford University
Title: Detecting ‘changes-of-mind’ from neural population recordings in prefrontal cortex
FEBRUARY 2
Host: Dr. Tim Murphy
Speaker: Dr. Hanchuan Peng
Title:Brain Big Imaging Data
FEBRUARY 9
Host: Dr. Stan Floresco
Speakers: Dr. Bita Moghaddam, Oregon Health & Sci Univ
Title: Translation of anxiety into actions by prefrontal cortex
FEBRUARY 16
Host: Dr. Shernaz Bamji
Speaker: Dr. Michael J. Higley, Yale School of Medicine
Title:Function and plasticity of GABAergic inhibition in neocortical dendrites
FEBRUARY 23
Host: Dr. Shernaz Bamji
Speaker: Dr. John Ngai, Berkley University
Title: Illuminating Cellular Diversity in the Nervous System
MARCH 2
Host: Dr. Miriam Spering
Speaker: Dr. Clayton E Curtis, New York University
Title: Mapping Spatial Priority in the Human Frontoparietal Cortex
MARCH 9
Host: Dr. Fabio Rossi
Speaker: Dr. Marco Prinz, University of Freiburg
Title:From yolk sac to neurodegeneration: the many facets of microglia
MARCH 16
Host: Dr. Miriam Spering
Speaker: Dr. Julio Martinez-Trujillo, Western University
Title: Probing memory circuits in the primate brain: from single neurons to neural networks
MARCH 23
Host:Dr. Liisa Galea
Speaker: Dr. Teresa Reyes, University of Cincinnati
Title: Inflammation during pregnancy: Effects on brain development, behavior and cognition
APRIL 6
Host: Dr. Wilf Jefferies
Speaker:Dr. Dara Dickstein, Uniformed Services,University of the Health Sciences, Washington, DC.
Title: Pathological effects of blast induced mild traumatic brain injury: translating from animal models to humans
APRIL 13 - CANcelled, to be rescheduled
APRIL 20
Host: Dr. Stan Floresco
Speaker: Dr. Bill Carlezon, Harvard Medical School
Title: Enduring neurobiological effects of perinatal immune activation
APRIL 27
Host: Dr. Tim Murphy
Speaker: Dr. Jean Rossier, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
Title: PeriNeuronal Net (PNN) and Long Term Memory
MAY 4
Host: Dr. Shernaz Bamji
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Kennedy, Univ. of Colorado School of Medicine
Title: Novel approaches for controlling neuronal cell biology with light
MAY 11
Host: Dr. Helen Tremlett
Speaker: Dr. Emmanuelle Waubant, UCSF Medical Center
Title:Pediatric MS: leveraging the early onset to study risk factors for the disease
MAY 18
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MAY 18 - Joint Seminar with school of biomedical engineering - 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Host: Dr. Peter Zandstra
Speaker: Dr. Krishanu Saha, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Nanoscale assembly of CRISPR components and nonviral coatings for efficient gene editing and delivery
MAY 25
Host: Dr. Tim Murphy
Speaker: Dr. Daniel Huber, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Title: Natural and artificial channels for sensory feedback
JUNE 1
Host: Dr. Shernaz Bamji
Speaker: Dr. Paola Arlotta, Harvard University
Title: Human brain development and disease: from the embryo to brain organoids organoids
