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2012 SPRING SEMINAR SERIES
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 – 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Pasko Rakic, Yale University School of Medicine
"Neuronal migration – relevance for development, evolution and disorders of cerebral cortex"
Hosted by David Fitzpatrick
Thursday, January 12, 2012 – 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Jeff Lichtman, Harvard University
"Using Connectomics to Reveal Circuit Motifs"
Hosted by Dr. David Fitzpatrick
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Dr. Josh Sanes, Harvard University
"Visualizing circuits in the visual system"
Hosted by David Fitzpatrick
Thursday, February 23, 2012 – 12:00 p.m
Dr. R. Angus Silver, University College London
"Disentangling electrical and chemical synaptic signaling in a network of inhibitory interneurons"
Hosted by Dr. Jason Christie
Thursday, March 1, 2012 – 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Erwin Neher, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
"What Happens Before and After Exocytosis?""
Hosted by Dr. Samuel Young, Jr.
Thursday, March 15, 2012 – 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Rafael Yuste, Columbia University
"TBA"
Hosted by Dr. Jason Christie
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Dr. Scott Soderling, Duke University
"TBA"
Hosted by Dr. McLean Bolton
Past Seminars
2011 FALL SEMINAR SERIES
Thursday, October 6, 2011 - 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Richard Nowakowski, Florida State University
"The Genetics of Individual Variation in the Brain"
Hosted by Dr. David Fitzpatrick
Thursday, November 3, 2011 - 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Graeme Davis, University of California, SF
"Homeostatic Control of Neural Function"
Hosted by Dr. Samuel Young, Jr.
Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Fan Wang, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
"Neural Circuits Involved in Active Touch."
Hosted by Dr. McLean Bolton
2011 SPRING SEMINAR SERIES
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Mayank Mehta, UCLA
"Understanding hippocampal microcircuit using oscillations"
Hosted by Dr. Bert Sakmann
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Ryohei Yasuda, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
"Signaling mechanisms underlying functional and structural plasticity of dendritic spines"
Hosted by Dr. Jason Christie
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Edward M. Callaway, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
"Rabies-based tools for elucidating neural circuits and linking connectivity to function"
Hosted by Dr. James Schummers
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Nils Brose, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine
"Speed and accuracy in presynaptic excitation-secretion coupling"
Hosted by Dr. Samuel Young
2010 FALL SEMINAR SERIES
Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Pavel Osten, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
"Three-dimensional two-photon (3D-2P) microscopy for fluorescent mouse brain"
Hosted by Dr. Bert Sakmann
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Karl Magleby, University of Miami
"Missing components of short-term synaptic plasticity in the presence of synaptic depression"
Hosted by Dr. Jason Christie
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Ron Davis, Scripps Florida
"Optical imaging of memory formation in Drosophila"
Hosted by Dr. Samuel Young
Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. R. Jude Samulski, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Designing AAV Vectors for Translational Studies: Update on DMD Phase 1 Trial"
Hosted by Dr. Samuel Young
Thursday, December 9, 2010 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Rod Murphey, Florida Atlantic University
"Molecular aspects of synaptic competition"
Hosted by Dr. Jason Christie
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