Past Seminars

• 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 Dr. 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 Dr. 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, May 3, 2012
• Dr. Scott Soderling, Duke University
• "Actin badly: Neurologic Disorders Associated with Abnormal Synaptic Cytoskeletal Signaling"
• Hosted by Dr. McLean Bolton


• 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