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Scientific Seminars


  • Monday, January 9, 2012 – 11:00 a.m.
  • "Smaug 1 mRNA-silencing foci respond to NMDA and modulate synapse formation"
  • Dario Maschi, Post Doc Candidate, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Host: Dr. Jason Christie

  • Tuesday, January 10, 2012 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "Neuronal migration – relevance for development, evolution and disorders of cerebral cortex"
  • Pasko Rakic, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurobiology and Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Host: Dr. David Fitzpatrick
  • *Spring 2012 Seminar Series*

  • Thursday, January 12, 2012 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "Using Connectomics to Reveal Circuit Motifs"
  • Jeff Lichtman, MD, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
  • Host: Dr. David Fitzpatrick
  • *Spring 2012 Seminar Series*

  • Thursday, February 9, 2012 - 12:00 p.m.
  • "Visualizing circuits in the visual system"
  • Josh Sanes, PhD, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
  • Host: Dr. David Fitzpatrick
  • *Spring 2012 Seminar Series*

  • Monday, February 21, 2012
  • "Plasticity and Columnar Organization in the Ferret Visual Cortex Depends on Age and Local Geometric Structure"
  • David Whitney, Post Doc Candidate, Dept. of Biology, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Host: Dr. David Fitzpatrick

  • Thursday, February 23, 2012
  • "Disentangling electrical and chemical synaptic signaling in a network of inhibitory interneurons"
  • R. Angus Silver, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Dept. of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London
  • Host: Dr. Jason Christie
  • *Spring 2012 Seminar Series*

Past Seminars

  • Tuesday, September 20, 2011 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "The origin of time (in songbird motor pathway)"
  • Long, Michael A., Asst. Professor, New York School of Medicine
  • *FAU/MPFI Neuroscience Seminar Series Fall 2011*
  • Host: James Schummers

  • Monday, September 26, 2011 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "Distinct roles for Ten-m2 and Ten-m4 in the development of the mouse visual system"
  • Young, Timothy R., Post Doc Candidate, University of Sydney, School of Medical Sciences
  • Host: James Schummers

  • Thursday, October 6, 2011 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "The Genetics of Individual Variation in the Brain"
  • Nowakowski, Richard, Florida State University
  • *Fall 2011 Seminar Series*
  • Host: David Fitzpatrick

  • Tuesday, October 18, 2011 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "Towards a genetic dissection of GABAergic circuits in neocortex: chandeliers light up the path"
  • Huang, Josh, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • *FAU/MPFI Neuroscience Seminar Series Fall 2011*
  • Host: David Fitzpatrick

  • Thursday, November 3, 2011 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "Homeostatic Control of Neural Function"
  • Davis, Graeme, UCSF
  • *Fall 2011 Seminar Series*
  • Host: Samuel Young, Jr.

  • Thursday, November 10, 2011 – 11:30 a.m.
  • "Molecular physiology of sound encoding at hair cell synapses"
  • Moser, Tobias, University of Goettingen
  • Host: Samuel Young, Jr.

  • Thursday, November 17, 2011 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "Continuous dynamic photostimulation: mimicking in-vivo like fluctuating currents"
  • El Hady, Ahmed, Visiting PostDoc, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organization
  • Host: David Fitzpatrick

  • Monday, November 21, 2011 – 4:00 p.m.
  • "Alpha-1 Adrenergic Receptors Gate Rapid Orientation–Specific Reduction in Visual Discrimination"
  • Villegas, Mario Treviño, Post Doc Candidate, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg
  • Host: David Fitzpatrick

  • Tuesday, November 22, 2011 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "2-photon imaging of neuronal activity in freely moving animals: from the eye to the visual cortex during self-determined behavior"
  • Kerr, Jason, Group Leader, Network Imaging Group, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
  • *FAU/MPFI Neuroscience Seminar Series Fall 2011*
  • Host: James Schummers

  • Thursday, December 1, 2011 – 12:00 p.m.
  • "Neural Circuits Involved in Active Touch"
  • Wang, Fan, Assoc. Prof., Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
  • *Fall 2011 Seminar Series*
  • Host: McLean Bolton

  • Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 11:00 am
  • "Sensory activation of dendrites and spines in cortical neurons in vivo"
  • Konnerth, Arthur, MD, Friedrich Schiedel Professor of Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience, Technical University Munich
  • Host: David Fitzpatrick

  • Friday, April 29, 2011 - 11:00 am
  • "Role of cholinergic amacrine cells in retinal development and direction selectivity"
  • Zhou, Z. Jimmy, PhD, Marvin L. Sears Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Professor, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vice Chairman and Director of Research, Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University
  • Host: Long Yan

  • Monday, May 2, 2011 - 11:00 am
  • "Mechanisms of transmitter release at a retinal ribbon synapse"
  • Heidelberger, Ruth, MD, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School
  • Host: Sam Young

  • Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 4:00 pm
  • "Speed and accuracy in presynaptic excitation-secretion coupling"
  • Brose, Nils, PhD, Professor, Director, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Germany
  • *2011 Spring Seminar Series*
  • Host: Sam Young

  • Thursday, May 12, 2011 - 11:00 am
  • "Dynamics and Synchrony in V1 Circuits"
  • Yu, Jianing, Post Doc Candidate in Neuroscience, Northwestern University
  • Host: David Fitzpatrick

  • Tuesday, May 17, 2011 – 11:00 am
  • "Visualization and Image Analysis with ZIBAmira"
  • Prohaska, Steffen, PhD, Head of Research for Visualization and Data, Zuse Institute, Berlin, Germany
  • Host: Marcel Oberlaender

  • Tuesday, June 14, 2011 – 11:00 am
  • "Respiratory network activity modulates synaptic and circuit processing of lateral inhibition in olfactory bulb mitral cells"
  • Phillips, Matt, Post Doc Candidate, Yale University School of Medicine
  • Host: James Schummers

  • Monday, June 20, 2011 - 11:00 am
  • "Potentiation of astrocytic glutamate uptake by a Gq GPCR-PKC dependent mechanism"
  • Devaraju, Prakash, Post Doc Candidate, Dept. of Neurosciences, University of California, Riverside
  • Host: James Schummers

  • Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 11:00 am
  • "Two-photon Tumor Vasculature and Biomarker Imaging"
  • Belfield, Kevin, Ph.D., Pegasus Professor of Chemistry and Optics, and Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida
  • Host: Jason Christie, Long Yan

  • Friday, September 16, 2011 – 11:00 am
  • "Role of CaV1.3 calcium channels for development of auditory brainstem circuitry"
  • Hirtz, Jan, Post Doc Candidate, Dept. of Biology, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • Host: Jason Christie


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