The Dorothy & Gaylord Donnelly Biological Sciences Learning Center
924 E. 57th Street, BSLC 205 at 12 Noon
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Invited by the graduate students

Anthony Grace, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Psychology

University of Pittsburgh

Stress, drug abuse and schizophrenia: Common pathophysiological variables underlying dopamine system dysregulation

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Biological Sciences Division Events Calendar

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Autumn Quarter 2009
October 8	Michael J. Friedander, Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine Mosaicism of synaptic plasticity in visual cortex Hosted by S. Murray Sherman
October 15	Justin Crowley, Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences Carnegie Mellon Institute University of Pennsylvania Mechanisms of precise neural formation in the visual system: balancing activity patterns with molecular cues Hosted by Elizabeth Grove
October 15 BSLC 008 4 PM	Egidio D’Angelo, Ph.D. Department of Physiology University of Pavia, Italy Long-term synaptic plasticity in the cerebellar granular layer: from molecular mechanisms towards a unified learning rule Hosted by Christian Hansel
October 22	Timomi Shimgori, Ph.D. Riken Brain Science Institute Development of the mammalian thalamus Hosted by Elizabeth Grove
October 29	Paolo Arlotta, Ph.D. Department of Neurosurgery Harvard University Molecular specification of corticospinal motor neurons Hosted by Elizabeth Grove
November 5	Marshall G. Hussain Shuler, Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University Reward timing in the visual cortex Hosted by Sliman Bensmaia
November 12	Amy J. Bastian, Ph.D., P.T. Motion Analysis Lab Kennedy Krieger Institute Cerebellar mechanisms of movement control & adaptation Hosted by Christian Hansel
November 19	Invited by the graduate students Anthony Grace, Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience, Psychiatry & Psychology University of Pittsburgh Stress, drug abuse and schizophrenia: Common pathophysiological variables underlying dopamine system dysregulation
November 26	Thanksgiving
Winter Quarter 2010
January 14	Matthew V. Chaffee, Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience University of Minnesota Hosted by David Freedman
January 21	Eva Anton, Ph.D. Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Hosted by Brian Popko
January 28	TBA
February 4	John A. Assad, Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School Hosted by David Freedman
February 11	Michael Robash, Ph.D. Brandeis University Hosted by S. Murray Sherman
February 18	Steven Smith, Ph.D. Stanford University Hosted by William Green
February 25	Donald B. Katz, Ph.D. Brandeis University Hosted by Leslie Kay
March 4	William Yang, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Hosted by Xiaoxi Zhuang
March 11	Lynette C. Daws, Ph.D. Department of Physiology University of Texas Health Science Center Hosted by Peggy Mason
Spring Quarter 2010
April 8	Ed Connor, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University Hosted by Sliman Bensmaia
April 15	Doris Tsao, Ph.D. Division of Biology Caltech Hosted by Leslie Kay
April 22	Joel Elmquist, DVM, Ph.D. Center for Hypothalmic Research University of Texas Southwestern Hosted by Xiaoxi Zhuang
April 29	Jacqueline Gottlieb, Ph.D. Center for Neurobiology & Behavior Columbia University Hosted by David Freedman
May 6	Sasha du Lac, Ph.D. Systems Neurobiology Salk Institute Hosted by Christian Hansel
May 13	Jeffrey C. Macklis, M.D. Department of Surgery Massachusetts General Hospital Hosted by Cliff Ragsdale
May 19	A. J. Carlson Memorial Lecture Paula Niedenthal, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Wisconsin, Madison Hosted by Peggy Mason
May 20	Samuel Wang, Ph.D. Princeton University Hosted by Christian Hansel
May 27	Alison Doupe, Ph.D. University of California, San Francisco Hosted by Peggy Mason
June 3	David Chan, Ph.D. Division of Biology Caltech Hosted by Un Kang