The Dorothy & Gaylord Donnelly Biological Sciences Learning Center
924 E. 57th Street, BSLC 115 at 12 Noon
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Thursday, May 15, 2008

Carlos Portera-Cailliau, M.D.
Department of Neurology, UCLA

Rapid desynchronization of neuronal activity in developing neocortex
Hosted by Jason MacLean

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Biological Sciences Division Events Calendar

The schedule for the Committee on Neurobiology Seminar Series, 2007-2008, is listed below. 

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Autumn Quarter 2007
September 27	Daniel Weinshenker, Ph.D. Department of Human Genetics Emory University Mechanism of disulfiram-induced cocaine abstinence Hosted by Abraham Palmer
October 4	Wade Regehr, Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School Retrograde signaling by endocannabinoids in the cerebellum Hosted by Dottie Hanck
October 11	Geoffrey S. Pitt, M.D., Ph.D. Department of  Pharmacology & Cancer Biology Duke University Calcium regulation of ion channels & membrane excitability Hosted by Wei-Jen Tang
October 18	Wendy Suzuki, Ph.D. Center for Neural Science New York University Associative learning & the medial temporal lobe Hosted by Jason MacLean
Monday October 22 5 PM BSLC 008	graduate student talks Kim Aldinger, Millen Lab Loss of Foxc1 affects cerebellar development in humans & mice Makoto Fukushima, Margoliash Lab Representation of auditory feedback in sensorimotor vocal learning Pizza will be served
October 25 BSLC 109	Robert M. Sapolsky, Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences Stanford University Stress, neurodegeneration & strategies for saving the endangered neuron Hosted by Dario Maestripieri
November 1	Brian Prendergast, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Chicago Neuroendocrine mechanisms of seasonal timing
November 8	Committee on Neurobiology  Faculty Meeting
Monday November 12 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Mike Carroll, Ramirez Lab The dynamic assembly of fictive respiratory rhythms revealed through multielectrode recording in the pre-Bötzinger Complex Gabi Edgerton, Hanck Lab Distinct Gating Modification by ProTxII in Voltage-Gated Na Channels and T-type Ca Channels Pizza will be served
November 15	Harvey Swadlow, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of Connecticut The impact of a thalamocortical impulse on awake sensory neocortex: Effects of network "state", firing rate & thalamic cell classes Hosted by Nicholas Hatsopoulos
Friday, November 16	Neuroscience Day Donnelly Biological Sciences Learning Center
November 22	Thanksgiving
November 29	Kenneth D. Harris, Ph.D. Center for Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Rutgers University How do neurons work together? Lessons from auditory cortex Hosted by Jason MacLean
Monday December 3 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Gina Elsen, Prince Lab Maryam Saleh, Hatsopoulos Lab Pizza will be served
December 6	Michael P. Stryker, Ph.D. Department of Physiology University of California Interaction of neural activity and molecular cues in constructing cortical maps and receptive fields. Hosted by Naoum Issa
Winter Quarter 2008
Monday January 7 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Se Hoon Choi, Sisodia Lab Cristi Frazier, Zhuang Lab Pizza will be served
January 10	Henry Lester, Ph.D. Division of Biology California Institute of Technology Roles of alpha4- and alpha6 containing nicotinic receptors in responses to chronic nicotine Hosted by Paul Vezina
January 17	Gina R. Poe, Ph.D. Depts of Anesthesia and Molecular & Integrative Physiology University of Michigan Sleep is for unfinished business:  Cellular & behavioral evidence that sleep serves synaptic remodeling for memory consolidation Hosted by Leslie Kay
January 24	No Seminar
January 31	Nelson Spruston, Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology & Physiology Northwestern University Dendritic excitability, synaptic integration, and synaptic plasticity in hippocampal pyramidal neurons Hosted by Jason MacLean
February 7	Jeremy D. Schmahmann, M.D. Department of Neurology Massachusetts General Hospital Dysmetria of thought - the cerebellum beyond motor control Hosted by Steven Small
Monday February 11 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Adam Dickey, Hatsopoulos Lab Stability of intracortical multielectrode array recordings Yuriko Mishima, Millen Lab Lmx1a and Lmx1b have redundant function in the development of the anterior roof plate and the cerebellum Pizza will be served
February 14	Suzanne Haber, Ph.D. Dept of Pharmacology & Physiology University of Rochester School of Medicine The cortico-basal ganglia neural network:  Moving from motivation to action plans Hosted by Xiaoxi Zhuang
February 21	Ellen Carpenter, Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry UCLA School of Medicine From A to D:  Hox genes and spinal cord patterning Hosted by Peggy Mason
February 28 BSLC 115	A. J. Carlson Memorial Lecture Bertil Hille, Ph.D. Department of Physiology & Biophysics University of Washington G protein coupled receptors modulate ion channels by depleting membrane phosphoinositides Hosted by Dottie Hanck
Monday March 3 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Shilpa Chatlani, Goldberg Lab Synaptic physiology of the vestibular calyx synapse Forrest Gulden, Grove Lab Heparan sulfate and FGFs during development Pizza will be served
March 6	David Holtzman, M.D. Department of Neurology Washington University, St. Louis, School of Medicine From mouse to man:  The ups and downs of amyloid-beta and Alzheimer's disease Hosted by Sangram Sisodia
March 13	Marion Murray, Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology Drexel University College of Medicine Engaging the generator Hosted by Jay Goldberg
Monday March 17 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Ana Mrejeru, Ramirez Lab The ionic mechanism of burst firing in dopamine neurons Jake Reimer, Hatsopoulos Lab Oscillations and synchrony in motor cortex Pizza will be served
Spring Quarter 2008
April 3	Ron Harris-Warrick, Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology & Behavior Cornell University A tale of two networks: Amine modulation of motor networks in the lobster and the mouse Hosted by Kamal Sharma
Monday April 7 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Joanna Rowell, Ragsdale Lab Layer specific molecular markers for the excitatory neurons of the ferret neocortex Derek Zaraza, Margoliash Lab Memory dynamics over time Pizza will be served
April 10	Regina M. Carelli, Ph.D. Department of Psychology University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Dynamics of brain reward processing during behavior Hosted by Peggy Mason
April 17	Invited by graduate students Robert C. Malenka, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine Molecular mechanisms of hippocampal long-term depression
Monday April 21 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Jon Britt, McGehee Lab Adenylyl cyclase VKO mice possess impairments in corticostriatal plasticity Evelyn Kim Shih, Millen Lab Genetics and phenotypic analysis of tippy mutant mice: A novel model of hereditary ataxia and epilepsy Pizza will be served
April 24	Daniel Spergel, Ph.D. Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism University of Chicago Calcium signaling in the pubertal activation of hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons
May 1	Yang Dan, Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley Hebbian plasticity in the visual cortex:  Synaptic learning & reverberation Hosted by Jason Maclean
Monday May 5 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Amber Martell, van Drongelan Lab Electrical membrane properties & seizure threshold: The effect of NMDA on intrinsic bursting & network oscillation Albert Taylor, Grove Lab Concerted efforts of growth factors in forebrain patterning Pizza will be served
May 8	Committee on Neurobiology Faculty Meeting BSLC 205
May 15	Carlos Portera-Cailliau, M.D. Department of Neurology UCLA Rapid desynchronization of neuronal activity in developing neocortex Hosted by Jason MacLean
Monday May 19 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Jennifer Dwyer, van Drongelan Lab Matt Campioni, McGehee Lab Pizza will be served
May 22	Paul Worley, Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Immediate early genes and synaptic plasticity Hosted by Paul Vezina
May 29	Qiufu Ma, Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Harvard Medical School Pain circuitry development Hosted by Kamal Sharma
June 4	Grace Stutzmann, Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School Deviant neuronal calcium signaling and early synaptic deficits in Alzheimer's disease Hosted by Gopal Thinakaran
Monday June 9 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Ari Rosenberg, Issa Lab Nancy Shanahan, Dulawa Lab Pizza will be served
Monday June 30 BSLC 008	graduate student talks Marc Benayoun, van Drongelan Lab Daniel Rojas, Kay Lab Pizza will be served