Graduate Program in Neuroscience
2010 Seminars, Journal Club &
Thesis Research Updates
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Other TJU Neuroscience web sites: Department of Neuroscience The Farber Institute |
Overall Seminar schedule available as PDF.
Journal Club schedule available as PDF.
All presentations begin at noon.
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Looking for other seminars previously held? Go to the Neuroscience Seminar Archives
Seminar:
Iron induced oxidative stress in retinal and neurodegeneration: Protection by iron chelation
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Seminar:
Getting synapses to shape up: Morphogenesis of a model synapse
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Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 |
Journal Club:
Dnmt3a regulates emotional behavior and spine
plasticity in the nucleus accumbens
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Seminar:
Network approaches to studying the circadian clock
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***NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION OF THIS SEMINAR*** |
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Seminar:
Targeting conventional and non-conventional cannabinoid receptors in dopamine-related disorders
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Seminar:
Homeostasis in the developing visual system of the Xenopus laevis tadpole
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Journal Club:
Akt Suppresses Retrograde Degeneration of Dopaminergic Axons by Inhibition of Macroautophag
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Seminar:
Synaptic mechanisms underlying gain control in the retinal circuitry
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Seminar:
The Sentinel RNA Hypothesis and Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity
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Journal Club:
Global and local fMRI signals driven by neurons defined optogenetically by type and wiring
1st Year Graduate Student
Laboratory TBD
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
Little brain with big behaviors: Genetic approaches to understanding circuits in Drosophila
Department of Biology, Brandeis University
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
A SUMOylated C-terminus fragment of the glutamate transporter EAAT2 linked to inherited ALS mediates motor axon impairment
4th Year Graduate Student
Laboratory of Davide Trotti, PhD
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
Can microglia direct neuronal differentiation?
Department of Biological Sciences, NJIT/Rutgers University
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
Thesis Research Update
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Seminar:
Cellular and synaptic mechanisms of autoimmune anti-glutamate receptor encephalitis
Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
Regulation of Synaptic Structure and Function by FMRP-Associated MicroRNAs miR-125b and miR-132
1st Year Graduate Student
Laboratory of A.M Rostami, MD, PhD
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
Parkinson's disease – Neurodegenerative pathways and therapeutic targets.
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
Corticospinal Motor Neurons and Related Subcerebral Projection Neurons Undergo Early and Specific Neurodegeneration in hSOD1G93A Transgenic ALS Mice
4th Year Graduate Student
Laboratory of Piera Pasinelli, PhD
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
Synapse-specific Ras Signaling
***NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION OF THIS SEMINAR***
Department of Pharmacology, University of Virginia
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Room 307
Journal Club:
Thesis Research Update
5th Year Graduate Student
Laboratory of Joseph Tracy, PhD
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
The death of neurons in neurodegenerative disease as seen through the lens of cell cycle regulation
Nelson Biological Laboratory, Rutgers University
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
Thesis Research Update
3rd Year Graduate Student
Laboratory of Diane Merry, PhD
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
To Be Announced
***NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION OF THIS SEMINAR***
Director, Center for Autism Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Room 307
Journal Club:
Thesis Research Update
4th Year Graduate Student
Laboratory of Piera Pasinelli, PhD
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Journal Club:
To Be Announced
3rd Year Graduate Student
Laboratory of Piera Pasinelli, PhD
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
