Department of Neuroscience
2010 Seminars & Presentations Archive
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These are the seminar topics held previously throughout the Neuroscience programs at Jefferson.
Journal Club:
Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein Is Required for Rapid
Experience-Dependent Regulation of the Potassium Channel
Kv3.1b
4th Year MD PhD Student Laboratory of Manuel Covarrubias, MD PhD
January 11th, 2011
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Brent Hall Auditorium (SECOND FLOOR)
Seminar:
NG2+ glial cells: Lineage restricted progenitors in the mammalian CNS
Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University
January 4th, 2011
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Seminar:
Dynamic regulation of column formation in the developing cerebral cortex
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Seminar:
Circuit, cellular, and molecular mechanisms of hippocampal epilepsy
Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
December 14th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Seminar:
How Mitochondria Move and Why a Neurobiologist Cares
NOTE DIFFERENT DAY & LOCATION OF THIS SEMINAR
Division of Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital Boston
December 13th, 2010 (MONDAY)
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Room 207
Seminar:
Inflammation-induced changes in spinal GABA-A receptor signaling
NOTE DIFFERENT DAY & LOCATION OF THIS SEMINAR
Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh
December 9th, 2010 (THURSDAY)
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Room 407
Journal Club:
Thesis Research Update -
The role of the N/C interaction of the androgen receptor in SBMA
3rd Year Graduate Student Laboratory of Diane Merry, PhD
December 7th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Seminar:
Excitatory synapses get the blues: Serotonin-mediated plasticity of excitatory synapses in the hippocampus and its dysregulation in depression
Department of Physiology, University of Maryland
November 30th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Journal Club:
Phosphorylation of Huntingtin at Ser421 in YAC128 neurons is associated with protection of YAC128 neurons from NMDA-mediated excitotoxicity and Is modulated by PP1and PP2A
2nd Year Graduate Student,Laboratory of Davide Trotti, PhD
November 23rd, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Journal Club:
Retinal ganglion cell death induced by endoplasmic reticulum
stress in a chronic glaucoma model
4th Year Graduate Student Laboratory of Sue Menko, PhD
November 9th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Seminar:
Dietary treatment restores hippocampal excitability and ameliorates injury-induced cognitive impairment
Seminar Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology
University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
November 2nd, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
Thesis Research Update: Characterization of FUS Mediated Toxicity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
3rd Year Graduate Student Laboratory of Piera Pasinelli, PhD
October 26th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Seminar:
Disposable stem cells: A new model of adult neurogenesis
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
October 19th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Journal Club:
Sexual experience promotes adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus despite an initial elevation in stress hormones
4th Year Graduate Student Laboratory of Davide Trotti, PhD
October 12th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Seminar:
CD38- and cyclic ADP-ribose-dependent oxytocin secretion and social behavior in mice and CD38 SNPs associated with autism in U.S. and Japanese subjects
Department of Biophysical Genetics, Kanazawa University, Japan
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Room 307
NOTE: DIFFERENT DAY AND LOCATION OF THIS SEMINAR
Seminar:
Genetic Approaches to Neural Signaling
Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology; Department of Genetics
Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair
Yale University School of Medicine
October 5th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Seminar:
From Sleep to Attention in Drosophila
Associate Director
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, San Diego, CA
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
NOTE: NOTE DIFFERENT DAY OF THE WEEK FOR THIS SEMINAR
Journal Club:
Thesis Research Update - Modulation of high-voltage potassium channels in primary sensory neurons
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Seminar:
The role of JNK3 in pathological conditions
Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Ohio State University
September 21st, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Journal Club:
Anatomical Changes in Human Motor Cortex and Motor Pathways following Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury
5th year graduate student, Lab of Joseph Tracy, Ph.D.
September 14th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Seminar:
The role of EphB and ephrinBs in synapse maturation
Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
September 7th, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105/107
Seminar:
Mechanisms of multiple sclerosis progression:
Studies in a mouse model
Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, UC Davis
Director of Research, Shriner’s Hospital for Children
Director, Institute for Pediatric Regenerative Medicine
June 8, 2010
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Room 307
Journal Club:
Modulation of limbic noradrenergic circuits by cannabinoids
Ana Carvalho
3rd year graduate student, Lab of Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, Ph.D.
June 1, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Journal Club:
A role for the astrocytic glutamate transporter in motor neuron toxicity in ALS
Emily Foran
3rd year graduate student, Lab of Davide Trotti, Ph.D.
May 25, 2010
Hamilton Building, Room 304
Seminar:
New approaches to treatment and prevention of developmental brain disorders
Linda L. Restifo, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology,
University of Arizona
May 18, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Seminar:
The role of GABAB receptor phosphorylation in cognition and neuroprotection
Miho Terunuma, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience, Tufts University
May 13, 2010
Jeff Alumni Hall, Room 207
Journal Club:
Using multimodal imaging to predict neural and cognitive reorganization after epilepsy surgery
Karol Osipowicz
4th year graduate student, Lab of Joseph Tracy, Ph.D.
May 11, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
GABAergic Control of Striatal Neurons
Stefano Vicini, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School of Medicine
May 4, 2010
Hamilton Building, Room 208/209
Seminar:
A Transplantation-Based Replacement of Astrocyte Glutamate Transporters: Neuroprotective Treatment Strategies for ALS and Spinal Cord Injury
Angelo Lepore, Ph.D.
Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
April 27, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
Mechanisms of Mutant SOD1 Mediated Mitochondrial Damage in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Nicole Naniche
3rd year graduate student, Lab of Piera Pasinelli, Ph.D.
April 20, 2010
Hamilton Building, Room 304
Seminar:
Fatal familial insomnia, ‘mad cow’ disease, and the spontaneous generations of prions
Walker Jackson, Ph.D.
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT
April 13, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Seminar:
Axonal Transport and its Impact on Synaptic Function and Neurodegeneration
Zu-Hang Sheng, Ph.D.
Chief of Synaptic Function Section, NINDS/NIH
April 6, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 107
Journal Club:
Thesis Research Update
Subhasree Basu
3rd year graduate student, Lab of Sue Menko, Ph.D.
March 30, 2010
Hamilton Building, Room 304
Seminar:
Axonal Transport: From Long Distance Signaling to Synapse Stability
Eran Perlson, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania
March 23, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 107
Seminar:
Genomics of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Bryan J. Traynor, M.D., MRCPI, M.Sc.
Chief, Neuromuscular Diseases Research Group, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, NIA, National Institues of Health
March 16, 2010
Hamilton Building, Room 210/211
Seminar:
Neural circuits & synapses for early visual processing
Jonathan Demb, Ph.D.
Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan
March 9, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
Rapid, Reversible Modulation of Blood–Brain Barrier P-Glycoprotein Transport Activity by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (PDF)
Michael Jablonski
1st year graduate student
March 2, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
Molecular Genetics Analysis of Sleep in Drosophila
Kyunghee Koh, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
February 23, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 101
Journal Club:
A single fear-inducing stimulus induces a transcription-dependent switch in synaptic AMPAR phenotype (PDF)
Brian Corbett
1st year graduate student
February 16, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Seminar:
Hindbrain control of glucagon-like-peptide-1 receptor-mediated effects on energy balance
Matthew R. Hayes, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
February 9, 2010
Hamilton Building, Room 210/211
Journal Club:
A neural mechanism for exacerbation of headache
by light (PDF)
Christina Maxwell
5th year graduate student, Lab of Michael Oshinsky, Ph.D.
February 2, 2010
Bluemle Life Sciences Building, Room 105
Journal Club:
Nurr1 is required for maintenance of maturing and adult midbrain dopamine neurons (PDF)
Sudarshan Phani
5th year graduate student, Lab of Lorraine Iacovitti, Ph.D.
January 26, 2010
Hamilton Building, Room 210/211
Journal Club:
Estrogen Masculinizes Neural Pathways &
Sex-Specific Behaviors (PDF)
Jillian Scavone
5th year graduate student, Lab of Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, Ph.D.
January 19, 2010
Jefferson Alumni Hall, Room 139
Epileptiform Activity & Cognitive Impairment in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease
Jeannie Chin, Ph.D.
Wyeth Neuroscience, Princeton, NJ
January 12, 2010
Hamilton Building, Room 210/211
Dr. Chin is a candidate for a faculty position in the Department of Neuroscience
