2007-2008 Academic Year
OCTOBER 2007
Nitric oxide signaling: Specificity versus reactivity
Michael Marletta, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
October 18, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Williams
Altered Cell Division and Migration in Developing Neocortex
Joe LoTurco, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut
October 25, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Gail Mandel
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NOVEMBER 2007
Special Seminar: Left-right asymmetry of hippocampal pyramidal cell synapses
Ryuichi Shigemoto, M.D., Ph.D.
National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan
November 9, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Craig Jahr
Sensing voltage in membrane proteins
Francisco Bezanilla, Ph.D.
Institute for Molecular Pediatric Sciences and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago
November 15, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Adelman
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DECEMBER 2007
Regulation of mesodermal cell behavior in zebrafish embryos by the tumor suppressor Gravin: Implications for development and cancer
David Kimelman, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
December 6, 2007 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Gail Mandel
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JANUARY 2008
Special Seminar: Variability in the subcellular localization of potassium channels on the neuronal surface
Rafael Luján, Ph.D.
School of Medicine, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain
January 30, 2008 at 2:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Adelman
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FEBRUARY 2008
Regulation of Signaling Receptors by Endocytic Membrane Traffic
Mark von Zastrow, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Psychiatry and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco
February 7, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Williams
Temperature-sensitive Paralytic Mutants and Gene Discovery for Synaptic Development and Maintenance of Neuronal Viability in Drosophila
Barry Ganetzky, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
February 21, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Dick Goodman
Addiction: Sorting Out the Regulation of Brain Potassium Channels
Paul Slesinger, Ph.D.
Peptide Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
February 28, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Adelman
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MARCH 2008
The Secret Lives of Axons
David Linden, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
March 6, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Larry Trussell
Herbert Memorial Lecture:
Making an Effort to Listen: Mechanical Amplification by Myosin Molecules and Ion Channels in Hair Cells of the Inner Ear
A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D.
Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University,
New York, NY
March 13, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Peter Gillespie
Special Seminar: Dynein Light Chain LC8 Is a Dimerization Hub Essential in Diverse Multiprotein Complexes
Elisar Barbar, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
March 19, 2008 at 2:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Tom Soderling
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APRIL 2008
Special Seminar: p66 Shc, Redox Signal, and Aging
Marco Giorgio, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
April 1, 2008 at 1:30 PM in Room M1441
Host: Mike Forte
Two Crystal Structures of the Beta-2-Adrenergic Receptor
William Weis, Ph.D.
Departments of Structural Biology and Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA
April 3, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Eric Gouaux
Jungers Center Lecture: Molecular Basis of Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
Karen Hsiao Ashe, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
April 11, 2008 at 2:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2008 and Gary Westbrook
The Engrailed Transcription Factors Regulate 3D Organization of Cerebellum Morphology, Molecular Codes and Afferent Topography
Alexandra Joyner, Ph.D.
Developmental Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY
April 17, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Gail Mandel
Jungers Center Lecture: Mechanisms of Traumatic Brain Injury
John T. Povlishock, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA
April 21, 2008 at 10:00 AM in Room M1441
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2008 and Gary Westbrook
Arresting Developments in Receptor Signaling and Trafficking
Jeffrey Benovic, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
April 24, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Williams
Jungers Center Lecture: Regeneration and Repair After Spinal Cord Injury
Oswald Steward, Ph.D.
Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine
April 28, 2008 at 10:00 AM in Room M1441
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2008 and Gary Westbrook
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MAY 2008
Memory and Membrane Dynamics in Dendritic Microdomains
Michael Ehlers, M.D., Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
May 1, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Adelman
Special Seminar: Potassium Channels and Cell Membranes
Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.
HHMI, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics,
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
May 5, 2008 at 11:00 AM in Room M1441
Host: Eric Gouaux
Epigenetic Remodeling of AMPARs in Neuronal Death
Suzanne Zukin, Ph.D.
Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Neuropsychopharmacology Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
May 15, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Tom Soderling
How Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis Affects Exocytosis
Robert Edwards, M.D.
Departments of Neurology and Physiology,
University of California, San Francisco
May 22, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Williams
Finding Closure: Genetics and Molecular Insight into Neural Tube Closure
Lee Niswander, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Denver
May 29, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Gail Mandel
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JUNE 2008
On the Electrical Function of Dendritic Spines
Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University,
New York, NY
June 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Tom Soderling
Special Seminar: Footprints of Pain
Peter Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Centre for Neuroscience,
University of Alberta, Canada
June 11, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Williams and Victor Derkach
Special Seminar: Biochemistry of Gamma-secretase Complex
Gang Yu, Ph.D.
Center for Basic Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center, Dallas, TX
June 17, 2008 at 2:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Gary Westbrook
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AUGUST 2008
Special Seminar: Seeing without Photoreceptors: An Optogenetic Approach to Restoring Vision in Mouse Models of Retinal Degeneration
Gautam Awatramani, Ph.D.
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
August 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Larry Trussell
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