2008-2009 Academic Year

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SEPTEMBER 2008

Special Seminar: A Cellular Mechanism for General Enhancement of Learning Capability
Edi Barkai, Ph.D.
Department of Biology, University of Haifa, Israel
September 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: John Adelman

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OCTOBER 2008

Neurotrophin Endosomes: Signaling in Time and Space
Simon Halegoua, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, SUNY at Stony Brook
October 2, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Gail Mandel

Threshold, Inhibition and the Assembly of Receptive Fields in Visual Cortex
David Ferster, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology and Physiology,
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
October 9, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Larry Trussell

Sonic Hedgehog-Proteoglycan Interactions Promote Proliferation of Neural Precursors
Rosalind Segal, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School and Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
October 16, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Phil Stork

Synapses and Microcircuits Tuned for Speed and Resilience in the Sense of Balance
Sascha du Lac, Ph.D.
Systems Neurobiology Laboratories, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
October 23, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Teresa Nicolson

Regulation of Meiosis in Mammalian Oocytes by Receptors, Cyclic Nucleotides, and Gap Junctions
Laurinda Jaffe, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
October 30, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Gail Mandel

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NOVEMBER 2008

Synaptic Toxicity of Huntington Disease Protein
Xiao Li, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
November 6, 2008 at 12:00 PM in Room M1441
Host: Mike Forte

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