2006-2007 Series
SEPTEMBER 2006
September 1, 2006
Regulatory Mechanisms Controlling the Balance Between Cell Life and Death
Atan Gross, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Host: Mike Forte
September 28, 2006
Imaging the Molecular Mechanisms of Glucose-Stimulated Insulin Secretion
David Piston, Ph.D.
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Professor of Physics, Vanderbilt University
Host: Dick Goodman
OCTOBER 2006
October 5, 2006
Multiple Activity-Dependent Mechanisms Regulate Visual System Development
Hollis Cline, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Host: Tom Soderling
October 12, 2006
Presynaptic Regulation of Neurotransmission—Is it Always About Calcium?
Kerry Delaney, Ph.D.
Department of Biology, University of Victoria, British Columbia
Host: Henrique von Gersdorff
October 24, 2006
Heroes or Hooligans: The Multiple Roles of Sodium Channels in Neurological Disease
Stephen Waxman, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Neurology, Neurobiology and Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine
Host: Mike Forte and Dennis Bourdette
October 30, 2006
Coupling of CaV and BKCa Channels Analyzed by Functional Proteomics
Bernd Fakler, M.D.
Physiology Department, University of Freiburg
Host: John Adelman
NOVEMBER 2006
November 2, 2006
Mechanisms of Spontaneous Firing in Central Neurons
Bruce Bean, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Host: Craig Jahr
November 9, 2006
The Origin of Spontaneous Activity in the Developing Auditory System
Dwight Bergles, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Host: Craig Jahr
November 16, 2006
Dendritic Integration and Plasticity in Pyramidal Neurons
Jeff Magee, Ph.D.
Janelia Farm Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Host: John Adelman
DECEMBER 2006
December 7, 2006
Olfactory Processing in the Drosophila Brain
Rachel Wilson, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Host: Craig Jahr
December 14, 2006
Dendritic and axonal properties for precise temporal coding in auditory neurons
Nace Golding, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, University of Texas
Host: Larry Trussell
JANUARY 2007
January 9, 2007
The Development of Inhibitory Circuits
Hannah Monyer, M.D.
Department of Clinical Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg
Host: Gary Westbrook
January 11, 2007
Is there a role for LTP and place cells in learning spatial tasks?
Peter Seeburg, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Heidelberg, Germany
Host: John Adelman
January 25, 2007
The role of the Cytoskeleton in Regulating Synaptic Morphology
Andrew Matus, Ph.D.
Neurobiology Group, Friedrich Miescher Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland
Hosts: Tom Soderling (Vollum) and Gary Banker (CROET)
FEBRUARY 2007
February 1, 2007
A neuroethological approach to auditory function: The amphibian model
Peter Narins, Ph.D.
Departments of Physiological Science and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
Host: Henrique von Gersdorff
February 8, 2007
The how and why of retinal waves
Marla Feller, Ph.D.
Neurobiology, University of California, San Diego
Host: Larry Trussell
February 9, 2007
Herbert Memorial Lecture: Watching the brain compute and tracing its wires: new methods to solve old riddles
Winfried Denk, Ph.D.
Max-Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany
Host: Wolfhard Almers
February 15, 2007
Syntaxin and Fast Fusion of Synaptic Vesicles
Erik Jorgensen, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Biology, University of Utah
Host: Teresa Nicolson
February 15, 2007
Inhibition increases temporal fidelity of auditory brainstem processing
Rudolf Rübsamen, Ph.D.
Director, Institute of Biology II/University of Leipzig
Co-Hosts: Henrique von Gersdorff (Vollum) and Larry Trussell (Oregon Hearing Research Center)
February 22, 2007
Environment vs. Genetics in the Control of Cell Signaling in the Brain
Larry Feig, Ph.D.
Professor of Biochemistry and Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine
Host: Phil Stork
February 27, 2007
Molecular Mechanisms of Hippocampal LTP
Yasunori Hayashi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, MIT
Host: Tom Soderling
MARCH 2007
March 8, 2007
Analysis of hair cell function and mechanotransduction by forward and reverse genetics
Ulrich Mueller, Ph.D.
Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute
Host: Peter Gillespie
March 15, 2007
Axo-glial Injury and Mechanisms of Ca Deregulation
Peter Stys, M.D.
Ottawa Health Research Institute, Division of Neuroscience, Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa
Host: Mike Forte
March 22, 2007
Specialized synapses shape signals in the retina
Jeffery Diamond, Ph.D.
Synaptic Physiology Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Division of Intramural Research, Bethesda, Maryland
Host: Craig Jahr
APRIL 2007
April 16, 2007
Jungers Center Lecture: Epilepsy Genes
Jeffery Noebels, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Neurology, Neurosciences, Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2007 and Gary Westbrook
April 19, 2007
Activity-regulated genes in brain development and plasticity
Elly Nedivi, Ph.D.
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Host: Dick Goodman
April 26, 2007
Molecular mechanism of activation and inactivation gating in KcsA
Eduardo Perozo, Ph.D.
Institute for Molecular Pediatric Sciences and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago
Host: John Adelman
MAY 2007
May 3, 2007
Novel retinoic acid signaling in a form of homeostatic plasticity
Lu Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Host: Phil Stork
May 14, 2007
Jungers Center Lecture: Genes and Parkinson's Disease
Valina Dawson, Ph.D.
Institute for Cell Engineering and Department of Neurology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2007 and Gary Westbrook
May 17, 2007
Connectomics in Brainbow Mice
Jeff Lichtman M.D., Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Host: Ed McCleskey
May 21, 2007
Jungers Center Lecture: Oligodendrocytes and Myelin Repair
Robert H. Miller, Ph.D.
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2007 and Gary Westbrook
May 24, 2007
Molecular anatomy of the Fly's Ear
Maurice Kernan, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology & Center for Developmental Genetics, SUNY at Stony Brook
Host: Peter Gillespie
May 31, 2007
NIH Funding Opportunities
Stephen J. Korn, Ph.D.
Director of Training and Career Development - NINDS, NIH
Host: The Vollum Institute
JUNE 2007
June 20, 2007
Special Seminar: A novel transferrin/TfR2-mediated mitochondrial iron transport system is disrupted in Parkinson’s disease
J. Timothy Greenamyre, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Benaroya Visiting Professor for Parkinson Research
Host: The Vollum Institute
