2007-2008 Series
OCTOBER 2007
October 18, 2007
Nitric oxide signaling: Specificity versus reactivity
Michael Marletta, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Host: John Williams
October 25, 2007
Altered cell division and migration in developing neocortex
Joe LoTurco, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut
Host: Gail Mandel
NOVEMBER 2007
November 9, 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
Host: Craig Jahr
November 15, 2007
Sensing voltage in membrane proteins
Francisco Bezanilla, Ph.D.
Institute for Molecular Pediatric Sciences and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago
Host: John Adelman
DECEMBER 2007
December 6, 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
Host: Gail Mandel
JANUARY 2008
January 30, 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
Host: John Adelman
FEBRUARY 2008
February 7, 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
Host: John Williams
February 21, 2008
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
Host: Dick Goodman
February 28, 2008
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
Host: John Adelman
MARCH 2008
March 6, 2008
The secret lives of axons
David Linden, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Host: Larry Trussell
March 13, 2008
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
Host: Peter Gillespie
March 19, 2008
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
Host: Tom Soderling
APRIL 2008
April 1, 2008
Special Seminar: p66 Shc, redox signal, and aging
Marco Giorgio, Ph.D.
Department of Experimental Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Host: Mike Forte
April 3, 2008
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
Host: Eric Gouaux
April 11, 2008
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
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2008 and Gary Westbrook
April 17, 2008
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
Host: Gail Mandel
April 21, 2008
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
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2008 and Gary Westbrook
April 24, 2008
Arresting developments in receptor signaling and trafficking
Jeffrey Benovic, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Host: John Williams
April 28, 2008
Jungers Center Lecture: Regeneration and repair after spinal cord injury
Oswald Steward, Ph.D.
Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California, Irvine
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2008 and Gary Westbrook
MAY 2008
May 1, 2008
Memory and membrane dynamics in dendritic microdomains
Michael Ehlers, M.D., Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Host: John Adelman
May 5, 2008
Special Seminar: Potassium channels and cell membranes
Roderick MacKinnon, M.D.
HHMI, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology and Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Host: Eric Gouaux
May 15, 2008
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
Host: Tom Soderling
May 22, 2008
How synaptic vesicle endocytosis affects exocytosis
Robert Edwards, M.D.
Departments of Neurology and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco
Host: John Williams
May 29, 2008
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
Host: Gail Mandel
JUNE 2008
June 5, 2008
On the electrical function of dendritic spines
Rafael Yuste, M.D., Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY
Host: Tom Soderling
June 11, 2008
Special Seminar: Footprints of pain
Peter Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Canada
Host: John Williams and Victor Derkach
June 17, 2008
Special Seminar: Biochemistry of gamma-secretase complex
Gang Yu, Ph.D.
Center for Basic Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Host: Gary Westbrook
AUGUST 2008
August 4, 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
Host: Larry Trussell
