2009-2010 Series
OCTOBER 2009
October 8, 2009
Alternating access mechanism of glutamate transporters
Olga Boudker, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
Host: Eric Gouaux
October 14, 2009
Special Seminar: Calcium dependent exo- and endocytotic coupling at a glutamatergic synapse
Takeshi Sakaba, Ph.D.
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
Host: Henrique von Gersdorff
October 15, 2009
Special Seminar: In vivo remodeling of postsynaptic glutamate receptor organization revealed by freeze-fracture replica labeling
Yugo Fukazawa, Ph.D.
Division of Cerebral Structure, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
Host: Craig Jahr
October 29, 2009
Bi-directional signaling between Ca2+ channels in skeletal muscle and its alteration by disease-causing mutations
Kurt Beam, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Colorado at Denver
Host: Gail Mandel
NOVEMBER 2009
November 5, 2009
Special Seminar: Multivesicular release at a hair cell synapse
Henrique von Gersdorff, Ph.D.
Vollum Institute
November 12, 2009
Real time capacitance measurements give insight into vesicle trafficking at the hair cell afferent fiber synapse
Anthony Ricci, Ph.D.
Departments of Otolaryngology and Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University
Host: Larry Trussell
DECEMBER 2009
December 10, 2009
Cellular and molecular choreography of lymphocyte activation
Michael D. Cahalan, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of California Irvine
Host: Wolf Almers
December 17, 2009
Signaling between synapse and nucleus during long-term neuronal plasticity
Kelsey Martin, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
Host: Eric Gouaux
JANUARY 2010
January 13, 2010
Special Seminar: Signaling from within: neurotrophin receptor signaling from membranes of the endosomal and biosynthetic pathways
Mark A. Bothwell, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle
Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program and Philip Stork
January 14, 2010
Joint Seminar with Physiology & Pharmacology: Influence of acid-sensing ion channels on seizures and fear
Michael Welsh, M.D.
HHMI, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Host: David Dawson
FEBRUARY 2010
February 4, 2010
Potassium channels and the regulation of neuronal timing
Leonard Kaczmarek, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Host: John Adelman
February 11, 2010
Special Seminar: Investigation of a novel synapse to nuclear signaling pathway regulating Drosophila NMJ development
Sean Speese, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
Host: Gary Westbrook
February 18, 2010
Synaptic circuits and odor processing in the mouse olfactory system
Venkatesh Murthy, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Host: Larry Trussell
MARCH 2010
March 11, 2010
Herbert Memorial Lecture: The emergence and function of spinal motor circuits
Thomas Jessell, Ph.D.
HHMI, Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Departments of Neuroscience and Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Host: Craig Jahr
March 18, 2010
Development of an inhibitory sound localization circuit
Karl Kandler, Ph.D.
Departments of Otolaryngology and Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Host: Larry Trussell
APRIL 2010
April 1, 2010
Multifunctional interneurons
Wade Regehr, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Host: Craig Jahr
April 8, 2010
Circadian clocks, a link between metabolism and sleep?
Amita Sehgal, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Host: Teresa Nicolson
April 15, 2010
Diverse properties of central axons
David McCormick, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Host: John Williams
April 27, 2010
Jungers Center: Mini-Symposium on Neural Prosthetics
Presentation 1: Retinal implants for the blind
Mark Humayun, M.D.
Doheny Retina Institute, University of Southern California
Presentation 2: Prosthetic applications of recurrent brain-computer interfaces
Eberhard Fetz, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2010 and Gary Westbrook
April 29, 2010
Membrane-bending during regulated membrane fusion
Edwin Chapman, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Host: Eric Gouaux
MAY 2010
May 5, 2010
Jungers Center Seminar: Molecular approaches to chronic pain
Allan Basbaum, Ph.D., FRS
Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2010 and Gary Westbrook
May 6, 2010
The persistence of memory: Using FRET imaging to monitor the activation, assembly and disassembly of CaMKII holoenzyme in living cells
Steven Vogel, Ph.D.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
Host: Paul Brehm
May 20, 2010
Joint Seminar with Oregon Hearing Research Center: Two modes of release shape the postsynaptic response at the inner hair cell ribbon synapse
Elisabeth Glowatzki, Ph.D.
Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Host: Peter Gillespie
May 26, 2010
Fluorescent reporters of protein trafficking and interactions, and application to the study of neurexin-neuroligin function at neuronal synapses
Alice Y. Ting, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Host: Gail Mandel
JUNE 2010
June 3, 2010
Special Seminar: Non-overlapping sets of synapses drive on-responses and off-responses in auditory cortex
Michael S. Wehr, Ph.D.
Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene
Host: Larry Trussell
June 4, 2010
Jungers Center Seminar: Using aging research to inform new areas of biology
Andrew Dillin, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA
Host: Neurobiology of Disease Course for 2010 and Gary Westbrook
