2010-2011 Series
AUGUST 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Special Seminar: Properties of GluK3 containing kainate receptors, putative presynaptic autoreceptors
David Perrais, Ph.D.
Bordeaux Neuroscience Institute, University of Bordeaux, France
Host: Henrique von Gersdorff
Monday, August 16, 2010
Special Seminar: Anoctamin 1, a cloned-calcium activated chloride channel, its physiological implication and gating mechanisms
Uhtaek Oh, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Medicine and Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Host: Soo Lee
SEPTEMBER 2010
September 30, 2010
Synaptic circuitry mechanism underlying functional development of auditory cortex
Li Zhang, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Zilka Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Host: Larry Trussell
OCTOBER 2010
October 14, 2010
Structural basis of voltage sensor function and pharmacology
Kenton Swartz, Ph.D.
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Host: Eric Gouaux
October 21, 2010
Exocytosis as an exercise in membrane bending
Meyer Jackson, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Host: Paul Brehm
NOVEMBER 2010
November 11, 2010
Single molecule investigation of antiviral signaling
Taekjip Ha, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Physics, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Host: Eric Gouaux
DECEMBER 2010
December 2, 2010
Interactions between opioid receptors and RGS proteins: Implications for receptor cross talk
John Traynor, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Host: John Williams
December 9, 2010
The complexity of complexin
Robert Chow, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Host: Henrique von Gersdorff
JANUARY 2011
January 20, 2011
Membrane traffic: Lessons from yeast applied to mammalian development
Randy Schekman, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Host: Gail Mandel
January 27, 2011
Lipid-protein interactions in two-dimensional crystals of aquaporin-0
Tom Walz, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Host: Eric Gouaux
January 28, 2011
Visualizing circuits in the visual system
Joshua Sanes, Ph.D.
Center for Brain Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Host: Gary Westbrook
FEBRUARY 2011
February 17, 2011
Genetic analysis of neurodegeneration
Mel Feany, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Host: Mike Forte
MARCH 2011
March 31, 2011
Dynamics of molecules in macromolecular machines: Lessons from HIV-1 and the nuclear pore
Sanford Simon, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Cellular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York NY
Host: Gary Thomas
APRIL 2011
April 7, 2011
Mechanisms of motor neuron differentiation
Shanthini Sockanathan, Ph.D.
The Solomon Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Host: John Adelman
April 11, 2011
Special Seminar: The emergence of response selectivity in primary visual cortex
Nicholas Priebe, Ph.D.
Section of Neurobiology, The University of Texas at Austin
Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program and Henrique von Gersdorff
April 14, 2011
TRAIL triggers the lysosomal pathway of apoptosis
Gregory Gores, M.D.
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Host: Gary Thomas
April 28, 2011
Sodium-activated potassium channels: An unexpected role in regulation of excitability
Christopher Lingle, Ph.D.
Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Loius, MO
Host: Larry Trussell
MAY 2011
May 5, 2011
Drosophila temporal identity: Maintaining neural stem cell competence and the heritable specification of neuronal identity
Chris Doe, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene
Host: Dick Goodman
May 11, 2011
Special Seminar: Synaptic circuit organization of mouse motor cortex
Gordon M. G. Shepherd, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program and Henrique von Gersdorff
May 19, 2011
Herbert Memorial Lecture: Information processing and integration of the basal ganglia
Shigetada Nakanishi, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Systems Biology, Osaka Bioscience Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Host: Eric Gouaux
May 26, 2011
Activity-dependent and independent synapse formation
Bernardo Sabatini, M.D., Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Host: John Adelman
JUNE 2011
June 2, 2011
Gating of potassium channels by calcium
Richard Aldrich, Ph.D.
Section of Neurobiology, Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin
Host: John Adelman
