2012-2013 Series
SEPTEMBER 2012
September 27, 2012
Multiple oscillators for respiratory pattern formation: Implications for health and disease
Ana Paula Abdala Sheikh, Ph.D.
School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, U.K.
Host: Gail Mandel
OCTOBER 2012
October 4, 2012
Elementary calcium signals through endothelial TRPV4 channels regulate vascular function
Mark Nelson, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, The University of Vermont
Host: John Adelman and Gail Mandel
October 4, 2012
Special Seminar: Sounds in silence: How the ear generates spontaneous activity before hearing onset
Dwight Bergles, Ph.D.
The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Host: Craig Jahr
NOVEMBER 2012
November 1, 2012
Animal behavior and decision making through TRP channels
Craig Montell, Ph.D.
Department of Biological Chemistry, Center for Sensory Biology,
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Host: Dick Goodman
November 6, 2012
Special Seminar: Elections and connections: Structure, chemistry, and evolution of arginases and lysine deacetylases
David W. Christianson, Ph.D.
Roy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Host: Eric Gouaux
November 8, 2012
Presynaptic dynamics and its role in Fragile X syndrome
Vitaly Klyachko, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology, Washington University in St. Louis, MO
Host: Teresa Nicolson
November 15, 2012
Structural synaptic scaling during long-term potentiation
Kristen Harris, Ph.D.
Center for Learning and Memory, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin
Host: Haining Zhong
DECEMBER 2012
December 6, 2012
Circuit mechanisms of cerebellar learning
Tom Otis, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles
Host: Craig Jahr
December 13, 2012
Rapid synaptic actions of estrogen in the hippocampus
Catherine Woolley, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Host: Teresa Nicolson
FEBRUARY 2013
February 14, 2013
Vollum-OHRC Special Seminar: Control of hair cell development by sensory-independent electrical activity
Walter Marcotti, Ph.D.
Department of Biomedical Science
The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Host: Henrique von Gersdorff
February 21, 2013
Special Seminar: The mitochondrial permeability transition: A mystery solved?
Paolo Bernardi, M.D.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy
Host: Mike Forte
MARCH 2013
March 14, 2013
Mapping neurons and circuits
Liqun Luo, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Host: Gary Westbrook
March 21, 2013
Herbert Memorial Lecture: Modulating the gain of channels, cascades, and circuits
Richard Tsien, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, NYU Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY
Hosts: John Adelman and Dick Goodman
APRIL 2013
April 4, 2013
Origins and function of neurons born in the adult brain
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Ph.D.
Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Host: Gary Westbrook
April 11, 2013
Imaging signal transduction in single dendritic spines
Ryohei Yasuda, Ph.D.
Neuronal Signal Transduction Research Group, Max Planck Florida Institute, Jupiter, FL
Host: Haining Zhong
April 12, 2013
Special Seminar: The emergence of response selectivity in primary visual cortex
Nicholas Priebe, Ph.D.
Section of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program and Henrique von Gersdorff
April 18, 2013
Retinal development, cellular reprogramming and retinoblastoma
Michael Dyer, Ph.D.
HHMI, Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
Host: Dick Goodman
April 25, 2013
Pathway specific synaptic plasticity in the retina
Scott Nawy, Ph.D.
Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
Host: Henrique von Gersdorff
MAY 2013
May 2, 2013
Multiple circuits converge in VTA to support reward seeking
Gary Aston-Jones, Ph.D.
Department of Neurosciences, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston
Host: John Williams
May 8, 2013
Special Seminar: Specialized synapses compute visual information in the retina
Jeffrey S. Diamond, Ph.D.
Synaptic Physiology Section, NINDS Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Host: Craig Jahr
May 9, 2013
A novel LKB1-NUAK1 kinase pathway required for terminal axon branching through presynaptic capture of mitochondria
Franck Polleux, Ph.D.
Dorris Neuroscience Center, Department of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Host: Paul Barnes
May 16, 2013
A novel LKB1-NUAK1 kinase pathway required for terminal axon branching through presynaptic capture of mitochondria
Maurine Linder, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular Medicine, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY
Host: Phil Stork
May 17, 2013
Special Seminar: Synaptic circuit organization of mouse motor cortex
Gordon M. G. Shepherd, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program and Henrique von Gersdorff
