Seminars 2005 - 2006

Hitoshi Morikawa, M.D., Ph.D.
02/24/2006, Assistant Professor,
University of Texas at Austin
Waggoner Center for Alcohol & Addiction Research
11:30 - 1:30 pm, Neuroscience Conference Room MRC
"How Does Alcohol Boost Brain Dopamine Signal?"

Dr. Jianping Wu 01/17/06,
11:30 - 1:30 pm, Neuroscience Conference Room MRC
"Dopamine Modulation of Interneuron Excitability
in the Neocortex".

Manu Jatana, Ph.D.
12/21/2005, Medical University of South Carolina
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Neuroscience Conference Room MRC
"Protective Role of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
in Ischemia Reperfusion Injury."

Eric Newman, Ph.D.
12/15/2005, Department of Neuroscience
University of Minnesota
12:30 - 1:30 pm, Neuroscience Conference Room MRC
"Conversations Between Glia,
Neurons and Bllod Vessels in the Retina".

Dr. Stuart Zola
07/20/2005, Director, Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Nuroscience Confrence Room - 2nd floor MRC
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
"Memory and Magic: The Hippocampus and Houdini".

Carl Johnson, Ph.D.
06/09/2005, Vanderbilt University
Nashville Tennenesee
Neuroscience Conference Room - 2nd floor MRC
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
"As Time Glows By: Circadian Clocks in Bacteria from Populations to Molecules".

Felton Earls, M.D., & Mary Carlson, Ph.D.
04/08/2005, Department of Public Health
Harvard Medical School
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Neuroscience Confrence Room MRC
"Ecology of HIV/AIDS and Child Mental Health in Tanzania".

Giles Duffield, Ph.D.
01/31/2005, Department of Genetics
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover NH.
12:30 - 1:30p.m. - Room 202 Hughe Glouster Bldg.
“ From Suprachiasmatic Nucleus To Peripheral Tissues: Molecular And Integrative Studies Of The Mammalian Circadian Clock”

Sriram Sathyanarayanan , Ph.D.
01/14/2005, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine 12:30 - 1:30 - Rm. MRG14 MRC Bldg.
"Kinase-Phosphatase Balance In The Circadian Clock"

Karin Borges, Ph.D.
01/07/2005, Department of Pharmacology
Emory University, Atlanta GA.
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Room 202 Hughe Glouster Bldg.
"Epileptogenesis: Do Astrocytes Play A Role?"

Phyllis C. Zee, M.D., Ph.D.
9/17/03, Professor, Department of Neurology
Room 100 - MRC 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"Sleep: Implications for Successful Aging".

Jeffrey L. Benovic, Ph.D.
10/22/2003, Kimmel Cancer Center
Thomas Jefferson University
Room 100 - MRC 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"Arresting Developments in Signaling".

Edwin W. McCleskey, Ph.D.
11/21/2003, Vollum Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
Room 100 - MRC 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
“An Ion Channel to Mediate Ischemic Pain”.

Sharon L. Milgram, Ph.D.
1/ 21/ 2004
The University of N. Carolina at Chapel Hill
Room 100 - MRC 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"Scaffolding and Adaptor Proteins in Polarized Cells”

Valérie Simonneaux, Ph D
1/ 28/ 2004, Neurobiologie des Rythmes
Strasbourg, France
Room 100 - MRC 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
“Pineal Melatonin Biosynthesis:
Common Principles-Species Differences”.

Roger Weir, M.D., F.A.N.N.
3/25/04
Howard University College of Medicine
Room 205 - Hugh Gloster, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"The Ethiology of Parkinson's"

Joe L. Martinez, Ph.D.
3/31/04
University of Texas at San Antonio
Room 202 Hugh Gloster, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"How the Brain Stores Information"

James G. Townsel, Ph.D.
4/21/04
Mehary Medical College School of Medicine
Room 202 Hugh Gloster, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
"New Insights into Cholinergic Transmission - The Cellular Odyssey of the Choline Cotransporter"

Morris Benveniste, Ph.D.
05/25/04
Tel Aviv University
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Sackler School of Medicine
Room 202 Hugh Gloster, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
“Allosteric Modulation of NMDA Receptors by Agonists”