Events Archive - The Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience

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Events Archive 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 - 1998

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April

Apr 1	Emory University Excellence in Neuroscience Seminar Series Speaker: Dr. Robert Desimone Director, McGovern Institute; Professor, MIT Title: "Neural Synchrony and Selective Attention" Time & Location: 2:00 PM, Whitehead Auditorium hosted by: Graduates in Neuroscience and The Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program
Apr 4	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Speaker: Nancy Kanwischer, Ph.D. McGovern Institute, Dept of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Title: "Functional Specificity in the Cortex: Selectivity, Experience, and Generality" Time: Noon Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium
Apr 8	Georgia State University Brains & Behavior Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker: Nancy Kopell Boston University, Dept. Math Title: TBA Location: 14th Floor Stern room Time: 10:00AM
Apr 11	Georgia State University The Spineless Neuroscience Forum Speaker:Robert Butera Title: "Long view seminar: Aplysia Neuron R15 -- Do we REALLY know how this neuron bursts, even after over 40 years of study?" Time & Location: 10:30-11:30am in 441 NSC.
Apr 11	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Speaker:. Adron Harris, Ph.D. Director Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas, Austin TItle: "Alcohols and Anesthetics Meet Ion Channels: Weak Binding but Important Effects" Time: Noon Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium
Apr 17	Georgia State University Special Seminar Arturo Alvarez-Buylla Professor of Neurological Surgery, Stephen Muss Endowed Chair University of California, San Francisco Title: "Heterogeneous Neural Stem Cells and their Adult Niche" Date: Thursday, April 17 Time: 2:30 pm refreshments, 3:00 pm seminar Location: Stern Room of the Commerce Club, 14th Floor Hosted by the Georgia State University Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate students
Apr 18	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Speaker: Krish Sathian, M.D, Ph.D. Director Neurorehabilitation Program, Atlanta VAMC, Dept of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine Title: "Multisensory Integration of Vision and Touch" Time: Noon Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium
Apr 25	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Speaker: Anthony Chan, Ph.D. Department of Human Genetics, Yerkes National Primate Center, Emory University School of Medicine TItle: "Non-Human Primate Model of Neurodegenerative Diseases" Time: Noon Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium

March

Mar 7

Emory University
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
Speaker: Gary W. Miller, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Emory University School of Public Title: "Health Should a Toxicologist Be Studying Parkinson's Disease?"
Time: Noon
Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium

Mar 10

Emory University
Neuroscience Division Lecture Series
Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Speaker: Dr. Joseph Z Tsien
Professor
Co-Director, Brain Discovery Institute
Medical College of Georgia
Title: “The organizing principles of real-time memory encoding”
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Bourne Seminar Room

Mar 11

Georgia State University
Brains & Behavior Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker: Alex Byrne
MIT, Dept Linguistics & Philosophy
Title: "Basic Sensible Qualities and the Structure of Appearance"
Location: 14th Floor Stern room
Time: 10:00AM

Mar 14

Georgia State University
The Spineless Neuroscience Forum
Speaker: Ronald Calabrese
Title: "Long View Seminar: Conceptual Advances in the Study of Invertebrate CPGs"
Time & Location: 10:30-11:30am in 441 NSC.

Mar 12

Emory University
CND Seminar Reminder
Speaker: PEDRO GONZALEZ ALEGRE, MD
Department of Neurology
Carver College of Medicine
The University of Iowa
Title: “Therapeutic RNA interference for neurological diseases: The example of DYT1 dystonia”
Time: 4pm - 5pm*
Place: Whitehead Conference Room 500
*Please note special time and day

Mar 21

Emory University
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
Speaker: Suzanne Haber, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, University of Rochester School of Medicine
Title: "The Cortico-Basal Ganglia Neural Network: Moving from Motivation to Action Plans"
Time: Noon
Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium

Mar 24

Georgia State University
Speaker: Eliot Brenowitz
University of Washington
http://www.biology.washington.edu/index.html?navID+42&parecID+26/
“Plasticity of the adult avian song control system”
Georgia State University Campus
Directions: http://www.gsu.edu/map.html
Questions: Natal Waddell
psynbw@langate.gsu.edu

Mar 25

Emory University
Distinguished Lecture Series
Department of Pharmacology
Speaker: Karl Obrietan,
Ph.D. Associate Professor,
Department of Neuroscience Ohio State University
Title: "The ERK/MAPK cascade and entrainment of the suprachiasmatic circadian clock"
TIme: 12 Noon 5052 Rollins Research Center

Mar 28

Emory University
FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
Speaker: Jing Zhang, M.D, Ph.D.
Shaw Endowed Professorship of Neuropathology, Harbor Hugh Medical Center
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Title: "Biomarkers for Parkinson’s Disease"
Time: Noon
Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium

Mar 28

Atlanta Chapter, Society for Neuroscience Presents

Georgia State University
Grass Foundation Lecture
Speaker: John G. Hildebrand
University of Arizona
Title: " Explorations of a 'Simple' Olfactory System"

Loudermilk Center - adjacent to Georgia State University
40 Courtland St, Atlanta, GA 30303
www.loudermilkcenter.com
Parking available on site

6:30PM Reception
7:45 Opening Remarks -Laura Carruth and Kyle Frantz from GSU -"Nuts for Neuroscience: Perspectives on Science Education"
8:00 Grass Foundation Lecture
Download Poster (pdf)

Details at biology.gsu.edu/senn

Mar 29

Georgia State University
The 2008 South East Nerve Net meeting
Keynote Speaker: Erich D. Jarvis
Duke University

February

Feb 1	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Jonathan D. Glass, M.D. Department of Neurology & Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine TItle: "Axonal Degeneration in Neurodegenerative Diseases" Time: Noon Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium
Feb 8	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Speaker: James K. Rilling, Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, Emory University Title: "Comparative Higher Primate Neuroimaging: Insights into Human Brain Evolution"
Feb 12	Georgia State University Brains & Behavior Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker: Asaf Keller University of Maryland Title: "Gateways to Tactile Perception: Parallel Processing of Pain and Somatosensation" Location: 14th Floor Stern room Time: 10:00AM
Feb 15	Emory University SPECIAL SEMINAR Department of Cell Biology Speaker: Andrew Forge, Professor Centre for Auditory Research UCL Ear Institute (London) Title: “Communicating for Communication: Connexins and gap junctions in maintaining the inner ear” Host: Dr. Erick Lin 7-3723 Time: 1:30 p.m. Location: Cell Biology Seminar Room Rm 400 Whitehead Bldg. Refreshments 1:15 p.m.
Feb 15	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Speaker: Jennifer Wilhelm & Yair Gozal Predoctoral Fellows, Graduate Program in Neuroscience Title: "Sensing GABA: A New Approach to Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity & Identification and Characterization of Novel Disease-Associated Proteins in Frontotemporal Dementia" Time: Noon Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium
Feb 18	Emory University Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Seminar Speaker: Eric Roberson, MD PhD Staff Scientist Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease University of California, San Francisco Title: “A Role for Tau in A-Beta-induced Neuronal Network Dysfunction” Time: 12 Noon – 1 PM Place: Whitehead Conference Room 500 Lunch served at 11:45am *Please note special day
Feb 22	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Speaker: Criss Hartzell, Ph.D. Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine Title: "In the Twinkling of an Ion: Bestrophins and Mechanisms of Retinal Degeneration" Time: Noon Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium
Feb 29	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Speaker:Jesse Schank & Anna Goldshmidt Predoctoral Fellows, Graduate Program in Neuroscience Title: "Apparent Dissociation between Adrenergic Receptor Subtypes Mediating Cocaine-Induced Place Preference and Anxiety & Stuck in Reverse: A Switch in Microglial Chemotaxis" Time: Noon Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium

January

Jan 8	Georgia State University Brains & Behavior Distinguished Lecture Series Speaker: Peter Kalivas Medical University South Carolina, Dept Physiology Title: "Excitatory Neuroplasticity in Addiction" Location: 14th Floor Stern room Time: 10:00AM
Jan 9	Emory University Pharmacology Seminar Speaker: Ian Scott Ramsey, Ph.D. Research Fellow in Cardiology Laboratory of David E. Clapham, MD, PhD, Children’s Hospital Boston Tile: “Proton Channels and More – Identification and Functional Characterization of Novel Voltage Sensor Domain Proteins” Time & Location: 12:00 noon \| 5052 Rollins Research Center Refreshments served at 11:45 a.m. 5th Floor Lobby, Rollins Research Center
Jan 10	Emory University Emory University School of Medicine Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Seminar Speaker: Clive Svendsen, PhD Professor, Anatomy and Neurology The Waisman Center University of Wisconsin at Madison Title: “Combining gene and stem cell therapy for neurological diseases” Time: 12 Noon – 1 PM Place: Whitehead Conference Room 500 Lunch will be served at 11:45 am
Jan 11	Georgia State University The Spineless Neuroscience Forum Speaker: Donald Edwards Title: "Long View Seminar: the Lateral Giant and the Command Neuron Concept" Time & Location: 10:30-11:30am in 441 NSC.
Jan 17	Emory University Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Seminar Speaker: Ling Wei, MD Associate Professor College of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine University of South Carolina Title: “Novel strategies in stem cell transplantation after stroke” Time: 12 Noon – 1 PM Place: Whitehead Conference Room 500 Lunch will be served at 11:45 am
Jan 17	Emory University Physiology Departmental Seminar Speaker: Dr. Kamal Sharma Assistant Professor Department of Neurobiology University of Chicago Title: "Developmental principles reveal organization of motor circuits." Time: 9:00 am in room 600 Location: Whitehead Biomedical Research Building. Refreshments will be served.
Jan 18	Emory University Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Seminar Speaker: Shan Ping Yu, MD PhD Associate Professor College of Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences University of South Carolina TItle: “Roles of K+ channels in apoptosis and cell migration” Time: 1:30-2:30 PM* Place: Whitehead Conference Room 500 Light snacks and drinks to be served *Please note special date and time
Jan 25	Emory University *Morehouse* *School* *of Medicine* *Neuroscience Institute* Sponsored by *TAKEDA* Speaker: Ravi Allada, M.D. Department of Neurobiology and Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Title: “Circadian Rhythms and Sleep in Drosophila” Location: Neuroscience Institute Conference Room, 2nd Floor Multidisciplinary Research Center (MRC) Time: 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Questions? Contact: tosinig@msm.edu
Jan 25	Emory University FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE Sponsored by the Graduate Program in Neuroscience Speaker: Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D, Ph.D. Reunette W. Harris Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emory University School of Medicine Title: "The Neurobiology of Child Abuse: Treatment Implications" Time: 12:00 pm Location: Whitehead Research Bldg Auditorium, 615 Michael Street, Emory University
Jan 28	Emory University Department of Human Genetics Emory University School of Medicine GENETICS SEMINAR SERIES Speaker: Yi Rao, Ph.D. Dean, School of Life Sciences & Endowed Professor Peking University, Beijing, China Title: “Molecular Biology of Social Interactions” Time: 11:00am - 12:00pm Location: Whitehead Auditorium Ground Floor, Rm. G01 Whitehead Biomedical Research Bldg. Directions and Parking: http://www.emory.edu (search "campus map"); Visitor parking in Michael Street Parking Deck
Jan 28	Emory University Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Seminar Speaker: Robert Vassar, PhD Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Northwestern University Title: “The Role of BACE1 in Alzheimer's Disease” Time: 12 Noon – 1 PM Place: Whitehead Conference Room 500 Lunch will be served at 11:45 am *Please note special date
Jan 29	Emory University Department of Pharmacology Seminar Speaker: Lin Mei, PhD Professor, Program of Developmental Neurobiology Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Medical College of Georgia Title: “Pre-and post-synaptic mechanisms of synapse formation and plasticity” Time: 12 Noon Location: 5052 Rollins Research Center Host: Dr. Yue Feng
Jan 30	Emory University Department of Cell Biology Speaker: Kelsey Martin UCLA Department of Psychiatry & Department of Biological Chemistry Title: “Signaling between synapse and nucleus during neuronal plasticity” Time: 4:00 p.m. Location: Cell Biology Seminar Room Rm 400 Whitehead Bldg. Refreshments 3:45 p.m. Host: Subhabrata Sanyal, 404-727-1250, ssanyal@emory.edu
Jan 31	Emory University Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Seminar Speaker: KATHRYN WAGNER, MD PhD Associate Professor Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience Johns Hopkins Title: “Update on Myostatin Inhibition” Time: 12 Noon – 1 PM Place: Whitehead Conference Room 500 Lunch served at 11:45am