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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May

May 7	Emory University Department of Cell Biology Speaker: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch National Institute of Child Health and Human Development TItle: “Frontiers in fluorescence imaging, cell compartmentalization, and membrane trafficking” Title: 4:00 p.m. Location: Cell Biology Seminar Room Room 400 Whitehead Building Refreshments 3:45 p.m. Hosts: Karen Newell-Litwa & Dr. Victor Faundez (404) 727-3945
May 8	Emory University 2007-2008 Neuroscience Division Lecture Series Yerkes National Primate Research Center Speaker: Dr Jon Kaas Centennial Professor Department of Psychology Vanderbilt University Title: "The plasticity of somatosensory and motor systems in primate after injury" Time: 4:00 pm Location: Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Bourne Seminar Room Refreshments will be served before the seminar. Parking in the Yerkes deck visitor spaces. For additional information, contact Susan Marshall (404) 727-1737 smmarsh@emory.edu) Transportation suggestions: Yerkes is a short walk from campus. The Yerkes Shuttle stops at 1599 Clifton, Rollins Research Center and WMRB every 20 minutes. Yerkes Parking Deck has limited parking for visitors.
May 14	Emory University Department of Cell Biology Bernd Fritzsch Creighton University Department of Biomedical Sciences University of Iowa (as of 7/1/2008), Department of Biological Sciences Title: “Neurosensory development of the mammalian ear: the molecular basis of making and killing cells” Time: 4:00 p.m. Locaiton: Cell Biology Seminar Room Room 400 Whitehead Building Refreshments 3:45 p.m. Host: Ping Chen (404) 727-1808
May 16	Georgia State University Special Seminar Speaker: Heinrich Reichert University of Basel Title: "Development of the Drosophila brain: building a massively parallel connectivity matrix" Time: 10-11 Location: 441 NSC **anyone wishing to meet with Dr. Reichert please contact Deb Baro (dbaro@gsu.edu)

June

Jun 4
Emory University
Department of Cell Biology
Speaker: Jeffery L. Twiss
Nemours Biomedical Research
Alfred DuPont Hospital for Children
Title: “Localized protein synthesis in regenerating axons”
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Cell Biology Seminar Room, Room 400 Whitehead Building
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.
Hosts: Gary Bassell (404) 727-3772
Bob McKeon (404) 727-6956

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

Events Archive 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 - 1998 May | June | April | March | February | January

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

May | June | April | March | February | January