Director: Paul S. Katz, Ph.D.

Neuroscience at GSU:

Brains & Behavior Program

Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN)

Atlanta Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience

Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate Program

Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neuroscience Graduate Program

Past Events

2005-2006 past events

2008 Past Seminar and Events

  • South East Nerve Net March 28-29, 2008 (http://biology.gsu.edu/senn/)

  • The Center for Neuromics provided funding for this regional Neuroscience meeting.  The meeting was attended by over 100 students and faculty from 12 universities in 5 southeastern states.  The focus of the meetings is on Ph.D. students and Post-docs.  Short talks and posters were presented.  In addition, there were two keynote talks, one from Dr. John Hildebrand (University of Arizona) and another from Dr. Erich Jarvis (Duke University).  Additional funding for this meeting was provided by a grant from NIH and the Grass Foundation.

  • Graduate student sponsored-Seminar, April 17

  • The Center for Neuromics sponsored a special seminar that the Neurobiology and Behavior graduate students hosted.  The students selected the speaker and made all of the arrangements for the meeting

  • Speaker: 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"

 

Biology Seminar Series

The Center for Neuromics sponsored the following lectures as part of the Biology Department Seminar series

  • Sept 7, Speaker: Dr. Lin Mei, Medical College of Georgia
    Title: “Synapse formation and plasticity: pre- and post- synaptic mechanisms”
  • Sept 28, Speaker: Dr. Marc Tetel, Wellesley College
    Title: "Nuclear Receptor Coactivators: The New Players in Steroid Action in Brain and Behavior"
  • Oct 5, Speaker: Dr. Ketema Paul, Morehouse School of Medicine
    Title: "Genes and gender organize and influence the sleep-wake cycle"
  • Oct 12, Speaker: Dr. Gregory Ball, The Johns Hopkins University
    Title: "Hormones, Brain and Birdsong in a Seasonal Context"
  • Oct 19, Speaker: Dr. Tara Stoinski, Zoo Atlanta
    Title: “Primate Research in a Zoo Setting: Zoo Atlanta as an Example”
  • Oct 26, Speaker:  Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera, Jackson State University
    Title: "Harry Potter, Drug Discovery and the Ecology of Marine Plant-Herbivore Interactions"
  • Nov 30, Speaker: Dr. Sally Hoskins. The City College of NY, CUNY
    Title: “Using primary literature to demystify and humanize research science for undergraduates: the C.R.E.A.T.E. approach”
  • Dec 7, Speaker: Dr. Charles Derby, GSU Dept. of Biology
    Title: “Antimicrobials and other bioactive chemicals in sea slug ink”

Previous Seminar Speakers 2007: 

  • Apr 6, 2007
    Dr. Kathy Tosney
    Professor and Chair, Dept of Biology, University of Miami-Coral Gables
    Title: "Building a nervous system: How axons extend and navigate"

  • Apr 27, 2007
    Dr. Thomas Carew
    Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California-Irvine
    Title: "How time flies: the molecular architecture of memory in Aplysia"

  • March 1, 2007
    The Neurobiology Graduate Student Association and the Center for Neuromics     Present:
    Dr. Bruce McEwen of The Rockefeller University
    Video
    Title: "Sex, Stress, and the Brain: From Serendipity to Clinical Relevance"
    Time: 4 - 5pm (coffee at 3:45pm)
    Location: Student Center Auditorium

  • Mar 16, 2007
    Biology Department seminars:
    See http://biology.gsu.edu/events/seminarseries/ for more information
    Dr. John Caprio
    Dept of Biology, Florida State University
    Title: "Fish SMELL!...and taste!  Vertebrate chemoreception in a water world"

  • Mar 23 2007
     Dr. Robert Liu
    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Emory University
    Title: “Communication Coding in Mouse Cortex: From Sounds to Spikes"

  • Jan 19, 2007
    Dr. Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom
    Professor, Duke University
    Title: "Integrating Pharmacology Topics into High School Biology and Chemistry Helps Students Improve Performance"

  • Jan 26, 2007
    Dr. Michael Taffe
    Asst. Professor, Scripps Research Institute
    Title: "Species comparisons of MDMA (ecstasy) effects in rodents and nonhuman primates"

  • Feb 16, 2007
    Dr. Juli Wade
    Depts. Psychology and Zoology,
    Michigan State University
    Title: “Hormonal and genetic influences on sexual differentiation of the zebra finch song system"

  • Feb 23, 2007
    Dr. Barry Stein
    Chair, Dept of Neurobiology & Anatomy,
    Wake Forest University School of Medicine
    Title: “How the cortex and midbrain conspire to integrate information from different senses to produce adaptive behavior”