Past Seminars: 2009 (January - June)

Ratnesh Lal, Ph.D., Director, Center for Nanomedicine; Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago, "Amyloid Ion Channels: A New Paradigm for Alzheimer’s and other Neurodegenerative Diseases". Monday, June 29, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Andrew P. Hinck, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, "One Fold, Many Binding Modes: How Tinkering with Structure Has Enabled Diversification of Function in the TGF-beta Superfamily". Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Matthew State, M.D., Ph.D., Donald J Cohen Associate Professor, Child Study Center; Associate Professor, Department of Genetics; Co-Director, Program on Neurogenetics, Yale University School of Medicine, "Genetics and Genomics of Tourette Syndrome". Tuesday, May 26, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Yang Dan, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Investigator & Professor of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley, "Plasticity and Neuromodulations in the Visual Cortex". Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Karel Svoboda, Ph.D., Professor & Group Leader, Janelia Farm Research Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, "The Neural Circuits Underlying Somatosensation". Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Wolfgang Peti, Ph.D, Manning Assistant Professor of Medical Science & Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology, Brown University, "Structural Basis of Protein Phosphatase 1 Regulation". Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Alexandre Bonnin, Ph.D, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, "Serotonin, Fetal Brain Wiring and Materno-Fetal Interactions". Thursday, March 19, 2009, 4:00pm - 5:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Edward M. Callaway, Ph.D, Professor, Systems Neurobiology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, "Unraveling Cortical Circuits with Photostimulation and Rabies Virus". Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

William Snider, M.D., Professor & Director, UNC Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, "Genetic dissection of GSK-3 and ERK/MAPK pathway functions during brain development". Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Gordon Fishell, Ph.D., Professor, Cell Biology, New York University School of Medicine, "Making Up Your Mind: The Developmental and Genetic Origins of Cortical Interneurons". Friday, January 30, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Hollis Cline, Ph.D., Professor, Neuronal Development, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Watson School of Biological Sciences, "The Role of Regulated Protein Synthesis in Visual Circuit Development". Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.

Nelson P. Spruston, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Phsyiology; Institute of Neuroscience, Northwestern University, "Synaptic integration and plasticity in hippocampal pyramidal neurons". Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 12:00pm - 1:00pm. Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Herklotz Seminar Room, Room 112, 1501 San Pablo Street, Los Angeles, CA.