Fall 1997 Seminar Series
The Texas A&M Faculty of Neuroscience sponsor a seminar series during the
Fall and Spring semesters. Unless otherwise noted, eminars are held Wednesdays at 4:00pm in
various locations around campus. Speakers for the Fall 1997 semester are listed below with
the host's name (if available) in parentheses.
- September 3 -- Koldus Building, Room 111
FARIDA SOHRABJI, Department of
Anatomy and Neurobiology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center. "Estrogen Regulation
of Trophic Support to Forebrain Cholinergic Circuits: Relevance to Hormone Replacement
Therapy in Alzheimer's Disease" (Vincent Cassone,
845-2301)
- September 17 -- Koldus Building, Room 110
ARTHUR P. ARNOLD
, Department of Physiological Science, University of California-Los Angeles.
"Sexual Differentiation of the Brain in Vertebrates: Hormones Aren't the Only Story"
(Farida Sohrabji, 845-4072)
- September 24 -- Koldus Building, Room 111
RONALD D. McKAY, LMB/NINDS,
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. "Building A Mammalian Brain"
(Rajesh Miranda, 862-3418)
- October 1 -- Rudder Tower, Room 504
STEVEN F. MAIER,
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado. "Bi-directional Communication Between the
Brain and the Immune System" (Jim Grau, 845-2584)
- October 8 -- Rudder Tower, Room 504
SUMANA DATTA, Department of
Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University. "Coordinate Control of Proliferation and
Cell Fate in the Postembryonic Drosophila Central Nervous System"
(Flora Katz, 862-2204)
- November 5 -- Rudder Tower, Room 410
THERESA A. GOOD, Department of
Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University. "Examples of Cellular Engineering Applied to
Alzheimer's and Glaucoma" (Flora Katz, 862-2204)
- November 12 -- Koldus Building, Room 111
JEFF W. LICHTMAN, Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine. "Synaptic Competition
at the Neuromuscular Junction" (Gerald Frye,
845-2888)
- November 19 -- Koldus Building, Room 111
RICHARD H. FINNELL, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Texas A&M University.
(Rajesh Miranda, 862-3418)
- December 3 -- Rudder Tower, Room 504
MARTIN ZATZ, LCB/NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland.
(Vincent Cassone, 845-2301)
Other Texas A&M seminar series of interest:
Last updated 10/17/97
Biochemistry/Biophysics