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Spring 2005 Seminar Series

The Texas A&M Faculty of Neuroscience sponsor a seminar series during the Fall and Spring semesters. Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. in room 160 of the Reynolds Medical Building (REYN). Speakers for the Spring 2005 semester are listed below with the host's name in parentheses.

  • Januray 27 --
    MARLA FELLER, Neurobiology Section Division of Biology, University of California, San Diego
    "The How and Why of Retinal Waves" Seminar Cancelled

  • February 3 --
    STUART DRYER, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston
    "Modulation of potassium channel trafficking and the development of excitability in an identified population of vertebrate neurons."

  • February 10 --
    HEATHER BORTFELD, Psychology Department, Texas A&M University
    "Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) as a Tool for Tracking Infant Hemodynamics"

  • February 17 --
    TBA


  • February 24 --
    MICHAEL SMOTHERMAN, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University
    "Central mechanisms for the coordination of speech and breathing."

  • March 3--
    STEVE MILLER, Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University Medical School
    "CNS Dendritic Cells Drive Activation of Naïve T Cells and Epitope Spreading in Two Models of Multiple Sclerosis: Implications for Specific Immunotherapy"

  • March 10 --
    LARRY GROVER, Department of Physiology, Marshall University School of Medicine
    "Acute effects of growth hormone on excitatory synaptic transmission in the hippocampus."

  • March 24 --
    MIKE MILES, Pharmachology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University
    "Genetic Influences on Brain Region-Selective Gene Expression Patterns with Ethanol"

  • March 31 --
    BRIAN PERKINS, Department of Biology, Texas A&M University
    "Traffic jams in the retina: ciliary transport and photoreceptor degeneration."

  • April 7 --
    TBA


  • April 14 --
    TBA


  • April 21 --
    TBA


  • April 28 --
    TBA

  • May 5 --
    JENNIFER WEST, Department of Bioengineering, Rice University
    "Biomimetic Approaches to Vascular Tissue Engineering"

  • May 19 --
    STEVEN WRIGHT, Electrical Engineering, Texas A&M University
    "Single Echo Acquisition MRI: Dynamic MRI at 125 frames/second"

  • May 26 --
    ROBERT DOTY, Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester
    "Unity from Duality - The Why and How of Having Two Brains (Right and Left)"

 

Other Texas A&M seminar series of interest:

Small Red Ball Medical Pharmacology and Toxicology
Small Red Ball
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