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> Lecture Series 2011
UTSA Neurosciences Institute
One UTSA Plaza San Antonio TX 78249
Hosted by CBI
Spring 2013 Neurobiology Lecture Series
Presented by the Department of Biology and the UTSA Neurosciences Institute.
Seminars are held at 11:00 pm, BB 3.04.08. Parking available in Bauerle Rd Garage, map here.
Lecture Series
January 17, 2013
Research Scientist
iPierian Incorporated
“Derived Neurons: Tools for Studying Neurological Diseases”
Host: Dr. Carlos Paladini
January 31, 2013
UTSA Neurosciences Institute Distinguished Lecture
Director, Neuroscience Institute
Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
“Calcium-Dependent Spike Afterhyperpolarizations in Oxytocin Neurons: Targets of Neuroendocrine State Plasticity”
Host: Dr. Charles Wilson
February 7, 2013
Assistant Professor
University of Houston
“The Balancing Act: Modulation of Neural Hyperexcitability in Epilepsy”
Host: Dr. Todd Troyer
February 14, 2013
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
“Iron Regulatory Proteins and Neurodegenerative Disease and Therapeutics”
Host: Dr. George Perry
February 21, 2013
W.R. Kenan Professor of Psychology
Cornell University
“Translating Time 2.0: Modeling Transformations of Neural Development in 16 Mammalian Species”
Host: Dr. Nicole Wicha
February 28, 2013
Professor
Brown University
"Stress, Drugs and Synaptic Plasticity in the VTA"
Host: DeNard Simmons
March 7, 2013
Director, Imaging Research Center
Professor of Psychology and Neurobiology
University of Texas at Austin
"Relating Neural and Mental Representations using fMRI"
Host: Dr. Nicole Wicha
March 21, 2013
TBA
March 28, 2013
Assistant Professor
UT Health Science Center at San Antonio
"Animal Models for Dissecting the Actions of SSRI Class Antidepressants"
Host: Dr. Brian Derrick
April 4, 2013
UTSA Neurosciences Institute Distinguished Lecture
Gordon M. Shepherd, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Neurobiology
Yale University School of Medicine
"Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor. Toward a Comprehensive Model for Systems Biology"
Host: Soomin Song
April 11, 2013
UTSA Neurosciences Institute Distinguished Lecture
Professor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Complex Regulation of Inhibition in Thalamocortical Circuits”
Host: Dr. Joseph Beatty
April 18, 2013
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Gene Expression Laboratory
Benjamin H. Lewis Chair in Neuroscience
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
“Development of Motor Circuitry”
Host: Dr. Gary Gaufo
April 25, 2013
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Brain and Mind Institute
The University of Western Ontario
TBA
Host: Dr. Nicole Wicha