2009 Fall Seminar Series
Fall seminars will be held on Fridays, from 2 to 3 p.m., in 116
Health Sciences, except for the Sept. 18 seminar, as indicated below. The
department hosts a full schedule of seminars every academic year. The events
feature prominent researchers in the fields of neuroscience, cell biology and
physiology from around the world. Thomas Brown, Ph.D., is the seminar director.
Date & Host |
Speaker |
Topic |
Sept. 18, 10-11 a.m., E163 Student Union
Thomas Brown, Ph.D. |
David Natale, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Genetics, in
the Department of Comparative Biology & Experimental Medicine, Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
Trophoblast stem cells and development: How to make a
placenta. |
Oct. 2
J. Ashot Kozak, Ph.D. |
Stefan Feske, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology,
New York University, New York |
Store-operated calcium channels in health and disease |
Oct. 9
Christopher Wyatt, Ph.D. |
Daniel Mulkey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Physiology and
Neurobiology Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs |
Chemical control of breathing: Role (or not) of background
K+ channels |
Oct. 16
J. Ashot Kozak, Ph.D. |
Stanley Misler, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of
Medicine, Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. |
Biphasic insulin secretion: Tuning recruitable granule
pools to electrical activity? |
Oct. 30
Kathrin Engisch, Ph.D. and J. Ashot Kozak, Ph.D. |
Joseph Margiotta, Ph.D., Professor of Neurosciences, University
of Toledo |
Synapses under the influence… Consequences of neurotrophin
& neuropeptide signaling |
Nov. 6th
Mark Rich, M.D., Ph.D. |
Christopher
M. Norris, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology,
University of Kentucky, Lexington |
Calcineurin: A dual threat in aging
and Alzheimer's disease |
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