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  spacer DEPARTMENT OF ANATOMY SEMINAR SERIES
SPRING 2008


Seminars are at 2:30pm in Room 8-036 Sanger Hall

For further information contact Dr. Ray Colello (828-2262).

Jan 25   Rashmi Bansal, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Medical School,
“Fibroblast Growth Factors in Development & Disease: Studies of Transgenic Mouse Models"


Feb 1   Jack Rosenbluth, M.D.
Professor,
Departments of Physiology and Neuroscience and Rehabilitation Medicine, NYU Medical Center,
"Subtle defects in myelinated nerve fibers and their consequences"


Feb 8  Leah A Krubitzer, Ph.D.
University of California Davis, Center for Neuroscience,
"Re-Evolution of the Mammalian Brain"


Feb 15  John Griffin, Ph.D.
Director, Program in Neuroscience
Associate Professor of Biology, College of William and Mary,
“Hyperthermia, its' not just for women anymore”.


Feb 29  Serena Dudek, Ph.D.
Investigator, Synaptic and Developmental Plasticity Group
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences,
“TBA”


Mar 7   Brian Davis, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh,
“Why do sensory neurons in the colon express receptors for capsaicin and wasabi? It's not a matter of taste.”


Apr 4   Ignacio Provencio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Biology
University of Virginia,
"Illuminating Melanopsin's Role in Non-Visual Photoreception"


Apr 18   Alex Meredith, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, MCV/VCU,
“Is Cross-modal Cortical Plasticity Always Adaptive?”


Apr 25   Hisashi Umemori, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience and Department of Biological Chemistry
University of Michigan,
"Wiring the Functional Nervous System"


May 2   Avi Nath, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University,
“TBA”


May 5   Dr. Van Doze
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Therapeutics
University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences
"Adrenergic Modulation of Seizures & Neurodegeneration"




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