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Joint Seminars in Neuroscience 1999 - 2000 Presented by the Brain Research Institute and the Neuropsychiatric Institute, as well as the Interdepartmental Programs for Neuroscience, the Mental Retardation Research Center, and the Departments of Anesthesiology, Neurobiology, Neurology, Opthamology, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Physiological Science, Physiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, Psychology, and Surgery/Neurosurgery |
| OCTOBER | |
| 5 | How Can New Advances Lead to New Therapies for
Alzheimer's Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Disorders? A Full Day Symposium 9:00 am-5:00 pm |
| 12 | "Endogenous Cannabinoids: Biochemistry and Pharmacology of a Novel Signaling System" Daniele Piomelli, Ph.D. (Hosted by Cameron Gundersen) Department of Pharmacology University of California, Irvine now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 18-19 | Ion Channels and the Regulation of Cell Functions: A Symposium in Honor of Dr. Susumu Hagiwara (Hosted by Alan Grinnell) held in the Jules Stein Eye Institute Auditorium |
| 26 | No Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience October 23-28) |
| NOVEMBER | |
| 2 | "Cerebellar Memories" Richard Thompson, Ph.D. (Hosted by Michael Fanselow) Director, Neuroscience Program Keck Professor of Psychology and Biological Sciences University of Southern California, Los Angeles now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 9 | The Brain Research Institute Neuroscience Poster Day Distinguished Lecturer "Off-Line Reprocessing of Recent Memory in Hippocampal and Neocortical Neuronal Ensembles" Bruce L. McNaughton, Ph.D. (Hosted by David Glanzman) ARL Division of Neural Systems University of Arizona, Tucson |
| 16 | "Molecular Regulation of Synaptic Development: Homeostasis and Plasticity at the Nerve Terminal" Graeme W. Davis, Ph.D. (Hosted by Felix Schweizer) Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California, San Francisco |
| 23 | "Neuronal Correlates of Sensory, Memory and
Decision-Making in the Somatosensory System" Ranulfo Romo, M.D., Ph.D. (Hosted by Dean Buonomano) Department of Neuroscience, UNAM, Mexico now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 30 | The Grass Traveling Scientist Program Lecture Sponsored by the Grass Foundation "A Genetic Animal Model of Stress Hyper-Reactivity and Depressive Behavior" Eva E. Redei, Ph.D. (Hosted by Allan Tobin) Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, and Molecular Pharmacology & Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois |
| DECEMBER | |
| 7 | "Processing of Pheromone Sensory Signals in the Mammalian Brain" Catherine G. Dulac, Ph.D. (Hosted by Paul Gray) Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts now online: High Speed or Modem |
| JANUARY | |
| 11 | "Epileptic Ion Channels" Istvan Mody, Ph.D. (Hosted by David Glanzman) Tony Coelho Professor of Neurology Professor of Physiology University of California, Los Angeles now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 18 | "NGF Signaling in Developing Sympathetic Neurons" David D. Ginty, Ph.D. (Hosted by Tom O'Dell) Department of Neuroscience Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 25 | "Exploration of Action Maps in Posterior Parietal Cortex for Neural Proshesis Applications" Richard A. Andersen, Ph.D. (Hosted by John Schlag) James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience Division of Biology California Institute of Technology, Pasadena |
| FEBRUARY | |
| 1 | "Molecular Mechanisms of Drug Addiction" Eric J. Nestler, M.D., Ph.D. (Hosted by Chris Evans) Jameson Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology Director, Yale Center for Genes and Behavior Yale University School of Medicine now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 7 | Special Monday Joint Seminars Presentation "Cloning and Function of GABA-B Receptor Subunits" Bernhard Bettler, Ph.D. (Hosted by Istavan Mody) Nervous System Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Switzerland now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 8 | "Mona Lisa and the Single Neuron: Recordings from the Human Brain" Itzahak Fried, M.D., Ph.D. (Hosted by David Glanzman) Associate Professor of Surgery and Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences Director, Epilepsy Surgery, Co-Director, Seizure Disorder Center University of California, Los Angeles now online: High Speed or Modem audio only |
| 15 | "Multiple Memory Systems in Aplysia: A Cellular and Molecular Analysis" Thomas J. Carew, Ph.D. (Hosted by Dean Buonomano) Bren Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior University of California, Irvine |
| 22 | "Morphological Correlates of Synaptic Plasticity" Tobias Bohnoeffer, Ph.D. (Hosted by David Glanzman) Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology Munich, Germany now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 29 | "Neural Systems Involved in Fear and Anxiety" Michael Davis, Ph.D. (Hosted by Michael Fanselow) Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Department of Psychiatry Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta now online: High Speed or Modem |
| MARCH | |
| 7 | "Cytoskeletal Targets in Neuronal Plasticity and Pathology" Shelley L. Halpain, Ph.D. (Hosted by Masako Isokawa) Department of Cell Biology Scripps Research Institute, LaJolla, CA |
| 14 | "Hypocretin (Orexins) and the Sleep Disorder Narcolepsy" Emmanuel Mignot, M.D., Ph.D. (Hosted by Desmond Smith) Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences Center for Narcolepsy Stanford University now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 21 | NO JOINT SEMINARS IN NEUROSCIENCE- Spring Break |
| 28 | NO JOINT SEMINARS IN NEUROSCIENCE- Spring Break |
| APRIL | |
| 4 | "The Hippocampus and Mechanisms of Declaritive Memory" Howard B. Eichenbaum, Ph.D. (Hosted by Michael Fanselow) Department of Psychology Boston University now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 11 | "Signaling Pathways in The Brain: Cellular Transducers of Mood Stabilization in The Treatment of Manic Depressive Illness" Husseini K. Manji, M.D. (Hosted by Andrew F. Leuchter, M.D.) Director of Laboratory of Molecular Pathophysiology Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences Wayne State University, Detroit,MI now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 18 | "Mechanism of Capacitative Calcium Entry" Lutz Birnbaumer, Ph.D. Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology Professor of Anesthesiology and Biological Chemistry University of California, Los Angeles |
| 25 | "Recent Progress in The Neuronal Ceroid Lipofusciones" Sandra L. Hoffman M.D., Ph.D. (Hosted by Cameron Gundersen) Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas,TX now online: High Speed or Modem |
| MAY | |
| 2 | "The 'Second Brain':Function,Serotonin, and Development " Michael D. Gershon, M.D. (Hosted by Josh Hoffs) Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Columbia University, New York, NY now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 9 | "Multiple Memory Systems In Aplysia: A Cellular and Molecular Analysis " Cynthia Lance-Jones, Ph.D. (Hosted by Ellen Carpenter) Department of Neurobiology University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 16 | The 11th Annual H.W. Magoun Lecture "Wiring the Nervous System: A Molecular Genetic Dissection of Axon Guidance" S. Lawrence Zipursky, Ph.D. (Hosted by Allan Tobin) Department of Biological Chemistry and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute UCLA now online: High Speed or Modem |
| 23 | "Homeostasis and Competition in Developing Cortical Networks" Gina Turrigiano, Ph.D. (Hosted by Sheila Nirenberg) Department of Biology and Center for Complex Systems Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass |
| 30 | "Activity-Dependent Regulation of Neuronal Structure and Connectivity" Rachel Wong, Ph.D. (Hosted by Sheila Nirenberg) Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri now online: High Speed or Modem |
| JUNE | |
| 6 | The 8th Annual Samuel Eiduson Student Lecture "Every Breath You Take: Looking for the Respiratory Rhythm Generator" Paul Gray (Hosted by Art Arnold) Interdepartmental Graduate Program for Neuroscience University of California, Los Angeles now online: High Speed or Modem |
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Unless otherwise indicated, all lectures are held in the Louis Jolyon West
Auditorium in the NPI Building (C8-183, 720 Westwood Plaza)
on Tuesday afternoons at 4:00 PM.
Presentations are frequently webcast live at the time of the event, depending upon the preference of the speaker. Afterwards, they are archived and available on this site. If a presentation has been archived, its title will appear as a hyperlink. For more information about viewing these presentations, please see this page. Questions can be directed to the NPI Office of Professional and Community Education at (310) 206-9241 or by email to opce@MentalHealth.UCLA.edu. |