| Fall Semester 2009 |
| Date |
Speaker and Topic |
Sept. 1
Tuesday |
Katya Brunette - Thesis Defense
3:00-4:00 PM in 2-101 Nils Hasselmo Hall
"Early Iron Deficiency Alters Structure of Pyramidal Neuron Apical Dendrites and Expression of Genes Associated with Dendrite Development in Hippocampus During Development and in Adulthood in Spite of Early Response to Iron Treatment." |
| Sept. 9 |
GPN Welcome Reception
11:30-1:30 PM in 2-101 Nils Hasselmo Hall |
| Sept. 16 |
George Wilcox
"Synergistic analgesic interactions: benefits and mechanism" |
| Sept. 18 |
Krissy Kallestad - Thesis Defense
3:00-4:00 PM in 1-110 MTRF
"Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and Extraocular
Muscle: A potential sparing mechanism with therapeutic implications" |
| Sept. 23 |
Alfonso Araque
"Musings on the role of glial cells in information processing in the brain"
|
Sept. 29
Tuesday
|
Erwin Ferri - Thesis Defense
"Orexin and NPY Interactions in Feeding Behavior"
9:30-10:00 AM in 3-125 Mayo |
| Sept. 30 |
Menno Witter (host: David Redish)
"Functional architecture of the parahippocampal-hippocampal system - A
structural view on memory" |
| Oct. 7 |
Tom Stoffregen
"Body posture and visual performance on ships at sea"
Neal Viemeister
"Auditory Enhancement: Psychophysics and Physiology" |
| Oct. 14 |
Michael Lee
"Modeling Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease" |
| Oct. 15 |
Eric Gustafson - Thesis Defense
12:30-1:30 PM in
Moos Tower, Room 2-520
|
| Oct. 21 |
No Colloquium - Society for Neuroscience Meeting |
| Oct. 28 |
Lihsia Chen
"A role for L1CAMs in axon guidance and neuronal maintenance" |
| Nov. 4 |
John Meitzen
"Noradrenergic modulation of CREB phosphorylation in striatal neurons"
Juergen Konczak
"Lesion-symptom mapping of the human cerebellum" |
| Nov. 11 |
Eric Newman
"Regulation of blood flow in the retina in vivo" |
| Nov. 18 |
Brock Grill
"How to make a synapse: molecular insight into synaptogenesis and axon
extension in C. elegans" |
| Nov. 25 |
Cancelled |
| Dec. 2 |
Matt Chafee
"Stable cognitive representations coded by rapid sequence of transient network states"
William Engeland |
| Dec. 9 |
Michael Potegal
"Short term potentiation as a physiological basis of emotion: A novel
hypothesis with a garnish of data"
William Kennedy |
| Spring Semester 2010 |
| Date |
Speaker and Topic |
| Jan. 13 |
Blaine Schneider
Steve Sullivan |
| Jan. 20 |
Justin Barnes
Tiffany Schmidt |
| Jan. 27 |
Audrey Royer
Nancy Day |
| Feb. 3 |
Adam Steiner
Stephanie Fretham |
| Feb. 10 |
MN State Brain Bee - Final Round |
| Feb. 17 |
|
| Feb. 24 |
Stacy Decker
Rachel Penrod |
| Mar. 3 |
No Colloquium (Campus Visit) |
| Mar. 10 |
Anna Radke
Britta Veitenheimer-Rupp |
| Mar. 17 |
No Colloquium (Spring Break) |
| Mar. 24 |
Angela Hewitt
Anna Meehan |
| Apr. 7 |
Krista Bluske
Mai Lan Leong |
| Apr. 14 |
Jessie Luoma
Claudio Perez-Leighton |
| Apr. 21 |
No Colloquium (Brain Awareness Week) |
| Apr. 28 |
Dan Schuster
Valerie Hedges |
| May 5 |
Chris Stern
Steve Kerrigan |
| May 12 |
Laura Stone
Marcos Kuroki |
| May 19 |
Maureen Handoko
Rachael Blackman |
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