Seminars

The N&B Program has merged the new faculty-sponsored seminar series with the Neubeh 510 seminar series. The faculty seminar series highlights the neuroscience research being done on the UW campus and affiliated sites. Research from two N&B faculty labs is presented each month. This gives faculty an opportunity to showcase their current work. The 510 seminar series speakers are chosen by our graduate students. These speakers are invited from all over the U.S. to present topics from many disciplines related to neuroscience. All neuroscience faculty, students, postdocs and research staff are invited to attend.

2009-2010 N&B Seminar Series: Neubeh 510
Mondays, 3:30pm - 4:30pm,
T-739 HSB, Autumn Quarter;
T-639 HSB, Winter Quarter;
TBA, Spring Quarter

Dates    Seminar Speakers - Autumn Quarter 2009

October 5, 2009

Daphne Atlas, Professor
The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Atlas' visit is made possible by the UW Department of Pharmacology
The voltage-gated calcium channel is a Ca2+ sensor that serves as the molecular on/off switch of secretion
More about Dr. Atlas
(Student Host: Scott Mackenzie, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: Daniel Storm, PhD, Department of Pharmacology)

October 26, 2009

Xiaohu Gao, Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering
University of Washington
Nanotechnology for biomedical research
More about Dr. Gao

November 2, 2009

Jay and Maureen Neitz, Professors
Department of Ophthalmology
University of Washington
Jay Neitz: Gene therapy for treating vision disorders; Maureen Neitz: Cone opsin mutations in age-related macular degeneration
More about Drs. Neitz

November 16, 2009

Richard Ransohoff, MD
Lerner Research Institute
Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic
Chemokines and chemokine receptors: Standing at the crossroads of immunobiology and neurobiology
More about Dr. Ransohoff
(Student Host: Susan Fung, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: Nephi Stella, Associate Professor, UW Departments of Pharmacology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences)

December 7, 2009

Harold Zakon, Professor of Neurobiology
Section of Neurobiology
University of Texas-Austin
Circadian and social cues regulate ion channel trafficking in an electric fish
More about Dr. Zakon
(Student Host: Curtis Easton, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: Eliot Brenowitz, Professor, Departments of Psychology and Biology)

Dates    Seminar Speakers - Winter Quarter 2010

January 25, 2010

Jay Heinecke, Karasinski Chair in Metabolic Research, Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
University of Washington
Defining the proteomes of macrophage and dendritic cells: Implications for neurodegenerative disease
More about Dr. Heinecke

February 8, 2010

Mary Kennedy, Professor of Biology
California Institute of Technology
Title TBA
Dr. Kennedy's visit is made possible by the UW Department of Psychology's Roger Brown Loucks Lectureship in the Neurophysiological Basis of Learning and Memory
More about Dr. Kennedy
(Student Host: Adam Bleckert, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: Rachel Wong, Professor, UW Department of Biological Structure)

March 8, 2010

Gary Aston-Jones, PhD
Murray Chair of Excellence in Neuroscience
Director, Carolina Primate Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Title TBA
Supported by the NIDA T32 training grant DA07278
More about Dr. Aston-Jones
(Student Host: Jonathan Ehrich, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: Charles Chavkin, PhD, Professor, UW Department of Pharmacology)

Dates    Seminar Speakers - Spring Quarter 2010

March 29, 2010

Daniel Johnston, PhD
Director, Center for Learning and Memory, Institute for Neuroscience
Karl Folkes Chair in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
University of Texas-Austin
Title TBA
More about Dr. Johnston
(Student Host: Jason Haensly, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: Bill Spain, Professor, Department of Neurology and Physiology & Biophysics)

April 5, 2010

Ajay Dhaka, Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Structure
University of Washington
Title TBA
More about Dr. Dhaka

April 19, 2010

Kenneth Catania, PhD
Department of Biological Sciences
Vanderbilt University
Title TBA
Dr. Catania's visit is made possible by the UW Department of Biology More about Dr. Catania
(Student Host: Jessica Fox, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: Thomas Daniel, Professor, UW Department of Biology)

May 3, 2010

Anne Calof, PhD
Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of California-Irvine
Title TBA
More about Dr. Calof
(Student Host: Andrew Prendergast, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: Dave Raible, Professor, UW Department of Biological Structure)

May 17, 2010

Diane Lipscombe, PhD
Department of Neuroscience
Brown University
Title TBA
More about Dr. Lipscombe
(Student Host: Karina Leal, N&B Graduate Student)
(Faculty Host: William Catterall, Professor and Chair, UW Department of Pharmacology)