Oct 1

David Perkel, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor
Department of Biology/Otolaryngology, University of Washington

Title: "Cellular approaches to vocal learning in songbirds."

Host: Stan Froehner, 3-0954, froehner@u.washington.edu

Oct 22

Philip A. Barker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University

Title: "Life, Death and the p75 Neurotrophin Receptor."

Host: Mark Bothwell, 3-7924, mab@u.washington.edu

Dec 3
The Crill Lecture
3:30 PM
T-625 HSB

Steven Block, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Biological Sciences and Applied Physics, Stanford University

Title: "Light and Life: Biophysics, One Molecule at a Time."

Dec 16
Tuesday
1:00 pm
G-417 HSB

The Graduate Neuroscience Training Grant presents:
Philippe Isope, Ph.D.
University of British Columbia

Title: "Silent synapses and modular organization in the cerebellar cortex: The sound of silence"

Host: Randy Powers, 1-6325, rkpowers@u.washington.edu

Dec 17

Paul Fuchs, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Otolaryngology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medcine

Title: "Transmitter release from ribbon synapses of cochlear hair cells."

Host: Fred Rieke, 5-0619, rieke@u.washington.edu

Ed Rubel, Ph.D.
Professor
Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, University of Washington

Title: "Life and Death in the Rubelab - Peripheral Influences on Auditory Brainstem Development: Signals, Cellular Events And Critical Periods."

Host: Jane Sullivan, 3-4038, jmsull@u.washington.edu

Lise Heginbotham, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University

Title: "Mechanisms of Channel Block: Insights from functional studies of the KcsA K+ channel."

Host: Sharona Gordon, 6-4861, seg@u.washington.edu

Vivian Mushahwar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta

Title: "Restoring function after spinal cord injury."

Host: Eb Fetz, 3-4839, fetz@u.washington.edu

Tom Daniel, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Biology, University of Washington

Title: "Mechanics and dynamics of flight control in the hawkmoth."

Host: Fred Rieke, 5-0619, rieke@u.washington.edu

Gerry Oxford, Ph.D.
Professor
The Paul and Carole Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine

Title: "Regulation of TRPV1 sensitivity: A pain in our grasp?"

Host: Sharona Gordon, 6-4861, seg@u.washington.edu

Jennifer Raymond, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University

Title: "Instructive signals and motor memories in the cerebellum."

Host: Bharathi Jagadeesh, 5-3029, bjag@u.washington.edu

Roger Lemon, Ph.D.
Professor/Director
Institute of Neurology, University College London

Title: "Interactions between premotor and motor cortex during visually-guided grasp."

Host: Host: Eb Fetz, 3-4839, fetz@u.washington.edu

Hector Valdivia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Title: "Modulation of cardiac excitation-contraction coupling by sorcin."

Host: Fernando Santana, 3-0986, santana@u.washinton.edu

PBio Faculty Search Candidate Lecturer

PBio Faculty Search Candidate Lecturer

PBio Faculty Search Candidate Lecturer

PBio Faculty Search Candidate Lecturer

Steven Green, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa

Title: "Mechanisms by which neural activity promotes neuronal survival but inhibits synaptic maintenance."

Host: Mark Bothwell, 3-7924, mab@u.washington.edu

Rachel Wong, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine

Title: "Imaging synaptic layer development in the zebrafish retina in vivo."

Host: Jane Sullivan, 3-4038, jmsull@u.washington.edu

Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D.
Walter and Mary E. Glass Professor
Life Sciences, Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University

Title: "Genetics and Molecular Neurobiology of Circadian Clocks in Mammals."

Stanley A. Thayer, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School

Title: "Modulation of Ca2+ clearance in neurons."

Host: Ed Rubel, 3-8360, rubel@u.washington.edu

Daniel Feldman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego

Title: "Synaptic mechanisms for whisker map plasticity in rat somatosensory cortex."

Host: Bharathi Jagadeesh, 5-3029, bjag@u.washington.edu

Kenton Sanders, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology, University of Nevada

Title: "Mechanism of electrical rhythmicity in gastrointestinal smooth muscles."

Host: Fernando Santana, 3-0986, santana@u.washinton.edu

Sharona Gordon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Washington

Title: "Sensitization and Desensitization of Temperature-Sensitive TRP Channels."

Host: Stan Froehner, 3-0954, froehner@u.washington.edu

James Austin, M.D.
Professor
Affiliate Professor of Philosophy, University of Idaho

Title: "Zen and the Brain."

Host: Eb Fetz, 3-4839, fetz@u.washington.edu