11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Gonda First Floor Conference Room, 1357
Using Mouse Coat Color Mutants to Explore the Functions of Myosin V in Melanocytes and Neurons
John A. Hammer, Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Bethesda
(Department of Human Genetics Seminar)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, C-128 RNRC
Immune Clearance of Amyloid-B from the Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Brain
Milan Fiala, Research Professor, Orthopaedic Hospital, UCLA
(Alzheimer’s Disease Research Forum)
TUESDAY, May 6, 2008
11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Louis Jolyon West Auditorium, C8-183, Semel Institute (NPI)
No Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior Grand Rounds-
American Psychiatric Association Meeting, Washington D.C., May 3-8, 3008.
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium
The Cellular Ensemble Dynamics of Working Memory and Decision-Making in the Prefrontal Cortex
Jeremy K. Seamans, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
(Joint Seminars in Neuroscience)
WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2008
9:00 am – 11:00 am, Neuroscience Research Building, Room 132
Physician Communication Workshop
Effective Patient Interaction: Keys to Partnership and Better Outcomes
Larry H. Baker, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University; Westside Regional Consultant, Institute for HealthCare Communication
(Neuroscience Grand Rounds)
11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Gonda First Floor Conference Room, 1357
Accelerating the Cure for Parkinson’s Disease: What’s Needed?
How Can Private Foundations Make a Difference?
Katie Hood, Chief Executive Officer, Michael J. Fox Foundation
(Special Seminar Sponsored by The UCLA Center for the Study of Parkinson’s Disease)
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm, Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium
Funding Opportunities, the Review Process and Tips on How to Please (and Displease) Reviewers at NIH
Stephen Korn, Director, Training and Career Development, NIH/NINDS
(Sponsored by The Training Program in Neural Repair, The Training Program in Neural Microcircuits, The Department of Neurobiology and the Brain Research Institute)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (Note New Time), 2nd Fl. Conference Room, Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center (Instructions to enter building posted on doors)
No Brain Mapping Seminar—Annual Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
THURSDAY, May 8, 2008
9:00 am – 6:00 pm, Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium
3rd Annual Neural Microcircuits Training Program Symposium
Dynamics of Neural Microcircuits
9:00 am Introduction: Jack Feldman (UCLA)
9:10 am Sten Grillner (Karolinska Institute)
The Logics of Networks in Motion
10:00 am James Bisley (UCLA)
Where to Look: The Role of Posterior Parietal Cortex in Guiding Attention
10:30 am Coffee Break
10:45 am Christine Dy (UCLA Graduate Student – Edgerton Lab)
Afferent Control of Coordinated Motor Pool Activation after Complete Spinal Cord Injury
11:15 am Diego Contreras (University of Pennsylvania)
Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Response Selectivity in Sensory Cortex In Vivo
12:00 pm Stephen Korn (Director of Training and Career Development, NINDS)
12:15 pm Lunch & Poster Session
2:10 pm Sascha du Lac (Salk Institute)
Microcircuits Tuned for Speed, Accuracy, and Resilience of Eye Movements
3:00 pm Hope Johnson (UCLA Graduate Student – Buonomano Lab)
Experience-Dependent Network Plasticity In Vitro
3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:45 pm Jason Tarpley (UCLA Graduate Student – Blair Lab)
Neural Signals Mediating the Learning and Expression of Fear
4:15 pm Richard Thompson (USC)
Analysis of a Cerebellar Learning Microcircuit
(Sponsored by the Department of Neurobiology and the Brain Research Institute)
11:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1-441 MRL
Psychiatry and Addiction
Todd Zorick, Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry Fellow, UCLA
(Seminars in Addiction Psychiatry)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Gonda First Floor Conference Room, 1357
Patterning the Cortical Area Map
Elizabeth Grove, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago
(Neurogenetics Affinity Group Seminar)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, 159/173 Boyer Hall
Dissection of Growth Control Networks in Plants
Joanne Chory, Department of Biology, The Salk Institute
(MBI Thursday Seminar)
MONDAY, May 12, 2008
11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Gonda First Floor Conference Room, 1357
Insights into Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis from Disease
Linton M. Traub, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh
(Department of Human Genetics Seminar)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Gonda First Floor Conference Room, 1357
The Role of Serotonin in Normal and Pathological Anxiety
Anne Andrews, Associate Professor of Molecular Toxicology, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State Neuroscience Institute, Center for Molecular Toxicology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
(Special Seminar sponsored by the Brain Research Institute)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, C-128 RNRC
Title and Speaker to be Determined
(Alzheimer’s Disease Research Forum)
TUESDAY, May 13, 2008
11:00 am – 12:00 pm, Louis Jolyon West Auditorium, C8-183, Semel Institute (NPI)
Title to be Determined
Penny Knapp, Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry & Pediatrics, University of California, Davis (Gertrude Rogers Greenblatt, M.D., Memorial Lecture--Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior Grand Rounds)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium
Nicotinic Control of Neural System Development
Darwin K. Berg, Neurobiology Section, Biology Division, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California
(Joint Seminars in Neuroscience)
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2008
9:00 am – 10:00 am, Neuroscience Research Building, Room 132
Functional Imaging of Sleep
Eric Nofzinger, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
(Neuroscience Grand Rounds)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm (Note Special Time), 2nd Fl. Conference Room, Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center (Instructions to enter building posted on doors)
Probabilistic Brain Atlases: Basic Science and Clinical Applications
John C. Mazziotta, Department of Neurology, UCLA
(Brain Mapping Seminar)
THURSDAY, May 15, 2008
11:00 am – 12:00 pm, 1-441 MRL
Imaging Approaches to Understanding the Biology of Nicotine Dependence
Edythe London, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA
(Seminars in Addiction Psychiatry)
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Gonda First Floor Conference Room, 1357
Autism Candidate Genes Neuroligin and Neurexin: A Proteomic Approach to Structure and Adhesive Function
Davide Comoletti, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD (Neurogenetics Affinity Group Seminar)
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, 159/173 Boyer Hall
No MBI Thursday Seminar
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Gonda First Floor Conference Room, 1357
Genetics Screening Programs for Sickle Cell Anemia and Thalassemia
Ruth Schwartz Cowan, Janice and Julian Bers Professor of History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania
(UCLA Programs in Medical Classics co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Society and Genetics)
FRIDAY, May 16, 2008
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium
Zebrafish Model System for Immune Dysfunction and Drug Treatment
Nikolaus Trede, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Investigator, The Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah
(Department of Human Genetics Special Seminar)
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