Neuroscience Program
Spring 2008 Seminar Series
All seminars will be held in Alcee Fortier 301, 4:00 pm
(unless otherwise noted)
Tuesday, January 29th – NSCI/CELL
Benjamin Hall, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology
University of California, San Diego
"Molecular Control of Glutamatergic Synapse Development and Function"
Host : Dr. Jeff Tasker
Friday, February 8th – NSCI/CELL
Linda Overstreet-Wadiche, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
“New Neurons in Old brains”
Host: Dr. Laura Schrader
203 Stibbs Conference Room
Lavin-Bernick Center
Friday, February 15th – NSCI/CELL
Fiona Inglis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Developmental Neurobiology; Neuronal Plasticity
Depart of Cell and Molecular Biology
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Friday, March 14th – NSCI/CELL
Jeff Taube, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Dartmouth University
“Which Way is that French Quarter? The Neurobiology for a Sense of Direction”
Host: Dr. Beth Wee
Tuesday, March 25, 4 pm – NSCI/PSYCH
Dr. Larry Cahill
Department of Neurobiology & Behavior
Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory University of California, Irvine
Title : TBA
Host: Dr. Ed Golob
203 Stibbs Conference Room
Lavin-Bernick Center
Friday, April 18th - NOON SEMINAR
Catherine S. Woolley, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology & Physiology
Northwestern University
"Estrogen, Synapses, and Hippocampal Seizure Susceptibility"
Host: Johannes Bohacek
203 Stibbs Conference Room
Lavin-Bernick Center
Friday, April 25th – NOON SEMINAR
Peter Fox, Ph.D.
Director, Research Imaging Center
Professor, Departments of Radiology, Psychiatry, Neurology, and Physiology
Chief, Division of Imaging Research, Department of Radiology
Chief, Transcranial Magentic Stimulation Laboratory
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
Host: Jeremy Nelson
203 Stibbs Conference Room
Lavin-Bernick Center