Spring 2007 Seminar Schedule

Seminars are held in the Conference Room of the Mellon Institute at
12:30 on Wednesdays unless otherwise indicated

Date
Speaker
Title
Host
1/17
     
1/24
*3:30 p.m. *
Elaine Fuchs, Ph.D., The Rockefeller University
"Stem cells, lineage determination and morphogenesis" Student Invited Speaker
1/25
(Thursday, 12:00 p.m.)
Herman Dierick, M.D., The Neurosciences Institute "Molecules and circuits involved in fly aggression" Lopez
1/29
(Monday)
David Airey,Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical School "Complex trait neurogenetics of serotonergic transmission" Lopez
1/31
Jeffrey Hollinger, D.D.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University "The bench to the bedside "  
2/7
     
2/14
Catherine Collins, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine "The Wallenda kinase regulates synaptic growth and axonal transport" Lopez
2/19
(Monday)
Greg Suh, Ph.D., California Institute of Technology "Molecular genetic analysis of neural circuits underlying innate behavior in Drosophila" Lopez
2/21
Bioimaging Day    
2/28
Bruno van Swinderen, The Neurosciences Institute

"Neurophysiology of attention-like processes in the Drosophila brain"

Lopez
3/7
   
3/14
Spring Break - No Classes    
3/21
Newell Washburn, Ph.D., Chemistry Department, Carnegie Mellon University "Adventures in biomaterials" Durand

3/28

Paula Grabowski, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh "Learning new tricks about exon silencing from neurons" Barth
3/29
(Thursday, MI Auditorium)
Aaron Mitchell, Harold S. Ginsberg Professor of Molecular Pathogenesis, Columbia University "Control of cell surface features in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans " Jones
4/4 Jason Swedlow, Ph.D., University of Dundee "Functional analysis of the mitotic centromere" Murphy
4/11      
4/18
Sascha Du Lac, Ph.D., Salk Institute "Potentiation of intrinsic excitability in motor learning" Student Invited Speaker
4/25 Gus Rosania, Ph.D., University of Michigan - College of Pharmacy "Six-dimensional image analysis of cellular transport" Murphy
5/2
Tracy Handel, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego The Margaret Ottie Lecture Series:
"Chemokine structure and interactions with receptors and glycosaminoglycans"
Rule

Fall 2006 Seminar Series