| April 2013 |
Mon
1 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Nick Schmandt |
Thu
4 | 12:30 p.m. | SOM E501 | Neurosciences Seminar and the Distinguished Neural Prosthesis Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Stephen G. Waxman
Title: “Chasing Men on Fire: Na Channels and Neurological Disorders”
Institution: Yale School of Medicine
Hosts: Dr. Richard Zigmond, Dr. Robert Kirsch and Dr. Anthony Furlan |
Fri
5 | 8:00 a.m. | Kulas Aud
Lakeside 5th Floor | Neurology Grand Rounds
Speaker: Dr. Stephen G. Waxman
Title: “Fire, Fantoms, and Fugu: Sodium Channels from Squid to Clinic ”
Institution: Yale School of Medicine
Hosts: Dr. Anthony Furlan, Dr. Robert Kirsch and Dr. Richard Zigmond
Reception immediately following in BRB Atrium |
Mon
8 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Colleen McLaughlin |
Thu
11 | 12:10 a.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Macklis
Title: : “Molecular Logic of Neocortical Projection Neuron Development, Degeneration, and Regeneration”
Institution: Harvard University
Hosts: Angela Filous and Joe Vithayathil |
Mon
15 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Alex Sargent |
Thu
18 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Karoly Mirnics
Title: “GABA-ergic Dysfunction in Schizophrenia: from Postmortem Studies in Animal Models”
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Hosts: Dr. Richard Zigmond and Dr. Robert Ronis |
Fri
19 | 8:00 a.m. | W.O. Walker Bldg.
1st Flr. Auditorium | Psychiatry Grand Rounds: Mayer-Haber Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Karoly Mirnics
Title: “Neuroimmune changes in autism and schizophrenia”
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Hosts: : Dr. Robert Ronis and Dr. Richard Zigmond
Reception immediately following |
Mon
22 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Taylor Jay |
Thu
25 | 12:10 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Jeff Coller
Title: “Decapping of coding and non-coding RNA”
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond |
Mon
29 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Megan Tasnadi |
| March 2013 |
Fri
1 | 8:00 a.m. | Kulas Aud
Lakeside | Neurology Grand Rounds (shared with Neurosciences)
Speaker: Dr. Jun Chen
Title: “Neuroprotection against Stroke: lost in clinical translation”
Institution: University of Pittsburgh/UPMC
Hosts: Dr. Anthony Furlan and Dr. Richard Zigmond |
Mon
4 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Jim Sears |
Thu
7 | 12:10 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Robert Ruff
Title: “Post-traumatic Headaches with Emphasis on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Troops Returning from the Middle East”
Institution: Case Western Reserve University |
Mon
11 | - | - | No Journal Club |
Thu
14 | 11:15 a.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Nathaniel Sawtell
Title: “Mechanisms for sensory prediction in a cerebellum-like circuit”
Institution: Columbia University
Host: Dr. David Friel |
Thu
14 | 2:00 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Thesis Defense
Speaker: Rebecca James
Title: Title: “Crimpy sorts a BMP into the regulated secretory pathway for activity-dependent release in Drosophila motorneurons”
Thesis adviser: Dr. Heather Broihier
Reception at 4:30 p.m. in SOM E646 |
Mon
18 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Loren Schmidt |
Thu
21 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Monica Justice
Title: “A genetic suppressor screen in the mouse identifies new therapeutic targets for Rett Syndrome”
Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Host: Dr. David Katz |
Mon
25 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Amanda Tran |
Thu
28 | - | - | No Seminar |
Fri
29 | 8:00 a.m. | Kulas Aud
Lakeside | Neurosciences Joint Seminar/Neurology Grand Rounds
Speaker: Dr. Mahlon DeLong
Title: “Circuits and Circuit Disorders; Role of Neuromodulation in Movement Disorders”
Institution: University of Pittsburgh/UPMC
Hosts: Dr. Anthony Furlan and Dr. Richard Zigmond |
| February 2013 |
Mon
4 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Sungho Lee |
Thu
7 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Paul Ford
Title: “Control, Consent, and Liberty: Ethical challenges in neurosurgical research”
Institution: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond |
Mon
11 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Meredith Sorenson Whitney |
Thu
14 | - | - | No Seminar |
Mon
18 | - | - | No Journal Club |
Thu
21 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar Shared with the Department of Pathology
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Trapp
Title: “Myelin Repair in the Multiple Sclerosis Brain”
Institution: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond |
Mon
25 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Becki Skerrett |
Thu
28 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar Shared with the Department of Neurology, U.H.
Speaker: Dr. Jun Chen
Title: “Inducible DNA Repair and Neuroprotection Against Cerebral Ischemia”
Institution: University of Pittsburgh/UPMC
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond and Dr. Anthony Furlan |
Thu
28 | 4:00 p.m. | BRB 105 | Special Seminar Co-sponsored by The Predoctoral Training Grant in Neurosciences and the Department of Bioethics
Speaker: Dr. Michael Zigmond
Title: : “Responsible conduct in preparing research articles”
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond |
| January 2013 |
Tues
1 | | - | University Holiday |
Mon
7 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Brad Lang |
Thu
10 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Sloan
Title: “Glioma Stem Cells: Biology, Clinical Implications, & Results of Early Stage Clinical Studies”
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond |
Mon
14 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Jeff Blair |
Thu
17 | 12:30 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Klaus Miczek
Title: : “CRF-amine interactions in VTA: Role in social stress and cocaine abuse”
Institution: Tufts University
Host: Dr. Gemma casadesus |
Mon
21 | | - | University Holiday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
Thu
24 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speakers: Dr. John Leigh and Dr. Sascha du Lac
Title: “Nystagmus, motor learning and the cerebellum”
Institution: Case Western Reserve University and the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond |
Mon
28 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Julie Savage |
Thu
31 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Vera Moiseenkova-Bell
Title: “Dissecting the underlying principles of pain sensation”
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond |
| December, 2012 |
Mon
3 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Pavel Puzerey |
Thu
6 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Aaron Vinik
Title: “Autonomic Imbalance: Prophet of Doom or Hope”
Institution: Eastern Virginia Medical School/Strelitz Diabetes Center
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond and Dr. Anthony Furlan |
Fri
7 | 8:00 a.m. | Kulas Auditorium, UH
Lakeside | Neurology Grand Rounds
Speaker: Dr. Aaron Vinik
Title: “Management of Neuropathic Pain – a New Paradigm”
|
Mon
10 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Jon Niemi |
Thu
13 | 12:30 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar co-sponsored by Advance Platform Technology (APT) Center
Speaker: Dr. Steven Shih-ting Hsiao
Title: “Neural Mechanisms of Tactile Object Recognition”
Institution: The Johns Hopkins University
Hosts: Dr. Dan Wesson and Dr. Dustin Tyler |
Fri
14 | 4:00 p.m.

| The College Club | Department of Neurosciences Holiday Party |
Mon
24 | | - | University Holiday |
Tues
25 | | - | University Holiday |
Mon
31 | | - | University Holiday |
| November 2012 |
Thu
1 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Horton
Title: “Double Vision: Perception, Suppression, and Behavior”
Institution: Beckman Vision Center, UCSF
Host: Dr. R. John Leigh |
Mon
5 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Isaac Youngstrom
|
Wed
7 | 12:30 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Kenneth Kosik
Title: “Perspectives on microRNAs in the Nervous System and in Stem Cells”
Institution: Neuroscience Research Institute/University of California, Santa Barbara
Host: Dr. Gary Landreth |
Fri
9 | 12:30 p.m. | SOM E401 | Department of Neurosciences Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Frederic Geissmann
Title: “Development and functions of monocytes and macrophages”
Institution: Center for Molecular & Cellular Biology of Inflammation (CMCBI); King’s College London, UK
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond |
Mon
12 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Megan Tasnadi
|
Wed
14 | 12:30 | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar Co-sponsored with the International Center for Autism Research
Speaker: Dr. Ricardo Dolmetsch
Title: “Using induced pluripotent stem cells to study autism spectrum disorders”
Institution: Stanford University/Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle, WA
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond and Dr. Lynn Singer |
Mon
19 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Joe Vithayathil
|
Thu
24 | | - | Thanksgiving Holiday |
Fri
25 | | - | Thanksgiving Holiday |
Mon
26 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Angela Filous
|
Thu
29 | 4:00 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar Co-sponsored with the Department of Biology
Speaker: Dr. Steven Reppert
Title: “Neurobiology of Monarch Butterfly Migration”
Institution: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Hosts: Dr. Richard Zigmond and Dr. Radhika Atit |
| October 2012 |
Mon
1 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Rishi Dhingra
|
Thu
4 | 12:10 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar Co-Sponsored with the Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) Center
Speaker: Dr. Roman Giger
Title: “Inhibitors of Neuronal Growth and Synaptic Plasticity”
Institution: University of Michigan School of Medicine
Hosts: Dr. Richard Zigmond and Dr. Robert Kirsch |
Mon
8 | - | - | No Journal Club
|
Thu
11 | - | - | No Seminar - Society for Neuroscience Meeting
|
Mon
15 | - | - | No Journal Club - Society for Neuroscience Meeting
|
Thu
18 | - | - | No Seminar
|
Mon
22 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Brad Lang
|
Thu
25 | 12:10 | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar Co-sponsored with the Department of Psychiatry
Speaker: Dr. Bryan Yamamoto
Title: “A Liver-Brain Link in the Excitotoxic Effects of Methamphetamine”
Institution: The University of Toledo
Host: Dr. Richard Zigmond and Dr. Robert Ronis |
Mon
29 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Steve Wyler
|
| September 2012 |
Mon
3 | | - | University Holiday (Labor Day)
|
Mon
10 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Maggie Wright
|
Thu
13 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Donald Wilson
Title: “Learning to smell: Cortical plasticity and perception in olfaction”
Institution: Emotional Brain Institute, New York University School of Medicine
Host: Dr. Dan Wesson |
Mon
17 | - | - | No Journal Club
|
Tues
18 | 1:00 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Thesis Defense
Speaker: Brent Cameron
Title: “The Role of IL-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 in Microglial Activation in Alzheimer’s Disease”
Thesis adviser: Dr. Gary Landreth
Reception to follow at 4:00 p.m. in E646 |
Thu
20 | 12:10 | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Diamond
Title: “Specialized synapses compute visual information in the retina”
Institution: Synaptic Physiology Section, NINDS Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health
Host: Dr. Chris Ford |
Fri
21 | 2:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Thesis Defense
Speaker: Robert Hyde
Title: “Mnemonic representations of transient stimuli and temporal sequences in the rodent dentate gyrus in vitro”
Thesis adviser: Dr. Ben Strowbridge
Reception to follow at 4:30 p.m. in E646 in combination with Beer Hour |
Mon
24 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Marc DePaul
|
Thu
27 | 12:10 | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Melissa Rolls
Title: “Dendrite regeneration: an unexplored neuronal strategy for survival”
Institution: National Institutes of Health
Host: Dr. Heather Broihier |
| June 2012 |
Mon
4 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Emily Curry |
Mon
11 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Megan Tasnadi |
| May 2012 |
Thu
3 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E501 | Department of Neurosciences Chair Candidate Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Ege Kavalali
Title: “Parallel Pathways for Neurotransmitter Release and Signaling at Central Synapses”
Institution: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
Thu
10 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Ted Dick
Title: “Respiratory Pattern Generation: On beyond the rhythm”
Institution: Case Western Reserve University |
Mon
14 | 12:00 p.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Journal Club
Speaker: Jeff Blair |
Wed
16 | 12:30 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Vladimir Kefalov
Title: : “Cone Visual Cycle in the Vertebrate Retina.”
Hosted by: The Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Neurosciences |
Thu
17 | 12:10 p.m. | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. John Flanagan
Title: “Axon guidance and regeneration: transmembrane receptors and RNA-based regulation mechanism”
Institution: Harvard Medical School
Hosts: Angela Filous and Joe Vithayathil |
Mon
21 | 10:00 a.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Thesis Defense
Speaker: Stephanie Fox
Title: “Engrailed is required in maturing serotonin neurons to regulate the cytoarchitecture and survival of the dorsal raphe nucleus”
Thesis adviser: Dr. Evan Deneris
* Reception at 3:30 p.m. in E646 |
Thu
24 | 12:10 | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. John Oghalai
Title: “The outer Hair Cell in Hearing and Hearing Loss”
Institution: Stanford School of Medicine
Hosts: Dr. Steve Maricich |
Tues
29 | 9:00 a.m. | SOM E646 | Department of Neurosciences Thesis Defense
Speaker: Joanna Pucilowska-Nemeth
Title: Title: “Mechanism of ERK signaling during cortical development”
Thesis adviser: Dr. Gary Landreth
* Reception to follow on another day - TBA |
Thu
31 | 12:10 | BRB 105 | Department of Neurosciences Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Azad Bonni
Title: “Regulation of Neuronal Connectivity by Ubiquitin Signaling”
Institution: Harvard Medical School
Host: Dr. Gary Landreth |