Seminar Series

2019-2020

December 12, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.

"Zombie Cells in Midbrain: The Role of Senescence in Dopamine Neurons" 

Markus Riessland, PhD

The Rockefeller University

New York, NY

 

December 6, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.

"Role for VGLUT2 in Dopamine Neuron Vulnerability and Parkinson's Disease" 

Thomas Steinkellner, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience

University of California, San Diego

 

August 8, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.

"Striatal Pathway Ensemble Dynamics in Health and Disease" 

Jones Parker, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, and Physiology

Northwestern University

 

2018-2019

May 30, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.

"Linking exercise, neuroplasticity and cognition: from animal models to epidemiology" 

Hans Georg Kuhn, PhD

Professor of Regenerative Neuroscience

Department of Clinical Neuroscience

University of Gothenburg

Gothenburg, Sweden

 

 

May 15, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.

"Mapping the Intersection of Aging and Late-Onset Diseases in Human iPSC Models" 

Ritchie Ho, PhD

Postdoctoral Scientist

Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, California

 

 

May 9, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.

"Targeting brain functions using AAV viral vectors: 
One virus to rule them all?" 

Oded Singer, PhD

Head of Viral Vector Core

Life Sciences Core Facilities

Weizmann Institute of Science

Rehovot, Israel

 

 

April 23, 2019 - 11:00 a.m.

"Clearance of amyloid beta species through meninges in Alzheimer's disease" 

Christopher Janson, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Neurology

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

 

 

January 8, 2019 - 12:00 p.m. (Noon)

"Discovering new intervention points in the treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease using gene therapy" 

Fredric Manfredsson, PhD

Assistant Professor of Translational Science & Molecular Medicine

Grand Rapids Research Center

Michigan State University

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

December 18, 2018 - 12:00 p.m. (Noon)

"The role of astrocytes in SMA pathology" 

Allison Ebert, PhD

Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Neurobiology & Anatomy

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 

Daphna Joel, PhD

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

Tel-Aviv University

Tel-Aviv, Israel

 

2017-2018

April 10, 2018 - 12:00 p.m. (Noon)

“Trials and tribulations of single population transcriptomic analyses in Alzheimer’s disease and animal models of neurodegeneration.”

Stephen D. Ginsberg, PhD

Associate Professor

Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience & Physiology

NYU Neuroscience Institute

New York University Langone Medical Center

Center for Dementia Research

Nathan Kline Institute

Orangeburg, New York

 

 

February 13, 2018 - 12:00 p.m. (Noon)

“Ryanodine Receptor Store Calcium Regulation: from Structure to Cardiac and Neurological Disorders”

S.R. Wayne Chen, PhD

Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

 

“Is your brain normal?”

Simon Duchesne, P.Eng., PhD

Associate Professor of Radiology

Université Laval

Québec City, Québec, Canada

 

 

November 28, 2017 - 12:00 p.m. (Noon)

“If NO/cGMP is the answer, what is the neuroscience question?”

- Studies in migraine, Alzheimer’s, TBI, and MCI mouse models.

Gregory R. Thatcher, PhD

Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

 

 

October 24, 2017 - 12:00 p.m. (Noon)

“Investigations on the role of BACE1 and BIN1 in Alzheimer’s disease”

Gopal Thinakaran, PhD

Professor of Neurobiology, Neurology, and Pathology

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

2016-2017

2015-2016

April 5, 2016
Dr. Catherine Kaczorowski
Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
"Proteomic and Genomic Advances Expose Modulators of Memory Decline in Normal Aging and Alzheimer's Disease"

March 8, 2016
Dr. Michael Chopp
Distinguished Professor of Physics
Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Vice Chairman for Research
Department of Neurology
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
Scientific Director
Henry Ford Neuroscience Institute
Zoltan J. Kovacs Chair in Neuroscience Research
"Remodeling the CNS and Enhancing Neurological Recovery Post Stroke and Neural Injury"

February 23, 2016
Dr. Eileen Lueders
Assistant Professor of Neurology
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
"The Potential Impact of Meditation on the Brain"

January 26, 2016
Dustin Wakeman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Sciences
Rush University Medical Center
"iPSC Derived Dopamine Neurons Restore Function in a Rodent Model of Parkinson's Disease"

October 27, 2015
Dr. Bruce Berkowitz
Director Small Animal MRI Facility
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Detroit, MI
"MRI of Rod Cell Compartment-Specific Function in Disease and Treatment in Vivo"

2014-2015

May 19, 2015
Dr. Pablo E. Castillo
Harold and Muriel Block Professor
Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY
"Synaptic Plasticity at a Hippocampal Associative Neural Circuit"

May 13, 2015
Dr. Jelena Radulovic
Dunbar Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
"Modulation of Fear by Social Interactions"

April 21, 2015
Dr. Charles W. Bradberry
Professor of Neuroscience & Psychiatry
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
"Cognitive Consequences of Chronic Cocaine Self-Administration: Relationship to Altered Structure and Neural Encoding in Orbitofrontal Cortex"

April 7, 2015
Dr. Jacqueline McGinty
Professor of Neuroscience and Interim Dean, College of Graduate Studies
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
"BDNF's Suppressive Effects on Cocaine-Seeking Require NMDA Receptors and Src Family Kinase Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex during Early Withdrawal"

March 31, 2015
Dr. Rebecca Knickmeyer
Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
"Population Neuroscience: Genes, Environment, and the Infant Brain"

March 10, 2015
Michy Kelly, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience
Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Columbia, SC
"The Role of Phosphodiesterase 11A4 (PDE11A4) in the Formation of Social Memories and the Stabilization of Mood"

February 24, 2015
Dr. Mitchell Roitman
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Psychology
Associate Chair, Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience
University of IL at Chicago, IL
"Phasic Dopamine Signaling: Affective Encoding and Modulation by Motivational State and its Proxies"

November 21, 2014
Dr. Elaine Del Bel
Professor in Physiology
University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
"Glial Activation is Associated with L-DOPA Induced Dyskinesia and Blocked by a Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor"

September 16, 2014
Dr. T. Celeste Napier
Director, Center for Compulsive Behavior and Addiction
Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Psychiatry
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
"Methamphetamine Abuse and Risk to Develop Parkinson's Disease"

2013-2014

June 10, 2014
Dr. Stephanie Dulawa
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Chicago
"Serotonin 2C Antagonists Induce Fast-Onset Antidepressant Effects"

May 20, 2014
Dr. Lisa Monteggia
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
"Mechanism of Rapid Antidepressant Responses"

April 29, 2014
Dr. Salvatore Oddo
Senior Scientist, Banner Sun Health Research Institute-Sun City, AZ
Associate Professor, Department Basic Medical Sciences
University of AZ College of Medicine-Phoenix, AZ
"Dissecting the Role of mTOR in Alzheimer's Disease"

April 15, 2014
Dr. Stan Floresco
Professor, Department of Psychology
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
"Uncertainty, Choice and Dopamine"

February 25, 2014
Dr. Kim Huber
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
University of TX Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX
"Mechanisms of Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor - Dependent Synaptic Plasticity:
Implications for Cognitive Function and Dysfunction"

January 21, 2014
Dr. Sangram Sisodia
Thomas Reynolds Sr. Family Professor of Neurosciences
Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Neurology
Director, Center for Molecular Neurobiology
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
"Presenilin Function in Health and Alzheimer's Disease"

December 10, 2013
Dr. Sheryl Sorby
Professor Emerita
Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI
"Removing Barriers to Stem: Improving Gender Differences in Spatial Skills"

October 18, 2013
Understanding and Treating Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Symposium
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October 15, 2013
Dr. Devin Mueller
Assistant Professor of Psychology
University of WI - Milwaukee
"Enhancing Extinction and Inhibiting Retrieval of Cocaine-Associated Memories"

October 1, 2013
Dr. Kirk Erickson
Associate Professor of Psychology and Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
"Aging, Exercise and Brain Plasticity"

September 17, 2013
Dr. Vittorio Gallo
Director, Center for Neuroscience Research
Director, Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Wolf-Pack Chair in Neuroscience
Children's National Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
"Gliogenesis and Glial Regeneration in the Adult Brain"

2012-2013

April 30, 2013
Dr. Hui Zheng
Director, Huffington Center on Aging
Professor, Departments of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
"Biological and Pathogenic Mechanisms of Alzheimer's Disease: A Mouse Model Study"

April 2, 2013
Dr. Paul Kenny
Associate Professor of Molecular Therapeutics & Neuroscience
Scripps Research Institute
Jupiter, FL
"A Role for the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius in Nicotine Reinforcement"

March 19, 2013
Dr. Mark Mayford
Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Scripps Research Institute
California Campus
"Genetic Control of Memory Circuits"

February 26, 2013
Dr. Catherine Woolley
Professor of Neurobiology
Northwestern University
"Acute Estrogen Modulation of Synapses in the Hippocampus"

January 8, 2013
Dr. Hyang-Sook Hoe
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Neurology
Georgetown University
"A Tetra (Ethylene Glycol) Derivative of Benzothiazole Aniline Enhances Ras Mediated Spinogenesis"