Neurofax Calendar - Neuroscience Research Center - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston January 2007
Seminars and Lectures

Thursday, 4

Neurobiology and Anatomy Special Seminar - UTMSH
Tatsuya Ohyama, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, UTMSH
“It's About Time: Progress and Challenges in Cerebellar Learning”
4:00 p.m., MSB 7.037

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
H. Richard Winn, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery and Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
“The Role of Adenosine in Blood Flow Regulation in Brain”
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037

Friday, 5

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Kenneth C. Catania Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
“General Principles from Specialized Species: What Star-Nosed Moles and Water Shrews Tell Us About Brains, Behavior, and Evolution”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Center for Addiction Research Seminar Series – UTMB
R. Dayne Mayfield, Ph.D., Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at Austin
“Alcoholism and Gene Expression: What Have We Learned?”
12 Noon, Pharmacology Building Conference Room, 1.200

Monday, 8

Biochemistry and Cell Biology and the Vanzant Lecture Series – Rice University
Terry Orr-Weaver, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
“Differential DNA Replication as a Developmental Strategy”
12:15 p.m., Keck Hall Room 102

Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology Seminar Series – UTMSH
Susan Mary Carlton, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, UTMB
“Somatostatin Control of the Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) Ion Channel”
4 p.m., MSB 2.135

Wednesday, 10

Psychiatry Grand Round – BCM
Thomas Kosten, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM
“Cognitive Decline and Affective Dysregulation in Stimulant Dependence: Pharmacotherapy”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Ann Saunders, M.D. and Marissa Suppatkul, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH and
Leng Bang, M.D. B.S., Menninger Department of Psychiatry, BCM
“Video-Game Violence and Children”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Thursday, 11

Neurosurgery Spine Conference – UTMSH
Amir Malik, M.D. and Fangyi Zhang, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, UTMSH
“A Discussion of Spine Cases”
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037

Friday, 12

Research Seminar – UTHSCH
Robert W. Cox, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
"Blurring fMFI Database to a Specified Smoothness"
12 Noon, 14th Floor, UCT 1414

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Klaus Ballanyi, Ph.D., Departments of Physiology and Pediatrics, University of Alberta
“Multiphoton Look at Reconfigurating Activity Patterns in the Mammalian Respiratory Center”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Sheryl B. Martin-Schild, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
“Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Keck Seminar – Rice University
Robert W. Cox, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
“Linear Analysis of Functional MRI Time Series”
4:00 p.m., Keck 102

Tuesday, 16

Neurobiology and Anatomy Special Seminar – UTMSH
Jessica Logan, Ph.D., Department of Psychology

[ Rescheduled to May 8, 2007 ]

Wednesday, 17

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Harold A. Sackeim, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Department of Biological Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute
“Title to be announced”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Anthony W. Bateman, M.D., St. Ann's Hospital, London and University College (UK)
“The Growing Evidence Base for the Value of Mentalization in Psychiatry”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Thursday, 18

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Parveen Athar, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
“Title to be announced”
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037

Friday, 19

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
David Van Essen, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, Washington University
“Structure and Function of Human and Monkey Cerebral Cortex in Health and Disease”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Cheryl Waters, M.D., Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
“New Therapies in Parkinson’s Disease”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Monday, 22

Biochemistry and Cell Biology and the Vanzant Lecture Series – Rice University
Josh Gamse, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University
“Leftovers from Beyond: Specification of L/R Asymmetry in the Zebrafish Brain”
12:15 p.m., Keck Hall Room 102

Tuesday, 23

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Charles Schroeder, Ph.D., Nathan S. Kline Institute
“Title to be announced”
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

Wednesday, 24

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Eva Szigety, M.D., Ph.D., Children's Hospital Boston and Children's Hospital Pittsburgh
“Diagnosing and Treating Depression using a Cognitive Behavioral Paradigm in Youth with Inflammatory Bowel Disease”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
John A. Francis, D.O., Research Psychiatric Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri and
Stephen M. Sonnenberg, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM
“An Integrative Approach to Managing Aggression in a Patient with Borderline Personality Disorder”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Thursday, 25

Neurosurgery Morbidity and Mortality Conference – UTMSH
Multiple Presenters
“Neuro Trauma Morbidity and Mortality Case Discussions”
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037

Molecular and Cellular Biology, R and D Workshop & Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Seminar Series – BCM
Christopher J. Pittenger M.D., Ph.D., Chief Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University
“The Basal Ganglia & The Mechanisms of Habit in Mice: CREB & Beyond”
12 Noon, Room M616, DeBakey Building

Friday, 26

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Martin A. Samuels, M.D., Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
“Neuro-Hematology”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Monday, 29

Biochemistry and Cell Biology and the Vanzant Lecture Series – Rice University
Rick Bucala, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University
“MIF and the Genetic Basis of Macrophage Responsiveness”
12:15 p.m. Keck Hall Room 102

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
S. Murray Sherman, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology, The University of Chicago School of Medicine
“The Role of Thalamus in Cortical Function: Not Just a Simple Relay”
4:00 p.m., Alkek Building N315

Tuesday, 30

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Dario Ringach, Ph.D., Department of Psychology and Neurobiology, Brain Institute, UCLA
“Title to be announced”
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

Wednesday, 31

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Ron Fisher, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Radiology and Neuroscience, BCM
“Neuropsychiatric Applications of SPECT and PET”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

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