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

Friday, 2

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Dean Buonomano, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, Brain Institute of the University of California, Los Angeles
“The Neural Basis of Temporal Processing: Neural Dynamics and Short-Term Plasticity”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Bruno V. Gallo, M.D., Department of Neurology, University of Miami, School of Medicine
“Surgery and DBS: A Neurologist's Role”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Wednesday, 7

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Alfredo Bellon, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM
“Neurobiology of Schizophrenia; Beyond Neurotransmitter”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Adel Wassef, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
“Valproic Acid Serum Concentrations in the Treatment of Schizophrenia”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Friday, 9

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Larry Abbott, Ph.D., Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
“Interaction Between Spontaneous and Evoked Activity in Neural Circuits”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Dennis Vollmer, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, UTHMS
“Current Issues in the Management of Cerebral Aneurysms”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Tuesday, 13

NBA Biomedical Engineering Seminar – UTMSH
Maricel Kann, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health
“Bioinformatics Of Protein Domains: New Computational Approaches for the Detection of Protein Domains and Their Interactions”
4:00 p.m., Room MSB 7.037

Wednesday, 14

The John P. McGovern Award Lectureship – BCM
Carl E. Schneider, J.D., Department of Internal Medicine University of Michigan
“Neurobiology of Schizophrenia; Beyond Neurotransmitter”
12 Noon, DeBakey Building - Kleberg Auditorium

Thursday, 15

NBA Biomedical Engineering Seminar – UTMSH
Deyou Zheng, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University
“Annotating the Human Genome Through non-Protein Coding Genes”
4:00 p.m., Room MSB 7.037

Friday, 16

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Ronald Devere, M.D., Houston Neurology Associates
"Taste and Smell Dysfunction in Cognitive Neurological Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Alliance Grand Rounds – BCM/UTMSCH
Elisabeth Wilde, Ph.D., Department of PM&R, BCM
"White Matter Changes in Pediatric TBI: Applications of Structural Neuroimaging in Clinical Research"
12 Noon, MSB B.605

Tuesday, 20

NBA Biomedical Engineering Seminar – UTMSH
Chad Myers, Ph.D., Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University
“Title to be announced”
4:00 p.m., Room MSB 7.037

Wednesday, 21

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Leng Bang, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM and Marisa Suppatkul, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
“Video Game Violence and Children”
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
George Uhl, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, IRP (NIDA)
“Genetics of Human Vulnerability to Addictions: Current Status”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Dean’s Lecture Series – UTMSH
Christine Seidman, M.D., Medicine and Genetics, Harvard Medical School
“Gene Mutations that Remodel the Heart”
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001

Friday, 23

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Michael L. Platt, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center
“Economics in the Primate Brain”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Pamela Blake, M.D., Headache Treatment Center of Northwest, Memorial Hermann Medical Group
“New Developments in Headache”
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Wednesday, 28

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH 
[ Rescheduled to March 14 ]

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