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

Monday, 2

Neuroscience Seminar Series - BCM
Lynn E. Dobrunz, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham
"Mechanisms of Target-Cell Specific Short-Term Plasticity at Excitatory Hippocampal Synapses"
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series - UTMSH
Shasta Sabo, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University
"Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Formation in the Cerebral Cortex"
4:00 p.m., MSB 7.037
[ CANCELLED ]

Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology Seminar Series - UTMSH
Hui-Lin Pan, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Division of Anesthesiology & Critical Care UT MDACC
"TRPV1 Sensory Neurons and Pain Modulation"
4:00 p.m., MSB 2.135

John H. Blaffer Lecture Series - MDACC
Anne Calof, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology and the Developmental Biology Center University of California, Irving School of Medicine Irvine, CA
"Regulation of Neurogenesis in Mammals"
4:00 p.m., BSRB - Mitchell Bldg. Onstead Auditorium, S3.8012

Optometry Seminar - UH
Dr. Michael Twa, College of Optometry, The Ohio State University
"Title to be announced"

Tuesday, 3

Center for Gene Therapy Seminar - BCM
Armin Blesch, Ph.D., Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
"Bridging the Injured Spinal Cord - Gene Therapy and Neurotrophic Factors"
9:00 a.m., Alkek Building, Room N315

Wednesday, 4

Psychiatry Grand Rounds - BCM
Dan G. Blazer, II, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
"Spirituality and Depression"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series - UTMSH
David Lachar, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH and Alex Espadas, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
"Inpatient Treatment and Service Utilization: What We Have Learned from a HCPC 5-Year Study"
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Optometry Seminar - UH
Chuanqing Ding, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Cell and Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
"Title to be announced"
5:30 p.m., Room 2300

Thursday, 5

Mike Hogg Award and Lecture - MDACC
Paul C. Lauterbur, Ph.D., Nobel Laureate, Departments of Chemistry, Biophysics and Computational Biology, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"How MRI Happened"
[ CANCELLED ]

Friday, 6

Neurology Grand Rounds - UTMSH
Andrew D. Barreto, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Ultrasound in Acute Stroke"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Tuesday, 10

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series - UTMSH
Weidong Li, Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles
"Title to be announced"
4:00 p.m., MSB 7.037

Wednesday, 11

Psychiatry Grand Rounds - BCM
Jennifer Pate, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX
"Thinking Outside the Box: The Role of the Consultation Psychiatrist"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series - UTMSH
Angela Stotts, Ph.D. and Akihiko Masuda, Ph.D., Family Practice and Community Medicine, UTMSH
"New Trends in Behavior Therapy Research: Acceptance & Community Therapy"
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Thursday, 12

Dean’s Lecture Series - UTMSH
Mark Bear, Ph.D., Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
"Modification of Cerebral Cortex by Experience"
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001

Friday, 13

Neuroscience Seminar Series - BCM
Mark Bear, Ph.D., Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
"The mGluR Theory of Fragile X Syndrome"
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

William S. Fields Lecture - UTMSH
Dr. Natan M. Bornstein, Department of the Neurology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel
"Post Stroke Complications - Dementia, Seizures and Depression"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135
Hosted by the Department of Neurology

Center for Addiction Research and the Pharmacology and Toxicology Seminar - UTMB Galveston
Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
"Pathophysiology of Drug Craving: Association to Stress and Relapse"
12 Noon, Pharmacology Conference Room, UTMB Pharmacology Bldg.

Tuesday, 17

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series - UTMSH
Eero Simoncelli, Ph.D., Center for Neural Science, New York University
"Title to be announced"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

Wednesday, 18

Psychiatry Grand Rounds - BCM
Diane Brown, Ph.D., Department of Health Education and Behavior Sciences, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
"Psychiatric Epidemiology Among African American Women: Cultural and Social Contexts"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Molecular and Cellular Biology Seminar Series - BCM
Greg Lemke, Ph.D., Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute
"Building An Eye: Vax, Pax, & Morphogens"
4:00 p.m., DeBakey M112

Optometry Seminar - UH
William Foster, MD, Ph.D., Department of Physics, UH
"Title to be announced"
5:15 p.m., Room 2300

Friday, 20

Neurology Grand Rounds - UTMSH
Rupa R. Antani, MBBS, Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Title to be announced"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Wednesday, 25

Psychiatry Lecture Series - UTMSH
Melinda Stanley, Ph.D. and Mark Kunik, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM
"Developing Intervention for Dementia"
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Thursday, 26

Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture in Education and Geriatric Medicine - UTMSH
Jeffrey Cummings, M.D., Director of Alzheimer's Disease Center University of California, Los Angeles
"Preventing, Delaying and Treating Alzheimer's Disease"
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001
Hosted by the Research Committee

Friday, 27

Psychiatry Grand Rounds - BCM
Meera Narasimhan, M.D., Department of Psychiatry University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
"Neurobiology of Major Depressive Disorder and Suicide"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Neuroscience Seminar Series - BCM
William N. Ross, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY
"Calcium Waves in Pyramidal Neurons"
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Alliance Grand Rounds - BCM/UTMSH
Terry Scarborough, M.D., Bariatric Medicine
"Title to be announced"
12 Noon, One Baylor Plaza, Kleberg Auditorium

Neurology Grand Rounds - UTMSH
Melissa S. Thomas, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Title to be announced"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

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