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

Friday, 2

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Marc Fisher, M.D., Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine
"Title to be announced"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

Monday, 5

Stroke Clinical Conference – UTHMS
Kachikwu Illoh, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Carotid Stenosis"
12 Noon, MSB B6.25

Tuesday, 6

John H. Blaffer Lecture Series – UTMDACC
Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine
“Mouse Models of Human Disease: From Cancer to Psychiatric Disorders”
4:00 p.m., UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, S3.8012 Onstead Auditorium, BSRB - Mitchell Building

Wednesday, 7

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Katharine A. Phillips, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
"Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Recognizing and Treating Imagined Ugliness"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Neurology Neuromuscular Lecture – UTHMS
Pedro Mancias, M.D., Department of Pediatric Neurology, UTMSH
"Hereditary Polyneuropathy"
12 Noon, MSB B6.35

Thursday, 8

TMC Epilepsy Research Forum
Jeanette C. Hartshorn, RN, Ph.D., UTMB Department of Neurology
"Title to be announced"
12 Noon, Feigin Center 1st Floor Conference Room, Texas Children's Hospital
Lunch Provided

Periopsia Seminar Series – UH Optometry
Sheng He, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
"Processing of Invisible Visual Information - Psychophysical and Neuroimaging Studies"
5:15 p.m., Room 2307

Friday, 9

IMM Seminar Series
Richard I. Morimoto, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University
“Protein Misfolding in Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging”
11:00 a.m., Conference Rooms 109-110, Fayez Sarofim Research Building, 1825 Pressler Street
(Red brick building. next to UCT bldg., 7000 Fannin, across from Metro Bus station. Take Metro Rail going south or “Blue” Metro shuttle)

William S. Fields Lecture – UTMSH
Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D., Department of Neurology, UCLA
"Neuropsychiatry of the Dementias"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135
Sponsored by the Department of Neurology

Psychology Colloquium – Rice
Russell Epstein, Ph.D., Department of Psychology and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania
"Mapping the Map in the Brain: fMRI Studies of Place Recognition"
3:30 p.m., Sewall Hall 301

Tuesday, 13

The Neurobiology of Disease: Neurodegenerative Diseases – UTMSH
Pedro Mancias, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
“Pediatric Degenerative Diseases”
12:15 p.m., MSB 7.037

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Gregory Quirk, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Puerto Rico
"Overcoming our Fears: Prefrontal Regulation of Fear Extinction"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

Wednesday, 14

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Christopher C. Colenda, M.D., M.P.H., Dean, Texas A&M Health Science Center
"Review of Psychiatry & Geriatric Psychiatry Workforce Projection"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Clinical Case Presentation – UTMSH
Presenter: Jennifer L. Yen, M.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
Discussant: Adel Wassef, M.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UTMSH
“Management of Medical Complications in a Psychiatric Patient: Case Report”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

School of Health Information Sciences Seminar - UTHSCH
Yang Dan, Ph.D., Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley
"Hebbian Plasticity in the Visual Cortex: Synaptic Learning and Network Reverberation"
12 Noon, University Center Tower, Room 1414

Huffington Center on Aging, Biology of Aging Seminar – BCM
Gail Johnson Voll, Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology, University of Rochester Medical Center
"The Posttranslational Processing Tau in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer Disease"

12 Noon, N315

Psychology Research and Services Center (PRSC) Clinical Forums – UH
Jerald Simmons, M.D., Sadler Clinic Sleep Disorders Center
"Sleep Disorders and Their Impact on Cognitive Function and Daytime Performance"
1:15 p.m., Conference Room at the PRSC in the CRS Building, 4505 Cullen Blvd. Entrance #8.
If you plan to attend a forum and are not in the program, please RSVP by emailing prsc@uh.edu.

Friday, 16

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Lu Chen, Ph. D., Department of Neurobiology, Molecular and Cell Biology and Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley
"Regulation of Dendritic Protein Synthesis in Synaptic Homeostatic Plasticity"
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Giridhar Kalamangalam, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Title to be announced"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

24th Bochner Lecture – Rice University
Eric Kandel, M.D., University Professor of Physiology and Cell Biophysics, Psychiatry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, Nobel Laureate
"The Long and Short of Long Term Memory Storage"
7:00 p.m., McMurtry Auditorium, Duncan Hall, 6100 Main Street

Tuesday, 20

The Neurobiology of Disease: Neurodegenerative Diseases – UTMSH
Jarek Aronowski, Ph.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
“Stroke: How to Prevent Additional Neuronal Loss”
12:15 p.m., MSB 7.037

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Alex Huk, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Department of Neurobiology, UT at Austin
"Direction, Depth, and Eye-Specific Signals in Human Visual Cortex"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

Monday, 19

Stroke Clinical Conference – UTHMS
Nicole Gonzales, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Hypercoagulable States"
12 Noon, MSB B6.25

Tuesday, 27

The Neurobiology of Disease: Neurodegenerative Diseases – UTMSH
Richard Ruiz, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, UTMSH
“Macular Degeneration”
12:15 p.m., MSB 7.037

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Raymond Kesner, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, University of Utah
"Different Functions for Different Subregions of the Hippocampus: A Process and Pathway Analysis"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

 

Wednesday 28

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Jeremy Pettit, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Houston
“Intergenerational Transmission of Internalizing Problems: Effects of Parental and Grandparental MDD on Child Internalizing Problems”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

 

Thursday, 29

Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Maureen E. Goode, Ph.D., ELS, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences
7:00 a.m., MSB 7.037

Friday, 30

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Elior Peles, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Cell Biology, BCM
"Axon-glia Interaction in Myelinated Nerves"
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Neurology Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Nicole Gonzales, M.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Title to be announced"
12 Noon, MSB 2.135

 

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