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

Saturday, 1

Neuroscience Research Center 14th Annual Poster Session – UTMSH
10:00 a.m. – 12 Noon, MSB Leather Lounge
Attendance is open to anyone interested in neuroscience research.

Monday, 3

Integrative Biology and Pharmacology Seminar Series – UTMSH
John A. Dani, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience, BCM
"Nicotinic and Dopaminergic Mechanisms Underlying Synaptic Plasticity, Associative Memory, and Nicotine Addiction"
4 p.m., MSB 2.135, Reception to follow in MSB 5.036

Tuesday, 4

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Michael Chopp, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Department of Neurology, Henry Ford Health System - Detroit
"Title to be announced"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

Sustaining Performance under Stress Conference – UT Austin
Topics include:
* Functional Neuroimaging of Human Learning and Decision Making
* Brain Inspired Modeling of Human Learning and Decision Making
* Devices for Assessing Loss of Vigilance
* Physiological Responses to Stress
* Military Needs Related to Leadership and Agile Decision Making

Please visit http://www.csit.utexas.edu/conference/index.html for more details.

Wednesday, 5

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
David A. Jobes, Ph.D., ABPP, Department of PsychologyThe Catholic University of America
"New Developments in the Assessment and Treatment of Suicidal Patients"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Sustaining Performance under Stress Conference – UT Austin
Topics include:
* Functional Neuroimaging of Human Learning and Decision Making
* Brain Inspired Modeling of Human Learning and Decision Making
* Devices for Assessing Loss of Vigilance
* Physiological Responses to Stress
* Military Needs Related to Leadership and Agile Decision Making

Please visit http://www.csit.utexas.edu/conference/index.html for more details.

Thursday, 6

Dean’s Lecture Series – UTMSH
Huda Zoghbi, M.D., Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, BCM
“Breaking Down the Pathogenesis of a Neurodegenerative Disorder”
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001

Sustaining Performance under Stress Conference – UT Austin
Topics include:
* Functional Neuroimaging of Human Learning and Decision Making
* Brain Inspired Modeling of Human Learning and Decision Making
* Devices for Assessing Loss of Vigilance
* Physiological Responses to Stress
* Military Needs Related to Leadership and Agile Decision Making

Please visit http://www.csit.utexas.edu/conference/index.html for more details.

Friday, 7

Neurosurgery Research Meeting – UTMSH
Mark Sherer, Ph.D., ABPP-Cn, Director, Research and Neuropsychology, Memorial Hermann/TIRR
“Phenomenology and Course of Recovery of Acute Confusion in Traumatic Brain Injury”
7:30, MSB B.610

IMM Seminar Series
Lennart Mucke, M.D., Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco
"100 Years and Counting: What will it take to defeat Alzheimer’s Disease?"
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”

Neurology Grand Rounds – BCM
J. Clay Goodman, M.D., FAAN, Department of Pathology (Neuropathology) and Neurology, BCM
“Brain Biopsy”
8:00 a.m., Onstead Auditorium, Mitchell Basic Science Building

Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Dora Angelaki, Ph.D., Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University
"The Bayesian Brain: Lessons from the Visual and Vestibular System"
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315

Cancelled

Tuesday, 11

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Andreas Tolias, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience, BCM
"Title to be announced"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.103

Wednesday, 12

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Sylvia Gonzalez, M.D. and Jon G. Allen, Ph.D., Menninger Department of Psychiatry, and Joslyn W. Fisher, M.D., Department of Medicine, BCM
"Identification and management of Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Robert W. Guynn, M.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, UTMS
“The Placebo Effect”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

Research Seminar – UCT
Rafat R. Ansari, Ph.D., School of Health Information Sciences, UTHSC
Non-Invasive and Early Detection of Ocular and Systemic Diseases Using “Eye as a Window to the Body”
12 Noon, UCT 1414
Live webcast: http://webcast.shis.uth.tmc.edu/

Friday, 14

Neurology Grand Rounds – BCM
Peter Kellaway, Ph.D., Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
“A New View of Epileptic Discharges: Combining EEG and fMRI”
8:00 a.m., Onstead Auditorium, Mitchell Basic Science Building

Wednesday, 19

Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Deborah Harter, Ph.D., Menninger Department of French Studies, Rice
"Portraits of Pathology and the Cultural Unconscious: Imaging Excess in Medicine and in Art"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112

Psychiatry Lecture Series – UTMSH
Napoleon B. Higgins, Jr., M.D., CEO and President, Bay Pointe Behavioral Health Service, Inc., Friendswood, Texas
“Mental, Physical and Spiritual Health of African-Americans”
11:00 a.m., MSI Auditorium

 

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