Thursday, 1
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Naomi Iwai, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Genetics, MDACC
"Olfactory Horizontal Basal Cells: a Novel Class of Adult Neural Stem Cells"
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037
Friday, 2
Neuroscience Seminar Series – BCM
Matthew A. Wilson, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology, The Picower Center for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
“Sequential Event Memory Formation and Reactivation in the Hippocampus”
11:00 a.m., Alkek Building N315
Thursday, 8
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Qilin Cao, Ph.D., Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Louisville
"Neural Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Injury Repair"
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037
Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Michael Shipley, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Maryland
"From Molecules to Networks: Unraveling Olfactory Bulb Glomeruli"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.135
Friday, 9
Neurology Grand Rounds – The Methodist Neurological Institute
Aatif M. Husain, M.D., Department of Medicine (Neurology); Director, Neurodiagnostic Center, VAMC; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
“Optimizing Outcomes in Epilepsy”
12 Noon, Blue Bird Auditorium (NB137), Neurosensory/Jones Tower
Wednesday, 14
Cheves Smythe Distinguished Lecture – UTMSH
John Morley, M.B., B.Ch., St. Louis Universtiy
"Memories are Made of These"
4:00 p.m., MSB 3.001
Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Jeffrey A. Cully, Ph.D., Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, BCM
"Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Medically Ill Patients"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112
Thursday, 15
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
John Crommett, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, UTMSH
"North American Clinical Trials Network in Spinal Cord Injury"
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037
Friday, 16
PM&R Alliance Grand Rounds – BCM/UTMSH
Nelson Valena, M.D., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Alliance, UTMSH
"Agitation Management after TBI"
12 Noon, One Baylor Plaza, Cullen Auditorium
Neurology Grand Rounds – The Methodist Neurological Institute
Daniel DiLorenzo, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, Methodist Neurological Institute
“History and Future of Neuroengineering -- and a War Story”
12 Noon Blue Bird Auditorium (NB137), Neurosensory/Jones Tower CANCELLED
Monday, 19
Integrative Biology and Pharmacology Seminar – UTMSH
Robert H. LaMotte, Ph.D., Departments of Anesthesiology and Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine
“Why scratch? Neural Mechanisms of Itch in Man and Monkey”
4:00 p.m., MSB 2.135 CANCELLED The lecture will be rescheduled, please check back.
Tuesday, 20
Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Mriganka Sur, Ph.D., Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Plasticity and Dynamics of Neuron and Astrocyte Networks in Visual Cortex"
3:00 p.m., MSB 2.135
Wednesday, 21
Psychiatry Grand Rounds – BCM
Theresa Fassihi, Ph.D., Department Psychology, BCM; Janice L Poplack, LCSW, The Menninger Clinic; Wendy Smitherman, M.D., Menninger Department of Psychiatry, BCM
"It takes an Interdisciplinary Team to Treat the Complex Multi-impulsive Eating Disorder Patient"
10:30 a.m., DeBakey Building-Room M112
Thursday, 22
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Jaroslaw Aronowski, Ph.D., Department of Neurology, UTMSH
"Experimental Intracerebral Hemorrhages"
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037
Thursday, 29
Neurosurgery Grand Rounds – UTMSH
Nitin Tandon, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery, UTMSH
"Epilepsy Surgery: Clinical Advances and Research Avenues"
7:30 a.m., MSB 7.037
Friday, 30
Neurology Grand Rounds – The Methodist Neurological Institute
Michael J. Strong, M.D., Chief, Division of Neurology; Co-chair, Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences; University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario
“Is ALS a Disorder of RNA Metabolism?”
12 Noon Blue Bird Auditorium (NB137), Neurosensory/Jones Tower
The Inner Ear: A Celebration of the Career and Retirement of Manning J. Correia, Ph.D.
Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey R. Holt, Ph.D., Departments of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology, University of Virginia Medical School
“Ion Channel Function and the Prospects for Gene Therapy in the Inner Ear”
8:30 a.m., Moody Gardens Hotel & Conference Center
Medical students, graduate students, residents and faculty are invited to attend, but must register (no cost) before May 28, 2008.
Please contact: Pat Gazzoli (409) 772-2721: pagazzol@utmb.edu
Saturday, 31
8th Annual Otolaryngology/Faculty Research Day – UTMB Galveston
Jeffrey R. Holt, Ph.D., Departments of Neuroscience and Otolaryngology, University of Virginia School of Medicine
“Second Generation Adenoviral Vectors as Gene Transfer Reagents to Probe Protein Function in Native Cells”
8:00 a.m., Levin Hall, Room 3.324 |