Neurofax Calendar - Neuroscience Research Center - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston May 2008
Seminars and Lectures

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

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

Tuesday, 20

Neurobiology and Anatomy Seminar Series – UTMSH
Mriganka Sur, Ph.D., Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Title to be announced"
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
"Title to be announced"
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

 

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