Neurosciences Plenary Grand Rounds

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Unless otherwise stated, all Plenary Grand Rounds are held at 11am in the Storm Eye Institute Auditorium, 8th Floor, Rm. 809.

October, 2007

Thursday, October 4, 2007

"Generating Photoreceptors from Neuroepithelial Progenitors: Implications for Retinal Degenerative Diseases"
Anand Swaroop, PhD
University of Michigan

November, 2007

Thursday, November 1, 2007

"Molecular Mechanisms of Dyskinesia: Pre and Post-Synaptic Changes"
Rosario Moratalla, PhD
Instituto Cajal (C.S.I.C.), Madrid, Spain

December, 2007

Thursday, December 6, 2007

"Primary Brain Cancer: New Concepts and Targeted Therapeutics"
John Laterra, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins University and Kennedy Krieger Institute
Baltimore, MD

January, 2008

Thursday, January 3, 2008

"Biomarker Horizons for CNS Disorders: Examples from Schizophrenia and Alzheimer's Disease"
Tony Altar, PhD
Director, The Biomarkers Consortium Foundation for the NIH

February, 2008

Thursday, February 7, 2008

"Functions of PS1 in Signaling, Neuronal Survival and AD Pathology"
Nikolaos Robakis, PhD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

March, 2008

Thursday, March 6, 2008

"Similarities Between Glaucoma and Alzheimer's Disease"
Stuart McKinnon, MD, PhD
Duke University

April, 2008

Thursday, April 3, 2008

"The Gains in Brain Through Stain Remain Germane"
Floyd Bloom, MD
Scripps, La Jolla CA