Neurosciences Seminar Series 2003

DATE	SPEAKER	TITLE
September 5, 2003	Gonzalo Torres , PhD Research Associate Duke University Medical Center Durham NC	Protein-Protein Interactions: Defining New Pathways Involved in the Regulation of the Dopamine Transporter.
September 12, 2003	Ronald See, Professor, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience MUSC	Mental Health Care and Medical School Education in the Arabian Gulf: Perspectives from Kuwait.
September 19, 2003	Dr. Lou DeFelice Vanderbilt University	Binding and Transport of Catecholamines Studied with Patch Clamp and Micro-fluorometry.
September 26, 2003	Karen Szumlinski, Postdoc, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience MUSC	Doh! Homer Proteins are Involved in Vulnerability to Addiction.
October 3, 2003
October 10, 2003	Diana Vincent, Assoc Prof, Dept. of Radiology MUSC	Can New Imaging Techniques Answer Old Questions?
October 17, 2003	Ernie Barbosa, Assoc Prof, Dept. of Neurology MUSC	Inflammation and Neurologic Disease
October 24, 2003	Lotta Granholm, Professor, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience MUSC	An Update on the Aging Brain
October 31, 2003	Dr. Bernard Maria, Professor, Dept. of Pedatrics & Neurology, MUSC	Structure-Function Relations in Pediatric Disorders
November 7, 2002	STUDENT RESEARCH DAY
November 14, 2003	SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE
November 21st , 2003	Asish Sharma, Postdoc, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience MUSC	Ionomycin-induced Calpain Mediates Apoptosis in Photoreceptor Degeneration via Caspase-3
November 28, 2003	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
December 5, 2003	James A. Cook, Professor, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience MUSC	Molecular Mechanisms of Inflammatory cell Activation and Deactivation to Microbial Stimuli
December 12, 2003	Dr. Jeff Weiner, Wake Forest	Synaptic Neuroadaptation in a Non-Human Primate Model of Excessive Ethanol Drinking
December 19, 2003	Heather Bimonte-Nelson Postdoc, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience MUSC	"Got Hormones? Hormone Loss and Hormone Replacement Effects on Memory"
December 26, 2003	CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
January 2, 2004	NEW YEAR BREAK
January 9, 2004	Dr. Maarten Reith, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago	Dopamine Transporters: Structure, Function, and Regulation
January 16, 2004	CANCELLED
January 23, 2004	CANCELLED
January 30, 2004	Octavia Peck, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	The Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase Pathway Regulates Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Tolerance and Priming to Staphylococcus aureus
February 6, 2004	DEPARTMENTAL RETREAT
February 13, 2004	Lankupalle Jayanthi, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Plasma Membrane Microdomain(s): An Obligatory "Relay Station" for Norepinephrine Transporter Internalization
February 20, 2004	Dr. Darryle Schoepp Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN	G-Protein Coupled Glutamate Receptors: Structure, Function, Pharmacology, and Therapeutic Potential
February 27, 2004	Dr. Susan Sesack, Assoc Prof, Dept of Neuroscience, Univ of Pittsburg	Ultrastructural Relationships Involving the Prefrontal Cortex and Brainstem Dopamine and Norepinephrine Neurons
March 5, 2004	Christopher Hunter, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Characterizing Two Models of Septo-Hippocampal Cholinergic Degeneration and the Neuroprotective Properties of Minocycline
March 12, 2004	Dr. Bryan K. Yamamoto Department of Pharmacology Boston University Medical School	The Stress of Speed: Effects of Methamphetamine
March 19, 2004	FRONTIERS IN NEUROSCIENCE
March 26, 2004	Dr. Dorit Ron - Asst. Prof in Research, University of California at San Francisco	RACK1, BDNF: a Homeostatic Pathway that Regulates Alcohol Addiction
April 2, 2004	Vandana Zaman, Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Animal Models of Neural Degenerative Diseases and Repair
April 9, 2004	Dr. Basilia Zingarelli University of Cincinnati	Role of PPARgamma and its Ligands in the Regulation of Inflammation
April 16, 2004	Heather Tranthum-Davidson, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Dopamine Exerts Concentration Dependent Effects on GABA-A Currents in PFC
April 23, 2004	CANCELLED	CANCELLED
April 30, 2004	Ezekiel Carpenter-Hyland, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Ethanol and Synaptic Plasticity
May 7, 2004	Confederate Memorial Day
May 14, 2004	CANCELLED	CANCELLED
May 21, 2004	Sharie Haugabook, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Beta-Secretase Cleavage of the Amyloid Precursor Protein is Regulated by Compartmentalizatio
May 28. 2004	CANCELLED	CANCELLED
June 4, 2004	3:00pm: Alicia Saylor, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC 3:30pm Eric Buck, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Striatal Neurotransmission is Altered in BDNF Heterozygous Mice Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Regulation of the Serotonin Transporter
June 11, 2004	CANCELLED	CANCELLED
June 18, 2004	CANCELLED	CANCELLED
June 25, 2004	Kevin Johnson, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, MUSC	Functional Neuroimaging: From Groups to Individuals
July 2, 2004	3:00pm: Glenn Andrews, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Methylphenidate Increases Cortical Excitability via Catecholaminergic Receptor Co-Activation
July 9, 2004	3:00pm: Brice Williams, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC 3:30pm: Lauren Willis, Graduate Student, Department of Physiology & Neuroscience, MUSC	Oh Where, Oh Where Did My Neurotrophin Go? The Effects of Dietary Blueberry Supplementation on Hippocampal Grafts in Oculo