Date: Nov 28
Speaker: Frank Tong, Ph.D. Vanderbilt University: "Characterizing the Perceptual and Attentional Functions of the Early Visual System"
Location: Boca Campus, College of Medicine Room 126
Host: Sang Wook Hong, Ph.D.
Date: Dec 5
Speaker: György Buzsáki, MD, Ph.D. New York University: "Emergence of Cognition from Action"
Location: Boca Campus College of Medicine Room 126
Host: Neuroscience Student Organization
Date: Dec 12
Speaker: Steven Maier, Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder: "Dissecting Prefrontal Circuits that Mediate Resilience in the Face of Adversity"
Location: Jupiter Campus MC 17, Room 119
Host: Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.
If you cannot join us at the hosted seminar site
, then you can join us at one of the video conferencing FAU sites:
Jupiter campus: MC17 Room 119
Boca campus: College of Medicine Room 1226
HBOI campus: LE 108D
Davie campus: LA 139
FAU High School
[When: Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 PM (except where noted); Where: Engineering East Bldg., Room EE 106; Lectures @ Jupiter: located at Research Facility Bldg., Room RF 119]
January 12 Students Only – Neuroscience Certificate Information
January 19 Dr. Sohee Park, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
Title: “Abandoned body, weakened self and the internal landscape of schizophrenia”
January 26 Dr. Tim Allen, FIU
Title: "Non-spatial sequence memory: Cells, systems, and aging”
February 2 Dr. David Balota, Washington University in St. Louis
Title:
February 9 Dr. Apostolos Georgopoulos, University of Minnesota
Title: “Informative neural interactions across three modalities: MEG, fMRI and Local Field Potentials”
February 16 Dr. Tulay Adali, University of Maryland
Title:
February 23 @Jupiter: Dr. Geert Devries, Georgia State University
Title: “Sex differences in the brain: a whole body perspective”
March 1 Dr. David Whitney, University of CA., Berkeley
Title:
March 8 No Seminar: Spring Break
March 15 Dr. Oliver Layton, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute
Title:
March 22 @Jupiter: Dr. Dongsheng Cai, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Title:
March 29 @Jupiter: Dr. Robert Renden, University of Nevada, Reno
Title:“Bioenergetics at the presynaptic terminal”
April 5 @Jupiter: Dr. Catherine Collins, University of Michigan
Title: “Shared pathways for synaptogenesis and axonal regeneration”
April 12 Dr. Yogita Chudasama, McGill University
Title:
April 19 Dr. Garret Kenyon, Santa Fe Institute
Title: “A Deconvolutional Competitive Algorithm (DCA) for Generating Deep Sparse
Representations of Form, Depth and Motion”
April 26 Student Presentations (Students only)
[When: Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 PM (except where noted); Where: Engineering East Bldg., Room EE 106; Lectures @ Jupiter: located at Research Facility Bldg., Room RF 119]
September 1 Dr. Kenta Asahina, Salk Institute for Biological StudiesDecember 8 Student Presentations (Students only)
NOT IN BOCA? Attend remotely: (JUPITER) MC-17, RF119 (aka RF-148) or (DAVIE) L148 Supported by: Davimos Family Endowment for Excellence in Science and the Life Science Initiative @ FAU Jupiter, Contact: Rhona Frankel (frankel@ccs.fau.edu) for more information or to subscribe to the seminar email list.
January 21 Dr. Mukesh Dhamala, Georgia State, Atlanta, GA
Title: Oscillatory network activity in brain functions and dysfunctions
January 29 Dr. Laura Colgin, University of Texas (Note Date Change & Room Change to
Computer Center Bldg. 22, Room #CM125. Video conferencing Jupiter MC-19, Room 201;
Davie, LA134 (this day only)
Title: Functional significance of distinct variants of gamma oscillations in the entorhinal- Hippocampal network
February 04 Dr. Laura Bohn, Scripps Research Institute
Title: Ligand-directed signaling of G protein coupled receptors and implications for drug development.
February 11 Dr. Sara Burke, McKnight Brain Institute, College of Medicine, University of FL @ Jupiter
Title: "Senescence and perirhinal cortical function: a multi-level approach to understanding cognitive aging."
February 18 Dr. Adar Pelah, University of York, UK
Title: Vision during locomotion in normal sight and cortical blindness
February 25 Dr. Damon Page, Dept. of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute
Title: Regulation of brain growth and autism-relevant behavior by Pten-mTOR signaling
March 4 Spring Break No Class
March 11 Dr. Helen Barbas, Dept. of Health Sciences, Boston University
Title: Prefrontal pathways that control attention
March 18 Dr. Charles Gray, Montana State University
Title: "Dynamics of Cortico-cortical Interactions Underlying Visual Working Memory"
March 25 Dr. Peter Erdi, Kalamazoo College, MI
Title: The Quantitative Systems Pharmacological Approach: Altered Hippocampal Theta Rhythms, Anxiety, Alzheimer Disease
April 1 Dr. J. A. Scott Kelso, FAU Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
April 8 Dr. Susan Sesack, University of Pittsburgh
Title: Understanding Dopamine Neuron Connectivity: Passion and Prudence
April 15 Student Presentations
April 22 Student Presentations
August 27 Students Only
September 3 Dr. Gwyneth Card – Janelia Farm, (Ashburn, VA) – @ Jupiter
Title: “Behavioral variability in the presence of fixed circuits: an ethological role for the Drosophila Giant Fibers
September 10 Dr. Emmanuelle Tognoli – Center For Complex Systems & Brain Sciences, FAU
Title: “Origins and manifestations of brain complexity”
September 17 Dr. Srinivasa Subramaniam, Dept. of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute
September 24 Dr. Damon Page, Dept. of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute
October 1 Dr. James Knierim – Dept of Neurosciences, John Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD) - @ Jupiter
Title: “Memory Formation in the Hippocampal Formation: Binding of external inputs onto an internal cognitive map”
October 8 Dr. Dani Bassett – Dept of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
Title: "Cross-Linked Structure of Network Evolution in Neuronal and Synthetic Dynamical Systems".
October 15 Dr. Claes Wahlestedt - Center for Therapeutic Innovation, Univ. Miami Miller School of Medicine
Title: “The Epigenome and Drug Discovery”
October 22 Dr. Matthew Wilson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Title: “Sequential event memory formation and reactivation in the hippocampus and beyond”
October 29 Dr. Karla Kaun - Brown University, Providence, RI - @ Jupiter
Title: Why flies like getting buzzed: Using Drosophila to understand mechanisms of addiction"
November 5 Howard Eichenbaum, Ph.D. Center for Memory & Brain, Boston University
Title: “The hippocampus in space and time”
November 12 Society for Neuroscience meeting. No Class.
November 19 Dr. Vaibhav Diwadkar – Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Title: "Modeling dysconnection in the schizophrenia diathesis: Network approaches with fMRI"
November 26 Dr. Won Mok Shim – Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Title: "Top-down influences in visual cortex"
December 3 Student Presentations – Enrolled students only
August 28 Dr. Brock Grill, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
“How to make a synapse: molecular insight into synapse formation and axon termination”
September 04 Dr. Paul Kenny , The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL.
“New insights into the neurobiology of nicotine reinforcement”
September 11 Dr. Stephen Goldberg , Virginia Commonwealth University
“EYE MOVEMENTS: a “sloppy” control system yields precise movements”
September 18 Dr. Kirill Martemyanov, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
“Regulation of G protein Signaling in Neurons”
September 25 Dr. Ali Danesh, Florida Atlantic University
“Buzzing Ears: The Neuroscience of Tinnitus”
October 02 Dr. David Lewkowicz, Florida Atlantic University
“It’s Neither Nature nor Nurture: Acquisition of Perceptual & Cognitive Skills in Infancy”
October 09 Dr. Ryohei Yasuda, Max Planck Florida Institute, Jupiter, FL
“Imaging signal transduction in single synapses”
October 16 Society for Neuroscience meeting. No Class
October 23 Dr. Ed Bertram, University of Virginia
“Limbic Epilepsy and the Thalamus: A Tool for Understanding Regional Roles and Interactions”
October 30 Dr. Hyungbae Kwon , Max Planck Florida Institute, Jupiter, FL
“Activity-dependent synapse remodeling in developing cortex”
November 06 Dr. Robert Keane , Miami Medical
“Inflammasome Activation Following CNS Injury”
November 13 Dr. Anthony Dick , Florida International University
“Neurobiological development of audiovisual speech and gesture”
November 20 Dr. Laurel Carney, University of Rochester
“Coding of Speech Sounds in the Auditory Midbrain”
November 27 Student Presentations
December 04 Student Presentations
September 14 Dr. Madepalli Lakshmana, Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies, “The role of RanBP9-LRP pathway on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease”
September 21 Dr. Deguo Du, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University.
“ A New Approach for the Detection and Semiquantification of Amyloid in Tissues”
September 28 FAU/Max Planck Joint Neuroscience Symposium
October 5 Student Presentation (Registered students only)
October 12 Dr. Gavin Rumbaugh, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
“ Reverse translation of a mouse model of mental retardation and autism: electrophysiological and behavioral studies of the SynGAP1 heterozygous mouse ”
October 19 Dr. Thomas Foster, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
“Linking oxidative stress of aging to the senescent neurophysiology of cognitive decline”
October 26 Dr. Ross Bullock, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL
“ How do we reduce mortality and morbidity in severe traumatic brain injury? ”
November 5 Dr. Courtney Miller, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
“DNA methylation: A critical regulator of behavioral memory” Please note Friday
November 9 Student presentations (Registered students only)
November 16 No class – Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego, CA
November 23 Dr. Sathya Puthanveettil , The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL
“ Molecular mechanisms for the initiation and maintenance of long-term memory storage”
November 30 Dr. Paul Garrity,Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
“From the pre-Cambrian to the sushi bar: TRP channels and the evolution of thermal and chemical detection”
December 7 Dr. Morris D. Faiman, Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KA
“Disulfiram for the Treatment of Cocaine Dependence: From the Bedside to the Bench and Back”
Supported by the Davimos Family Endowment for Excellence in Science, the John Thomas Ladue McGinty Endowment and the Ce.E. Schmidt College of Medicine.
