College of Veterinary Medicine

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Spring 2012 Seminar Seriesneuron


Neuro 590 (Special Topics Seminar Series)

"Neuronal Control of Feeding"
Time: Fridays at Noon (note exceptions)

Coordinator: Dr. Suzanne Appleyard

 

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WSU Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research Program (ADARP)
Spring 2011 Seminar Series
(Time/Location varies; see schedule below)
(Check back for changes or updates)



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Seminar Schedule for Spring 2012


Friday, February 17, 2012
TBA

Friday, February 24, 2012
Neuro 590
Sue Ritter, PhD
     Professor, Program in Neuroscience
     Washington State University, Pullman
Presentation title: TBA
Time/Location: Noon, G-1

Monday, February 27, 2012
Special VCAPP Seminar
Volker Coenen,
MD
     Associate Professor in Neurosurgery
     University Hospital, Bonn, Germany
Presentation title: The role of affective neuroscience in the comprehension of new target regions in the treatment of severe depression with deep brain stimulation
Time/Location: Noon, Location TBA
Host: Jaak Penksepp
Friday, March 2, 2012
Neuro 590
Allison Coffin,
PhD
     Assistant Professor, Psychology
     Washington State University, Vancouver
Presentation title: TBA
Time/Location: Noon, G-1
Host: Dr. Steve Simasko
Thursday, March 8, 2012
ADARP/Pharm Sci. Seminar
Gregory Bagby,
PhD
     Professor of Medicine, Department of Physiology
     Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Presentation title: Impact of alcohol consumption on HIV disease
Time/Location: TBA
Host: Dr. Gary Meadows
Friday, March 9, 2012
Neuro 590
Steven Simasko, PhD
     Professor and Chair, Program in Neuroscience
     Washington State University
Presentation title: TBA
Time/Location: Noon, G-1
Host: Dr. Suzanne Appleyard
Friday, March 16, 2012
Spring Break

Friday, March 23, 2012
ADARP Seminar
Bryan Yamamoto, PhD
     Professor and Chair, Department of Neurosciences
     University of Toledo, Ohio
Presentation title: Stressed out on methamphetamine: Biogenic amines and beyond
Time/Location: TBA
Host: Dr. Yan Dong

Friday, March 30 and Friday, April 6
Neuro 590
Student presentations

Friday, April 13, 2012
Neuro 590
Timothy H. Moran, PhD
     Professor, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (CCM)
     Johns Hopkins
     Baltimore, MD
Presentation title: TBA
Time/Location: Noon, G-1
Host: Dr. Suzanne Appleyard
Friday, April 20, 2012
Neuro 590
Daniel L. Marks, MD, PhD
     Oregon Health and Sciences University
     Portland, OR
Presentation title: TBA
Time/Location: Noon, G-1
Host: Dr. Suzanne Appleyard
Friday, April 27, 2012
ADARP Seminar
Bill Carlezon, PhD
     Professor of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital
     Harvard University, Belmont, MA
Presentation title: CREB and kappa-opioid receptors in the study and treatment of substance abuse and depressive disorders
Time/Location: TBA
Host: Brendan Walker

Friday, May 4, 2012
ADARP Seminar
Colleen McClung,
PhD
     Associate Professor of Psychiatry
     Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
     University of Pittsburgh
Presentation title: TBA
Time/Location: TBA
Host: Dr. Heiko Jansen
To be determined:
Martin Myers, University of Michigan

Thursday, February 9, 2012
Neuro 590
Matt Hayes, PhD.
     Translational Neuroscience Program, School of Medicine
     School of Nursing Science
     University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Presentation title: Mechanistic Interactions Between Hindbrain Leptin and GLP-1 in Control of Food Intake
Time/Location: Noon, Wegner G50
(Spokane location: SAC 26)
Host: Dr. Suzanne Appleyard
Friday, February 10, 2012
Special Sleep Seminar
Dr. Peter Franzen, U. Pitts. Medical Center
"Got the Low-Down Sleepless Night Blues: Sleep Deprivation Increases Stress and Emotional Reactivity"
Spokane SAC 345; Noon
(Check with Bea if interested for Polycom setup in Pullman)

COMPLETED SPRING 2012

Friday, January 27, 2012
Neuro 590
Robert Ritter,
VMD, PhD
     Professor, Program in Neuroscience
     Washington State University, Pullman
Presentation Title: NMDA Receptor Mechanisms and Hindbrain Integration of Satiation Signals
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012
Time/Location: Noon, G-1
Host: Dr. Suzanne Appleyard

Friday, February 3, 2012
Neuro 590
Diane O'Dowd, PhD
     Professor, Developmental and Cell Biology, School of Biological Sciences
     Professor, Anatomy/Neurobiology, School of Medicine
     University of California, Irvine
Presentation title: A Genetically Accurate Model of GEFS+ in Drosophila: Seizures to Sodium Currents
Time/Location: Noon, G-1
Sponsor: Teaching Academy
Host: Dr. Suzanne Appleyard




COMPLETED FALL 2011


Neuro 590
Mark Opp, PhD
     Professor and Vice Chair for Basic Science
     UW Medicine Research and Education Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology
     Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
     University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Presentation Title: Sleep and immune function
Date: Friday, August 26, 2011
Time/Location: Noon, SAC 249 (Spokane)
     and Wegner 268 (Pullman video conference)
Neuro 590
Jerome (Jerry) Siegel,
PhD
     Director Center for Sleep Research
     University of California, Los Angeles
Presentation Title: Sleep phylogeny: clues to the function of sleep
Date: Friday, September 9, 2011
Time/Location: Noon, SAC 249 (Spokane) and Wegner 268 (Pullman video conference)
ADARP
Paul Kenny, PhD
     Department of Molecular Therapeutics
     Scripps Institute (Florida Campus)
Presentation Title: Nicotinic receptor signaling in the habenulo-interpeduncular tract regulates nicotine intake
Host: Brendan Walker
Date: Friday, September 16
Time/Location: 10:10 a.m., Wegner G-50
Neuro 590
Chiara Cirelli,
MD, PhD
     Associate Professor of Psychiatry
     University of Wisconsin, Madison
Presentation Title: Sleep and Synaptic Homeostasis
Host: Jonathan Wisor
Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Time/Location: Noon, SAC 249 (Spokane) and Wegner 268 (Pullman video conference)

Special VCAPP Guest Seminar
Douglas F. Watt,
PhD
     Cambridge Health Alliance
     Harvard Medical School Clinic for Cognitive Disorders (Boston)
Presentation Title: Western Lifestyles, Diseases of Aging and the Healthcare Crisis:
     An Update on Calorie Restriction Mimetics

Host: Jaak Panksepp
Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011
Time/Location: 4:00-5:30 pm, Wegner Hall G1
WSU Spokane broadcast: SHSB 210F (dial-up #570600)
WSU Vancouver broadcast: VMMC 102Q (dial-up #5706066)
ADARP
Rita Fuchs,
PhD
     Department of Psychology
     University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Presentation Title: Drug context-induced relapse to cocaine seeking:
     An interplay of memory, impulsive decision making, and motivation

Host: Barbara Sorg
Date: Friday, October 28
Time/Location: CUE 409, 12:10 p.m.
Special Seminar (November 3)
Andres Barria, PhD
   Assistant Professor
   Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington
Presentation Title: Trafficking and function of NMDA receptors: A tale of two receptors
Host: Gary Wayman
Date: Thursday, November 3
Time/Location: Noon, Wegner G50
Neuro 590 (November 4)
Flavia Consens, MD
     Depts. of Neurology and Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine
     University of Washington
Presentation Title: Sleep Disorders
Host: Jonathan Wisor
Date: Friday, November 4
Time/Location: Noon, SAC 249 (Spokane) and Wegner 268 (Pullman video conference)
ADARP (November 8)
Oliver Schlter, MD/PhD
The Gottingen Graduate School for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular Biosciences.
Presentation Title: DLG-MAGUKs: A diverse family of signaling scaffolds of synaptic plasticity and neuronal excitability
Host: Yan Dong
Date: Tuesday, November 8
Time/Location: 3:10 pm, Wegner G-1
ADARP (December 1)
Andrey Ryabinin, PhD
     Behavioral Neuroscience
     Oregon Health & Science University
Presentation Title: Neurocircuitry and social aspects of alcohol abuse:
     Novel findings with stress peptides and prairie voles

Host: Barbara Sorg
Date: Thursday, December 1
Time/Location: 3:10 pm, Wegner G-1
Neuro 590 (December 2)
Ron Szymusiak,
PhD
     Associate Professor and Professor
     University of California
     David Geffen School of Medicine/Los Angeles School of Medicine
Presentation Title: Responses of sleep-active neurons in the preoptic
     hypothalamus to homeostatic sleep pressure

Host: Jonathan Wisor
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011
Time/Location: Noon, SAC 249 (Spokane) and Wegner 268 (Pullman video conference)
Last Edited: Feb 13, 2012 7:29 AM   

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