Spring 2012 Seminar Series
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)
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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)
Neuro
590 (December 9)
Paul Shaw, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Neurosciences Program/Molecular Genetics and Genomics
Program/BiomedRAP Program
Washington University at St. Louis
Presentation Title: Inducing sleep by remote control
facilities memory consolidation
Host: Jonathan Wisor
Date: December 9, 2011
Time/Location: Noon, SAC 249 (Spokane) and Wegner 268 (Pullman
video conference)
Fall 2011
- Dr. Mark Opp, Professor and
Vice Chair for Basic Science, UW Medicine
Research and Education Endowed Chair in
Anesthesiology, University of Washington,
Sleep and immune function (Neuro 590 August
26, 2011)
Jerome
(Jerry) Siegel, Director Center for Sleep
Research, University of CA, LA. Sleep
phylogeny: clues to the function of sleep
(Neuro 590 Sept. 9, 2011)Paul
Kenny, Department of Molecular Therapeutics,
Scripps Institute (Florida campus) Nicotinic
receptor signaling in the
habenulo-interpeduncular tract regulates
nicotine intake (ADARP Seminar September
16, 2011)Chiara Cirelli,
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, U of
Wisconsin, Madison, Sleep and synaptic
homeostasis (Neuro 590 October 4, 2011)
Douglas Watt, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard
Medical School Clinic for Cognitive
Disorders/Boston, Western lifestyles,
diseases of aging and the healthcare crisis: An
update on calorie restriction mimetics
(Guest Seminar October 20, 2011)
Rita Fuchs, Dept. of Psychology, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Drug
context-induced relapse to cocaine seeking: An
interplay of memory, impulsive decision making,
and motivation (ADARP Seminar October 28,
2011)Andres Barria, Assistant
Professor Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics,
University of Washington, Trafficking and
function of NMDA receptors: A tale of two
receptors (Special Seminar, November 3,
2011)Flavia Consens, Depts of
Neurology and Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine,
University of WA, Sleep disorders
(Neuro 590 November 4, 2011)
Oliver Schluter, The Gottingen Graduate School
for Neurosciences, Biophysics and Molecular
Biosciences, DLG-MAGUKs: A diverse family of
signaling scaffolds of synaptic plasticity and
neuronal excitability (ADARP Seminar,
November 8, 2011)Andrey
Ryabinin, Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health
and Science University, Neurocircuitry and
social aspects of alcohol abuse: Novel findings
with stress peptides and prairie voles
(ADARP seminar, December 1, 2011)
Ron Szymusiak, Associate Professor and
Professor, University of California, David
Geffen School of Medicine/Los Angeles School of
Meeicine, Responses of sleep-active neurons
in the preoptic hypothalamus to homeostatis
sleep pressure (Neuro 590, December 2,
2011)Paul Shaw, Associate
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology,
Neurosciences Program, Washington University at
St. Louis Inducing sleep by remote control
facilities memory consolidation (Neuro 590,
December 9, 2011)
Spring 2011
- Dr.
Pamela Lein, Associate Professor (Department of
Molecular Biosciences, UC Davis School of
Veterinary Medicine) Polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs) modulate neuronal connectivity
via ryanodine receptor-dependent mechanisms
(February 25, 2011)
Dr. Scott Soderling, Assistant Professor
(Dept of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical
Center) Insights into Synapse formation by
the retardation associated Rac regulatory
protein WRP. (March 22, 2011)
Dr. Soren Impey, Assistant Professor (Cell
and Development Biology/Stem Cell Center, Oregon
Health and Science University) Functional
genomic profiling of the noncoding transcriptome
and miRNA target networks (March 25, 2011)
Graduate Student Presentation: Brandon
Roberts (Appleyard Lab) Serotonin and
glucose modulate hindbrain catecholamine neurons
(April 1, 2011)
Special Seminar (Not part of Neuro 541)
Dr. Alan Rosenwasser, Professor of Psychology
(School of Biology and Ecology and Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of
Maine) Chronobiology of alcohol and
alcoholism (April 14, 2011)
Graduate Student Presentations: Peter Neuman
(Yan Dong Lab) Labeling cocaine-induced
synaptogenesis from the lateral hypothalamus to
the nucleus accumbens using GRASP (April
15, 2011)
and
Graduate Student Presentation: John Jeshurun
Michael (Murali Chandra Lab) Role of the
flexible linker and the H1-helix of the carboxyl
terminus of troponin T in modulating cardiac
myofilament activation (April 15, 2011)
Dr. Gary Banker, Professor of
Neurology/Senior Scientist (Jungers Center,
Oregon Health and Science University) Membrane
trafficking and neuronal polarity (April 29,
2011)
Dr. Andrea Hohmann, Professor and Linda and
Jack Gill Chair of Neuroscience (Dept. of
Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana
University) Endocannabinoid mechanisms of
pain suppression (April 29, 2011)
Fall 2010
- Dr. Paul Vezina, Professor (Dept. of
Psychiatry, University of Chicago) Dopamine-glutamate
signaling and amphetamine sensitization (September 3, 2010)
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Dr. Michela Marinelli, Associate Professor (Dept. of
Pharmacology, Chicago Medical School) Age, stress and
dopamine neurons: factors facilitating cocaine addiction
(October 8, 2010)
- Dr. John Neumaier, Professor (Dept. of Psychiatry,
University of Washington) Probing striatal function using
pathway-selective viral vectors and neoceptors (October 15,
2010)
- Dr. Paul Phillips, Associate Professor (Dept. of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences/Dept. of Pharmacology,
University of Washington) Coupling value to action: dopamine and
decision making (October 29, 2010)
- Dr. Michele Fornaro, Associate Professor (Department of
Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turnin, Italy)
Is adulthood too late for DRG cell population to be dynamic?
(November 10, 2010)
- Dr. David Lovinger (National Institutes of Health/National
Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism)Synaptic Plasticity in
the Dorsal Striatum: Roles in Learning and Memory (December 10,
2010)
- Applicant seminar videos:
James Peters (November 3);
Ilia Karatsoreos (November 4);
Michael Silverman (November 5; audio
cuts out of presentation at 27 minutes)
NOTE: viewer will need password to access videos
Spring 2010
- Dr. Craig Jahr (University of Oregon)
Presynaptic NMDA receptors are postsynaptic (Feb. 5, 2010)
(See video of presentation)
Dr. Douglas G. Cole (University of Idaho)
Intraflagellar Transport: Moving from Green Algae to Ciliopathies
(March 5, 2010)
(See video of presentation)
Dr. David Wieczorek (University of Cincinnati) The Role of Tropomyosin
in Cardiovascular Disease (March 12, 2010)
Dr. Jil C. Tardiff (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University,
NY)
From computational biophysics to complex cardiomyopathies: An integrative
approach to familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
(March 26, 2010)
Students: Matasha Dhar (Wayman Lab) and Zach Gallaher (Czaja Lab; April 2,
2010) Role of leptin in mediating effects of maternal nutritional state on
hippocampal development (Dahr);
Neurogenesis within the dorsal root ganglia of the adult rat following nerve
damage(Gallaher)
Student: Bradley Winters (Drs. James Krueger and Yan Dong labs)Connectivity
and Sleep: The Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Synaptic Strength and Intrinsic
Membrane Excitability (April 8, 2010)
Dr. Danuta Szczesna (University of Miami, FL) Molecular Mechanisms of
Myosin Light Chain-Induced Cardiac Disease
(April 9, 2010)
Dr. Jenny L. Wiley (Research Triangle Institute)Sugar, Spice, and
Everything Nice? Cannabinoid Pharmacology in Females
(April 16, 2010)
Dr. Kevin Y. Xiang (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL)
Spatiotemporal regulation of PKA and ERK induced by GPCRs in cardiac myocytes
(April 16, 2010)
Special Seminar:
Dr. Yavin Shaham, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Incubation of Drug Craving
(May 6, 2010)
Videos
Fall 2010 seminar videos (also listed above in "completed Fall 2010")
James Peters;
Ilia Karatsoreos;
Michael Silverman
Fall 2009 Neuro 590 Seminar videos
Spring 2009 Neuro 590 Seminar videos
2007-08 Neuro 590 Seminar videos
Affective Neuroscience 409-509 Lecture videos