Friday, September 2, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Andrew Lackner, Director Tulane Regional Primate Research Center
“Neuropathogenesis of AIDS: Insights from the macaque model.”
Student host: Christina Khodr
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Thursday, September 8th 3:00 p.m
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – N.O.
Student Presentation - Ms. Anna Dunne, Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA
“Characterization of a Novel Model of Pain due to Demyelination”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, September 9, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Donald Phinney
"MSCs as vectors for treating CNS disorders"
Student host: Roxanne Reger
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Monday, September 12, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Hugh Xia, Ph.D., LSUHSC
"The role of Neurabin-1 in synaptic plasticity"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, September 13, 3:00 p.m
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – N.O.
Student Presentation – Mr. Kevin Lord, Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA
“The role of oxidative stress in methamphetamine-induced cardiac dysfunction”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, September 16, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Dennis Paul, LSUHSC Department of Pharmacology
Title TBA
Student host: Brian Solway
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Monday, September 19, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Wade Regehr, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School
TBA
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, September 20, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
A.H.J. Danser,Ph.D. Professor of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology
Rotterdam, rasmus MC, The Netherlands
“Prorenin: from an innocent bystander to an active player “
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, September 23, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Mary Ellen McClain
"Assessment of Cognitive Laterality in Epilepsy Presurgical Evaluation: the Wada test."
Student host: Jeff Rouse
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Friday, September 23, 4 pm
Alcee Fortier Room 301, Tulane University (Uptown)
Martin Sarter, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan
"Cholinergic neurotransmission, choline transporters, and cognition"
Host: Dr. Fiona Inglis
Sponsored by Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University
Monday, September 26, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Daniel E. Peterson, Ph.D., Chicago Medical School
"Neural stem cells as therapeutic agents for age-related brain repair"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, September 27, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Alan Smrcka Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology,
and of Biochemistry and Biophysics and of Oncology
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester NY
"Pharmacological manipulation of G protein beta/gamma signal transduction pathways with small molecules."
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, September 30, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Jennifer Vasterling
Title TBA
Student host: Jeremy Cohen
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Tuesday, October 4, 3:00 p.m
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – N.O.
Student Presentation – Kartic Rajput M.S., Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA
“Possible role of lipid rafts in Delta opioid and 5HT3 receptors interaction”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, October 7, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Bruce Bunnell
Title TBA
Student host: James Munoz
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Friday, October 7, 4pm
Alcee Fortier Rom 301, Tulane University (Uptown)
R. Alberto Travagli, Ph.D., Professor, Neuroscience, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Sponsored by Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University
Monday, October 10, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., Stanford University
"Neural activity and axon guidance cues regulate development of eye-specific visual circuitry"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, October 11, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Joseph Francis, Ph.D., School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
"Role of Cytokines in Modulating Oxidative Stress in Cardiovascular Disease"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Dept. of Physiology
Friday, October 14, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Fiona Inglis, Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University
Title TBA
Student host: Gena Guidry
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Monday, October 17, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Ted Weyand, Ph.D., LSUHSC
"Why I show movies to monkeys"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, October 18, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Chunmin Dong, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA
“The role of amino acids in N-terminus of the alpha 2b–adrenergic receptor in cell surface expression”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, October 21, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Walter J. Lukiw, LSUHSC Neuroscience Center
"Gene expression profiling in fetal, aged, and Alzheimer brain: a continuum of stress-related signaling"
Student host: Kelly Peters
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Monday, October 24, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Jeff Erickson, Ph.D., LSUHSC
"Presynaptic expression in homeoplasticity"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, October 25, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Jeffrey Erickson,Ph.D., Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, LSUHSC, New Orleans,LA
“Homeostatic scaling of vesicular glutamate and GABA storage and release by activity in neocortical networks”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, October 28, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Nicolas Bazan, Director, LSUHSC Neuroscience Center
Title TBA
Student host: Andy Robinson
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Friday, October 28, 4 pm
Alcee Fortier Room 301, Tulane University (Uptown)
Laura Harrison, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Orleans
"Dopamine Signaling and the Small GTP Binding Protein Rhes"
Host: Dr. Fiona Inglis
Sponsored by Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Tulane University
Tuesday, November 1, 3:00 p.m
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – N.O.
Student Presentation – Mrs. Melissa Burmeister, Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA
“Role of the endogenous N/OFQ-ORL1 receptor system in the regulation of cardiovascular and renal function”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Monday, November 7, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Won-Mee Park, LSUHSC
"NMDA receptor-regulated cell death in the developing somatosensory system"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, November 8, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Thomas C. Westfall, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Science
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
“Neuropeptide Y: A Unique Cotransmitter at the Sympathetic Neuroeffector Junction”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Tuesday, November 15, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Khalid Matrougui,Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC, New Orleans,LA
Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
“Mouse resistance artery tone regulation: role of the enzyme converting angiotensin and Angiotensin type 1-2 receptors”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, November 18, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Hirokazu Ohtaki
Title TBA
Student host: Brooke Stoutenger
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Tuesday, November 22, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, LSUHSC, New Orleans,LA
“Genetic Evidence for AT1 Receptor Subtype Function in the Renal Microvasculature”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Monday, November 28, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Alan Rawls, Ph.D., Arizona State University
"Axial regulation of the mouse myotome formation"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, November 29, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Violaine Simon, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA
“Identification of accessory proteins complexing with the third intracellular loop of M2 muscarinic receptors”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, December 2, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Thierry Morlet
“Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-Synchrony: Cellular or Neural impairment?”
Student host: Jeff Mock
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Monday, December 5, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Ahmet Zehir, LSUHSC
"Peripheral nerve lesion induced synaptic plasticity"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, December 6, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Natalie Ahn, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
HHMI,University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
“Analysis of signaling pathways by functional proteomics”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Friday, December 9, 11:00 AM
Room 3022 Tulane University Medical School
Dr. Jeff Magee
Title TBA
Student host: Kevin Williams
Sponsored by Tulane University Neuroscience Program
Monday, December 12, 4 pm
MEB 6155 LSU Health Sciences Center
Kevin B. Hotary, Ph.D., University of Michigan Medical School
"Regulation of tumor cell invasion and proliferation by membrane-anchored matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMP)"
Sponsored by LSU Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy
Tuesday, December 13, 3 pm
Pharmacology Conference Room 5252, 5th floor
Medical Education Building, 1901 Perdido Street
Catalin Filipeanu, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology, LSUHSC, New Orleans, LA
“Old diseases, new explanations: alterations in the GPCR traffic”
Sponsored by LSU Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
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