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Seminars (Archive)

Departmental Seminar Series 2006-2021

Spring 2021

DateSeriesSpeakerTopic
March 2 Merideth Addicott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UAMSThe role of the insula in tobacco addiction
March 23 Reserved for anatomy faculty candidate 
March 30Dept.Cathy Morton, Ed.D., Director of the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) at West Virginia University 
April 6Dept.Tori Neidzwiedz Massey, graduate student (Mentor: Dr. Paul Drew)Effects of Ethanol on the Developing Cerebellum​ & Hippocampus: Neuroinflammation & Myelination
April 13 Division of Clinical Anatomy Seminar 
April 20 Division of Clinical Anatomy Seminar 
April 27 Division of Clinical Anatomy Seminar 
May 11Dept.Ashley Pike, graduate student (Mentors : Dr. Paul Drew, NBDS; Dr. Andrew James, Brain Imaging Research Center; and Dr. Lee Archer, Neurology)A Meta-Analysis on Neuroimaging Predictors of Longitudinal Cognitive Decline in MS Patients
June 15Dept.Taurean Brown, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen)Investigating the impact of Docetaxel, Doxorubicin, and Cyclophosphamide (TAC) induced inflammation on cognitive impairment

Fall 2020

DateSeriesSpeakerTopic
August 25, Tue, 2:00 pmDept.Tiffany K. Miles, (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs), Zoom Link, Meeting ID: 933 9263 9621, Passcode: 625617Loss of Leptin Signaling: The Impact of Caloric Restriction on Neonatal and Adult Mice
September 11
Fri, 2:00 pm
Dept.Hannah Simpson, B.S., (Master’s Thesis Defense, Mentor: Dr. Tara Johnson), Zoom Link, Meeting ID: 934 2182 0879Constructing and validating a biofidelic infant neurological exam model to train pediatric residents
October 8,
Thu, noon
Dept. of BiochemistryKatherine Bronson, (Mentor: Dr. Angus Macnicol), Zoom Link.Protein: protein interactions and the control of Musashi function
October 20Dept.Ana Rita Silva Moreira, M.Sc.,  (Mentors: Dr. Gwen Childs & Dr. Angus MacNicol) 
October 29
Thu, 4 pm
Dept.Darla Cathcart, DPT, Ph.D. candidate, Dissertation Defense, (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier), Zoom Link.Neurophysiological Augmentation of a Behavioral Intervention for Vaginismus
November 17Dept.Fabio Ntagwabira, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen)Senolytics as a Therapeutic Strategy for Chemotherapy Induced Cognitive Impairment
December 1Dept.Namarta Kapil, (Candidacy exam; Mentor: Dr. Tara Johnson)Quantification of the General Movement Assessment to Improve Upon Early Detection and Treatment of Neurodevelopmental Disorders in Infants
December 8Dept.Jewel Banik, (Mentor: Dr. Angus MacNicol) 
December 15Dept.Alexa Escapita, (Candidacy exam; Mentor: Dr. Tara Johnson)Implementation of developmental biomarkers to detect the cortical motor pathways in children with Congenital Heart Disease

Spring 2020

Date

Series

Speaker

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January 14CTNEdgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, UAMS?????
January 28 Darla Cathcar, Graduate student,  (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier)Neurophysiology of use of muscle contract-relax for addressing muscle spasm
February 4Dept.Jewel Banik, student in Dr. Angus MacNicol’s Laboratory 
February 11Dept.Juchan Lim, student in Dr. Angus MacNicol’s Laboratory 
March 3 Hanna Simpson, Mentor: Tara Johnson 
May 5 Namarta Kapil, Mentor: Tara Johnson 
May 26 Fabio Ntagwabira, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) 
June 30Dept.Ana Rita Silva Moreira, MSc., graduate assistant (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs) 

Fall 2019

Date

Series

Speaker

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September 3Dept.Mark Mennemeier, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMSOrientation to seminar
September 10Dept.Ashley Pike, Graduate Student Presentation, (Mentor: Dr. Paul Drew)Cognition Dysfunction in MS: The Role of fMRI Imaging
September 17 No seminar due to the Research Induction Ceremony 
October 8Dept.Jakeira E. Davis, B.S. in Biology (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger) 
October 15 No Seminar.  See offerings instead by Department of Microbiology. Microbiology Department Speaker:  October 17, 2019Dr. Sharon Milgram, Director of  Office of intramural Training and Education “Alternatives to Academic Faculty Careers” 
October 22 Taylor McElroy, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen)Effects of redox modifier MnTnBuOE-2-PyP  on cognition and hippocampal physiology following chemotherapy
October 29 Taurean Brown, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen)Cognitive Impairment Resulting from Treatment with Doxorubicin, Cyclophosphamide, and Docetaxel
November 5CTNEmilie Darrigue, PhD student in Applied Science, Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little RockNanomedecine use in 3D cancer models: case of pancreatic and brain cancers.
November 12 No NBDS seminar due to a student seminar on November 14.
November 14, 2019 noon: Dr. Katherine Bronson; Ph.D. Department  of Biochemistry Student Seminar.  Student of Dr. Angus MacNicol
 
November 19 No NBDS seminar due to two speakers in other departments this week.
-November 20, 2019   Department of Biochemistry Seminar.  Dr. Silberberg, Program Director, NINDS “Rigor and Reproducibility” Pauly Auditorium 3:00 PM.
-November 21, 2019 Joint Seminar Physiology and Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences:  Dr. Angela Odle, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences. 3:00 PM
 
    
December 3Dept.Tiffany Miles, IBS Student (Mentor: Gwen V. Childs)Loss of Leptin Signaling: The Impact of Caloric Restriction on Neonatal and Adult Mice
December 10CTN & Dept.Michael Lehman, Ph.D., Director of the Brain Health Research institute, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Kent State Univ.Neuroendocrinology of Reproduction: Brain health as a window into disease

Spring 2019

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February 12CTNVeronica Bisagno, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNot all stimulants are the same: histone acetylation and deacetylation in the cortex
March 13, Wed. 3:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 2/280Dept. Faculty CandidateJaime Hinojosa, M.S., M.D., Assistant Prof. of Clinical Anatomy, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lincoln Memorial University
The Future of Clinical Anatomy in Early Medical Education: Bridging the Gap
March 27, Wed. 12:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 3/204Dept. Faculty CandidateEllen Robertson, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical CenterThe Anatomy Pipeline: From Classroom to Clinic
March 29, Fri.
12:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 3/280
Dept. Faculty CandidateEdgar R. Meyer, Ph.D., Dept. Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical CenterVirtual 3D Anatomy: The Optimism and Skepticism in Using Stereopsis
April 2, Tues. noon, Biomed II, Rayford AuditCTNFrancisco Urbano, Ph.D., Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNeuroepigenetics of arousal: F-actin control gamma oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus
April 2, Tues.
3:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 1/202
Dept. Faculty CandidateSutton Williams, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical CenterEducational Research in Anatomy Education
April 23Dept.Gwen Childs, Ph.D., Professor and Chair,  Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMSImmunocytochemistry: Challenging paradigms to illuminate new discoveries in the pituitary
April 30, Rahn Bldg, Rm G/226Dept. Faculty CandidateSonya Van Nuland, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Department of Anatomy, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Science, Scottsdale, AZAre E-Learning Tools the Answer? A comparison of e-learning tools with traditional kinesthetic tactile learning approaches in the anatomical sciences
May 7Ph.D. CandidateJakeira E. Davis, B.S. in Biology (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger)Glucose Utilization In Alzheimer’s Disease
June 11Dept.Ana Rita Silva Moreira, MSc., graduate assistant (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs)Translational Regulation in Pituitary Gonadotropes: A Role for Musashi in the Crosstalk between Metabolism and Reproduction
August 8, Thurs
Dept.Tori Neidzwiedz Massey, graduate studentRole of Nuclear Receptor Agonists in Treg and Oligodendrocyte Differentiation in MS Pathogenesis

Fall 2018

Date

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August 21Dept.Derek A. Hamilton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New MexicoNeural Bases of Deficits in Behavioral Flexibility and Memory Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
September 12 (Wednesday at noon)Joint Seminar with Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyAnia Wilczynska, Associate Scientist, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Switchback Rd, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, UKDEAD-box proteins and translational control: the code beyond the codon
September 25CTNGwen Marchand, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of EducationEvaluation of Centers and Institutes: Emerging Trends and Methods
October 2CTNEdgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMSReproducibility, transparency, and rigor in science
November 13Dept.Jakeira Davis (qualifying exam) (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger) 

Spring 2018

Date
Series
Speaker
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation
February 8, Thurs, 3:00 pm, Rayford Audit.Joint seminar with Physiology & BiophysicsWilson K. Clements, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Dept. of Hematology, St Jude Children’s Research HospitalUsing Zebrafish to Investigate Developmental and Disease Hematopoiesis
March 13CTNFrancisco Urbano, PhD, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaNeuroepigenetics of gamma oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus
March 27CTNJaideep Kapur, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology & Director of UVA Brain Institute, Univ. of VirginiaMechanisms and Treatment of Status Epilepticus
April 20 (Friday at 1:00 pm)Dept.Rachel Hendrix (Graduate student dissertation seminar, Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger)The amyloid-beta protein in Alzheimer’s disease contributes to impairments in glucose regulation

Fall 2017

Date
Series
Speaker
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation
November 21CTNMerle G. Paule, Ph.D., A.T.S., Director, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research US FDA, Jefferson, ArkansasNeurotoxicological Research at the FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research
November 28CTNAliza Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Radiology, UAMSDecreasing Mortality One App at a Time
December 5CTNWhit Hall, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, UAMSTelehealth for Children: The Rural-Urban Gap

Spring 2017

Date

Series

Speaker

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January 10Dept.Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor, Neurosurgical Oncology, City of Hope National Medical CenterImmunotherapy and the Tumor microenvironment in GBM
March 9
9:00am
Dept.Ben Lovely, Ph.D., Molecular Biosciences, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, University of Texas at AustinGene – ethanol interactions and their impact on craniofacial development
March 14CTNIn-Hyun Park, Ph.D., Associate Prof. of Genetics and Associate Prof. in the Child Study Center, Yale Stem Cell CenterReprogramming and its application in Rett syndrome
May 18
Thurs. 9:00am
Dept.Thomas Groves (Student seminar; Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen)5-Fluorouracil chemotherapy upregulates cytokines and alters hippocampal dendritic complexity in aged mice
May 30Dept.Rachel Hendrix (Student seminar; Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger)Dysregulation of blood glucose levels by the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in a model of Alzheimer’s disease
July 11Dept.Darla Cathcart (Student seminar; Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier) Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder: Review of the Condition, Anatomy, and Potential for tDCS Augmentative Intervention

Fall 2016

Date
Series
Speaker
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation
August 9Dept.Thomas Groves (Candidacy Exam; Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen)JR-220: A Novel NMDA Antagonist with Traumatic Brain Injury Therapeutic Potential
September 6Dept.Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental SciencesArousal and motor control
September 13CTNErica Beecher-Monas, JD, LLM, JSDSquare Peg, Round Hole: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Neuroscience Evidence
October 11, 9:00am, 12th Floor Jack Stephens Spine Building Ashok Shetty, PhD, Director of Neurosciences, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Texas A&M, Health Sciences Center, Temple, TXEfficacy of Human iPSC-derived Medial Ganglionic Eminence like Cells for Treating Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
October 18CTNMonica L. Andersen, PhD, Professor Department of Psychobiology, Chief Sleep Division, Universidad Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, BrazilSleep, stress, and the immune system
November 1,
11:00am-12:00 pm, Ford Audit., Rm 1207, Reynolds Inst. on Aging
Arkansas Chapter of the Society for NeuroscienceGeorge Perry, PhD, Dean of the College of Sciences, Professor of Biology and Semmes Foundation Distinguished University Chair in NeurobiologyRole of Mitochondria in the Oxidative Stress of Alzheimer Disease
November 22Dept.Ronald Salomon, MD, Professor, Psychiatric Research Institute, UAMS and Abdallah Hayar, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurobiol. & Dev. Sci.Depression: A Loss of Slow Oscillations in Serotonin Function?
December 6Dept.Fen Xia, MD, PhD, MS, Chair, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UAMSThe Role of PKM2 in DNA Repair

Spring 2016

Date

Series

Speaker

Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation

January 19Dept.Nancy Gray, PhD, director of UAMS BioVenturesUAMS Discoveries: From Lab Bench to Market
February 9CTNIstvan Katona, PhD, Professor at the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary.Cell-type-specific superresolution imaging of synaptic cannabinoid signaling
February 23Dept.John Cirrito, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Washington University School of MedicineAntidepressants make plaques unhappy: Synaptic regulation of amyloid-beta in Alzheimer’s mice and man
March 8Dept.Ronald L. Klein, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, LSU Shreveport, New Orleans.Gene Vectors to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases
March 15Dept.Abdallah Hayar, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental SciencesThe Brain, Space-time and the Universe
March 17
Thurs. 9:00 a.m. Rayford Aud.
Dept.Rachel Hendrix (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger)Characterizing Metabolic Changes in a Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
March 29Dept.Linda Larson-Prior, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, UAMSThe contribution of sleep to human performance
April 5Dept.Brennon Luster (Thesis Defense; Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Intracellular Mechanisms Modulating Gamma Band Activity in the Peduncuolopontine Nucleus (PPN)
April 12Dept.Stasia Donofrio (Thesis Defense; Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Modulation of Gamma Oscillations in the Pedunculopontine Nucleus by Neuronal Calcium Sensor Protein-1 and Lithium
April 19Dept. J.C. Douglas (Candidacy Exam; Mentor: Dr. Cindy Kane)Ethanol Effects on Oligodendrocytes and Myelin in a Mouse Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
April 26Dept.Gwen Childs, PhD, FAAA, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences“Leptin Action on Gonadotropes”. (Symposium talk at the 2016 Endocrine Society meetings in Boston)
May 5
Thurs.
Joint with Physiology Dept.Vittorio Gallo, PhD, Prof. of Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington Univ. School of MedicineMechanisms of White Matter Injury and Regeneration in the
Developing Brain
May 17Dept.Paul Shaw, PhD, Associate Prof., Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington Univ. School of Medicine in St Louis.Can Sleep Fix a Broken Brain?
June 2
Thurs. noon
COPH, Rm 8/240
Dept.Brian T. Miller, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Medical Education, Dell Medical School, University of Texas, Austin, TexasThe Various Roles of the Clinical Anatomist in Current Medical School Curricula

Fall 2015

Date

Series

Speaker

Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation

October 27Dept.Antino Allen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Member, Division of Radiation HealthEffects of Low Dose Space Irradiation on Neurogenesis and Structural Plasticity: Factors Involved in Learning and Memory
November 17Dept.Sarah Mulkey, MD,Brain Injury and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Newborns with Critical Congenital Heart Disease
November 24Dept.Sang-Hun Lee, PhD, Dept. of NeurologyPlasticity of GABAergic interneurons in brain disorders
December 15CTNJeffrey Burns, M.D., M.S., Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Univ. of Kansas Medical CenterIs Alzheimer’s a Systemic Disease?

Spring 2015

Date

Series

Speaker

Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation

March 3CTNCarlos Schenk, MD, Psychiatry
Clinics, Hennepin County Medical Center
Insights from the release of instinctual behaviors during human sleep: aggression, locomotion, eating, and sex
March 17Dept.Melanie MacNicol, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Develop. SciencesControl of Stem Cell Transitions by mRNA Translation
April 7Dept.Helen Hayes (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier)A Brief Review of Frequency Dependent rTMS Effects on Cortical Excitability
April 14Dept.Stasia Donofrio (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Modulation of gamma oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) by neuronal calcium sensor protein-1 (NCS-1): Relevance to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
April 21Dept.Brennon Luster (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Ca2+ channels behind gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN)
April 24, Friday 1:00 pm, Biomed II, Rayford,  Rm 106-2Dept.Melody Lyn Allensworth-James (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs)The Role of Leptin Receptors in Somatotrope Function: A Look at Metabolic and Developmental Functions and Possible Mechanisms of Action
April 28Dept.Gwendolyn Carter  (Thesis Defense; Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier)Effect of rTMS on Resting-State Brain Activity in Tinnitus
May 5Dept.J.C. Douglas (Mentor: Dr. Cindy Kane)Behavioral Tests in Mouse Models of FASD
May 12Dept.Thomas Groves (Research Rotation Advisor: Dr. Steve Barger)Hypoxia Inducible Factors and their Role in Obesity
May 26Dept.Syed Ali, PhD, NCTREffects of Nanomaterials on Central Nervous System
June 9 at 2:00 PMDept.Rachel Hendrix, Graduate Student and SfN Early Career Policy Fellow (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger)Dysregulation of Hypothalamic Control of Energy Metabolism in a Model of Alzheimer’s Disease
June 23Dept.Johana Vega Leonel, PhD, (postdoc. candidate), Laboratory for NanoBiomaterials for Diagnosis, Drug Delivery & Tissue Engineering, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignEngineering Biomaterial Surfaces with N-Cadherin
June 30 at 10:30 AM
Dept.Naresh Genabai, PhD, (postdoc. candidate), Paul Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University of Health Sciences Center, El Paso, TexasGenetic Inhibition of JNK3 Ameliorates Spinal Muscular Atrophy
July 14DeptAdam Behensky, PhD, (postdoc. candidate), Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Univ. of South Florida College of MedicineSigma Receptor Activation Mitigates Toxicity Evoked by the Convergence of Ischemia, Acidosis and Amyloid-β

Fall 2014

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August 5 COPH/G232Dept.Gwendolyn Carter  (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier)Effect of rTMS on Resting State Brain Activity in Tinnitus
August 26Dept.Fang Zheng, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UAMSExploring the Roles of Canonical Transient Receptor Potential Channels in Acute and Recurrent Seizures
September 23Dept.Sandra Mooney, PhD, Dept. of Pediatrics, Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine (Host: Dr. Kane)Prenatal ethanol alters brain anatomy and behavior. Does an omega 3 fatty acid improve outcomes?
September 30Dept/CTNEdgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental SciencesThe Control of Waking and Sleep- Implications for Parkinson’s Disease
October 7Dept.Sue Griffin, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Geriatrics, UAMSAPOE genotype influences neuronal resilience, even in disease
October 14Dept.Xiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Abdallah Hayar)The neuronal firing code: Can it distinguish age, sex and ethanol treatment?
December 5 Friday, COPH, Rm G228Dept.Rachel Hendrix (Mentor: Dr. Steve Barger)Examining Metabolic Dysfunction in the Context of Alzheimer’s Disease
December 9Dept.Xiong Bin Lin (Thesis defense; Mentor: Dr. Abdallah Hayar)Effects of Developmental Ethanol Exposure on Motor Coordination

Spring 2014

Date

Series

Speaker

Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation

January 28Dept.Ahmad Salehi, MD, PhD, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System, CaliforniaMolecular mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in Down syndrome. Steps toward therapy
February 18Dept.Robert J Reis, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, UAMSProtein Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Disease Models: Common Components and Shared Proteostasis Vulnerabilities
March 11Dept.Sarah Blossom, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, UAMSNeuroimmune Effects of Developmental Trichloroethylene Exposure
April 1Dept.
(Dissertation Defense)
Martin Watts (Mentors: Dr. Abdallah Hayar and Dr. Elie Al-Chaer)Modulation of Visceral Pain by Interaction between Adrenergic and Vanilloid Receptors
April 8Dept.Miroslav Backonja, MD, Principal Investigator, Medical Director CRI Lifetree, Salt Lake City Research CenterNeuropathic Pain and Opportunities in Translational Research
April 15Dept.Clint Kilts, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Director, Brain Imaging Research Center, Psychiatric Research Institute, UAMSMapping the Functional Organization of the Human Brain: The Neural Signatures of Drug Addiction
April 22Dept.Robert Skinner, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental SciencesThe Neuroprotective Agent Dodecafluoropentane: Successful in Two Animal Models of Stroke
April 25, Friday
12:00-1:00 pm
Rayford Audit.
Dept.
(Dissertation Defense)
Angela Odle (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs)Pituitary and Adipocyte Leptin: Partners in the Regulation of Pituitary Function, Development and Metabolism
April 29Dept.Helen Benes, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences 

Fall 2013

Date

Series

Speaker

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August 27Dept.
(Candidacy Exam)
Xiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Abdallah Hayar)Ethanol-Induced Developmental Cerebellar Damage Alters Rat Licking
November 5Dept.Dr. Ladu 
November 12Dept.Brian Storrie, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS 
November 19Dept.
(Candidacy Exam)
Brennon Luster (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Mechanisms behind gamma band activity in waking vs REM sleep
November 26Dept.
(Candidacy Exam)
Stasia D’Onofrio (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Role of NCS-1 in gamma band activity in the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN)

Spring 2013

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January 29CTNJ. Scott Richards, PhD, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at BirminghamSpinal Cord Injury: Outcomes from the Bedside as we await the Bench
February 5Dept.Larry Suva, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedics and Physiology and Biophysics, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, UAMSLow Bone Mass in Mice and Men with Down Syndrome
February 26CTNFrancisco Urbano, PhD, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaDifferential effects of methylphenidate and cocaine on somatosensory thalamic nuclei in mice
March 5Dept.LaShundra Watson, MD, Instructor, Dept. of Neurobiol. & Develop. Sci., UAMSReflections, case-studies, and clinical experiences gained from a two-month sponsored externship in Ghana
March 12Dept.Nalini Bora, PhD, Professor,  Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, UAMSManipulation of the Complement System for the Treatment of Ocular Diseases
March 19CTNHynek Wichterle, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology & Cell Biology, Neuroscience, Neurology, Columbia University, New York (Host: Dr. Kiaei)ALS in a dish: From Stem Cell Programming to Disease Modeling
April 15 (Monday)
Inst. on Aging,
8th Floor,
Rm 8104/05
Dept.
(Dissertation Defense)
Orwa Aboud (Mentor:  Dr. Sue T. Griffin)The Influence of APOE Genotype on Cellular and Molecular Responses in Epilepsy
April 26
(Friday)
Dept.
(Dissertation Defense)
James Hyde (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Visualization, Control, and Maintenance of Gamma Band in the RAS
April 30Dept.
(Dissertation Defense)
Paige Beck (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)The Role of Leptin in the Reticular Activating System
May 14CTNThomas Kilduff, PhD, Senior Director, Center for Neuroscience and Metabolic Disease, Stanford Research InstituteCortical nNOS Neurons as Critical Elements in Sleep Homeostasis
June 4Dept.Xiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Abdallah Hayar)The fine temporal structure of the rat licking pattern: What causes the variability in the interlick intervals and how is it affected by the drinking solution?
July 9Dept.Stasia Donofrio (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Review of: Up-regulation of neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS1) in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic and bipolar patients
July 11 (Thursday)Dept.Gwendolyn Carter (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier)Effect of rTMS on Resting State Brain Activity in Tinnitus
July 16Dept.Brennon Luster (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)
Gamma Maintenance in the Reticular Activating System (RAS)

Fall 2012

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September 25CTNM. Joycelyn Elders, MD, U.S. Surgeon General, 1993-1994, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Pediatrics, UAMSDisparities in Health Care
October 2DepartmentJason Chang, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences
& Pao-Feng Tsai, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Dept. of Nursing Science, UAMS
A Pilot Cluster Randomized Trial of a 20-Week Tai Chi Program in Elders with Cognitive Impairment and Osteoarthritic Knee: Effects on Pain and Health Outcomes
October 9Dept. & ACSFNDavid Whitney, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Univ. of California, Berkley, (Invited by the Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (ACSFN))The Bottleneck of Conscious Vision
October 16 No seminar: Society for Neuroscience Meeting 
October 23Graduate
(candidacy exam)
Xiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Abdallah Hayar)Effect of ethanol on motor coordination
October 30DepartmentAlvaro G. Estévez, PhD, Associate Professor, Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida (Sponsor: Dr. Kiaei)Nitrative Stress-induced Apoptosis: One Residue is Enough
November 6   
November 13DepartmentPatricia Wight, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, UAMSAn intronic enhancer is essential for myelin proteolipid protein gene expression in the CNS and PNS. Is Sox10 the key modulator?
November 16
Friday noon
Department
& Office of Global Health
Mohammad Shafiul Alam, Assistant Scientist, Parasitology Research Group, ICDDR, Dhaka
Bangladesh
Malaria Studies in Bangladesh: a Perspective from the ICDDR,B
November 20GraduateNaveen Babu Kandavalli (Mentor: Steve Barger) 
November 27DepartmentGerald A. Dienel, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurology, UAMSAstrocyte-Neuron Metabolic Interactions During Brain Activation: Is Lactate Shuttling Fact or Fiction?
December 4Graduate
(candidacy exam)
Melody Allensworth (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs)Leptin Regulation of Somatotropes in Postnatal Development and Adult Metabolism

Spring 2012

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February 7DepartmentJames E. Blankenship, PhD, Dept. of Neuroscience & Cell Biology, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch.Be Not Afraid: You Can Build a Student-Centered Learning Curriculum
February 14CTNVeronica Bisagno, PhD, Research Scientist, ININFA-CONICET, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Neuroprotective role of modafinil against methamphetamine toxicity
February 21GraduateOrwa Aboud (Mentor: Dr. Griffin)Apolipoprotein E expression in response to the cytokine cycle
March 6Dissertation DefenseNebojsa Kezunovic (Mentor: Dr. Garcia-Rill)Mechanism of Gamma Band Activity of Pedunculopontine and Parafascicular Neurons: Implications for Arousal
March 13DepartmentJohn Crow, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAMSD-serine, Glia, and Mutant SOD1 in ALS: New Connections in the Pathogenesis Puzzle
April 3DepartmentJerry Ware, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, UAMSThe platelet paradigm beyond hemostasis and thrombosis
April 11 (Wed. noon COPH 8th floor Auditorium Rm 8240)Graduate (candidacy exam)James Hyde (Mentor: Dr. Garcia-Rill)Visualization, Control, and Maintenance of Gamma in the RAS
April 24DepartmentUsha Ponnappan, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, UAMSImmune Senescence and Inflammaging: Proteosomal Regulation Gone Awry!
May 1Graduate (candidacy exam)Gwendolyn Carter (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier)Effect of rTMS on Resting State Brain Activity in Tinnitus
May 4 (Friday noon) Graduate (candidacy exam)Orwa Aboud (Mentor: Dr. Sue Griffin)The influence of APOE genotype on cellular and molecular responses in epilepsy
May 8   
May 15   
May 29   
June 1 (Friday noon-1:00 pm, COPH 8th floor, Audit. 8240)Graduate seminarMelody Allensworth (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs) Metabolic Factors That Lead to Obesity in Mice with Complete Deletion of Somatotrope Leptin Receptors (Somatotrope Null LEPR Exon 1)
June 4 (Monday 1:00-2:00 pm, COPH 8th floor, Audit. 8240)Graduate (candidacy exam)Angela Odle (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs)Pituitary Leptin as a Paracrine and Endocrine Regulator of Neonatal and Adult Physiology
June 5DepartmentRhonda D. Kineman, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism (Host: Dr. Childs)The Somatotrope as a Metabolic Sensor: The Direct Effects of Insulin on Growth Hormone Output
June 12   
June 19   
June 26   
July 3   
July 10   
July 17   
July 19 (Thur. noon)CTNMary E. Aitken, MD MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, UAMSTo be announced
July 24   
July 26 (Thur. noon)DepartmentEdgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. Neurobiology & Dev. Sci., UAMSOptimizing your NIH grant application:What to do BEFORE submitting

Fall 2011

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September 20DepartmentWilliam Culp, MD, Professor of Radiology and Surgery, Dept. of Radiology, UAMSNovel Stroke Therapies Using a Rabbit Model
September 27   
October 4   
October 11GraduateMelody Allensworth (Mentor: Dr.Childs)Exploring a Mouse Model of Pre-obesity and Obesity
October 18Department Shiguang Yu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Immunology, Arkansas Biosciences Institute, Arkansas State University (Host: Dr. Drew)Suppressing Production of Interleukin 17 (IL-17) and GM-CSF in T Helper Cells by Immunomodulator
October 25   
October 28 (Friday)Graduate and CTNChristen Simon (Mentor: Dr. Garcia-Rill) Glutamatergic Fast Synaptic Neurotransmission in the Pedunculopontine and Dorsal Subcoeruleus Nuclei: Implications for Arousal
November 1GraduateXiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Hayar) Electrophysiological approach to establish a link between cerebellar activity and rhythmic licking
November 8Department Ken Hensley, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Toledo Health Sciences Center (Host: Dr. Kiaei) 
November 15   
November 22   
November 29Department Steve W. Barger, PhD, Professor of Geriatrics, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, and Internal Medicine, UAMSWhen is a lipoprotein receptor not a lipoprotein receptor? When it completes the Grand Unified Theory for Alzheimer pathogenesis
December 6GraduateNaveen Kandavalli (Mentor: Dr. Barger)To be announced
December 13DepartmentSyed Imam, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (Host: Dr. Barger)Drug Repositioning of Abl Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: A new avenue for the treatment of neurological disorders
December 20   
December 27   

Spring 2011

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January 18Department Susan Steelman, MLIS, Associate Professor, Coordinator of Research & Clinical Search Services, UAMS  Reid Landes, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biostatistics, UAMS – The Animal Alternatives Search – Tips for an Effective and Efficient Search– Requirements for Animal Alternatives Search– Tips for a Sensible Animal Justification Section
February 1DepartmentBhupinder Vohra, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, UCAMultiple mechanisms of axonal degeneration share a common Nmnat1- sensitive pathway
February 15Department, Students’ Choice SpeakerDetlef Heck, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center Conducting the Neuronal Symphony: A Proposed Neuronal Mechanism for Cerebellar Coordination of Movements and Mental Processes
March 1Department Angus MacNicol, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, UAMS 
March 29Department Dwight Pierce, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UAMSEthanol and the Developing Cerebellum
April 12, 11:30 am- 12:30 pmOLAW WEBINAROLAW WEBINARThe New GUIDE How Will it Impact Your Institution
April 19   
April 20 (Wed. noon, CPH AUD 8240)GraduateAngela Odle (Mentor: Dr. Childs)Deletion of Somatrope Leptin Causes Metabolic Changes in the Mouse
April 26 ( Tues. 10:00 am, CPH AUD 8240)GraduateChaoxuan Dong (Mentor: Dr. Anand) Effects of Ketamine on Neural Stem Progenitor Cells from the Rat Fetal Cortex
April 26 Naz Dewji, PhD, Associate Professor in Neuroscience at UC San Diego.  Host: Sue GriffinA New Approach For The Treatment Of Alzheimer’s Disease
May 3Department Bill Atchison, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State UniversityExposure to an Environmental Neurotoxicant Hastens the Onset of ALS-Like Phenotype in hSOD1G93A Mice: Ca2+ – dependent, Glutamate-Mediated Excitotoxicity
May 24GraduateGwendolyn Carter (Mentor: Dr. Mennemeier) 
May 31Department Piera Pasinelli, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience & Farber Institute for Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson UniversityMitochondrial Pathology in ALS: Lessons from Mutant SOD1
June 9 (Thursday)GraduateChristen Simon (Mentor: Dr. Garcia-Rill) 
June 14CTN Frank Andrasik, PhD,  Host: Dr. Christine Sheffer 
June 28Graduate (Thesis Defense)Jennifer Watts (Mentor: Dr. Elie Al-Chaer) 

Fall 2010

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August 10DepartmentTarun K. Garg, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Myeloma Institute, UAMS. Host: Dr. Jason ChangAdoptively Transferred Expanded Natural Killer Cells Inhibit Myeloma Tumor Growth in Vivo
August 17CTNFrancisco J. Urbano, PhD, Research Scientist, CONICET, Instituto de Fisiologia, Biologia, y Neurosciencias, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Argentina T-type calcium channels play a key role in GABAergic thalamocortical alterations and hyperlocomotion mediated by repetitive cocaine administration
August 31GraduateJames HydeNeural Population Response – Recording and Analysis
September 28CTN Lumy Sawaki, MD, PhD, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Univ. of Kentucky. Host: Dr. Mark Mennemeier 
October 12GraduateChaoxuan Dong Effects of Ketamine on Apoptosis and Neurogenesis of Rat Fetal Cortical Neural Stem Progenitor Cells
October 19GraduateAngela Odle 
October 26GraduateTBA from St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalTentative: Selecting the Right Postdoctoral Fellowship
November 2CTN Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, UAMSArousal from slices to humans: Implications for Deep Brain Stimulation  
November 9  Michael Zawada, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. Host: Dr. Steve BargerAngiotensin and NADPH oxidase in Parkinson’s disease
November 16GraduateGwendolyn Carter 
November 23DepartmentPaul Gottschall, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAMS. Host: Dr. Kevin PhelanProteoglycans, Proteases and Plasticity in the Neural Microenvironment
November 30GraduateNebojsa Kezunovic, Mentor: Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences Mechanism Behind Gamma Band Activity in PPN and Pf Nuclei
December 7DepartmentWilliam Slikker, PhD, Director, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA. Host: Dr. Robert SkinnerThe Promise of Regulatory Science

Spring 2010

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January 5Department Russell B. Melchert, PhD, College of Pharmacy Dept .of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Host: Dr. Robert SkinnerAnimal Biotelemetry for Cardiovascular Research
January 7 (Thurs. 3 pm)Department jointly with PhysiologyEdward K. Williamson, PhD, Director, Confocal Facility, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Hosts: Drs. Gwen Childs and Brian StorrieMicroscopy for Biology’s Sake
January 12   
January 14 (Thurs. 3 pm)Department jointly with Physiology Rhonda D. Kineman, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago; Research Health Scientist, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. Hosts: Drs. Gwen Childs and Larry and Dana SuvaGrowth Hormone and Adult Physiology
January 22 (Friday noon)DepartmentWei Wang, PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Steven W. Barger Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Structure-Function Study of Serine Racemase
February 2CTN Helen Baghdoyan, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Anesthesiology, Univ. of Michigan Sleep, Anesthesia, & Mental Health: Mechanistic Insights from Neuropharmacological and Neurochemical Studies
February 4 (Thurs. 9 am)Department (Faculty candidate)Tue G. Banke, PhD, MSc, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Johnson & Johnson, Pharmaceutical Res. & Dev., San Diego, CA. Host: Dr. Paul DrewLarge pore formation of TRP channels
February 23CTN Rolf T. Wigand, PhD, Maulden-Entergy Chair & Distinguished Professor, Depts. of Information Science & Management, UALR Taming the Social Network Jungle: From Communication Networks to Ubiquitous Social Media
March 9Department   Yunjun Wang, PhD; Xiong Liu, PhD, Mesolight, LLC, UAMS BioVentures. Host: Dr. Jason Chang Biomedical Applications of Luminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals
March 16  CTNLuis de Lecea, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Optogenetic control of arousal and reward
March 18 (Thurs. 9 am)  Department (Faculty candidate)Mahmoud Kiaei, PhD, Assistant Professor in Neuroscience, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience, Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityOxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation and Therapeutic Development in animal model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
March 23 (cancelled)CTN Peter Kalivas, PhD, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neurosciences, Medical Univ. of South Carolina(cancelled)
March 30CTN Thomas R. Kosten, MD, Jay H Waggoner Chair and Professor Psychiatry, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Baylor & VA Houston Clinical Translational Research Anti-addiction Medications
April 6CTN Kathryn A. Hamilton, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Louisiana State Univ. Health Sci. Cent. Host: Dr. Abdallah Hayar The “forgotten” olfactory bulb interneurons: characteristics and functions
April 13DepartmentRobert L. Stephens, Jr., PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State Univ. Medical Center. Host: Dr. Elie Al-ChaerGLT-1 over-expression attenuates visceral nociception and cross-organ sensitization of bladder nociception and function
April 19 (Monday noon)Graduate (Candidacy exam)Martin Wattsα2-Adrenoceptors Modulate TRPV4 and Reduce Inflammation-Induced Visceral Pain
April 20CTN  John Hughes, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Vermont. Host: Dr. Christine E Sheffer  
May 4Department Yuzhi Chen, PhD, Dept. of Geriatrics and Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMSUbiquitination and Alzheimer’s Disease
May 11GraduateJennifer WattsNovel Mechanisms of Inflammatory Visceral Pain: Functional Properties of Glia
May 14 (Friday noon)Department Beata Wolska, PhD, Dept. of Physiology in Medicine, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago. Host: Dr. Helen BenesRescue of Familial Cardiomyopathies by Alterations in Ca Fluxes or Direct Modifications at the Sarcomere Level
May 18Graduate (Candidacy exam)Christen SimonGlutamatergic Modulation of the Pedunculopontine Nucleus and its Potential Effects on Waking and REM Sleep
May 25CTN  Pham H. Liem, MD, Associate Chief of Staff of Geriatrics and Extended Care, CAVHS, Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Geriatrics, UAMSFat, Full of Insulin and Forgetful: The relationship between Adiposity, Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease  
June 1CTN Atom Sarkar, MD, PhD, Director, Neurological Nanomedicine, Associate Director, Functional Neurosurgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH The Promise of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine
June 8Department Helen Benes, PhD, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMSMolecular analysis of sex-specific gene activity – towards a novel mosquito control strategy
June 22, 9:00 a.m.DepartmentShuliang Liu, Ph.D. Candidate; Mentor: Tammy L. Kielian, PhD.Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Pathogenesis and Immune Responses to Citrobacter koseri Infection in the Central Nervous System
June 22 (noon)Department and CTNNeso Kezunovic, Graduate student mentored by E. Garcia-Rill, PhD Gamma Band Activity in the Nuclei of the Reticular Activating System

Fall 2009

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August 25GraduateJennifer WattsReport: P2XT Receptor & Spinal Injury
September 2 (Wed.)GraduateMartin WattsReport: TRPV4 & Visceral Hypersensitivity
September 8GraduateGregory SorensonReport: Transcranial Current Stimulation
September 15GraduateAngela OdleReport: Deletion of Leptin Receptor in Neurons Leads to Obesity
September 22GraduateChristen SimonReport: Properties of a T-Type Ca2 Channel-Activated Slow Afterhyperpolarization in the Thalamic Paraventricular Nucleus
September 29GraduateJames HydeReport: Confocal Mapping of Cortical Inputs onto Identified Pyramidal Neurons
October 6GraduateGwendolyn CarterReport: Gene Expression in Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s Disease
October 12 (Mond.) Chapter MeetingArkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Meeting
October 20 No SeminarSoc. for Neuroscience Mtg.
October 27 No SeminarChancellor’s Teaching Award Ceremony
November 3Graduate Meet to Discuss Invited Extramural Speaker for the Spring Semester
November 10GraduateSasikanth GorantlaReport: Predicting Clinical Progression in Multiple Sclerosis with the Magnetic Resonance Disease Severity Scale
December 1Department Mark Hannink, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, Univ. of Missouri. Host: Dr. Helen BenesStructural and functional analysis of Keap1: New insights into regulation of anti-oxidant gene expression
December 8GraduateNebojsa KezunovicReport: High-Frequency Network Oscillations in Cerebellar Cortex
December 15Department Jihong Xu, PhD, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMSImmune Suppression of β-Lapachone on Inflammatory Cytokines IL-23 and IL-17: Relevance to Autoimmune Diseases

Spring 2009

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January 13CTNDonald J. Woodward, PhD, President and Director, Neuroscience Research Institute of North Carolina, Winston Salem, NC Evolution of Enabling Technology for Multineuron Recording: Impact on Studies of Brain and Behavior
January 27Department Raghu Vemuganti, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical SchoolRole of transcription factors and MicroRNAs in ischemic brain damage
Thursday January 29, 4:00 pm, Pauly Auditorium G219, COPH Paul Ford, PhD, Clinical Bioethicist, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of MedicineInnovating the Brain: Ethics of Neuro-technology
March 31CTN Jim Marcin, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics Section of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of California Davis Pediatric Telemedicine and its Applications in the ED and ICU
April 7GraduateChaoxuan DongEffects of Ketamine on Apoptosis and Neurogenesis of Rat Fetal Cortical Neural Stem Progenitor Cells (NSPCs)
April 14CTNG. William Rebeck, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Georgetown University. Host: Dr. Yuzhi Chen Synaptic Functions of Alzheimer’s Proteins APP and ApoE
April 21GraduateMeijun Ye Cholinergic modulation of fast synaptic transmission in the Pedunculopontine and Parafascicular nuclei: Implications for the regulation of cortical arousal
April 28GraduateChristen Simon Glutamatergic Modulation of the Pedunculopontine Nucleus and its Potential Effects on Waking and REM Sleep
May 5GraduateShuliang Liu Microglial Activation by Citrobacter koseri is Mediated by TLR4- and MyD88-dependent Pathways
May 12DepartmentKumar Sambamurti, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Neurosciences, Medical University of South CarolinaUnderstanding AD through retinal degeneration
May 26GraduateJennifer Watts Novel Mechanisms of Visceral Pain: Functional Properties of Microglia
June 2GraduateNebojsa Kezunovic Gamma Oscillations During Brain Activity: Properties, Significance, and Future Experiments

Fall 2008

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September 9 CTN Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience Center for Translational Research, 4 years of progress
September 16CTNJeffrey R. Kaiser, MD, MA, Dept. of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, Arkansas Children’s Hospital The Influence of Hypercapnia (↑CO2) on Neonatal Brain Injury: How High is Too High?
September 30 CTN F. Edward Dudek, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Univ. of Utah School of Medicine Progressive development of spontaneous seizures in experimental epilepsy
October 7CTNWilliam Fantegrossi, PhD,Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAMS Nantenine analogues as MDMA antagonists and PET ligands: a translational approach toward novel therapeutics
October 14CTN Richard Whit Hall, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology, UAMS Beam me in, Scotty: Telemedicine in Education, Clinical Medicine and Research
October 21 11:00-12:00 a.m.CTN John Dornhoffer, MD, Professor, Director, Division of Otology/ Neurotology, Dept. of Otolaryngology, UAMS Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Tinnitus
October 28 11:00-12:00 a.m.CTN Subimal Datta, PhD, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Boston University Sleep: Learning and Memory
November 4 Education West Building, Room 226Arkansas Chapter Soc. for Neuroscience  William E. Sonntag, PhD, Professor and Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Aging Research, Dept. of Geriatric Medicine, Univ. of Oklahoma Health Science Center Worms, Flies, Dwarfs and Things That Go Bump in the Night: Growth Hormone, IGF-1 and the Aging Brain
November 18Dept. of Physiology & BiophysicsJohn Solaro, PhD, Chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois at Chicago 
December 2GraduateMs. Wei Wang, PhD candidate working in the laboratory of Dr. Steve Barger Structure-Function Study of Serine Racemase
December 9CTN Melanie MacNicol, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences Neural Stem Cells; Developmental Decisions through mRNA Translational Control

Spring 2008

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January 8Dept.Sami Harik, MD, Dept. of Neurology, UAMS The Blood Brain Barrier in Health and Disease
January 23, Wed. 2:00 p.m., COPH, Rm 8240Microanatomy Course Review  Steve Downing, PhD, Dept. of Anatomy Microbiology and Pathology, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School Duluth Curricular Changes at the University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth: Internal Perspectives
February 5CTNMajor General Bill Lefler, DDS, FACP, US Army (Retired), Hot Springs Village, AR Tobacco Settlement Commission Chairman The history, progress and future impact of the Tobacco Settlement in Arkansas
February 12Graduate/PostdocShuliang Liu 
March 11Dept.Marie-Francoise Chesselet, MD, PhD, UCLABehavioral phenotypes of mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases
April 15Ph.D. Dissertation DefenseDavid Heister, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences (Thesis director: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill) Intrinsic mechanisms and cholinergic modulation of the dorsal subcoeruleus: Implications for REM sleep
May 13Dept.John Tower, PhD, Univ. Southern California (Host: Dr. Helen Benes)Nuclear-mitochondrial signaling and Drosophila life span

Fall 2007

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September 4 CTNMichael Borrelli, PhD, UAMS RadiologyBiofunctional imaging and image guided therapies for Neuroscience
September 11CTNCarlos Schenck, MD, Hennepin Med. Ctr. Univ. Minneapolis PsychiatryREM sleep behavior disorder and Parkinsonism, and Zolpidem-Induced Sleep Related Eating Disorder
September 25Bench-to-BedsideAlice Fann, MD, PhD & Elie Al-Chaer, PhD, JD  Dr. Fann: “Functional Pain: Fiction, Function or Dysfunction” Dr. Al-Chaer: “Pain: The Paradox of Research Advances and Clinical Retreat”
October 2PhD Candidacy ExamMeijun Ye (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill)Cholinergic Modulation of Arousal in the Pedunculopontine (PPN) and Parafascicular (Pf) Nuclei
October 9Graduate/PostdocWei Wang 
October 11, Thursday 9:00 a.m.Dissertation DefenseTaasin Srivastava (Mentor: Dr. Angus MacNicol) College of Public Health Building, Room 8-240Role and Regulation of CPEB1 in Neuronal Cells
October 16 Bench-to-BedsideMark Mennemeier, PhD, & John Dornhoffer, MDDr. Mennemeier:“Is the ringing in your ears all in your head?” Dr. Dornhoffer: “Beating Back the Noise: TMS and Tinnitus”
October 23Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Annual MeetingRoger Reep, PhD, Dept. of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, FloridaNeural Circuitry and Plasticity in a Rodent Model of Hemispatial Neglect
October 30Graduate/PostdocChaoxuan DongKetamine Neurotoxicity in the Newborn Brain is Dose-Dependent and Developmentally Regulated
November 13Dept.William Hickey, PhD, Dartmouth Medical School (Host: Dr. Tammy Kielian)An Update on Microglia and Perivascular Cells: their roles expand
November 14, Wed. 11:00-12:00Bench-to-BedsideAlison Oliveto, PhD and Michael Mancino, MDDrug Abuse and Relapse: The Never-ending Story.
November 27 CTN Mark Hallett, MD, PhD, Human Motor Control section, NINDS, NIH Pathophysiology of Focal Dystonia and Implications for Treatment
Nov 28, Wed. 10:00 amDissertation DefenseNirmal Phulwani – Dissertation Defense
Modulating Astrocyte Activation in Response to Staphylococcus Aureus: Relevance to Brain Abscess
December 18Dept.Zach Brodrick 

Spring 2007

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January 16CTN Robert Greene, M.D., Ph.D., guest of Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill, Sherry Knopf Crasilneck Distinguished Chair in Psychiatry Director National Clozapine Coordinating Center Department of Psychiatry University of Texas, SouthwesternThe role of the adenosine A1 receptor in sleep homeostasis
January 23 Yuzhi Chen, Ph.D., Reynolds Center on Aging & Dept. of Neurobiology & Dev. Sciences UAMS 
February 6 John P. Crow, Ph.D., guest of Dr. Paul Drew, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAMS 
February 20  Syed F. Ali, Ph.D., Senior Biomedical Research Scientist, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDAAlteration in mitochondrial proteome and oxidative damage in MPTP-induced Parkinsonian model
February 27  Barbara Clancy, Ph.D., Dept. of Biology, University of Central Arkansas 
March 13CTN Irving Vega, Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico 
March 20 Malathi Srivatsan, Ph.D., Dept. of Biological Sciences Arkansas State University 
March 27  Lori Hensley, Ph.D., Dept. of Biology Ouachita Baptist University 
April 3CTN Scott Whittemore, Ph.D., University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 
April 10 Giulia Baldini, Ph.D., guest of Dr. Steve Barger, Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 
April 17  Sandy Legan, Ph.D. , Distinguished Lecturer for the Arkansas INBRE Dept. of Physiology, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington 
April 18  Michael A. Weiss, Ph.D., guest of Dr. Helen Benes, Chair, Dept. of Biochemistry, Case School of Medicine, Jointly hosted with the Dept. of Biochemistry & Molec. Biology, UAMS 
April 24CTNDavid Dinges, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 
May 1 John F. Bowyer, Ph.D., Research Pharmacologist, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA/HHSGene Expression Changes Related to the Toxicity of Amphetamines: Lost in Translation?

Fall 2006

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August 15Graduate/PostdocMeijun Ye Year 1 – Literature Review
August 17, Thursday 9 AM Graduate/PostdocCindy ZhangAnnual Research Seminar
August 22Graduate/PostdocDavid Davies Amanda Charlesworth Course Objectives & Expectations Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs
August 29Graduate/PostdocShuliang LiuPhD Candidacy Exam Seminar
September 5Graduate/PostdocDavid Davies Amanda Charlesworth Steve Barger Presentation Techniques, Styles and PowerPoint
September 19Graduate/PostdocZach Brodrick & Kim LockhartMini-review of a recent or classical research paper by year-1 students
September 26Dept.Dr. Linda Restifo Univ. of Arizona Guest of Dr. H. BenesTBA
October 3Graduate/PostdocTaasin SrivastavaTBA
October 10Dept.Dr. Philip Wong Guest of Dr. Y. ChenTBA
October 12, Thursday NoonDept. Kathryn Howell Univ. of Colorado Health Science Ctr.New Insights into Golgi Function from 3D Structure and Proteomics
October 17 Soc. For Neuroscience Meeting 
October 24Dept.Dr. Mohan Sopori Guest of Dr. SrivatsanRole of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Neuroimmune Interactions
October 31Graduate/Postdoc Chaoxuan Dong & Prashanthi GummireddyMini-review of a recent or classical research paper by year-1 students
November 14Dept.Dr. Galen Wenger UAMS Pharmacology Guest of Dr. C. KaneTBA
November 16, Thursday NoonGraduate/PostdocWei WangPhD Candidacy Exam   College of Public Health Bldg. Rm. G232
November 28Dept.Dr. Barry Connors Brown University Guest of the Center for Translational Neuroscience
November 30, Thursday 11 am Graduate/PostdocTiffany Wallace HuittDISSERTATION DEFENSE College of Public Health Bldg. Rm. 3202
December 5Graduate/PostdocCharlotte YatesDISSERTATION DEFENSE
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