Departmental Seminar Series 2006-2021
Spring 2021
| Date | Series | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2 | Merideth Addicott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry, UAMS | The role of the insula in tobacco addiction | |
| March 23 | Reserved for anatomy faculty candidate | ||
| March 30 | Dept. | Cathy Morton, Ed.D., Director of the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) at West Virginia University | |
| April 6 | Dept. | 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 11 | Dept. | 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 15 | Dept. | Taurean Brown, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | Investigating the impact of Docetaxel, Doxorubicin, and Cyclophosphamide (TAC) induced inflammation on cognitive impairment |
Fall 2020
| Date | Series | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 25, Tue, 2:00 pm | Dept. | Tiffany K. Miles, (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs), Zoom Link, Meeting ID: 933 9263 9621, Passcode: 625617 | Loss 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 0879 | Constructing and validating a biofidelic infant neurological exam model to train pediatric residents |
| October 8, Thu, noon | Dept. of Biochemistry | Katherine Bronson, (Mentor: Dr. Angus Macnicol), Zoom Link. | Protein: protein interactions and the control of Musashi function |
| October 20 | Dept. | 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 17 | Dept. | Fabio Ntagwabira, (Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | Senolytics as a Therapeutic Strategy for Chemotherapy Induced Cognitive Impairment |
| December 1 | Dept. | 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 8 | Dept. | Jewel Banik, (Mentor: Dr. Angus MacNicol) | |
| December 15 | Dept. | 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 |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| January 14 | CTN | Edgar 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 4 | Dept. | Jewel Banik, student in Dr. Angus MacNicol’s Laboratory | |
| February 11 | Dept. | 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 30 | Dept. | Ana Rita Silva Moreira, MSc., graduate assistant (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs) |
Fall 2019
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| September 3 | Dept. | Mark Mennemeier, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Orientation to seminar |
| September 10 | Dept. | 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 8 | Dept. | 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 5 | CTN | Emilie Darrigue, PhD student in Applied Science, Center for Integrative Nanotechnology Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Nanomedecine 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 3 | Dept. | Tiffany Miles, IBS Student (Mentor: Gwen V. Childs) | Loss of Leptin Signaling: The Impact of Caloric Restriction on Neonatal and Adult Mice |
| December 10 | CTN & 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
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| February 12 | CTN | Veronica Bisagno, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Not all stimulants are the same: histone acetylation and deacetylation in the cortex |
| March 13, Wed. 3:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 2/280 | Dept. Faculty Candidate | Jaime 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 3/204 | Dept. Faculty Candidate | Ellen Robertson, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical Center | The Anatomy Pipeline: From Classroom to Clinic |
| March 29, Fri. 12:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 3/280 | Dept. Faculty Candidate | Edgar R. Meyer, Ph.D., Dept. Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical Center | Virtual 3D Anatomy: The Optimism and Skepticism in Using Stereopsis |
| April 2, Tues. noon, Biomed II, Rayford Audit | CTN | Francisco Urbano, Ph.D., Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Neuroepigenetics of arousal: F-actin control gamma oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus |
| April 2, Tues. 3:00 pm, Rahn Bldg, Rm 1/202 | Dept. Faculty Candidate | Sutton Williams, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology and Anatomical Sciences, The University of Mississippi Medical Center | Educational Research in Anatomy Education |
| April 23 | Dept. | Gwen Childs, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Immunocytochemistry: Challenging paradigms to illuminate new discoveries in the pituitary |
| April 30, Rahn Bldg, Rm G/226 | Dept. Faculty Candidate | Sonya Van Nuland, Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow, Department of Anatomy, Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and Science, Scottsdale, AZ | Are E-Learning Tools the Answer? A comparison of e-learning tools with traditional kinesthetic tactile learning approaches in the anatomical sciences |
| May 7 | Ph.D. Candidate | Jakeira E. Davis, B.S. in Biology (Mentor: Dr. Steven Barger) | Glucose Utilization In Alzheimer’s Disease |
| June 11 | Dept. | 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 student | Role of Nuclear Receptor Agonists in Treg and Oligodendrocyte Differentiation in MS Pathogenesis |
Fall 2018
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| August 21 | Dept. | Derek A. Hamilton, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico | Neural Bases of Deficits in Behavioral Flexibility and Memory Associated with Prenatal Alcohol Exposure |
| September 12 (Wednesday at noon) | Joint Seminar with Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Ania Wilczynska, Associate Scientist, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Switchback Rd, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK | DEAD-box proteins and translational control: the code beyond the codon |
| September 25 | CTN | Gwen Marchand, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Las Vegas College of Education | Evaluation of Centers and Institutes: Emerging Trends and Methods |
| October 2 | CTN | Edgar Garcia-Rill, Ph.D., Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Reproducibility, transparency, and rigor in science |
| November 13 | Dept. | 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 & Biophysics | Wilson K. Clements, Ph.D., Assistant Member, Dept. of Hematology, St Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Using Zebrafish to Investigate Developmental and Disease Hematopoiesis |
| March 13 | CTN | Francisco Urbano, PhD, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Neuroepigenetics of gamma oscillations in the pedunculopontine nucleus |
| March 27 | CTN | Jaideep Kapur, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology & Director of UVA Brain Institute, Univ. of Virginia | Mechanisms 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 21 | CTN | Merle G. Paule, Ph.D., A.T.S., Director, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research US FDA, Jefferson, Arkansas | Neurotoxicological Research at the FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research |
| November 28 | CTN | Aliza Brown, Ph.D., Assistant Research Professor, Dept. of Radiology, UAMS | Decreasing Mortality One App at a Time |
| December 5 | CTN | Whit Hall, M.D., Professor, Dept. of Pediatrics, UAMS | Telehealth for Children: The Rural-Urban Gap |
Spring 2017
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| January 10 | Dept. | Analiz Rodriguez, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor, Neurosurgical Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center | Immunotherapy 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 Austin | Gene – ethanol interactions and their impact on craniofacial development |
| March 14 | CTN | In-Hyun Park, Ph.D., Associate Prof. of Genetics and Associate Prof. in the Child Study Center, Yale Stem Cell Center | Reprogramming 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 30 | Dept. | 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 11 | Dept. | 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 9 | Dept. | Thomas Groves (Candidacy Exam; Mentor: Dr. Antino Allen) | JR-220: A Novel NMDA Antagonist with Traumatic Brain Injury Therapeutic Potential |
| September 6 | Dept. | Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Professor and Director of the Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences | Arousal and motor control |
| September 13 | CTN | Erica Beecher-Monas, JD, LLM, JSD | Square 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, TX | Efficacy of Human iPSC-derived Medial Ganglionic Eminence like Cells for Treating Temporal Lobe Epilepsy | |
| October 18 | CTN | Monica L. Andersen, PhD, Professor Department of Psychobiology, Chief Sleep Division, Universidad Federal de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Sleep, 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 Neuroscience | George Perry, PhD, Dean of the College of Sciences, Professor of Biology and Semmes Foundation Distinguished University Chair in Neurobiology | Role of Mitochondria in the Oxidative Stress of Alzheimer Disease |
| November 22 | Dept. | 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 6 | Dept. | Fen Xia, MD, PhD, MS, Chair, Dept. of Radiation Oncology, UAMS | The Role of PKM2 in DNA Repair |
Spring 2016
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| January 19 | Dept. | Nancy Gray, PhD, director of UAMS BioVentures | UAMS Discoveries: From Lab Bench to Market |
| February 9 | CTN | Istvan 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 23 | Dept. | John Cirrito, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine | Antidepressants make plaques unhappy: Synaptic regulation of amyloid-beta in Alzheimer’s mice and man |
| March 8 | Dept. | Ronald L. Klein, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience, LSU Shreveport, New Orleans. | Gene Vectors to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| March 15 | Dept. | Abdallah Hayar, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences | The 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 29 | Dept. | Linda Larson-Prior, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, UAMS | The contribution of sleep to human performance |
| April 5 | Dept. | Brennon Luster (Thesis Defense; Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill) | Intracellular Mechanisms Modulating Gamma Band Activity in the Peduncuolopontine Nucleus (PPN) |
| April 12 | Dept. | 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 19 | Dept. | 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 26 | Dept. | 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 Medicine | Mechanisms of White Matter Injury and Regeneration in the Developing Brain |
| May 17 | Dept. | 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, Texas | The Various Roles of the Clinical Anatomist in Current Medical School Curricula |
Fall 2015
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| October 27 | Dept. | Antino Allen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Member, Division of Radiation Health | Effects of Low Dose Space Irradiation on Neurogenesis and Structural Plasticity: Factors Involved in Learning and Memory |
| November 17 | Dept. | Sarah Mulkey, MD, | Brain Injury and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Newborns with Critical Congenital Heart Disease |
| November 24 | Dept. | Sang-Hun Lee, PhD, Dept. of Neurology | Plasticity of GABAergic interneurons in brain disorders |
| December 15 | CTN | Jeffrey Burns, M.D., M.S., Professor, Dept. of Neurology, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center | Is Alzheimer’s a Systemic Disease? |
Spring 2015
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| March 3 | CTN | Carlos Schenk, MD, Psychiatry Clinics, Hennepin County Medical Center | Insights from the release of instinctual behaviors during human sleep: aggression, locomotion, eating, and sex |
| March 17 | Dept. | Melanie MacNicol, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Develop. Sciences | Control of Stem Cell Transitions by mRNA Translation |
| April 7 | Dept. | Helen Hayes (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier) | A Brief Review of Frequency Dependent rTMS Effects on Cortical Excitability |
| April 14 | Dept. | 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 21 | Dept. | 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 106-2 | Dept. | 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 28 | Dept. | Gwendolyn Carter (Thesis Defense; Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier) | Effect of rTMS on Resting-State Brain Activity in Tinnitus |
| May 5 | Dept. | J.C. Douglas (Mentor: Dr. Cindy Kane) | Behavioral Tests in Mouse Models of FASD |
| May 12 | Dept. | Thomas Groves (Research Rotation Advisor: Dr. Steve Barger) | Hypoxia Inducible Factors and their Role in Obesity |
| May 26 | Dept. | Syed Ali, PhD, NCTR | Effects of Nanomaterials on Central Nervous System |
| June 9 at 2:00 PM | Dept. | 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 23 | Dept. | Johana Vega Leonel, PhD, (postdoc. candidate), Laboratory for NanoBiomaterials for Diagnosis, Drug Delivery & Tissue Engineering, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Engineering 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, Texas | Genetic Inhibition of JNK3 Ameliorates Spinal Muscular Atrophy |
| July 14 | Dept | Adam Behensky, PhD, (postdoc. candidate), Dept. of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, Univ. of South Florida College of Medicine | Sigma Receptor Activation Mitigates Toxicity Evoked by the Convergence of Ischemia, Acidosis and Amyloid-β |
Fall 2014
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| August 5 COPH/G232 | Dept. | Gwendolyn Carter (Mentor: Dr. Mark Mennemeier) | Effect of rTMS on Resting State Brain Activity in Tinnitus |
| August 26 | Dept. | Fang Zheng, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UAMS | Exploring the Roles of Canonical Transient Receptor Potential Channels in Acute and Recurrent Seizures |
| September 23 | Dept. | 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 30 | Dept/CTN | Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences | The Control of Waking and Sleep- Implications for Parkinson’s Disease |
| October 7 | Dept. | Sue Griffin, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Geriatrics, UAMS | APOE genotype influences neuronal resilience, even in disease |
| October 14 | Dept. | Xiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Abdallah Hayar) | The neuronal firing code: Can it distinguish age, sex and ethanol treatment? |
| December 5 Friday, COPH, Rm G228 | Dept. | Rachel Hendrix (Mentor: Dr. Steve Barger) | Examining Metabolic Dysfunction in the Context of Alzheimer’s Disease |
| December 9 | Dept. | 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 28 | Dept. | Ahmad Salehi, MD, PhD, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Veterans Administration Palo Alto Health Care System, California | Molecular mechanisms of cognitive dysfunction in Down syndrome. Steps toward therapy |
| February 18 | Dept. | Robert J Reis, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Geriatrics, College of Medicine, UAMS | Protein Aggregation in Neurodegenerative Disease Models: Common Components and Shared Proteostasis Vulnerabilities |
| March 11 | Dept. | Sarah Blossom, PhD, Assistant Professor, The Arkansas Center for Birth Defects Research and Prevention, UAMS | Neuroimmune Effects of Developmental Trichloroethylene Exposure |
| April 1 | Dept. (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 8 | Dept. | Miroslav Backonja, MD, Principal Investigator, Medical Director CRI Lifetree, Salt Lake City Research Center | Neuropathic Pain and Opportunities in Translational Research |
| April 15 | Dept. | Clint Kilts, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Director, Brain Imaging Research Center, Psychiatric Research Institute, UAMS | Mapping the Functional Organization of the Human Brain: The Neural Signatures of Drug Addiction |
| April 22 | Dept. | Robert Skinner, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences | The 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 29 | Dept. | Helen Benes, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences |
Fall 2013
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| August 27 | Dept. (Candidacy Exam) | Xiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Abdallah Hayar) | Ethanol-Induced Developmental Cerebellar Damage Alters Rat Licking |
| November 5 | Dept. | Dr. Ladu | |
| November 12 | Dept. | Brian Storrie, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, UAMS | |
| November 19 | Dept. (Candidacy Exam) | Brennon Luster (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill) | Mechanisms behind gamma band activity in waking vs REM sleep |
| November 26 | Dept. (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
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| January 29 | CTN | J. Scott Richards, PhD, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama at Birmingham | Spinal Cord Injury: Outcomes from the Bedside as we await the Bench |
| February 5 | Dept. | Larry Suva, PhD, Professor of Orthopaedics and Physiology and Biophysics, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, UAMS | Low Bone Mass in Mice and Men with Down Syndrome |
| February 26 | CTN | Francisco Urbano, PhD, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Differential effects of methylphenidate and cocaine on somatosensory thalamic nuclei in mice |
| March 5 | Dept. | LaShundra Watson, MD, Instructor, Dept. of Neurobiol. & Develop. Sci., UAMS | Reflections, case-studies, and clinical experiences gained from a two-month sponsored externship in Ghana |
| March 12 | Dept. | Nalini Bora, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, UAMS | Manipulation of the Complement System for the Treatment of Ocular Diseases |
| March 19 | CTN | Hynek 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 30 | Dept. (Dissertation Defense) | Paige Beck (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill) | The Role of Leptin in the Reticular Activating System |
| May 14 | CTN | Thomas Kilduff, PhD, Senior Director, Center for Neuroscience and Metabolic Disease, Stanford Research Institute | Cortical nNOS Neurons as Critical Elements in Sleep Homeostasis |
| June 4 | Dept. | 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 9 | Dept. | 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 16 | Dept. | Brennon Luster (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill) | Gamma Maintenance in the Reticular Activating System (RAS) |
Fall 2012
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Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| September 25 | CTN | M. Joycelyn Elders, MD, U.S. Surgeon General, 1993-1994, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Pediatrics, UAMS | Disparities in Health Care |
| October 2 | Department | Jason 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 9 | Dept. & ACSFN | David 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 23 | Graduate (candidacy exam) | Xiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Abdallah Hayar) | Effect of ethanol on motor coordination |
| October 30 | Department | Alvaro 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 |
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| November 13 | Department | Patricia Wight, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, UAMS | An 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 20 | Graduate | Naveen Babu Kandavalli (Mentor: Steve Barger) | |
| November 27 | Department | Gerald A. Dienel, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurology, UAMS | Astrocyte-Neuron Metabolic Interactions During Brain Activation: Is Lactate Shuttling Fact or Fiction? |
| December 4 | Graduate (candidacy exam) | Melody Allensworth (Mentor: Dr. Gwen Childs) | Leptin Regulation of Somatotropes in Postnatal Development and Adult Metabolism |
Spring 2012
Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to download abstract / presentation |
| February 7 | Department | James 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 14 | CTN | Veronica Bisagno, PhD, Research Scientist, ININFA-CONICET, Univ. of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. | Neuroprotective role of modafinil against methamphetamine toxicity |
| February 21 | Graduate | Orwa Aboud (Mentor: Dr. Griffin) | Apolipoprotein E expression in response to the cytokine cycle |
| March 6 | Dissertation Defense | Nebojsa Kezunovic (Mentor: Dr. Garcia-Rill) | Mechanism of Gamma Band Activity of Pedunculopontine and Parafascicular Neurons: Implications for Arousal |
| March 13 | Department | John Crow, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAMS | D-serine, Glia, and Mutant SOD1 in ALS: New Connections in the Pathogenesis Puzzle |
| April 3 | Department | Jerry Ware, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, UAMS | The 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 24 | Department | Usha Ponnappan, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, UAMS | Immune Senescence and Inflammaging: Proteosomal Regulation Gone Awry! |
| May 1 | Graduate (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 seminar | Melody 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 5 | Department | Rhonda 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) | CTN | Mary E. Aitken, MD MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, UAMS | To be announced |
| July 24 | |||
| July 26 (Thur. noon) | Department | Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. Neurobiology & Dev. Sci., UAMS | Optimizing your NIH grant application:What to do BEFORE submitting |
Fall 2011
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to download abstract / presentation |
| September 20 | Department | William Culp, MD, Professor of Radiology and Surgery, Dept. of Radiology, UAMS | Novel Stroke Therapies Using a Rabbit Model |
| September 27 | |||
| October 4 | |||
| October 11 | Graduate | Melody Allensworth (Mentor: Dr.Childs) | Exploring a Mouse Model of Pre-obesity and Obesity |
| October 18 | Department | 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 CTN | Christen Simon (Mentor: Dr. Garcia-Rill) | Glutamatergic Fast Synaptic Neurotransmission in the Pedunculopontine and Dorsal Subcoeruleus Nuclei: Implications for Arousal |
| November 1 | Graduate | Xiong Bin Lin (Mentor: Dr. Hayar) | Electrophysiological approach to establish a link between cerebellar activity and rhythmic licking |
| November 8 | Department | Ken Hensley, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Toledo Health Sciences Center (Host: Dr. Kiaei) | |
| November 15 | |||
| November 22 | |||
| November 29 | Department | Steve W. Barger, PhD, Professor of Geriatrics, Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, and Internal Medicine, UAMS | When is a lipoprotein receptor not a lipoprotein receptor? When it completes the Grand Unified Theory for Alzheimer pathogenesis |
| December 6 | Graduate | Naveen Kandavalli (Mentor: Dr. Barger) | To be announced |
| December 13 | Department | Syed 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
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to download abstract / presentation |
| January 18 | Department | 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 1 | Department | Bhupinder Vohra, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, UCA | Multiple mechanisms of axonal degeneration share a common Nmnat1- sensitive pathway |
| February 15 | Department, Students’ Choice Speaker | Detlef 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 1 | Department | Angus MacNicol, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, UAMS | |
| March 29 | Department | Dwight Pierce, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UAMS | Ethanol and the Developing Cerebellum |
| April 12, 11:30 am- 12:30 pm | OLAW WEBINAR | OLAW WEBINAR | The New GUIDE How Will it Impact Your Institution |
| April 19 | |||
| April 20 (Wed. noon, CPH AUD 8240) | Graduate | Angela Odle (Mentor: Dr. Childs) | Deletion of Somatrope Leptin Causes Metabolic Changes in the Mouse |
| April 26 ( Tues. 10:00 am, CPH AUD 8240) | Graduate | Chaoxuan 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 Griffin | A New Approach For The Treatment Of Alzheimer’s Disease | |
| May 3 | Department | Bill Atchison, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University | Exposure to an Environmental Neurotoxicant Hastens the Onset of ALS-Like Phenotype in hSOD1G93A Mice: Ca2+ – dependent, Glutamate-Mediated Excitotoxicity |
| May 24 | Graduate | Gwendolyn Carter (Mentor: Dr. Mennemeier) | |
| May 31 | Department | Piera Pasinelli, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience & Farber Institute for Neuroscience, Thomas Jefferson University | Mitochondrial Pathology in ALS: Lessons from Mutant SOD1 |
| June 9 (Thursday) | Graduate | Christen Simon (Mentor: Dr. Garcia-Rill) | |
| June 14 | CTN | Frank Andrasik, PhD, Host: Dr. Christine Sheffer | |
| June 28 | Graduate (Thesis Defense) | Jennifer Watts (Mentor: Dr. Elie Al-Chaer) |
Fall 2010
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to read abstract |
| August 10 | Department | Tarun K. Garg, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Myeloma Institute, UAMS. Host: Dr. Jason Chang | Adoptively Transferred Expanded Natural Killer Cells Inhibit Myeloma Tumor Growth in Vivo |
| August 17 | CTN | Francisco 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 31 | Graduate | James Hyde | Neural Population Response – Recording and Analysis |
| September 28 | CTN | Lumy Sawaki, MD, PhD, Dept. of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Univ. of Kentucky. Host: Dr. Mark Mennemeier | |
| October 12 | Graduate | Chaoxuan Dong | Effects of Ketamine on Apoptosis and Neurogenesis of Rat Fetal Cortical Neural Stem Progenitor Cells |
| October 19 | Graduate | Angela Odle | |
| October 26 | Graduate | TBA from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital | Tentative: Selecting the Right Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| November 2 | CTN | Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Arousal 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 Barger | Angiotensin and NADPH oxidase in Parkinson’s disease | |
| November 16 | Graduate | Gwendolyn Carter | |
| November 23 | Department | Paul Gottschall, PhD, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAMS. Host: Dr. Kevin Phelan | Proteoglycans, Proteases and Plasticity in the Neural Microenvironment |
| November 30 | Graduate | Nebojsa 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 7 | Department | William Slikker, PhD, Director, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA. Host: Dr. Robert Skinner | The Promise of Regulatory Science |
Spring 2010
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to read abstract |
| January 5 | Department | Russell B. Melchert, PhD, College of Pharmacy Dept .of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Host: Dr. Robert Skinner | Animal Biotelemetry for Cardiovascular Research |
| January 7 (Thurs. 3 pm) | Department jointly with Physiology | Edward K. Williamson, PhD, Director, Confocal Facility, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Hosts: Drs. Gwen Childs and Brian Storrie | Microscopy 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 Suva | Growth Hormone and Adult Physiology |
| January 22 (Friday noon) | Department | Wei Wang, PhD candidate in the laboratory of Dr. Steven W. Barger | Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Structure-Function Study of Serine Racemase |
| February 2 | CTN | 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 Drew | Large pore formation of TRP channels |
| February 23 | CTN | 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 9 | Department | Yunjun Wang, PhD; Xiong Liu, PhD, Mesolight, LLC, UAMS BioVentures. Host: Dr. Jason Chang | Biomedical Applications of Luminescent Semiconductor Nanocrystals |
| March 16 | CTN | Luis 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 University | Oxidative 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 30 | CTN | Thomas R. Kosten, MD, Jay H Waggoner Chair and Professor Psychiatry, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, Baylor & VA Houston | Clinical Translational Research Anti-addiction Medications |
| April 6 | CTN | 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 13 | Department | Robert L. Stephens, Jr., PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Cell Biology, Ohio State Univ. Medical Center. Host: Dr. Elie Al-Chaer | GLT-1 over-expression attenuates visceral nociception and cross-organ sensitization of bladder nociception and function |
| April 19 (Monday noon) | Graduate (Candidacy exam) | Martin Watts | α2-Adrenoceptors Modulate TRPV4 and Reduce Inflammation-Induced Visceral Pain |
| April 20 | CTN | John Hughes, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Vermont. Host: Dr. Christine E Sheffer | |
| May 4 | Department | Yuzhi Chen, PhD, Dept. of Geriatrics and Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Ubiquitination and Alzheimer’s Disease |
| May 11 | Graduate | Jennifer Watts | Novel 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 Benes | Rescue of Familial Cardiomyopathies by Alterations in Ca Fluxes or Direct Modifications at the Sarcomere Level |
| May 18 | Graduate (Candidacy exam) | Christen Simon | Glutamatergic Modulation of the Pedunculopontine Nucleus and its Potential Effects on Waking and REM Sleep |
| May 25 | CTN | Pham H. Liem, MD, Associate Chief of Staff of Geriatrics and Extended Care, CAVHS, Jackson T. Stephens Professor of Geriatrics, UAMS | Fat, Full of Insulin and Forgetful: The relationship between Adiposity, Type 2 Diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease |
| June 1 | CTN | Atom Sarkar, MD, PhD, Director, Neurological Nanomedicine, Associate Director, Functional Neurosurgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH | The Promise of Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine |
| June 8 | Department | Helen Benes, PhD, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Molecular analysis of sex-specific gene activity – towards a novel mosquito control strategy |
| June 22, 9:00 a.m. | Department | Shuliang 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 CTN | Neso Kezunovic, Graduate student mentored by E. Garcia-Rill, PhD | Gamma Band Activity in the Nuclei of the Reticular Activating System |
Fall 2009
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to read abstract |
| August 25 | Graduate | Jennifer Watts | Report: P2XT Receptor & Spinal Injury |
| September 2 (Wed.) | Graduate | Martin Watts | Report: TRPV4 & Visceral Hypersensitivity |
| September 8 | Graduate | Gregory Sorenson | Report: Transcranial Current Stimulation |
| September 15 | Graduate | Angela Odle | Report: Deletion of Leptin Receptor in Neurons Leads to Obesity |
| September 22 | Graduate | Christen Simon | Report: Properties of a T-Type Ca2 Channel-Activated Slow Afterhyperpolarization in the Thalamic Paraventricular Nucleus |
| September 29 | Graduate | James Hyde | Report: Confocal Mapping of Cortical Inputs onto Identified Pyramidal Neurons |
| October 6 | Graduate | Gwendolyn Carter | Report: Gene Expression in Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s Disease |
| October 12 (Mond.) | Chapter Meeting | Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Meeting | |
| October 20 | No Seminar | Soc. for Neuroscience Mtg. | |
| October 27 | No Seminar | Chancellor’s Teaching Award Ceremony | |
| November 3 | Graduate | Meet to Discuss Invited Extramural Speaker for the Spring Semester | |
| November 10 | Graduate | Sasikanth Gorantla | Report: Predicting Clinical Progression in Multiple Sclerosis with the Magnetic Resonance Disease Severity Scale |
| December 1 | Department | Mark Hannink, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry, Univ. of Missouri. Host: Dr. Helen Benes | Structural and functional analysis of Keap1: New insights into regulation of anti-oxidant gene expression |
| December 8 | Graduate | Nebojsa Kezunovic | Report: High-Frequency Network Oscillations in Cerebellar Cortex |
| December 15 | Department | Jihong Xu, PhD, Dept. of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, UAMS | Immune Suppression of β-Lapachone on Inflammatory Cytokines IL-23 and IL-17: Relevance to Autoimmune Diseases |
Spring 2009
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to read abstract |
| January 13 | CTN | Donald 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 27 | Department | Raghu Vemuganti, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurological Surgery, University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School | Role 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 Medicine | Innovating the Brain: Ethics of Neuro-technology | |
| March 31 | CTN | 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 7 | Graduate | Chaoxuan Dong | Effects of Ketamine on Apoptosis and Neurogenesis of Rat Fetal Cortical Neural Stem Progenitor Cells (NSPCs) |
| April 14 | CTN | G. 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 21 | Graduate | Meijun Ye | Cholinergic modulation of fast synaptic transmission in the Pedunculopontine and Parafascicular nuclei: Implications for the regulation of cortical arousal |
| April 28 | Graduate | Christen Simon | Glutamatergic Modulation of the Pedunculopontine Nucleus and its Potential Effects on Waking and REM Sleep |
| May 5 | Graduate | Shuliang Liu | Microglial Activation by Citrobacter koseri is Mediated by TLR4- and MyD88-dependent Pathways |
| May 12 | Department | Kumar Sambamurti, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina | Understanding AD through retinal degeneration |
| May 26 | Graduate | Jennifer Watts | Novel Mechanisms of Visceral Pain: Functional Properties of Microglia |
| June 2 | Graduate | Nebojsa Kezunovic | Gamma Oscillations During Brain Activity: Properties, Significance, and Future Experiments |
Fall 2008
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to read abstract |
| September 9 | CTN | Edgar Garcia-Rill, PhD, Director, Center for Translational Neuroscience | Center for Translational Research, 4 years of progress |
| September 16 | CTN | Jeffrey 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 7 | CTN | William Fantegrossi, PhD,Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAMS | Nantenine analogues as MDMA antagonists and PET ligands: a translational approach toward novel therapeutics |
| October 14 | CTN | 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 226 | Arkansas 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 18 | Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics | John Solaro, PhD, Chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois at Chicago | |
| December 2 | Graduate | Ms. Wei Wang, PhD candidate working in the laboratory of Dr. Steve Barger | Structure-Function Study of Serine Racemase |
| December 9 | CTN | Melanie MacNicol, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences | Neural Stem Cells; Developmental Decisions through mRNA Translational Control |
Spring 2008
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to read abstract |
| January 8 | Dept. | Sami Harik, MD, Dept. of Neurology, UAMS | The Blood Brain Barrier in Health and Disease |
| January 23, Wed. 2:00 p.m., COPH, Rm 8240 | Microanatomy 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 5 | CTN | Major 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 12 | Graduate/Postdoc | Shuliang Liu | |
| March 11 | Dept. | Marie-Francoise Chesselet, MD, PhD, UCLA | Behavioral phenotypes of mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases |
| April 15 | Ph.D. Dissertation Defense | David 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 13 | Dept. | John Tower, PhD, Univ. Southern California (Host: Dr. Helen Benes) | Nuclear-mitochondrial signaling and Drosophila life span |
Fall 2007
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to read abstract |
| September 4 | CTN | Michael Borrelli, PhD, UAMS Radiology | Biofunctional imaging and image guided therapies for Neuroscience |
| September 11 | CTN | Carlos Schenck, MD, Hennepin Med. Ctr. Univ. Minneapolis Psychiatry | REM sleep behavior disorder and Parkinsonism, and Zolpidem-Induced Sleep Related Eating Disorder |
| September 25 | Bench-to-Bedside | Alice 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 2 | PhD Candidacy Exam | Meijun Ye (Mentor: Dr. Edgar Garcia-Rill) | Cholinergic Modulation of Arousal in the Pedunculopontine (PPN) and Parafascicular (Pf) Nuclei |
| October 9 | Graduate/Postdoc | Wei Wang | |
| October 11, Thursday 9:00 a.m. | Dissertation Defense | Taasin Srivastava (Mentor: Dr. Angus MacNicol) College of Public Health Building, Room 8-240 | Role and Regulation of CPEB1 in Neuronal Cells |
| October 16 | Bench-to-Bedside | Mark Mennemeier, PhD, & John Dornhoffer, MD | Dr. Mennemeier:“Is the ringing in your ears all in your head?” Dr. Dornhoffer: “Beating Back the Noise: TMS and Tinnitus” |
| October 23 | Arkansas Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting | Roger Reep, PhD, Dept. of Physiological Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gainesville, Florida | Neural Circuitry and Plasticity in a Rodent Model of Hemispatial Neglect |
| October 30 | Graduate/Postdoc | Chaoxuan Dong | Ketamine Neurotoxicity in the Newborn Brain is Dose-Dependent and Developmentally Regulated |
| November 13 | Dept. | William Hickey, PhD, Dartmouth Medical School (Host: Dr. Tammy Kielian) | An Update on Microglia and Perivascular Cells: their roles expand |
| November 14, Wed. 11:00-12:00 | Bench-to-Bedside | Alison Oliveto, PhD and Michael Mancino, MD | Drug 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 am | Dissertation Defense | Nirmal Phulwani – Dissertation Defense |
Modulating Astrocyte Activation in Response to Staphylococcus Aureus: Relevance to Brain Abscess
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| December 18 | Dept. | Zach Brodrick |
Spring 2007
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic– Click to read abstract |
| January 16 | CTN | 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, Southwestern | The 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/FDA | Alteration 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 13 | CTN | 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 3 | CTN | 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 24 | CTN | David Dinges, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania | |
| May 1 | John F. Bowyer, Ph.D., Research Pharmacologist, Division of Neurotoxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA/HHS | Gene Expression Changes Related to the Toxicity of Amphetamines: Lost in Translation? |
Fall 2006
| Date |
Series |
Speaker |
Topic- Click to read abstract |
| August 15 | Graduate/Postdoc | Meijun Ye | Year 1 – Literature Review |
| August 17, Thursday 9 AM | Graduate/Postdoc | Cindy Zhang | Annual Research Seminar |
| August 22 | Graduate/Postdoc | David Davies Amanda Charlesworth | Course Objectives & Expectations Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs |
| August 29 | Graduate/Postdoc | Shuliang Liu | PhD Candidacy Exam Seminar |
| September 5 | Graduate/Postdoc | David Davies Amanda Charlesworth Steve Barger | Presentation Techniques, Styles and PowerPoint |
| September 19 | Graduate/Postdoc | Zach Brodrick & Kim Lockhart | Mini-review of a recent or classical research paper by year-1 students |
| September 26 | Dept. | Dr. Linda Restifo Univ. of Arizona Guest of Dr. H. Benes | TBA |
| October 3 | Graduate/Postdoc | Taasin Srivastava | TBA |
| October 10 | Dept. | Dr. Philip Wong Guest of Dr. Y. Chen | TBA |
| October 12, Thursday Noon | Dept. | 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 24 | Dept. | Dr. Mohan Sopori Guest of Dr. Srivatsan | Role of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Neuroimmune Interactions |
| October 31 | Graduate/Postdoc | Chaoxuan Dong & Prashanthi Gummireddy | Mini-review of a recent or classical research paper by year-1 students |
| November 14 | Dept. | Dr. Galen Wenger UAMS Pharmacology Guest of Dr. C. Kane | TBA |
| November 16, Thursday Noon | Graduate/Postdoc | Wei Wang | PhD Candidacy Exam College of Public Health Bldg. Rm. G232 |
| November 28 | Dept. | Dr. Barry Connors Brown University | Guest of the Center for Translational Neuroscience |
| November 30, Thursday 11 am | Graduate/Postdoc | Tiffany Wallace Huitt | DISSERTATION DEFENSE College of Public Health Bldg. Rm. 3202 |
| December 5 | Graduate/Postdoc | Charlotte Yates | DISSERTATION DEFENSE |
| December 12 | Dept. | Dr. Yuzhi Chen |