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November 2009

11/2/09 - Biology Seminar - Geoffrey Ganter, PhD, University of New England, "Steroids and Sexual Behavior in the Fruit Fly Drosophila," 4:05 pm (refreshments at 3:50 pm), Marsh Life Sciences 105.

11/3/09 - News! "Bad Mood? Get Moving" by Thomas James Weaver, article featuring research of exercise and improved mood by Jeremy Sibold, associate professor in rehabilitation and movement science.

11/4/09 - Neuroscience Grad Student Journal Club - TBA, 12:30 -1:30 pm, HSRF 400.

11/5/09 -

Neuroscience Grand Rounds - Martin A. Samuels, MD, Professor and Chair of Neurology Brigham and Women’s Hospital Boston, MA, "Voodoo Death Revisited: The Modern Lessons of Neurocardiology," 9:30-10:30am, Davis Auditorium.

Pharmacology Seminar - Dan Foster, Graduate Student, University of Michigan Medical School, "GPCR-mediated regulation of osmolyte homeostasis in neural cells," 11:00 am, HSRF 300.

11/6/09 -

Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Alexandra S. Potter, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, "Nicotinic Cholinergic Contributions to Cognitive Symptoms of ADHD," 10:30-11:45 am, Davis Auditorium.

Department of Psychology Colloquium - Hugh Garavan, School of Psychology & Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, "The Neurobiology of Cognitive Control and its role in Addiction," 4:00-5:00pm, John Dewey Hall, Room 314.

11/9/09 - Neuroscience Outreach Meeting: Charlie Rathbone, professor emeritus in teacher education and a member of the Universal Design for Learning team, is deeply interested in how neuroscience relates to good learning and teaching and will presentn on how we might set up our neuroscience outreach activities, noon, HSRF 300. For more details, email vtsfn@uvm.edu.

11/11/09 -

News! Professional news in UVM Today: Robert Althoff, assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics, delivered the 2009 Richard Todd Award Lecture at the 17th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics in San Diego, Calif. on Nov. 6. The lecture was titled "Whole Genome Methylation Study of 48 Monozytgotic Pairs Concordant or Discordant for Attention Problems."

Dissertation Seminar and Defense - Anatomy and Neurobiology Graduate Program - Megan Doczi presents her dissertation entitled "Subcellular distribution of a voltage-gated potassium channel: The effect of localization on channel function," 12:30 pm, Davis Auditorium. (Dissertation PDF; poster and abstract PDF)
(No Neuroscience Grad Student Journal Club due to Megan Doczi's presentation)

11/12/09 - Neuroscience Grand Rounds - Michael A. Horgan, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Fletcher Allen Health Care, "Current Concepts in Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery," 9:30-10:30am, Davis Auditorium.

11/13/09 -

News! Hudziak Investigates Genetic Links to Childhood Psychiatric Disorders

Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Jennifer D. Ryan, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Cancer Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory, "Memory in Health Aging and Amnesia: Deficits and Possible Routes to Remediation," 10:30-11:45 am, Davis Auditorium.

Department of Psychology - Dissertation Seminar and Defense - Alexandra Thanellou, "Cerebellar Timing of Conditioned Eyeblink Responses in Wistar-Kyoto Hyperactive Rats: Implications for the development of inhibition delay in the conditioned eyeblink preparation," 11:00 am, Trinity Campus, Mann Hall, Room 211.

11/16/09 - Biology Seminar - Nirupa Chaudhari, PhD, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, "It Takes a Village: Division of Labor in Taste Buds," 4:05 pm (refreshments at 3:50 pm), Marsh Life Sciences 105.

11/17/09 - Dissertation Proposal Seminar - Simone Otto, Neuroscience Graduate Program, "The effect of PSCA, an endogenous proto-toxin, on alpha-7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor containing neurons in the ciliary ganglia during embryonic development," 2:30-3:30 pm, Med Ed 300 (proposal PDF and poster/abstract PDF).

News! Graduate Student Sarah Corey Receives NCCAM Grant to Study Connective Tissue

11/18/09 - Neuroscience Grad Student Journal Club - Carolyn Roman presents "Daily Electrical Silencing in the Mammalian Circadian Clock" by Belle et al., 12:30 -1:30 pm, HSRF 400.

11/19/09 -

Neuroscience Grand Rounds - Robert Sergott, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Jefferson Medical College, Wills Eye Hospital, PA, "OCT in Neuro-Ophthalmology and MS: The Genie in the Bottle," 9:30-10:30am, Davis Auditorium.

MD/PhD Seminar - George C. Wellman, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, "New directions in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage research," noon, MedEd 300.

11/20/09 - Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rounds - Judge Steve Leifman, Special Advisor on Criminal Justice and Mental Health, Supreme Court in Florida, "The Criminalization of Mental Illness," 10:30-11:45 am, Davis Auditorium.

11/25/09 - Neuroscience Grad Student Journal Club will not meet - Happy Thanksgiving!

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Neuroscience-related seminar series throughout the UVM community

Neuroscience Seminar Series (Neuro Sem): Sponsored by the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, the Vermont Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, and the Neuroscience Center of Biomedical Research Excellence

ANNB and Neuroscience Graduate Student Journal Club (NGP JC): Students in ANNB 381/382 present literature in various areas of neurobiological sciences to the neuroscience community.

Basic Science of Neurological Diseases (BSND Lecture): The goal of the course is to provide insight in recent developments in transitional neuroscience research and to stimulate interaction between basic and clinical neuroscience research at UVM. In order to achieve this goal, the course will focus on an in-depth examination of a single group of highly related neurological disorders.

Continuing Medical Education Grand Rounds (CME GR) : A searchable database including Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Surgery, and other clinical specialties at the College of Medicine

Dept of Biochemistry Seminars (Biochem Sem)

Dept of Biology Seminars (Bio Sem) and Cell Lunch Seminar Series

Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program Seminars (CMB Sem)

MD/PhD Seminar Series (MD/PhD Sem)

Dept of Neurology/Neuroscience Grand Rounds (Neur GR)

Dept of Pharmacology Seminars (Pharm Sem)

Dept of Psychiatry Grand Rounds (Psy GR)

Dept of Psychology Colloquiums (Psy Col)

Complex Systems Center - College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Seminars (CEMS Sem)