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All seminars commence at 11:00 A.M. unless indicated otherwise.  Please check this page regularly for updates.

Season

Date/Time

Title

Speaker/Institution

Location

2011

Mar-5 2010              

Molecular pathways of motor neuron injury and neuroprotection in ALS

Pamela Shaw
University of Sheffield              

Todd Amphitheater
P&S Room 16-405

Sep-10
2010

Motor Neurons Need Motor Proteins: Cytoplasmic Dynein Drives Axonal Transport and Facilitates Synaptic Stabilization

Erika Holzbaur
University of Pennsylvania            

Todd Amphitheater
P&S Room 16-405

Oct-8
2010
*12pm*

Development of Gene Therapeutics for Motor Neuron Disease

Brian Kaspar
The Ohio State University

Todd Amphitheater
P&S Room 16-405

Nov-5
2010

Dissecting causes and consequences in ALS mice

Pico Caroni
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research & University of Basel

Humphreys Auditorium
VC Room 14-240

 

 

 

 

 

Jan-21
2011

Spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: common pathways through RNA processing?

Kevin Talbot
University of Oxford

Todd Amphitheater
P&S Room 16-405

Feb-11
2011

Drosophila as a model for human neurodegenerative disease: insights from genetics

Nancy Bonini
University of Pennsylvania

HHSC Room 301

Mar-4
2011

Spontaneous activity and molecular signals during spinal motor circuit formation

Lynn Landmesser
Case Western Reserve University

Todd Amphitheater
P&S Room 16-405

Apr-1
2011

Molecular Logic of Neocortical Projection Neuron Development, Degeneration, and Repair

Jeffrey Macklis
Harvard University

Todd Amphitheater
P&S Room 16-405

May-6
2011

High-throughput genetic screens to define mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases

Aaron Gitler
University of Pennsylvania

Todd Amphitheater
P&S Room 16-405

Jun-3
2011

Stem Cells and Neurodegenerative Disease

Lee Rubin
Harvard University

Todd Amphitheater
P&S Room 16-405

Jul-8
2011

Title to be announced

Teepu Siddique
Northwestern University

Room to be announced

Oct-7
2011

Stress Responses and Chaperone Networks in Aging and Disease

Richard Morimoto
Northwestern University

Room to be announced

Nov-4
2011

Precision and Function of Neuronal Circuits Controlling Motor Behavior

Silvia Arber
Biozentrum and Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel

Room to be announced

Dec-2
2011

Title to be announced

Samuel Pfaff
Salk Institute

Room to be announced

2012

Jan-13
2012

Title to be announced

Michael O’Donovan
National Institutes of Health

Room to be announced

Feb-3
2012

Title to be announced

Frank Bennett
ISIS Pharmaceuticals

Room to be announced

Apr-6
2012

Outcome measures and trial design in spinal muscular atrophy

Eugenio Mercuri
Catholic University, Rome

Room to be announced

May-4
2012

Title to be announced

Thomas Gillingwater
University of Edinburgh

Room to be announced

Jun-1
2012

Title to be announced

Pierre Drapeau
University of Montreal

Room to be announced

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