Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) / Program Events & Talks / Defense Seminars Defense Seminars Upcoming20202019201820172016 Investigating Glatiramer Acetate’s Mechanism of Action in the 5xFAD Alzheimer’s Disease ModelBerke KaraahmetAdvisor: Kerry O’Banion, Ph.D. - Ph,D, Thesis Proposal Dec 11, 2019 @ 10:45 a.m. Medical Center | 3-7619 Upper AuditoriumHuman herpesvirus 6A latency gene U94A impairs motility and maturation in glial cells and neurons: Implications for neurodegenerative diseaseJessie HogestynAdvisor: Dr. Margot Mayer-Pröschel - Ph.D. Thesis Defense Dec 09, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | G-9425 Class of '62 AuditoriumFunctional Brain Network Structure in Focal Embouchure Dystonia and Related DisordersAimee Morris - Neuroscience PhD Candidate Jul 01, 2019 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | Lower Adolph Auditorium 1-7619Host: Dr. Jonathan Mink Noradrenergic modulation of microglial dynamics and synaptic plasticityRianne Stowell - Neuroscience PhD Candidate Jun 28, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Auditorium K-307Host: Dr. Ania Majewska Ameliorating Alzheimer’s Disease tau pathology through immunomodulation: A novel role for interleukin 4 and glatiramer acetateDawling Dionisio-Santos - Neurobiology and Anatomy PhD Candidate Jun 26, 2019 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium 3-7619Host: Dr. Kerry OBanion NSC Thesis Proposal: Investigating changes in population coding in the APP/PS1 mouse model of Alzheimer’s diseaseUday Chockanathan - Ph.D. Candidate - Advisor: Krishnan Padmanabhan May 01, 2019 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 2-6424 Whipple AuditoriumNSC Thesis Proposal - The role of PI3Kg signaling in microglial dynamics and experience dependent synaptic plasticityBrendan Whitelaw - Ph.D. CandidateAdvisor: Ania Majewska Feb 19, 2019 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)