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Psychosocial stress and norepinephrine signaling in breast cancer metastasis: Elucidating the role of extracellular matrix fibrillar collagen (In a Thesis Proposal)

Ryan Dawes - PhD Candidate

 Dec 17, 2013 @ 2:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Dr. Ed Brown & Dr. Kelly Madden

Effects of short-term cocaine self-administration on neural signatures of cognitive control in the rostral striatum (In a Thesis Proposal)

Brianna Sleezer - PhD Candidate

 Dec 16, 2013 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)

Host: Dr. Benjamin Hayden & Dr. Suzanne Habber

Understanding individual differences in selective auditory attention

Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, PhD - CELEST PI and Director, Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

 Dec 12, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

NSC Thesis Defense: The Effect of Sustained Overexpression of Interleukin-1Β on Pathology in Murine Models of Alzheimer's Disease and Tauopathy

Simantini Ghosh

 Dec 12, 2013 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)

TBD

Michael Chen - PhD Candidate

 Dec 02, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Fatima Rivera-Escalera

TBD

Felix Ramos-Busot - PhD Candidate

 Dec 02, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Fatima Rivera-Escalera

Controlling Head Movement in Gaze Pursuit

Adam Pallus - PhD Candidate

 Nov 25, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: John O'Donnell

TBD

Adrianne Chesser - PhD Candidate

 Nov 18, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Rebecca Lowery

TBD

Kelli Fagan - PhD Candidate

 Nov 18, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Rebecca Lowery

Progress Toward a High-Performance Brain-Machine Interface

Andrew Schwartz, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of Neurobiology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Member, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition at The McGowan Institute and the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, Scientific Director at the DelMonte Institute for Neuromedicine

 Nov 05, 2013 @ 12:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 1-7619 (Adolph Auditorium)

TBD

Christina Cloninger - PhD Candidate

 Nov 04, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Kelli Fagan

TBD

Julianne Feola - PhD Candidate

 Nov 04, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Kelli Fagan

NSC Thesis Proposal: Building the Network: Restoration of c-Cbl Function as a Critical Therapeutic Target in Glioblastoma Multiforme that Integrates Multiple Nodes of Cancer Control

Jennifer L. Stripay

 Nov 04, 2013 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)

NSC Thesis Defense: The JNK Pathway is a Critical Regulator of Retinal Ganglion Cell Death Following Axonal Injury

Kimberly Fernandes

 Nov 04, 2013 @ 9:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

NSC Thesis Defense: An Extended Amygdala Path with Implications for Early Life Stress

Danielle deCampo

 Nov 01, 2013 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)

TBD

Susanne Pritchard - PhD Candidate

 Oct 28, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Julianne Feola

Student Seminar for Xiaowei Wang and Molly Jaynes

Molly Jaynes - PhD Candidate

 Oct 21, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Christina Cloninger

Student Seminar for Xiaowei Wang and Molly Jaynes

Xiaowei Wang - PhD Candidate

 Oct 21, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Christina Cloninger

TBD

Jennifer Stripay & Laura Yunes-Medina - PhD Candidates

 Oct 14, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Adrianne Chesser

TBD

Brianna Sleezer - PhD Candidate

 Oct 07, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Wei Sun

TBD

Rebecca Lowery - PhD Candidate

 Oct 07, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Wei Sun

NSC Thesis Proposal: Na+-K+-Cl- Cotransporter-1 Up-regulation Mediates Early Seizure Activities Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Xiaowei Wang

 Oct 07, 2013 @ 1:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)

Interleukin 1 as a regulator of tau pathology in vivo

Simantini Ghosh - PhD Candidate

 Sep 30, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Shiona Biswas

Psychosocial stress alters tumor pathogenesis in a spontaneous model of metastatic breast cancer

Evan McConnell - PhD Candidate

 Sep 23, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Host: Susanne Pritchard

NSC Student Seminar: Writing a scientific manuscript

Patricia White, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy and Otolaryngology, University of Rochester

 Sep 09, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Investigating the role of striatal dysfunction in the development of compulsive and inflexible behaviors in drug addiction

Brianna Sleezer - PhD Candidate

 Apr 29, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Investigating mGluR5-independent neuroglial signaling in the adult mouse brain

Evan McConnell - PhD Candidate

 Apr 29, 2013 @ 3:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Interleukin 1 as a regulator of tau pathology in vivo

Simantini Ghosh - PhD Candidate

 Apr 22, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Basal ganglia role in suppression and facilitation of competing movement strategies

Irina Statnikova - PhD Candidate

 Apr 22, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Suspicious Coincidences In the Brain

Terrence Sejnowski, Ph.D. - Salk Institute, Professor and Laboratory Head, Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Francis Crick Chair

 Apr 15, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-7619

Host: Dr. Gary Paige and Dr. Maiken Nedergaard

The TRPC3 channel: a potential key player in BDNF mediated neuroprotection following ER Stress

Aleeta Steevens - PhD Candidate

 Apr 08, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Investigation of an endogenous AhR ligand that may promote medulloblastoma proliferation

Rebecca Rausch - PhD Candidate

 Apr 08, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Support cell therapy in the central nervous system

Heather Natola - PhD Candidate

 Apr 01, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Connections from the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis to the amygdala

Lauren Cummings - PhD Candidate

 Apr 01, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Properties of visual re-learning in cortical blindness - insights from the Perceptual Template Model

Matthew Cavanaugh - PhD Candidate

 Mar 25, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

BDNF-CHOP coupling and its role in ER-dependent neurite outgrowth

Laura Yunes-Medina - PhD Candidate

 Mar 25, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Acute Effects of Human Protein S Administration after Traumatic Brain Injury in Mice

Xiaowei Wang - PhD Candidate

 Mar 18, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Identifying c-Cbl as a critical point of intervention in glioblastoma multiforme

Jennifer Stripay - PhD Candidate

 Mar 18, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Using DTI to predict the cortical circuits affected by deep brain stimulation in individual patients

Berkeley Fahrenthold - PhD Candidate

 Feb 25, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Breast Cancer Exosomes: Novel Intermediaries in Psychosocial Stress-induced Tumor Pathogenesis?

Ryan Dawes - PhD Candidate

 Feb 25, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Behavioral and Neurochemical Effects of Prenatal Stress and Methylmercury Exposure

Rebecca Rausch - PhD Candidate

 Feb 18, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Expression following TCDD Exposure

Heather Natola - PhD Candidate

 Feb 11, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

The Role of the Periaqueductal Gray in Speech & Communication

Aleta Steevens - PhD Candidate

 Feb 11, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

An Analysis of Reward-Based Decision-Making in Primates

Lauren Cummings - PhD Candidate

 Feb 04, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Assessment of microglial labeling in two genetic mouse lines

Matthew Cavanaugh - PhD Candidate

 Feb 04, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

Sensorimotor Integration in Focal Hand Dystonia

Molly Jaynes - PhD Candidate

 Jan 28, 2013 @ 4:30 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)

The role of Lhx9 in the development of retinal cell subtypes and their laminar specification

Revathi Balasubramanian - PhD Candidate

 Jan 28, 2013 @ 4:00 p.m.

 Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)