Education / Graduate Education / PhD Programs / Neuroscience Graduate Program / Events / Student Seminars Student Seminars Upcoming20242023202220212020 TBAStephanie Syc - PhD Candidate Dec 08, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Grayson Sipe TBANguyen Mai - PhD Candidate Dec 08, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Grayson Sipe TBAXiaowei Wang - PhD Candidate Dec 01, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Fatima Rivera-Escalara TBAKelli Fagan - PhD Candidate Nov 24, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: John O'Donnell TBAChristina Cloninger - PhD Candidate Nov 10, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Rebecca Lowery NSC Thesis Defense: Requirement for LIM-homeodomain Transcription Factor LHX9 in the Differentiation of Amacrine Cell SubtypesRevathi Balasubramanian Nov 07, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)TBAMolly Jaynes - PhD Candidate Nov 03, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Julianna Feola TBAElizabeth Belcher - PhD Candidate Nov 03, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Julianna Feola TBAAdrianne Chesser - PhD Candidate Oct 27, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Kelli Fagan TBAJennifer Stripay - PhD Candidate Oct 20, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Adrianne Chesser TBABrianna Sleezer - PhD Candidate Oct 20, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Adrianne Chesser TBAFatima Rivera-Escalera - PhD Candidate Oct 13, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Christina Cloniger TBAEvan McConnell - PhD Candidate Oct 06, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Susanne Pritchard TBARyan Dawes - PhD Candidate Oct 06, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Susanne Pritchard NSC Thesis Proposal: The Role of Neuronal Transglutaminase 2 in Ischemic StrokeLaura Yunes-Medina Oct 01, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)NSC Thesis Proposal: Mechanisms of Retinal Cell Death Following Excitotoxic InjuryBerkeley Fahrenthold Sep 30, 2014 @ 9:30 a.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)TBASusanne Pritchard - PhD Candidate Sep 29, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Shiona Biswas NSC Thesis Proposal: Dissecting the Roles of Notch and BMP Signaling in Anterior Segment DysgenesisRebecca Rausch Sep 29, 2014 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)NSC Thesis Proposal: Restoring Nervous System Function: Using Astrocytes to Breathe New Life into Damaged NeuronsHeather Natola Sep 24, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m. Medical Center | 1-7619 (Adolph Auditorium)BioInformaticsHelen McMurray Sep 22, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)NSC Thesis Proposal: Properties of Training-Induced Visual Recovery in Cortical BlindnessMatthew Cavanaugh Sep 22, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Microglial P2Y12 Signaling is Critical for Visual PlasticityGrayson Sipe - PhD Candidate Sep 15, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: Aimee Morris NSC Thesis Proposal: From Specifying Sensory Progenitors to Promoting Neurogenesis: Elucidating the Role of Dynamic SOX2 Expression in Mammalian Inner Ear DevelopmentAleta Steevens Sep 15, 2014 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Student Expectations/Record KeepingPatricia White, Ph.D. Sep 08, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)NSC Thesis Defense: Functional Hyperemia in Cerebral CapillariesHelen Wei Jun 24, 2014 @ 9:30 a.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC Thesis Defense: Impulsivity in Parkinson DiseaseImran Punekar Jun 19, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m. Helen Wood Hall | 1 W304Elizabeth Doty Lecture: Attention, Perception, and the Representations of Visual Stimuli by Neuronal PopulationsJohn H. R. Maunsell, Ph.D. - Alice and Rodman W. Moorhead III Professor of Neurobiology Harvard Medical School May 12, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | G-9425 (Class of '62 Auditorium)Host: NBA Transcriptome Analysis Reveals SOX9 as a Novel AstroglialWei Sun - PhD Candidate Apr 28, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Rebecca Rausch The Effect of PPARy Ligands on Nerve Regeneration in the post-PRK Cat CorneaColin Lockwood - PhD Candidate Apr 21, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Aleta Steevens NSC Thesis Defense: GPi is Involved at Multiple Levels in Selection and Inhibition of Competing Motor BehaviorsIrina Statnikova Apr 14, 2014 @ 9:00 a.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Neutrophil Trafficking after Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion InjuryStephanie Syc - PhD Candidate Apr 07, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Colin Lockwood NSC Thesis Defense: Changes in Exploratory Behavior and Cell Proliferation in the Amygdala Following Repeated Variable Stress in Male Rats: Focus on AdolescenceMichele Saul Apr 07, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | 3-7619 (Upper S-Wing Auditorium)Regulation of Cerebral MicrocirculationHelen Wei - PhD Candidate Mar 31, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Matthew Cavanaugh VectionAimee Morris - PhD Candidate Mar 24, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Laura Yunes Medina Understanding AutismLoisa Bennetto - Chair and Associate Professor of Psychology Mar 20, 2014 @ 12:10 p.m. Rundel Auditorium at the Rochester Central Library | Rundel AuditoriumElucidating the role SOX2 in the developing otocystDavid Paul - PhD Candidate Mar 17, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Xiaowei Wang Adult hippocampal neurogenesis: What are new neurons good for? And what are good for new neurons?Amelia J. Eisch, Ph.D. - Associate Professor with Tenure, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center Mar 10, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Dr. M. Kerry O’Banion M.D. Ph.D. NSC Thesis Proposal: The Role of Astrocytes in Noradrenaline Mediated Attenuation of Motor TicsEvan McConnell Mar 10, 2014 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Astroycte transplantation confers behavioral benefits in a rat model of Parkinson's diseaseRebecca Rausch - PhD Candidate Mar 03, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Jennifer Stripay Lmo3 is required for the development of a subset of globus pallidus neuronsShiona Biswas - PhD Candidate Feb 24, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Brianna Sleezer Properties of visual re-learning in cortical blindnessColin Lockwood - PhD Candidate Feb 17, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Evan McConnell The role of CCR2 in IL-1β mediated amyloid plaque clearance Grayson Sipe - PhD Candidate Feb 10, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Berkeley Fahrenthold TBDBerkeley Fahrenthold - PhD Candidate Feb 03, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Ryan Dawes TBDJohn O'Donnell - PhD Candidate Feb 03, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Ryan Dawes The role of Lhx9 in the development of amacrine cell subtypes and their laminar specificationRevathi Balasubramanian - PhD Candidate Jan 27, 2014 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Host: Grayson Sipe