URMC / Department of Neuroscience / Events / Student Seminars and Defenses Student Seminars and Defenses Upcoming20242023202220212020 NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Task Modulation of Optic Flow Analysis: Neural and Neuronal MechanismsColin Lockwood Dec 11, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Understanding CHOP-10's Role in the Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells & Tracing vCA1 Feedback Projections MiceKatherine Andersh & Sam Abbott - Ph.D. Candidates Dec 04, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Post-SFN Poster SessionPlease Register NOW with Tori D'Agostino - Hosted by - Rochester SFN Chapter Nov 30, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | LeChase Assembly Room G-9576NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Effect of norepinephrine signaling on microglia morphology & Characterization of Ramipril's Effects on Memory and Neurogenesis Following Irradiation in MiceBerke Karaahmet & Anjali Sinha - Ph.D. Candidates Nov 27, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Role of P2Y12 and C1q in developmental plasticity in the lateral geniculate & Tracing vCA1 Feedback ProjectionsAllison Murphy & Samantha Abbott Nov 20, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC Thesis Proposal: The Interaction Between 16p11.2 Deletion and Gestational Iron Deficiency in the Development of Autism Spectrum DisordersGarrick SaloisAdvisor: Margot Mayer-Proschel - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Proposal Nov 16, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)NSC Thesis Proposal: Arterial Hypertension and its Effect on Fluid Homeostasis and Amyloid Clearance in the Brain: Perivascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and DementiaHumberto MestreAdvisor: Maiken Nedergaard - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Proposal Nov 15, 2017 @ 11:00 a.m. Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)Beyond Hubel & Wiesel: Implications of a sampling-based probabilistic approach to visual perception, learning and developmentJozsef Fiser - Associate ProfessorDepartment of Cognitive ScienceCentral European University Nov 09, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Regulation of microglial activation by the transcription factor MafbPatrick Miller-Rhodes Nov 06, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC Thesis Defense: Notch and BMP Signaling Ligands in Ocular Development: An Analysis of Altered Spatiotemporal Expression and Gene DosageRebecca RauschAdvisors: Richard Libby & Amy Kiernan - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Nov 03, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)Mechanistic Discovery of Cognitive Training for Preventing Alzheimer’s DiseaseFeng Vankee Lin, Ph.D., RNSchool of NursingUniversity of Rochester Oct 31, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Investigating the effects of HHV-6A latency gene U94A on oligodendrocyte precursor cellsJessie Hogestyn - Ph.D. Candidate Oct 30, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Cranial irradiation causes dendritic spine loss that is microglial complement receptor 3-dependent and associated with cognitive impairmentJosh Hinkle Oct 23, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: TBAJessie Hogestyn Oct 16, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: The Dynamic Role of SOX2 in Inner Ear DevelopmentAleta Steevens Oct 09, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC Thesis Proposal: Ameliorating Alzheimer’s Disease tau pathology through immunomodulation: A novel role for interleukin 4 and glatiramer acetateDawling Dionisio-SantosAdvisors: Kerry O'Banion & John Olschowka - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Proposal Oct 04, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6424 Whipple AuditoriumNSC Thesis Defense: Targeting Neuronal Function to Restore Motor Control Following Contusion Spinal Cord InjuryHeather NatolaAdvisor: Chris Proschel - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Oct 03, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)NSC Thesis Proposal: An Investigation into the Genetic Mechanism Behind FOXO3's Role in Outer Hair Cell Preservation and Cochlear Recovery After Noise ExposureHolly BeaulacAdvisor: Patricia White - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Proposal Sep 28, 2017 @ 10:00 a.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: TBARianne Stowell Sep 25, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC Thesis Proposal: The Role of Purinergic Signalling in Mediating the Dynamics of Microglia Repopulation Following Depletion in the Adult Cortex in vivoMonique MendesAdvisor: Ania Majewska - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Proposal Sep 21, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-7534NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar Sep 18, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: IntroductionJesse Schallek & Farran Briggs Sep 11, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC Thesis Defense: Extracellular Ions and Volume Regulation in Brain StatesJohn O'DonnellAdvisor: Maiken Nedergaard - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Jul 17, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC Thesis Defense: Mechanisms and Limitations of Visual Recovery in Cortical BlindnessMatthew CavanaughAdvisor: Krystel Huxlin - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Jul 17, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | Adolph Auditorium (1-7619)NSC Thesis Defense: Extracellular Ions and Volume Regulations in Brain StatesJohn O'DonnellAdvisor: Maiken Nedergaard - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Jul 10, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6409)2017 Neuroscience RetreatKeynote: Eve Marder, PhD May 26, 2017 @ 8:30 a.m. Memorial Art Gallery | Host: Neuroscience Graduate Program Neural mechanisms that support and constrain working memoryClayton Curtis, Ph.D. - Asst. Prof. Psychology & Neural ScienceNew York University May 11, 2017 @ 12:00 p.m. Medical Center | Ryan Case Method Room (1-9576)Cortical Plasticity Within and Across LifetimesLeah Krubitzer, PhD - Prof. Psychology, Lab of Evolutionary Neurobiology, Univ. Cal. Davis May 04, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: CSF tonicity manipulations influence the glympathic influxYunpeng Pang & Neal Shah - Ph.D. Candidate May 01, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Diffusion tensor imaging in HIV+ women with a history of cocaine dependenceKathryn-Mary Wakim & Emily Warner - Ph.D. Candidates Apr 24, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Portico-Amygdala Paths to Specific Regions of the Basal NucleusAlexandra McHale - Ph.D. Candidate Apr 17, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6408)NSC Thesis Defense: Studies of Na+-K+-2Cl-- cotransporter1 function in central nerves system in health and diseaseXiaowei WangAdvisor: Maiken Nedergaard - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Apr 17, 2017 @ 2:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6409)Functional Modules: How do we get them and what good are they?Margaret Livingstone, PhD - Harvard Medical SchoolDoty Lecture Apr 13, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Host: Tatiana Pasternak, PhD NSC Thesis Defense: Developmental Changes in Astrocytic Calcium Signaling and Microcirculatory Failure in the Setting of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Role for PotassiumEvan McConnellAdvisor: Maiken Nedergaard - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Apr 12, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Microglia dynamics and repopulation following pharmacological depletionMonique Mendes & Humberto Mestre - Ph.D. Candidate Apr 10, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC Thesis Defense: Lung-Brain Immunological Coupling Mediates Neutrophil De-Priming and Neuroprotection Following Cerebral Ischemia-ReperfusionNguyen MaiAdvisor: Marc Halterman - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Apr 10, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. Medical Center | 2-6424 Whipple AuditoriumNSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Pupil fluctuations reflect economic decision-making strategy and predict choiceTyler Cash-Padgett & Gavin Jenkins - Ph.D. Candidate Apr 03, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)Seeds for Collaboration: Faculty MixerDavid Auerbach, Ph.D., Danielle Benoit, and Eric Phizicky Mar 28, 2017 @ 4:30 p.m. Medical Center | LeChase Assembly Room G-9576NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Modeling neurodevelopmental iron deficiency in vitroGarrick Salois & Shraddha Shah - Ph.D. Candidate Mar 27, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC Thesis Defense: The molecular signaling pathways controlling apoptotic retinal ganglion cell death after axonal injuryStephanie Syc-Mazurek - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Mar 27, 2017 @ 10:30 a.m. Medical Center | Upper Auditorium (3-7619)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Localization of SOD3 in the arterial serum of SOD3 Tg miceKathleen Gates & Patrick Miller-Rhodes - Ph.D. Candidate Mar 20, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC Thesis Defense: Assessment of the Involvement of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Cell Death Pathways in Retinal Ganglion Cell Death after Excitotoxic InjuryBerkeley Fahrenthold - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Mar 20, 2017 @ 1:15 p.m. Medical Center | K-307 (3-6408)Electrical Disturbances in Both the Brain & Heart: A Dangerous CombinationDavid Auerbach, Ph.D. - Senior Instructor - Department of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute Mar 09, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)Host: John Foxe NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Investigating the Genetic Mechanism Behind FOXO3’s Regulatory Function Post-Noise ExposureHolly Beaulac & Dawling Dionisio-Santos - Ph.D. Candidate Mar 06, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Noradrenergic modulation of microglia dynamics and synaptic plasticityPatrick Miller-Rhodes & Rianne Stowell - Ph.D. Candidate Feb 27, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Cranial irradiation causes dendritic spine loss that is microglial complement receptor 3-dependent and associated with cognitive impairmentJoshua Hinkle & Jessie Hogestyn - Ph.D. Candidate Feb 20, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Optic cup neuroepithelium-derived BMP4 is dispensable for ocular morphogenesisRebecca Rausch - Ph.D. Candidate Feb 13, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: The dynamic role of SOX2 in inner ear developmentAleta Steevens - Ph.D. Candidate Feb 06, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)The Search for Biomarkers in Schizophrenia - Phelps Colloquium SeriesJohn Foxe, Ph.D. - Professor & Chair Neuroscience, Director Del Monte Neuroscience Institute Feb 01, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Meliora Hall | Grand BallroomHost: Phelps Colloquium Series NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: 4-aminopyridine promotes long term recovery after spinal cord injuryHeather Natola - Ph.D. Candidate Jan 30, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Single dose cranial irradiation persistently impairs proliferating populations in the adult brainElizabeth Belcher - Ph.D. Candidate Jan 23, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 2-6408 (K-207)NSC Thesis Defense: The Genetic Sex of the Sensory Neuron ADF Confers Pheromone Attraction in C. elegansKelli Fagan - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Jan 23, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m. Medical Center | 1-9576 Case Method RoomNSC Thesis Defense: The Role of Astrocytic Transglutaminase 2 in mediating Cellular Viability ProcessesJulianne Feola - Ph.D. CandidateNSC Thesis Defense Jan 17, 2017 @ 9:00 a.m. Medical Center | K-207 (2-6409)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Establishing a hiPSC-derived model of Batten disease to investigate the role of CLN3 in the retinaHenry Choi & Emily Warner - Ph.D. Candidate Jan 16, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)NSC Student Seminar: Regulatory Science CertificateScott Steele Jan 09, 2017 @ 4:40 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)NSC 503, NSC Student Seminar: Attentional manipulations improve visual recovery in cortical blindnessMatthew Cavanaugh - Ph.D. Candidate Jan 09, 2017 @ 4:00 p.m. Medical Center | 3-6408 (K-307)