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“Cortical Dynamics and Perception: How our Brain Changes its Sensitivity to Meet a Demanding World“

 

Christopher Moore

MIT Cognitive Neuroscience and McGovern Institute

 

April 28, 2009

“Neural Mechanisms of Courtship and Memory in Drosophila”

 

Kathy Siwicki PhD

Biology Department

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA

 

April 7, 2009

 

“Sensations of Space Flight”

Dan Barry MD PhD

NASA Astronaut (former)

President and Founder, Denbar Robotics

 

March 12, 2009

 

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“Fixing my Gaze: Gaining stereovision in adult life

Sue Barry, PhD

Professor of Biological Sciences

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA


March 12, 2009

 

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“Critical Periods and Cortical Development”

Brain and Visual Perception

David Hubel, MD

John Enders University Professor of Neurobiology, Emeritus.

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1981


March 3 and April 10, 2009
prior talks Nov 4, 2008, Oct 4 and 11, 2007

“Bat Beams: Sonar beam direction and flight control in an echolocating bat

Kaushik Ghose, PhD

Post Doc

Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.


Oct 21, 2008

“Variability, Homeostasis and Neuromodulation in Neuronal Networks"

Eve Marder, PhD

Professor of Neurobiology

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.


Sept 24, 2008

“Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Vesicle Endocytosis"

Eileen Lafer, PhD

Professor of Biochemistry University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio

Director, UTHSCSA Center for Surface Plasmon Resonance

Co-Director, UTHSCSA Center for Macromolecular Interactions

Sept 18, 2008

“VISION AND ART:The Biology of Seeing

Margaret S. Livingstone, PhD

Professor of Neurobiology

Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.


April 8, 2008

Stress-Induced Anovulation: Mind over Matter?

Sarah L. Berga, MD

James Robert McCord Professor and Chair

Dept. of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

April 24, 2008; April 12, 2007

Applying to Graduate School: How to Prepare a Quality Application

Robert Harper-Mangels, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean, Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Yale University, New Haven, CT.

April 17, 2008; April 5, 2007

“Oncofertility:

Preservation of Fertility for Women and Girls with Cancer"

Teresa Woodruff, PhD

Director of Institute for Women’s Health Research Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.


November 15, 2007

“Deciphering the molecular basis of Alzheimer's disease predicts novel therapies”

Dennis Selkoe, MD

Harvard Medical School

Center for Neurologic Diseases

Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA.

May 1, 2007

“Can You Teach an Old Dogma New Tricks?”

Jeff Blaustein, PhD

Center for Neuroendocrine Studies

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

April 27, 2007

“All in Your Head: The Neurology of Psychosomatic Illness”

Alice Flaherty, MD, PhD

Director, Brain Stimulator Unit

Department of Neurology

Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston MA.

April 24, 2007

“Pathways in Psychology: Clinical Neuropsychology”

Dr. Bonnie Wong ‘96

Behavioral Neurology Unit, Beth Israel Medical Center

Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

April 12, 2007

“Major Depressive Disorder: A Chronic and Recurrent Serious Mental Illness with Gaps in Knowledge and Practice”

Andrew Nierenberg, M.D.

Associate Director, Depression Clinical and Research Program,Medical Director, Bipolar Clinic and Research Program,

Massachusetts General Hospital

Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

February 27, 2007

“Huntington’s Disease: Clinical Perspectives and Basic Research”

Jang-Ho Cha, MD, PhD

MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

November 29 , 2006