SEMINAR SERIES

September 30, 2004
Ken Goldstein, PhD
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
"Fastigial nucleus stimulation induces gliogenesis within the paraventricular hypothalamus"

October 6, 2004
Li Cai, PhD
Dana Farber Cancer Center
"Genomic analysis of neural cell fate determination"

November 17, 2004
Karl Herrup, PhD
Case Western Reserve University
"Balancing your brain: The engrailed mouse as a model of human autism spectrum disorder"

December 15, 2004
Stewart Anderson, MD
Weill Medical College, Cornell University
"Origins and specification of cortical interneurons"

March 29, 2005
Doug Epstein, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
"Transcriptional control of sonic hedgehog signalling"

April 20, 2005
Jane E. Johnson, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
"Transcriptional control of neuronal diversity in the spinal cord"

May 17, 2005
Dame Julia M. Polak, PhD
Director, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Centre, Imperial College, London
"Stem cells and tissue engineering"

May 18, 2005
Alexandra Joyner, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NYU Medical Center
"Constructing a nervous system: Genetic blueprint of the cerebellum"

June 15, 2005
Alex Kolodkin, PhD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
"Molecular mechanisms of neuronal growth cone guidance"