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***Spring 2006 ABIG SPEAKER SCHEDULE*** Mondays, 1-2PM in Crellin 151
April 10th Larry Swanson, Biological Sciences, Psychology, Neurology, USC, "Structural organization of neural networks underlying mammalian eating and drinking behaviors."
April 17th David Lentink [van Leeuwen Lab], Wageningen University, "How swifts control their glide performance with morphing wings."
April 24th Walter Lerchner [Anderson Lab], "Neurons turning silent - Mice turning silently."
May 1st Yan Zhu [Zipursky & Frye Labs], UCLA, "The Fly Stampede: dynamics of visually forced walking behavior in fruit flies."
May 8th Elissa Hallem [Sternberg Lab], "The molecular and cellular basis of infectivity in the insect parasitic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora." (Noyes 153)
May 15th Allyson Whittaker [Sternberg Lab], "Turning inside out: Control of locomotory behavior during C. elegans male mating."
May 22nd Michelle Arbeitman, Biological Sciences, USC, "Genomic and molecular analyses of Drosophila courtship behaviors."
Winter 2006 ABIG SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Jan. 23rd Gaby Maimon [Dickinson Lab], "Monkey parietal cortex and the internal timing of action."
Jan. 30th Mike Reiser [Dickinson Lab], "Visually-mediated control of translatory flight in Drosophila."
Feb. 6th Jagan Srinivasan [Sternberg Lab], "Conservation of sensory neuron polymodality during evolution of free-living nematodes."
Feb. 13th Genes & Behavior Conference 2006. Feb. 27th Joy Goto, Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope,
“From Fruit bats to Fruit flies: A Drosophila Model of ALS-PDC (amytrophic lateral sclerosis-Parkinsonian dementia complex).”
March 6th Dick Zimmer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA, "Chemical communication and the language of sperm and egg." March 13th Amber Southwell [Patterson Lab], "Anti-Huntingtin antibodies as a therapeutic for Huntington's Disease."
FALL 2005 ABIG SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Oct. 17th Paul Patterson, "Neuroimmune interactions in schizophrenia and autism: an animal model."
Oct. 24th Biology retreat weekend.
Oct. 31st Peter Narins, Department of Physiological Science and Biology, UCLA, "Communication at extreme frequencies: pushing the vertebrate limits."
Nov. 7th David Chang [Anderson Lab], "Rapid, systematic enhancer element screen using brain slice electroporation." Nov. 14th SFN: Society of Neuroscience 2005.
Nov. 21st Glenn Turner [Laurent Lab], "Olfactory representations in the Drosophila mushroom body."
Nov. 28th Marla Sokolowski, Biology Department, U. of Toronto, Mississauga, Invited Graduate Student Chalk Talk: "The rover/sitter story: a personal account."
[Tuesday Nov. 29th Marla Sokolowski, 4PM Department Talk: "Fine Dining: A role for cGMP protein kinase in behaviour."]
Dec. 5th David Chang [Anderson Lab], "Strategies to improve the functional manipulation of brain region-specific expression."
Allyson Whittaker [Sternberg Lab], "Turning inside out: Control of locomotory behavior during C. elegans male mating." (postponed)
SPRING 2005 ABIG SPEAKER SCHEDULE
April 4th John O'Doherty, "The neural correlates of behavioral preference." April 11th Stephanie White, Physiology Department, UCLA. “A fox in the finch coop, or, candidate molecules in birdsong." April 18th Jagan Srinivasan [Sternberg Lab], "Evolution of the polymodal neuron: Comparative analyses of behavior in nematodes." April 25th Ben Rubin [Laurent Lab], “The honey bee dance language.” May 2nd Curtis Loer, Biology Department, UCSD, “Evolution of behavior and neuroanatomy in free-living nematode relatives of C. elegans.”
May 9th David Glanzman, Physiology, Neurobiology Department, UCLA, "The Role of Modulation of AMPA Receptor Function
in Behavioral Sensitization in Aplysia".
May 16th* Marla Sokolowski, Biology Department, University of Toronto, Mississauga, "Invited Graduate Student Chalk Talk."
[*note specific date not final.]
May 23rd Jasper Simon [Dickinson Lab], "FlyWorld: a high-throughput instrument kit to study the genetics, neural circuits that underlie
complex behavioral traits of Drosophila."
WINTER 2005 ABIG SPEAKER SCHEDULE
January 31st Bruno van Swinderen, NSI, San Diego "Behavioral and electrophysiological measures of selective attention in Drosophila."
February 7th Joanna Jankowsky [Lester Lab], "Tetracycline-controlled APP transgenics: new mouse models for Alzheimer's disease."
February 14th Carlos Fonck [Lester Lab], "Spatial-temporal separation of seizure circuits in knock-in mice with hypersensitive nicotinic receptors."
February 28th* Liz Phelps, Department of Psychology, NYU, "Discussion Topic: Emotion, Cognition and the Human Amygdala."
[*note BBB24 from 1-2PM.]
March 7th Titus Neuman [Dickinson Lab], "Towards the virtual fly: A computational approach to insect behavior."
March 14th James Tong [Wallace Lab], MAMMAG, UCI, "Dial 'M' for Mitochondria--Mitochondrial Dynamics in Longevity and Memory."
FALL 2004 ABIG SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Oct. 4th Henry Lester, "A mouse genetic model for some aspects of nicotine dependence.”
Oct. 11th Michael Fanselow Department of Psychology, UCLA, “The Hippocampus and Pavlovian Fear Conditioning: A Rodent Model of Episodic Memory.”
Oct. 18th Biology Department retreat.
Oct. 25th Edward B. Lewis Memorial (Beckman Auditorium, 2 to 4 PM; Reception in Dabney Gardens, 4 to 5 PM)
Nov. 1st Joy Goto Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, “From Fruitbats to Fruitflies: A Model of ALS-PDC (amytrophic lateral sclerosis-Parkinsonian dementia complex) ”
Nov. 8th Jan Karbowski [Sternberg Lab], “Robust sinusoidal locomotion of Caenorhabditis worms: Integrating theory with genetics.”
Nov. 15th Seth Budick [Dickinson Lab], “Free flight responses of Drosophila melanogaster to attractive odorants.”
Nov. 22nd Karli Watson [Allman Lab], “Neuroanatomy, functional imaging of Von-Economo's spindle cell regions: evidence of a recent event in primate brain evolution.”
Nov. 29th Break for Thanksgiving
Dec. 6th Gary Schindelman [Sternberg Lab], “Characterization of the sperm transfer step of male mating behavior of C. elegans”
SPRING 2004 ABIG SPEAKER SCHEDULE
April 5th David Krantz Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, UCLA, "The Making of a Well-Groomed Fly.“
April 12th Ralph Adolphs, "How can we measure human social behavior? Studies in lesion patients, autism, and Williams syndrome.“
April 19th Bader Al-Anzi [Benzer Lab], "The isolation and characterization of X chromosome mutations that cause obesity in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.“
April 26th Allyson Whittaker [Sternberg Lab], "Genes and circuits
controlling C. elegans male mating behavior."
May 3rd Doug Altshuler [Dickinson Lab], "Of hummingbirds and helicopters: foraging, competition, and flight behavior.“
May 10th Chris Cronin [Sternberg Lab], "Quantifying worm behavior using the Tracker.“
May 17th Mckell Carter [Koch Lab], "Explicit and Implicit Learning in Humans and Rodents.“
May 24th Greg Suh [Anderson Lab], "Feeding and defending fruit flies, genetic and circuit analyses of these innate behaviors."
Jan. 12th Paul Sternberg, "Genetic control of C. elegans mating behavior.“
Jan. 18th institute holiday
Jan. 26th
Organizational meeting/coffee
Feb. 2nd Erin Schuman, "Plasticity and memory consolidation in hippocampal circuits.“
Feb. 9th David Anderson, "Genetic analysis of circuits for innate defensive behaviors in flies.“
Feb. 16th institute holiday
Feb. 23rd Dai Watanabe [Konishi Lab], "Transgenic approach to
interneurons in cerebellar and retinal circuits.
March 1st Jose Pena [Konishi Lab],"Neural computation for sound localization in the owl.“
March 8th Tim Lebestky [Anderson Lab], "Panicking Flies: modeling emotional responses in Drosophila.“
March 15th Rachel Wilson [Laurent Lab], "Olfactory Representations in the Drosophila Brain: Electrophysiology, Anatomy, Genetics, and Behavior."
FALL 2003 ABIG SPEAKER SCHEDULE
Oct. 20th Michael Dickinson, "Flight behavior in Drosophila."
Oct. 27th Mark Konishi, "Current issues in birdsong research."
Nov. 3rd David Anderson, "Neural correlates of fear and anxiety in
mice."
Nov. 10th none (Neuroscience
Meeting)
Nov. 17th Malcom Gordon Department of Biology, UCLA, "Fish out of water: behavioral adaptations
of amphibious fishes."
Nov. 24th Teresa Nick [Konishi Lab], "Neural correlates of the
template: Song memory and learning in the zebra finch."
Dec. 1st Mark Frye [Dickinson Lab], "Edge orientation for
visual course control in Drosophila."
Dec. 8th Mark Zylka [Anderson Lab], “Molecular and genetic
analysis of mammalian pain circuitry and behavior.”