Physiology and Biophysics Events

Departmental Seminar Series

Time: Mondays at Noon

Location: Rosenstiel Medical Sciences Building, Room 5122 (Physiology/Biophysics Conference Room)

Description: Department of Physiology and Biophysics faculty, students and postdocs and invited guest speakers present their latest research findings in this weekly seminar series.

Contact: Dr. Nirupa Chaudhari, 305-243-3187

Spring 2006

Month Date Presenter Topic
January 23 Silviu Locovei
Graduate Student,
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Physiological role of hemi-channels
  30 Florence Chaverneff
Graduate Student,
Neuroscience Program/ Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
BMP signaling in septal neurons
February 6 Craig Roberts
Graduate Student,
Neuroscience Program/ Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Setting up cAMP in Taste Buds
  13 Yi-Jen Huang,
Visiting Faculty,
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Mouse taste buds use serotonin as a neurotransmitter
  20 BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING (February 18-22, 2006)
March 6 Luminita Luca
Graduate Student,
Neuroscience Program/ Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Damage to neural progenitor cells induced by hyperthermia and energy stress
  13 Dr. Ken Muller
Professor,
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Optical Recording from Respiratory Pattern Generator of Fetal Mouse Brainstem
  20 Alice Holohean
Grad Student,
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Quantifying Synaptic Facilitation and Depression
  27 Dr. Seth Tomchik
Postdoctoral Associate
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Functional organization and the role of efferent feedback in a vertebrate auditory system 
April 3 Angela Davis
Graduate Student,
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Mechanism of Fas mediated signaling after spinal cord injury
  10 Naomi Rosenkranz
Graduate Student,
Neuroscience Program/ Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Using biosensors to detect neurotransmitters in taste 
  17 Dr. Janet Talbot
Postdoc Associate
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Using a murine model to probe mechanisms of motor neuron toxicity in ALS
  24 Dr. Steven Sevush
Assoc Prof of Psychiatry and Neurology

A proposed mechanism for information exchange between the population and single Cell levels in neocortex 
May 1 Dr. Lucy Donaldson
Senior Lecturer in Physiology,Univ of Bristol
The relationship between taste and anxiety: serotonin, noradrenaline and human taste perception
  8 Dr. Janet Talbot
Postdoc Associate
Dept. of Physiol. & Biophysics
Using a murine model to probe mechanisms of motor neuron toxicity in ALS

 

 

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