Physiology and Biophysics Events

Special Speakers Seminar Series

Time: Thursdays at 4pm

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

Description: World-renowned visiting scientists present their findings. For examples of past invited guest speakers, please see the list below.

Contact: Katrina Hollis for more information and for the latest schedule.

List of Past Guest Speakers

Speaker Affiliation Topic
Dr. Serdar Kuyucak Department of Theoretical Physics, Australian National University, Canberra. "Biological Ion Channels: A Critical Review of Models and Some Applications."
Dr. Drake C. Mitchell Department of Membrane Biophysics and Biochemistry, NIAAA, National Institutes of Health. "Ethanol Potentiates GPCR Activation: Separating Direct and Membrane-Mediated Effects."
Dr. Philip Stoddard Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University. "Shocking Fish Tales".
Dr. David P. Corey Department of Neurobiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. "Dancing on the Head of a Pin: Myosin Motors and Sensory Adaptation by Auditory Hair Cells."
Dr. Ehud Landau Department of Physiology and Biophysics, The Membrane Protein Laboratory, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas. "Lipidic Cubic-Phase Crystallization and Cryotrapping of Intermediates: Atomic View of Bacteriorhodopsin's Photocycle."
Dr. Tatsuma Mohri Laboratory of Intracellular Metabolism, Department of Molecular Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan. "C2+/M2+ Influx and Release During Ca2+ Oscillations Induced by Injection of Sperm Extract in Mouse Egg."
Dr. Norman R. Saunders Department of Anatomy and Physiology, University of Tasmania, Australia. "Control of the Internal Environment of the Developing Brain: Developmental Specialization or Immaturity?"
Dr. Paul Worley Neuroscience and Neurology, The John Hopkins University School of Medicine. "Immediate Early Genes Provide Novel Insights into Synaptic Plasticity."
Dr. George J. Augustine Department of Neurobiology, Duke University. "Dendritic Signaling Pathways Involved in Cerebellar Long-term Synaptic Depression."