Fall 2000
Date Speaker Institution Topic A&M Contact
6-Sep CAROLYN WHITACRE Ohio State University Neuroendocrine influences on autoimmune disease Mary Meagher
13-Sep DOUGLAS BROOKS Texas A&M University Selfhood and crisis in the digital age Vinnie Cassone
27-Sep JACK NATION Texas A&M University Environmental pollution and drug abuse Paul Wellman
4-Oct NEIL ROWLAND University of Florida Fatten up America! Why do our brains make us eat too much? Paul Wellman
15-Nov MICHAEL YOUNG Rockefeller University Title Susan Golden
6-Dec LINDA WATKINS University of Colorado Title Mary Meagher
Spring 2001
Date Speaker Institution Topic A&M Contact
10-Jan JOHN CRABBE VA Medical Center-Portland What are we goig to do with all these substance abuse genes? Doug Dohrman
21-Feb DAVID PADGETT Ohio State University Endocrine regulation of anti-viral immune responses Mary Meagher
7-Mar MICHAEL TORDOFF Monell Chemical Senses Center The genetics of sweet taste Paul Wellman
21-Mar ROBERT FUJINAMI University of Utah School of Medicine Virus infections can prime for and trigger Autoimmune CNS Disease: Implications for multiple sclerosis Jane Welsh
11-Apr KRISTEN DRESCHER Creighton University Effect of exogenous TGF- on demyelination in a viral model of multiple sclerosis Jane Welsh
18-Apr LAURENCE TECOTT University of California, San Francisco Genetic insights into serotonergic mechanisms regulating ingestive behavior and adiposity Paul Wellman
25-Apr JEAN CHEN SHIH University of Southern California Probing the role of serotonin in agression Paul Wellman