Fall 2003
Date	Speaker	Institution	Topic	A&M Contact
24-Sep	GREGG WELLS	Texas A&M University	Structure of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors: putting the pieces together	Gerry Frye
8-Oct	MICHAEL RACKE	UT Southwestern Medical Center	The pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis	Jane Welsh
22-Oct	JESSICA MONG	University of Maryland School of Medicine	Estrogen mediated neuronal-glial interactions in the rodent brain: from gene expression to behavior	Rajesh Miranda
29-Oct	PAUL WELLMAN	Texas A&M University	Psychostimulants and feeding
5-Nov	SANDRA GARRAWAY	SUNY at Stony Brook	BDNF acutely facilitates nociceptor-evoked synaptic currents in the spinal cord dorsal horn	Jim Grau
3-Dec	JERRY YAKEL	Laboratory of Signal Transduction, NIEHS	Nicotinic receptors in rat hippocampal interneurons; functional and molecular characterization	Ursula Winzer-Serhan
Spring 2004
Date	Speaker	Institution	Topic	A&M Contact
4-Feb	LUIS RENE GARCIA	Texas A&M University	Regulation of male behaviors in C. elegans during mating	Mark Zoran
11-Feb	MARK ZORAN	Texas A&M University	Neural morphallaxis in L. variegatus during regeneration and asexual reproduction	Rene Garcia
18-Feb	HEATHER FUGGER	Texas A&M University	The role of estrogen receptor alpha in cognitive and hippocampal function	Mark Zoran
25-Feb	PERRY FUCHS	University of Texas at Arlington	Behavioral studies of supraspinal pain processing	Mary Meagher
2-Mar	CARLA GREEN	University of Virginia	Keeping time in the vertebrate retina	Vincent Cassone
3-Mar	BRUCE McCORMICK	Texas A&M University	Imaging and reconstruction of the whole mouse brain at a neuronal level: a progress report
10-Mar	RAFAEL PEREZ-BALLESTERO	Texas A&M University, Kingsville	Biochemical and functional studies on zRICH, a protein induced during optic nerve regeneration in zebrafish	Suma Datta
24-Mar	HAROLD H. ZAKON	University of Texas	Neurobiology meets molecular evolution: ion channels and electric fish	Mark Zoran
2-Apr	Multiple	Symposium on Neurodegenerative Diseases	Louise Abbott
7-Apr	MICHAEL REA	University of Houston	Neurochemical regulation of circadian phase in hamsters	David Earnest
13-Apr	JANET RICHMOND	University of Illinois at Chicago	Molecular Mechanisms of Docking & Priming in Exocytosis	Mark Zoran
21-Apr	JOE MARTINEZ	University of Texas at San Antonio	How the Brain Stores Information: Hebbian Mechanisms	Veronica Martinez