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2022-2023

Date	Name	Description
August 25, 2022	Mary Beth Genter, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Intranasal (IN) drug delivery: IN carnosine in the Thy1-aSyn mouse model of Parkinson's disease
September 1, 2022	Elliott Robinson, MD, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Ventral striatal dopamine encodes unique properties of visual stimuli in mice
September 8, 2022	Matthew Robson, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy	Dazed and confused: alterations in 5-HT signaling following blast-induced traumatic brain injury
September 15, 2022	Michael Hawrylycz, PhD Allen Institute for Brain Science	Advancing open neuroscience: data, tools, and resources at the Allen Institute for Brain Science
September 22, 2022	Susan Sangha, PhD Indiana University School of Medicine	Using learned safety cues to map the behavioral and circuit mechanisms of fear regulation
September 29, 2022	Jaclyn Schwarz, PhD University of Delaware	Effect of early-life immune activation on the ontogeny of learning: importance for understanding the etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders
October 13, 2022	Emma Parkins Neuroscience Graduate Program	MicroRNA-mediated regulation of excitatory synapses
October 20, 2022	Alicia Bedolla Neuroscience Graduate Program Shelby Hetzer Neuroscience Graduate Program	Straight to the source: CNS TGF-β ligand shared by neighborly microgli Untangling oxidative and endoplasmic reticulum stress after traumatic optic nerve injury
October 27, 2022	Houda Nashawi Neuroscience Graduate Program Julia Hoyda Neuroscience Graduate Program	Microcircuits of the basolateral amygdala: a possible role in resilience to stress Resting-state functional connectivity relates to structural and pragmatic language skills in school-age children
November 3, 2022	Matthew Weston, PhD Virginia Tech	Synaptic mechanisms underlying network hyperexcitability in seizure disorders caused by mTOR hyperactivation
December 1, 2022	Feni Kadakia Neuroscience Graduate Program Emily Allgire Neuroscience Graduate Program	The posterior insula enhances sensory and affective pain-related behavior Lung-to-brain communication: IL-17a in allergies
January 12, 2023	Laura Maile Neuroscience Graduate Program Andrew Gaulden Neuroscience Graduate Program	Understanding the role of prelimbic circuitry in chronic unpredictable stress-induced nociceptive hypersensitivity Stress escalation in cocaine self-administration is modulated by sex and endocannabinoid signaling
January 19, 2023	Ian Walling Neuroscience Graduate Program Faith Best Neuroscience Graduate Program	Stimulating breathing through locomotor circuits Cognition and behavior in a model of induced cortical spreading depolarizations after traumatic brain injury
January 26, 2023	Xiaowei Hou, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Structural studies reveal insights into CRAC channel activation
February 2, 2023	Amanda McGann Neuroscience Graduate Program	The effect of antagonism of miR-324-5p on epileptogenesis
February 9, 2023	Sofia Gonzalez Neuroscience Graduate Program Taylor Zuleger Neuroscience Graduate Program	Ventral striatal dopamine encodes unique properties of visual stimuli in mice The effects of repetitive head impact exposure on functional brain activity for motor control
February 16, 2023	Lindsay DeBiase, PhD University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine	Midbrain microglia: unique cell phenotypes and their influence on neuronal health and function
February 23, 2023	Ivanka Rainer Neuroscience Graduate Program Patrick Woller Neuroscience Graduate Program	Food mediated stress relief and the endocannabinoid system Altered PI3K/mTOR signaling within the forebrain leads to respiratory deficits and SUDEP
March 2, 2023	Allan Gulledge, PhD Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College	Cholinergic modulation selectively drives corticofugal networks in the prefrontal cortex
March 9, 2023	Jordan McCall, PhD, MPH Washington University	Endogenous opioid regulation of locus coeruleus-mediated analgesia
March 23, 2023	Trent Watkins, PhD University of California at San Francisco	Harnessing intrinsic transcriptional programs for CNS neuroprotection and repair
April 6, 2023	Meaghan Creed, PhD Washington University	Non-canonical ventral pallidal neurons and their role in reward processing
April 13, 2023	Meranda Quijas Neuroscience Graduate Program Aleksandr Taranov Neuroscience Graduate Program	Sex-specific role of RNA-binding protein AUF1 on prolonged hypersensitivity after repetitive ischemia with reperfusion injury Exploring the role of the choroid plexus and cerebrospinal fluid in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease
April 20, 2023	Judy Yoo Neuroscience Graduate Program Austin Drake Neuroscience Graduate Program	Early-life iron deficiency persistently alters nociception Regulation of epileptogenesis by hippocampal somatostatin interneurons in a model of mTORopathies

2021-2022

Date	Name	Description
August 26, 2021	Tish Hevel, CEO The Brain Donor Project	Brain donation for neuroscience breakthroughs
September 2, 2021	Igal Ifergan, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	The potential of myeloid cells in controlling CNS inflammation
September 9, 2021	Andrew Norman, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Translational research on cocaine use disorder
September 23, 2021	Allie Greene Neuroscience Graduate Program Julia Hoyda Neuroscience Graduate Program	DEK loss is linked with the ApoE4 genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease Resting state fMRI executive and speech network connectivity in children with and without listening difficulties
October 7, 2021	Nawshaba Nawreen Neuroscience Graduate Program Christin Godale Neuroscience Graduate Program	Translational signature of prefrontal parvalbumin interneurons following chronic stress The impact of Raptor and Rictor deletion on dentate granule cell morphology in epilepsy
October 14, 2021	Marissa Smail Neuroscience Graduate Program Amanda McGann Neuroscience Graduate Program	Role of microglia and the extracellular matrix in enrichment loss miR-324-5p's role in epileptogenesis
October 21, 2021	Yang Yang, PhD Purdue University College of Pharmacy	SCN2A related autism and epilepsy: from mouse models to iPSCs models
October 28, 2021	Hyacinth Hyacinth, MD, PhD, MPH University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Examining the biological (genetic) determinants of racial disparity in cognitive deficit: a focus on the sickle cell mutation
November 4, 2021	Michael Wong, MD, PhD Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis	mTOR Signaling and non-neuronal mechanisms of epileptogenesis
December 2, 2021	Alexxai Kravitz, PhD Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis	Nutritional psychiatry: how diet alters rodent brains and behavior
January 13, 2022	Adam Dourson Neuroscience Graduate Program Emma Parkins Neuroscience Graduate Program	microRNA-324-5p rescues dendritic spine density in a mouse model of Fragile X Syndrome Early life neuroimmune interactions modulate nociceptive priming
January 20, 2022	Samuel Woodburn Neuroscience Graduate Program	Microglial modulation of synaptic plasticity in chronic stress and low-dose ketamine treatment
January 27, 2022	Alicia Bedolla Neuroscience Graduate Program Feni Kadakia Neuroscience Graduate Program	TGFβ signaling is required for homeostatic microglia repopulation following PLX-induced depletion Chemogenetic modulation of the posterior insular cortex alters both affective and sensory pain-related behavior
February 10, 2022	Alex Bunk Neuroscience Graduate Program Faith Best Neuroscience Graduate Program	Deepening our understanding of skin-nerve communication in pain and itch control Electrocorticographic analysis of spreading depolarizations after traumatic brain injury
February 17, 2022	Alex Kwan, PhD Yale University	Psychedelics and the neurobiology of fast-acting antidepressants
February 24, 2022	Ketema Paul, PhD University of California at Los Angeles	Bmal1 in skeletal muscle provides protection against sleep loss
March 3, 2022	Annabelle Singer, PhD Georgia Tech and Emory University	Dancing to the beat: brain rhythms to boost neuroimmune function and treat pathology
March 10, 2022	Lisa Briand, PhD Temple University	Adolescent social isolation increases vulnerability to drug seeking: structural and synaptic mechanisms
March 24, 2022	Ariel Levine, MD, PhD National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	A single cell view of degeneration and regeneration in the mammalian spinal cord
March 31, 2022	Ian Walling Neuroscience Graduate Program Shelby Hetzer Neuroscience Graduate Program	Excitation of cervical V2a neurons promotes recovery of breathing following spinal cord injury Model matters: differential outcomes in optic neuropathy severity between blunt and blast wave mediated head injuries
April 7, 2022	Cindy Cohen Neuroscience Graduate Program Laura Maile Neuroscience Graduate Program	Targeting nociceptors and transient receptor potential channels for the treatment of migraine Understanding the role of mediodorsal thalamic and prelimbic circuits in emotional and affective pain processing
April 14, 2022	Emily Allgire Neuroscience Graduate Program Houda Nashawi Neuroscience Graduate Program	Airway inflammation and fear: dissecting interleukin 17a (IL17a) mechanisms Stress resilience by natural rewards: the role of the basolateral amygdala
April 21, 2022	Andrew Gaulden Neuroscience Graduate Program Taylor Zuleger Neuroscience Graduate Program	Stress escalation in cocaine self-administration is modulated by sex and endocannabinoid signaling Sports-related concussion: utilizing integrated 3D motion analysis and neuroimaging technologies to characterize future lower extremity injury risk

2020-2021

Date	Name	Description
September 3, 2020	Elliott Robinson, MD, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	A circuit-centric approach to cognitive function in mouse models of neurofibromatosis type 1
September 10, 2020	Jayme McReynolds, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Endocannabinoid regulation of stress-escalated cocaine
September 24, 2020	Greg Harris, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Engineering and Applied Science	Bioengineering next generation therapeutics for peripheral nerve injury
October 1, 2020	Richard Costanzo, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University College of Medicine	Restoring the sense of smell
October 8, 2020	Laura Ngwenya, MD, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Spreading depolarizations in traumatic brain injury
October 22, 2020	Theodore Price, PhD University of Texas at Dallas	Molecular profiling of the human peripheral nervous system in chronic pain states
October 29, 2020	Darrin Brager, PhD University of Texas at Austin	Cell type specific regulation of h-channels by Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
November 5, 2020	Jane Allendorfer, PhD University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine	Physical exercise and activity for improving cognition in epilepsy
November 12, 2020	Jennifer Patritti-Cram Neuroscience Graduate Program Samantha Regan Neuroscience Graduate Program	Understanding the role of purinergic signaling on tumor formation in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Comparison of conditional Lphn3-TH-Cre rat with global Lphn3 KO on activity and cognition
November 19, 2020	Nawshaba Nawreen Neuroscience Graduate Program	Mechanisms of adolescent stress-induced resilience
January 14, 2021	Paige Greenwood Neuroscience Graduate Program Han Tong Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of maternal education on narrative comprehension in typical and atypical readers Pain in the adolescent brain: an fMRI study
January 21, 2021	Allie Greene Neuroscience Graduate Program	Investigating a functional role for DEK in the brain: insight from cell culture, rodent, and human studies
January 28, 2021	Marissa Smail Neuroscience Graduate Program Adam Dourson Neuroscience Graduate Program	Molecular neurobiology of enrichment loss: Multi-omics analysis reveals a role of microglia Early life neuroimmune interactions modulate nociceptive priming
February 4, 2021	Emma Parkins Neuroscience Graduate Program Samuel Woodburn Neuroscience Graduate Program	miR-324-5p regulates dendritic spine density and morphology, cytoskeletal protein expression, and long-term potentiation in the hippocampus Microglial contributions to the behavioral and synaptic effects of chronic stress
February 11, 2021	Sarah Kucenas, PhD University of Virginia	Unwrapping glial engineering in the vertebrate nervous system
February 18, 2021	Kim Kraus Neuroscience Graduate Program Houda Nashawi Neuroscience Graduate Program	Determining the role of limbic glutamatergic glucocorticoid receptors in status epilepticus Targeting the P2X4-macrophage-TGFβ pathway for the treatment of lower back pain
February 25, 2021	Cindy Cohen Neuroscience Graduate Program Emily Johnson Neuroscience Graduate Program	In vivo and in vitro modeling of migraine in mice for novel therapeutic screening Exploring the effects of airway inflammation on fear-related behaviors in mice
March 4, 2021	Jason Tchieu, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Multiplex analysis of autism-related mutations using human pluripotent stem cells
March 11, 2021	Feni Kadakia Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of the posterior insula in affective and sensory pain processing
March 25, 2021	Yarimar Carrasquillo, PhD National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health	Neural circuits for pain modulation in the amygdala
April 1, 2021	Victoria Risbrough, PhD University of California at San Diego School of Medicine	Cross-species approaches to understanding risk mechanisms and novel treatment approaches for trauma disorders
April 8, 2021	Anne Andrews, PhD University of California at Los Angeles	Advancing in vivo neurotransmitter monitoring
April 15, 2021	Alicia Bedolla Neuroscience Graduate Program Ian Walling Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of TGFβ signaling in maintaining microglia and astrocyte homeostasis and activation Excitation of cervical V2a neurons promotes recovery of breathing following spinal cord injury

2019-2020

Date	Name	Description
August 29, 2019	Fumika Hamada, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Temperature homeostasis: circadian rhythms and hunger
September 5, 2019	Temugin Berta, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Resolution of pain: a story of macrophages
September 12, 2019	Todd Vanderah, PhD University of Arizona College of Medicine	Cannabinoid treatment on metastatic cancer and morphine's deleterious effects
September 26, 2019	Muriel Darnaudéry, PhD Université de Bordeaux	Modulation of early-life stress consequences by maternal nutrition
October 3, 2019	Michael Lehman, PhD Kent State University	Neuroendocrinology of reproduction: brain health as a window into disease
November 7, 2019	June Goto, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Investigations of motile cilia functions and new imaging tools for pediatric hydrocephalus management
November 14, 2019	Hongbing Wang, PhD Michigan State University	Analysis of HITS-CLIP and transcriptome data identifies therapeutic strategies for fragile X syndrome in a mouse model
November 21, 2019	Étienne Sibille, PhD University of Toronto	GABA deficits and cognition in depression and aging: mechanisms and therapeutic targeting
December 5, 2019	Ruth Asch Neuroscience Graduate Program Emily Pitzer Neuroscience Graduate Program	Effects of perinatal omega-3 fatty acid deficiency and psychostimulant treatment on brain network connectivity in rats Effects of developmental deltamethrin exposure (postnatal days 3-20) on cognition, neurotransmitters, and long-term potentiation in adult Sprague-Dawley rats
January 16, 2020	Jennifer Patritti-Cram Neuroscience Graduate Program	Understanding the role of purinergic signaling on tumor formation and blood-nerve-barrier function in mouse model of Neurofibromatosis Type 1
January 23, 2020	Ukpong Eyo, PhD University of Virginia College of Medicine	Microglial P2Y12R in CNS physiology and pathology
January 30, 2020	Samantha Regan Neuroscience Graduate Program Kelsey Lloyd Neuroscience Graduate Program	Heterozygous latrophilin-3 knockout rats show a gene dosage effect on locomotor activity and cognitive performance Effects of adolescent high-fat diet on cognition and behavior in adult mice
February 6, 2020	Christin Godale Neuroscience Graduate Program Paige Greenwood Neuroscience Graduate Program	Adeno-associated viral strategy to delete the mTORC1 adaptor protein Raptor from dentate granule cells The synchronization of the reading network and its relations to maternal variables during childhood
February 20, 2020	Nawshaba Nawreen Neuroscience Graduate Program Han Tong Neuroscience Graduate Program	Single prolonged stress (SPS) reduces intrinsic excitability and alters synaptic tone in the infralimbic prefrontal cortex of adult rats Brain mechanisms of pain processing in adolescents with juvenile fibromyalgia
March 5, 2020	Samuel Woodburn Neuroscience Graduate Program Marissa Smail Neuroscience Graduate Program	Temporal and sex-dependent effects of chronic stress on microglia Neurobiology of enrichment loss
March 12, 2020	Adam Dourson Neuroscience Graduate Program Emma Parkins Neuroscience Graduate Program	Neonatal nociception is modulated by a unique immune, endocrine, and peripheral sensory systems interaction after injury MicroRNA regulation of dendritic spines in the healthy and disordered brain

2018-2019

Date	Name	Description
August 30, 2018	Eric Wohleb, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Dynamic neuron-microglia interactions contribute to synaptic deficits and depressive-like behaviors after chronic stress
September 6, 2018	Agnes Luo, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Neuroprotection and neuroregeneration in stroke
September 13, 2018	Jonathan Godbout, PhD The Ohio State University	The influence of microglial elimination and repopulation on stress sensitization induced by repeated social defeat
October 4, 2018	Emily Pitzer Neuroscience Graduate Program Rebecca Bailey Neuroscience Graduate Program	Developmental deltamethrin exposure alters dopaminergic and glutamatergic systems of adult rats Developmental manganese overexposure: effects on cognition and dopaminergic systems
October 18, 2018	Ruth Asch Neuroscience Graduate Program Victoria Jensen Neuroscience Graduate Program	Developmental omega-3 fatty acid deficiency and psychostimulant exposure: effects on brain development, emotional regulation and behavior Increasing the excitability of V2a neurons restores diaphragm function following spinal cord injury
October 25, 2018	David Fuller, PhD University of Florida	Spinal circuits, neuroplasticity, and breathing
November 15, 2018	Anthony Grace, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Peripubertal stress and hippocampal damage as risk factors in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia: implications for treatment and prevention
November 29, 2018	Zu-Hang Sheng, PhD National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	Mitochondrial transport and energy homeostasis in synaptic transmission, neuronal degeneration, and regeneration
December 6, 2018	Drew Winter Neuroscience Graduate Program Elizabeth Nguyen Neuroscience Graduate Program	The complexities of turning "on" and "off": making sense of the SFO and panic Sex differences in brain, endocrine, and behavioral stress responses: implications for sex-specific treatment for Alzheimer's disease
January 24, 2019	Zachary Ford Neuroscience Graduate Program Kelsey Lloyd Neuroscience Graduate Program	Investigation of a mechanism for pruritic priming Effects of adolescent high-fat diet on adult prefrontal cortex-dependent behavior in female mice
January 31, 2019	Chelsie Brewer Neuroscience Graduate Program Samantha Regan Neuroscience Graduate Program	Neonatal injury heightens metabotropic signaling in spinal pain circuits Knockout of latrophilin-3 (Lphn3) in Sprague-Dawley rats causes hyperactivity, hyper-reactivity, under-response to amphetamine, and disrupted dopamine markers
February 7, 2019	Paige Greenwood Neuroscience Graduate Program Han Tong Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of socioeconomic status on reading ability in school age children Brain mechanisms of pressure pain in healthy adolescents: a preliminary fMRI study
February 21, 2019	Seema Bhatnagar, PhD University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine	Novel neural substrates of resilience to stress
February 28, 2019	Larry Sherman, PhD Oregon Health and Science University	Regulating hyaluronan catabolism to treat neurodegenerative diseases
March 7, 2019	Peter Grace, PhD University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center	Targeting neuroimmune interactions to resolve neuropathic pain
March 21, 2019	Thomas Dick, PhD Case Western Reserve University	Neural inflammation and cardiorespiratory dysfunction in sepsis
March 28, 2019	Kellie Tamashiro, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Perinatal maternal diet: influences on offspring development and health
April 4, 2019	Christin Godale Neuroscience Graduate Program	The therapeutic role of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) in preventing epileptogenesis
April 18, 2019	Brandon Miller, MD, PhD University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Modeling neonatal brain injury
April 25, 2019	Scott Russo, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	Immune mechanisms of depression

2017-2018

Date	Name	Description
August 24, 2017	Bryan Luikart, PhD Dartmouth College Geisel School of Medicine	Understanding the neurobiological basis of autism using Pten as a genetic model
September 7, 2017	Ashley Ross, PhD University of Cincinnati	Rapid neurochemical sensing within the brain-immune system
September 14, 2017	Warren Alilain, PhD University of Kentucky College of Medicine	New frontiers in cervical spinal cord injury and restoration of respiratory motor function
September 28, 2017	Sarah Ross, PhD University of Pittsburgh College of Medicine	The neural circuits of itch and pain
October 5, 2017	Liisa Galea, PhD University of British Columbia	Stressed and depressed: why sex and hormones matter for brain health
October 19, 2017	Rebecca Bailey Neuroscience Graduate Program Andrew Winter Neuroscience Graduate Program	Developmental manganese overexposure: identifying contributing factors in neurotoxicity Delineating mechanisms underlying panic pathophysiology
October 26, 2017	John Snedeker Neuroscience Graduate Program Neil Ford Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of primary cilia in mammalian forebrain development Na⁺ leak (NALCN) conductance amplifies spontaneous pain in juvenile mice
November 2, 2017	Volker Neugebauer, MD, PhD Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and School of Medicine	Corticolimbic pain mechanisms
November 30, 2017	Keila Miles Neuroscience Graduate Program Zuhair Abdulla Neuroscience Graduate Program	The effect of ketosis on creatine transporter deficiency Assessing affective behaviors in mice lacking the creatine transporter
January 11, 2018	Bret Smith, PhD University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Synaptic reorganization and epileptogenesis after traumatic brain injury
January 18, 2018	Elizabeth Nguyen Neuroscience Graduate Program	The impact of chronic stress on behavioral and endocrine output in a murine model of Alzheimer's disease
January 25, 2018	Jessie Scheimann Neuroscience Graduate Program Hisako Fujiwara Neuroscience Graduate Program	Cell-type-specific knockdown of glucocorticoid receptors in the prefrontal cortex - sex specific effects on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and behavior Cortical thickness and processing speed in children with Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS)
February 8, 2018	Ruth Asch Neuroscience Graduate Program Emily Pitzer Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of omega-3 fatty acids in modulating glutamate homeostasis Developmental effects of the pyrethroid insecticide deltamethrin
February 22, 2018	Catherine Chu, MD Harvard Medical School	Biomarker discovery in childhood epilepsy
March 1, 2018	Kelsey Lloyd Neuroscience Graduate Program Victoria Jensen Neuroscience Graduate Program	Effects of adolescent high-fat diet on the adult prefrontal cortex of male mice Decreasing the excitability of V2a neurons increases accessory respiratory muscle activity and enhances ventilation
March 22, 2018	Chelsie Brewer Neuroscience Graduate Program Zachary Ford Neuroscience Graduate Program	Mapping pain circuits: Spinal dynorphin neurons Pruritic priming and technical advances to assess the role of epidermis in sensory neuron responses
March 29, 2018	Steve Davidson, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	The role of thalamo-limbic circuitry in nociception and pain
April 5, 2018	Jason Richardson, PhD Northeast Ohio Medical University	Pesticide exposure disrupts adult neurogenesis and behavior: role of inflammation and ER stress
April 12, 2018	Eiman Azim, PhD Salk Institute for Biological Studies	Neural circuits for skilled forelimb movement
April 19, 2018	Miles Cunningham, MD, PhD McLean Hospital and Harvard University Medical School	Neural transplantation of therapeutic GABAergic neurons for neuropsychiatric disorders

2016-2017

Date	Name	Description
August 25, 2016	Jeffrey Tenney, MD, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Epileptic networks: how to appreciate the music of the brain
September 1, 2016	Atsuo Sasaki, PhD University of Cincinnati Medical School	Dynamic roles of GTP-metabolism in brain tumors and its potential relevance in gliosis and circadian rhythm
September 8, 2016	Kenea Udobi Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of creatine in the developing brain
September 29, 2016	Ann Egan Neuroscience Graduate Program Jessica Ross Neuroscience Graduate Program	Sex differences in anxiety-related behaviors and brain-activation networks after 'comfort' food Protective effects of voluntary exercise in ischemic muscle pain
October 6, 2016	Ning Quan, PhD The Ohio State University	More than inflammation: dissecting the role of IL-1 signaling in the neuroimmune suprasystem
October 20, 2016	Monwabisi Makola Neuroscience Graduate Program Ryan Makinson Neuroscience Graduate Program	The long-term effects of radiation therapy on white matter and processing speed in pediatric brain tumor patients The negative impact of intrauterine inflammation on brain development
October 27, 2016	Neil Ford Neuroscience Graduate Program Zuhair Abdulla Neuroscience Graduate Program	Na⁺ leak regulation of intrinsic excitability and it's role in substance P signaling in spinal projection neurons Evaluating a lack of creatine in the dopaminergic neurotransmitter system
November 3, 2016	Matthew Cooper, PhD University of Tennessee, Knoxville	The protective effects of social dominance on subsequent social defeat stress
November 10, 2016	Jean Gotman, PhD McGill University	High-frequency oscillations in epilepsy
December 1, 2016	Steven Goldman, MD, PhD University of Rochester Medical Center	Progenitor cell-based treatment and modeling of human glial disease
January 12, 2017	Rob Gereau, PhD Washington University in St. Louis	Optogenetic tools for the study and treatment of pain
January 19, 2017	Bruce Carter, PhD Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	Killing and eating neurons: mechanisms of retrograde apoptotic signaling and the clearance of the corpses
January 26, 2017	Rebecca Bailey Neuroscience Graduate Program Arnold Gutierrez Neuroscience Graduate Program	Additive deficits in learning induced after developmental manganese overexposure combined with neurotoxicity The effects of neurotoxic methamphetamine treatment on monoamine levels and navigational strategies in adult animals
February 9, 2017	Courtney Sullivan Neuroscience Graduate Program John Snedeker Neuroscience Graduate Program	Defects of neuroenergetic processes in schizophrenia Primary cilia and mammalian forebrain development
February 16, 2017	Keila Miles Neuroscience Graduate Program Hisako Fujiwara Neuroscience Graduate Program	The impact of ketosis on creatine transporter deficiency Atypical cortical development in children with Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS)
February 23, 2017	John Wemmie, MD, PhD University of Iowa	Role of amygdala and acid-sensing ion channels in CO₂-evoked panic
March 2, 2017	Elizabeth Nguyen Neuroscience Graduate Program	Sex differences in antidepressant effects on brain, endocrine, and behavioral stress responses
March 9, 2017	Benedict Kolber, PhD Duquesne University	Divergent functions of the left and right nervous system in bladder pain
March 23, 2017	Gary Bassell, PhD Emory University School of Medicine	mRNA transport, local translation and neurological diseases
March 30, 2017	Mikhail Pletnikov, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Astrocyte pathobiology in psychiatric disorders
April 6, 2017	Andrew Winter Neuroscience Graduate Program Jessie Scheimann Neuroscience Graduate Program Zachary Ford Neuroscience Graduate Program	Delineating mechanisms underlying panic pathophysiology Cell-type-specific and region-specific knockdown of the glucocorticoid receptor differentially affects the HPA axis and behavior The role of growth hormone in neonatal inflammatory pain
April 13, 2017	Douglas Smith, MD University of Pennsylvania	"Concussion" is not a diagnosis: tackling the underlying substrates
April 20, 2017	Rebecca Shansky, PhD Northeastern University	A neural basis for sex differences in fear behavior

2015-2016

Date	Name	Description
August 27, 2015	Christina Gross, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Small RNAs, big effect: microRNA-mediated regulation of the potassium channel Kv4.2 complex during status epilepticus
September 3, 2015	Kari Dunning, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences	Priming the brain for stroke recovery
September 10, 2015	Jianxiong Jiang, MS, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy	Inflammation and status epilepticus: mechanisms and opportunities
September 17, 2015	Youssef Sari, PhD University of Toledo College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences	Glutamate transporter 1: potential target for the treatment of drug abuse
September 24, 2015	Patrick Sullivan, PhD The University of Kentucky Chandler College of Medicine	Targeting mitochondrial dysfunction following traumatic CNS injury; a 'mitoNEET' approach
October 15, 2015	Alison Lloyd, PhD University College London	Multicellular complexity of peripheral nerve regeneration
October 29, 2015	Rylon Hofacer Neuroscience Graduate Program Tara Kyser Neuroscience Graduate Program	Dlx5/6-derived cortical interneurons: a possible target of postnatal anesthesia Park7 (DJ-1) knockout rats exhibit behavioral alterations and degeneration in extranigral brain regions
November 5, 2015	Sarah Schmeltzer Neuroscience Graduate Program Bethany Hosford Neuroscience Graduate Program	Role of forebrain NPY in the regulation and development of PTSD-like behaviors Targeted ablation of adult-generated dentate granule cells reduces seizure frequency
November 12, 2015	Jason Radley, PhD The University of Iowa	Stress and glucocorticoid effects on prefrontal plasticity
November 19, 2015	Gavril Pasternak, MD, PhD Molecular Pharmacology and Chemistry Program	Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
December 3, 2015	Brittany Smith Neuroscience Graduate Program Kenea Udobi Neuroscience Graduate Program	Sequester stress: a novel animal model for loss and a depression-like phenotype The effects of creatine loss in adult creatine transporter conditional knockout mice
January 14, 2016	Brian Popko, PhD University of Chicago	Oligodendrocytes: the epicenter of multiple sclerosis?
January 21, 2016	Lee Eiden, PhD National Institute of Mental Health	PACAP signaling in neuronal and neuroendocrine cells responding to stress: translational focusing through in cellula and in vivo experimentation
February 11, 2016	Peter Strick, PhD University of Pittsburgh College of Medicine	A tale of two primary motor areas: "old" and "new" M1
February 18, 2016	Monwabisi Makola Neuroscience Graduate Program Ann Egan Neuroscience Graduate Program	The long-term effect of radiation on white matter organization in corpus callosum Sex differences in stress relief by 'comfort' foods
February 25, 2016	Arnold Gutierrez Neuroscience Graduate Program Jessica Ross Neuroscience Graduate Program	The effects of methamphetamine and chronic mild stress on monoamine neurotransmission and allocentric learning and memory Peripheral mechanisms of ischemic muscle pain
March 3, 2016	Zuhair Abdulla Neuroscience Graduate Program Neil Ford Neuroscience Graduate Program	Evaluating a lack of creatine in the dopaminergic neurotransmitter system Cationic leak conductance in neonatal rat lamina I projection neurons and its influence on intrinsic excitability
March 10, 2016	Rebecca Bailey Neuroscience Graduate Program Ryan Makinson Neuroscience Graduate Program	Developmental manganese overexposure combined with neurotoxicity produces supra-additive learning deficits The negative impact of intrauterine inflammation on brain development
March 17, 2016	Benjamin Greenwood, PhD University of Colorado at Boulder	Neural circuits controlling exercise-modulation of fear and anxiety
March 31, 2016	Olaf Sporns, PhD Indiana University	Network organization of the human connectome
April 7, 2016	Courtney Sullivan Neuroscience Graduate Program Aynara Wulsin Neuroscience Graduate Program	Cell-specific metabolic deficits in schizophrenia Glucocorticoid mechanisms of epileptogenesis and comorbid emotional dysregulation
April 14, 2016	Rolf Stottmann, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	A forward genetic approach to understanding mammalian forebrain development
April 21, 2016	John Snedeker Neuroscience Graduate Program Keila Miles Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of primary cilia in mammalian forebrain development Creatine transporter-deficient mice show changes in hippocampal morphology

2014-2015

Date	Name	Description
August 28, 2014	Nancy Ratner, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Ras signaling in the brain and peripheral nerves
September 11, 2014	Monika Fleshner, PhD University of Colorado	Exercise promotes stress robustness
September 18, 2014	Matthew Skelton, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Does your brain even lift? The role of creatine in the CNS
September 25, 2014	Jay Slack, PhD Givaudan Flavors Corporation	Applying pharmacology and molecular biology for the discovery of novel tastants
October 2, 2014	Jed Hartings, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Electrophysiology of acute brain lesion development: from bench to bedside
October 9, 2014	Robert McCullumsmith, MD, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Abnormalities of glutamate transporter expression in schizophrenia
October 16, 2014	Rylon Hofacer Neuroscience Graduate Program Tara Kyser Neuroscience Graduate Program	Dlx5/6-derived cortical interneurons: a possible target of postnatal anesthesia Alterations of dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic systems in the DJ-1 knockout rat model of Parkinson's disease
October 23, 2014	Haley Titus-Mitchell Neuroscience Graduate Program Nasrin Shahana Neuroscience Graduate Program	Nf1 loss in oligodendrocytes induces Notch-driven defects in myelin Sensory function and Tourette syndrome
October 30, 2014	Susanne Brummelte, PhD Wayne State University	Consequences of maternal depression and anti-depressant treatment for the mother and the offspring
November 6, 2014	John Osborn, PhD University of Minnesota Medical School	Is renal nerve ablation a sound therapeutic strategy for the treatment of hypertension? Insights from recent preclinical studies
December 4, 2014	Brittany Kopp Neuroscience Graduate Program Kenea Udobi Neuroscience Graduate Program	Sequester stress: a novel animal model for life stress and atypical depression-like behavior The effects of creatine transporter deficiency in mice
January 22, 2015	Bethany Hosford Neuroscience Graduate Program Sarah Schmeltzer Neuroscience Graduate Program	Impact of targeted ablation of developing dentate granule cells on temporal lobe epileptogenesis Regulation of PTSD-like behaviors by forebrain neuropeptide Y
January 29, 2015	Greg Dussor, PhD The University of Texas at Dallas	Meningeal afferent signaling and the pathophysiology of migraine
February 12, 2015	Gretchen Neigh, PhD Emory University School of Medicine	The economic costs of adaptation: sex differences in the effects of chronic adolescent stress
February 19, 2015	Chris Dulla, PhD Tufts University	Astrocytic glutamate uptake in the developing and injured cerebral cortex
February 26, 2015	Victor May, PhD University of Vermont College of Medicine	PACAP: from molecules to behavior
March 5, 2015	Ahmed Obeidat, MD, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	The diverse capacities of CNS inhibition
March 12, 2015	Alan Sved, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Merging the neurobiology of nicotine with tobacco regulatory science
March 26, 2015	Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, PhD UCLA Medical Center	The impact of metabolic disorders for neural repair and plasticity
April 2, 2015	Ryan Makinson Neuroscience Graduate Program Jessica Ross Neuroscience Graduate Program	Regulation of medial prefrontal cortex pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide by stress No pain, no gain: examining the role of IL-1B in ischemic myalgia
April 9, 2015	Ann Egan Neuroscience Graduate Program Monwabisi Makola Neuroscience Graduate Program	Neurocircuits mediating comfort food stress relief The long-term effects of radiation therapy on the white matter integrity of the corpus callosum and internal capsule in pediatric brain tumor patients
April 16, 2015	Arnold Gutierrez Neuroscience Graduate Program Aynara Wulsin Neuroscience Graduate Program	Effects of methamphetamine and barren housing on allocentric learning and memory in adult rats Glucocorticoid receptor signaling in epileptogenesis

2013-2014

Date	Name	Description
August 29, 2013	Steven Crone, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	A circuit mechanism of neurodegeneration in spinal muscular atrophy
September 5, 2013	Celeste Morris, PhD Northern Kentucky University	Applications of nanopipettes and multi-functional electrodes in neuroscience
September 19, 2013	Michael Jankowski, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	'Interfering' with ischemic myalgia
October 3, 2013	Matia Solomon, PhD University of Cincinnati	Immediate and sustained effects of chronic psychosocial stress on behavior
October 10, 2013	Peter Scheifele, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences	Military working dogs: current work in UC FETCHLAB taking care of our canine soldiers
October 17, 2013	Isaiah Rolle Neuroscience Graduate Program Jessica McKlveen Neuroscience Graduate Program	Threshold for hippocampal granule cell mediated epilepsy Chronic stress diminishes the actions of glucocorticoids in the prefrontal cortex
October 24, 2013	Sriparna Ghosal Neuroscience Graduate Program Nasrin Shahana Neuroscience Graduate Program	Role of the GLP-1 receptor in stress excitation Potential motor cortex biomarkers for therapeutics in childhood ADHD
October 31, 2013	Tara Kyser Neuroscience Graduate Program Haley Titus-Mitchell Neuroscience Graduate Program	Alterations of motor and non-motor behaviors in the DJ-1 knockout rat model of Parkinson's disease Take it down a Notch: aberrant behavior of the canonical Notch pathway in neurofibromatosis type I
November 21, 2013	Tracey Shors, PhD Rutgers University	Mental and physical (MAP) training increases brain function and mental health
December 5, 2013	Rylon Hofacer Neuroscience Graduate Program Maggie Schneider Neuroscience Graduate Program	Anesthesia-induced neuroapoptosis in developing neurons Functional activation patterns associated with mania and euthymia in adolescents early in the course of bipolar disorder
January 9, 2014	Artur Kania, PhD McGill University	Ephrin-netrin synergy in spinal motor axon guidance
January 16, 2014	Matthew Hill, PhD University of Calgary	Mechanisms of amygdalar endocannabinoid regulation of stress and anxiety
January 23, 2014	Brittany Kopp Neuroscience Graduate Program	Sequestration stress: a novel animal model for depression
January 30, 2014	Rif El-Mallakh, MD University of Louisville School of Medicine	Apoptosis in bipolar illness
February 20, 2014	Christine DiDonato, PhD Northwestern University School of Medicine	Motor neuron degeneration in spinal muscular atrophy: defining molecular mechanisms and developing therapies
March 6, 2014	Jenny Hsieh, PhD UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	Catching fire: new roles for neurogenesis in the generation of epilepsy
March 13, 2014	Sarah Schmeltzer Neuroscience Graduate Program Kenea Udobi Neuroscience Graduate Program	Regulation of fear by neuropeptide Y: relevance to PTSD The effects of creatine loss on cognition
March 27, 2014	Nicole Dangelo Neuroscience Graduate Program Bethany Hosford Neuroscience Graduate Program	The effects of psychoactive drugs during adolescent brain development Significance of recently generated dentate granule cells during epileptogenesis following status epilepticus
April 3, 2014	Douglas Feinstein, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago	Noradrenergic deficit in AD and MS: causes and cures
April 10, 2014	Monwabisi Makola Neuroscience Graduate Program Sarah Cassella Neuroscience Graduate Program	The effects of radiation therapy on white matter integrity and cognitive ability in pediatric brain tumor patients Potential role of the glucocorticoid receptor in microglial priming in aging
April 17, 2014	Theodore Price, PhD University of Texas at Dallas	Targeting translation control for the treatment of chronic pain

2012-2013

Date	Name	Description
September 13, 2012	Yvonne Ulrich-Lai, PhD University of Cincinnati	Stress relief by 'comfort' foods
September 20, 2012	Sarah Pixley, PhD University of Cincinnati	Nervous tissue repair with novel biomaterial solutions
September 27, 2012	Kenneth Campbell, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Genetic control of neural diversity and circuit formation in the developing mouse telencephalon
October 25, 2012	Tamás Kozicz, MD, PhD Radboud University, Nijmegen	Midbrain Ucn1 links stress and energy metabolisms
October 4, 2012	William Betz, PhD University of Colorado Medical Campus	The functional landscape of a presynaptic terminal
November 1, 2012	Christine Curran, PhD Northern Kentucky University	A possible role for cytochrome P450 1A2 (CYP1A2) in motor function
November 15, 2012	Cheryl Stucky, PhD Medical College of Wisconsin	Channeling touch and pain transduction: mechanisms that detect our environment
November 29, 2012	Travis Beckwith Neuroscience Graduate Program Lauren Larke Vollmer Neuroscience Graduate Program	Adult neuroimaging abnormalities associated with childhood lead exposure Panic-associated fear and cardiovascular outcomes: relevance of a microglial acid-sensing receptor
December 6, 2012	Amanda Isom Neuroscience Graduate Program	The cellular consequences of combining antipsychotic medications with hypoglycemia
January 10, 2013	Jessica McKlveen Neuroscience Graduate Program Isaiah Rolle Neuroscience Graduate Program	'Braking' the prefrontal cortex during chronic stress Role of abnormal hippocampal granule cells in epileptogenesis
January 17, 2013	Tara Kyser Neuroscience Graduate Program	Initial characterization of the behavioral phenotype of DJ-1 knockout rats
January 24, 2013	John Sheridan, PhD The Ohio State University	Social defeat, inflammation and anxiety: bi-directional communication between the nervous and immune systems
January 31, 2013	Sriparna Ghosal Neuroscience Graduate Program Benjamin Kay Neuroscience Graduate Program	NTS glucocorticoid receptor function in stress responses Resting-state connectivity in treatment-resistant idiopathic generalized epilepsy
Feburary 7, 2013	Jonah Chan, PhD University of California at San Francisco	Engineering pseudo-axonal scaffolds for myelination: fiber diameter is sufficient to initiate membrane wrapping
February 21, 2013	Maggie Schneider Neuroscience Graduate Program Rylon Hofacer Neuroscience Graduate Program	The neurofunctional and neurochemical effects of ziprasidone in manic youth with bipolar disorder Cellular determinants of anesthetic vulnerability
February 28, 2012	Keith Crutcher, PhD National Institutes of Health	Peer review at the NIH: a view from the inside
March 14, 2013	Donald Rainnie, PhD Emory University	Losing control: stress modulation of fear circuits
March 28, 2013	Constance Cepko, PhD Harvard Medical School	Cell fate determination in the vertebrate retina
April 4, 2013	Haley Titus-Mitchell Neuroscience Graduate Program	Unraveled, disrupted myelin in gain of function RASopathies
April 11, 2013 - 2351 MSB	Anantha Shekhar, MD, PhD Indiana University	Orexin mechanisms of panic, phobias and related anxiety disorders
April 18, 2013	Joseph Korfhagen Neuroscience Graduate Program Sarah Cassella Neuroscience Graduate Program	Detection of intracerebral hemorrhage using radiofrequency antennae Role of the glucocorticoid receptor in nigrostriatal system dysfunction and degeneration

2011-2012

Date	Name	Description
September 15, 2011	Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD Harvard University	Music making changes brains: implications for brain development, brain disorders, and neurorehabilitation
September 29, 2011	Yun Guan, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Spinal cord stimulation: revealing its therapeutic action and the underlying mechanisms through studies in animal models of neuropathic pain
October 6, 2011	Jenny Tong, MD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Sniffing out the calories: the ghrelin and olfaction story
October 20, 2011	Robert Frank, PhD University of Cincinnati	Human olfaction in health and disease
October 27, 2011	Sheila Fleming, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Behavioral phenotypes in genetic mouse models of Parkinson's disease
November 3, 2011	Renu Sah, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a translational perspective
December 1, 2011	Robert Krikorian, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	Nutritional and metabolic interventions in cognitive aging
January 12, 2012	Amanda Braun Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of striatal dopamine in egocentric navigation
January 19, 2012	Travis Beckwith University of Cincinnati Kristy Heppner University of Cincinnati	White matter abnormalities associated with childhood lead exposure A central role for ghrelin acylation in the regulation of glucose metabolism
February 2, 2012	Amanda Isom Neuroscience Graduate Program Paul Niklewski Neuroscience Graduate Program	Combining antipsychotic medications and hypoglycemia: a role for glutamate-mediated cell death? Risk assessment during anesthesia and potential neuroprotective strategies
February 16, 2012	Haley Titus-Mitchell Neuroscience Graduate Program Lauren Larke Neuroscience Graduate Program	The interaction between the Notch and Ras GTPase pathway: role in CNS pathogenesis in gain of function rasopathies The acid-sensing T-cell death associated gene-8 (TDAG8) receptor in panic: from acidosis to inflammation?
March 1, 2012	Bruce Appel, PhD University of Colorado School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital	Genetic and imaging investigation of glial development in zebrafish: Notch again
March 8, 2012	Bernardino Ghetti, MD Indiana University School of Medicine	Neuropathology: the deciphering of early onset dementias
March 22, 2012	Jamie Roitman, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago	Neural correlates of decision-making under uncertainty
March 29, 2012	Stephen Miller, PhD Northwestern University Medical School	Exploiting apoptosis for the induction of tolerance for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other immune-mediated diseases
April 12, 2012	Joseph Korfhagen Neuroscience Graduate Program Jessica McKlveen Neuroscience Graduate Program	Detection of intracerebral hemorrhage using radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation Prefrontal regulation of stress and behavior
April 19, 2012	Amy Packard, PhD Oregon Health and Science University	Studies on poly-ICLC treatment as a potent neuroprotective therapy against ischemic brain injury
April 26, 2012	Michael O'Donovan, MD, PhD National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	New findings in the neurobiology of vertebrate locomotion
May 17, 2012	Isaiah Rolle Neuroscience Graduate Program	PTEN-deficient granule cells cause epilepsy: hippocampal seizures, mossy fiber sprouting, and pS6 expression
May 24, 2012	Martin Myers, MD, PhD University of Michigan Medical School	Neural mechanisms of leptin action
May 31, 2012	Sara Gombash Neuroscience Graduate Program Rachel Oberst Neuroscience Graduate Program	Pleiotrophin gene therapy to protect against α-synuclein-mediated degeneration in the rodent AAV overexpression model of Parkinsonism Molecules that mediate axon-glial interactions

2010-2011

Date	Name	Description
September 30, 2010	Tarik Haydar, PhD Boston University School of Medicine	The role of neural precursor cell heterogeneity during development of the mammalian neocortex
October 14, 2010	Eric Frank, PhD Tufts University School of Medicine	Anatomical and functional regeneration of sensory axons in the adult mammalian spinal cord
October 21, 2010	Chia-Yi Kuan, MD, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Experimental therapies of infection-sensitized neonatal cerebral hypoxia-ischemia
October 28, 2010	Kirk Mykytyn, PhD The Ohio State University	Neuronal cilia and disease
November 4, 2010	Astrid Prinz, PhD Emory University	Variability and robustness in neuronal networks
December 2, 2010	Peter Scheifele, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences	A brief tour of the fully aquatic marine mammal auditory processing system: bioacoustic and neurogenic concerns for conservation in the 21st century
January 27, 2011	Karen Scott Neuroscience Graduate Program Kim Krawczewski Carhuatanta Neuroscience Graduate Program	Effects of assisted reproductive technologies and somatic cell nuclear transfer on body weight and glucose regulation of mice Voluntary exercise prevents high-fat diet-induced resistance to adiposity signals
February 3, 2011	Ignacio Sarría Neuroscience Graduate Program Erin Boespflug Neuroscience Graduate Program	Channel gating switch by calmodulin and PIP₂ confers TRPM8 functional states Diffusion evaluation of fornix integrity, a possible early biomarker of Alzheimer's disease
February 17, 2011	Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PhD University of Wisconsin	Stem cell model of human biology
February 24, 2011	Nicholas Jury Neuroscience Graduate Program	Increased responsiveness to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during lactation is specific to mood-related behaviors in mice
March 3, 2011	Amanda Braun Neuroscience Graduate Program Susan Israel Neuroscience Graduate Program	Dorsal striatal dopamine depletion impairs both egocentric and allocentric navigation Transcranial magnetic stimulation and hemiparetic arm function in people with chronic stroke
March 10, 2011	Hilary Wilson Pérez Neuroscience Graduate Program Travis Beckwith Neuroscience Graduate Program	Food choice and food reward following bariatric surgery Childhood lead exposure: how it alters brain and behavior in adults
March 31, 2011	Zvia Breznitz, PhD University of Haifa	Asynchrony: timing differences between processing modalities can cause reading difficulties
April 7, 2011	Sebastien Bouret, PhD Childrens Hospital Los Angeles	Developmental programming of hypothalamic feeding circuits
April 14, 2011	Sara Gombash Neuroscience Graduate Program	Regulated pleiotrophin gene therapy to protect against ongoing nigrostriatal degeneration in 6-OHDA and α-synuclein Parkinsonian rodent models
April 20, 2011	Ron de Kloet, PhD Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research	Resilience or vulnerability? A question of stress, genes and balance
April 21, 2011	Victor Viau PhD University of British Columbia	Circuits governing hypothalamic responses to stress and testosterone: a tale of two nuclei
April 28, 2011	Kristy Heppner Neuroscience Graduate Program Amanda Isom Neuroscience Graduate Program	A role for ghrelin acylation in the regulation of energy and glucose metabolism: Does length matter? Induction of neuronal death by severe hypoglycemia and antipsychotic administration
May 5, 2011	Arthur Arnold, PhD UCLA	Sex chromosome effects that cause sex differences in obesity
May 26, 2011	Lauren Larke Neuroscience Graduate Program Paul Niklewski Neuroscience Graduate Program	Acid-sensing and CO₂-evoked fear: is the T-Cell Death Associated Gene-8 (TDAG8) receptor relevant to panic? Procedural fear, pain, and anxiety: investigations of anesthesia and concomitant injury

2009-2010

Date	Name	Description
September 24, 2009	Ariel Deutch, PhD Vanderbilt University Medical Center	Dendritic spines and fall pruning: loss of spines and progression in Parkinson's Disease and schizophrenia
October 29, 2009	Silvana Obici, MD University of Cincinnati	Sympathetic control of Brown Adipose Tissue: implications for diet-induced obesity
November 5, 2009	Mark Baccei, PhD University of Cincinnati	Age-dependent effects of tissue injury on synapses within central pain networks
November 12, 2009	Maureen McCall, PhD University of Louisville	Congenital stationary night blindness mouse mutants: dissection of synaptic organization in the retina
November 19, 2009	Colleen McClung, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Circadian genes and the biology of mood disorders
December 3, 2009	Gregg Stanwood, PhD Vanderbilt University	Drugs, biogenic amine targets and the developing brain
January 7, 2009	Mitchell Roitman, PhD University of Illinois at Chicago	Two sides to every story: real-time encoding of reward and aversion in mesolimbic circuitry
January 14, 2010	Derrick Choi Neuroscience Graduate Program Karen Scott Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of orexin-A in food motivation, reward-based feeding behavior and food-induced neuronal activation in rats Effects of fluoxetine on behavior and body composition of socially subordinate rats
January 21, 2010	Jonathan Flak Neuroscience Graduate Program	Stress and obesity: the PVN is at the heart of the matter
February 4, 2010	Dianne Lattemann, PhD University of Washington School of Medicine	The brain is a cookie monster: neural and endocrine regulation of food reward
February 11, 2010	Erica Doczy Neuroscience Graduate Program Annette de Kloet Neuroscience Graduate Program	Environmental enrichment as neuroprotection against traumatic brain injury Obesity problems? Call AAA.
February 18, 2010	Zuoxin Wang, PhD Florida State University	The monogamous male brain
March 4, 2010	Sara Gombash Neuroscience Graduate Program Matt Loftspring Neuroscience Graduate Program	Optimization of pleiotrophin gene transfer in the 6-OHDA rat model of parkinsonism Heme products and intracerebral hemorrhage
March 11, 2010	Matej Bajzer Neuroscience Graduate Program Stefanie Bronson Neuroscience Graduate Program	Going to BAT with the CB1 receptor: The endocannabinoid system and brown adipose tissue thermogenesis The maternal response to immune challenge predicts offspring behavior
April 1, 2010	Kim Krawczewski Neuroscience Graduate Program Ignacio Sarría Neuroscience Graduate Program	Who's running the show Regulation of transient receptor potential melastatin 8 (TRPM8) in rat DRGs
April 8, 2010	Qing Richard Lu, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	Shaping the oligodendrocyte identity by epigenetic control
April 22, 2010	Stewart Anderson, MD Weill Cornell Medical College	Fate determination of cerebral cortical interneurons
April 29, 2010	Hilary Wilson Pérez Neuroscience Graduate Program Amanda Braun Neuroscience Graduate Program	Sleeve gastrectomy, GLP-1, and their effects on dietary selection Long-term changes in rat offspring following immune response during gestation
May 6, 2010	Nicholas Jury Neuroscience Graduate Program Susan Israel Neuroscience Graduate Program	Altered responsiveness to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors during lactation: experimental studies in mice Navigated brain stimulation and functional correlations in stroke
May 13, 2009	Adam Wilson, PhD University of Cincinnati	The neural basis of brain-computer interface systems
May 20, 2010	Larry Cahill, PhD University of California, Irvine	Sex and hemisphere influences on emotional memory
June 3, 2010	Erin Boespflug Neuroscience Graduate Program	Diffusion investigation of fornix integrity: a possible early biomarker for Alzheimer's disease

2008-2009

Date	Name	Description
September 25, 2008	Catherine Krull, PhD University of Michigan	Out on a limb: axon pathfinding in the periphery
October 2, 2008	Peter Chiu, PhD University of Cincinnati	Studying the growing brain with functional MRI
October 9, 2008	Gail Pyne-Geithman, DPhil University of Cincinnati	Hemorrhagic stroke: protein kinase C and Rho signaling perturbations leading to delayed neurological deficit
October 16, 2008	John Layne, PhD University of Cincinnati	Visually-mediated stabilizing reflexes dictate the direction of the path-integrated ego-referred home vector -or- Home is where the eyes are
November 6, 2008	Eva Anton, PhD University of North Carolina School of Medicine	Mechanisms of neuronal placement and differentiation in the developing cerebral cortex
December 4, 2008	Jianguo Gu, PhD University of Florida College of Dentistry	Receptor mechanisms and neuronal pathways underlying sensory modalities and pathological pain
January 8, 2009	Jack Parent, MD University of Michigan School of Medicine	Adult neurogenesis in the intact and injured forebrain
January 22, 2009	Paul Pentel, MD University of Minnesota	Nicotine vaccines for the treatment and prevention of tobacco addiction
January 29, 2009	Jeremiah McDole Neuroscience Graduate Program Martine Lamy Neuroscience Graduate Program	The long and short of it: CNS-infiltrating virus-specific CD8 T cells Underactivation of cortical-striatal-thalamic circuits during reward valuation in bipolar disorder
February 5, 2009	Donald Sakaguchi, PhD Iowa State University	Stem cell transplants to the damaged retina: strategies for retinal rescue and repair
February 12, 2009	Ann Hemmerle Neuroscience Graduate Program Katrina Paumier Neuroscience Graduate Program	Detrimental effects of chronic variable stress on the injured nigrostriatal system: timing and trophic factors Daily antidepressant treatment protects nigral dopamine neurons in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease
February 19, 2009	Jane Allendorfer Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of diet in CNS leptin signaling
February 26, 2009	Jonathan Flak Neuroscience Graduate Program Jonathan Dickerson Neuroscience Graduate Program	Glucocorticoid hypersensitivity and autonomic imbalance following chronic stress: relevance to PTSD Neuregulins and the injured and aging nigrostriatal system
March 12, 2009	Valerie Thompson Neuroscience Graduate Program	Target-derived factors facilitate MDMA-mediated DA neurite outgrowth in vitro
April 2, 2009	Kenneth Mackie, MD Indiana University	THC, cannabis, cannabinoids: What's the buzz about?
April 9, 2009	Margaret Wood Neuroscience Graduate Program Anne Christiansen Neuroscience Graduate Program	Putative mechanisms for weight loss following bariatric surgery Synaptic plasticity and the stress response after snacking: A moment on the lips, a long time on the brain
April 16, 2009	Anne Engemann Neuroscience Graduate Program	Can deep brain stimulation both treat the symptoms and slow the progression of Parkinson's disease?
April 23, 2009	Lawrence Witmer, PhD Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine	Evolving an on-board flight computer: brains, ears, and the evolution of birds, dinosaurs, and pterosaurs
April 30, 2009	Stefanie Bronson Neuroscience Graduate Program Erica Doczy Neuroscience Graduate Program	A two-hit neurodevelopmental rodent model of schizophrenia Environmental enrichment as a neuroprotective strategy
May 7, 2009	Natalie Rasgon, MD, PhD Stanford School of Medicine	To treat... or not to treat...? That is the question. Estrogen, mood and menopause
May 11, 2009	David McKinnon, PhD State University of New York at Stony Brook	Evolution of cellular electrophysiological systems
May 14, 2009	Tracy Bale, PhD University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine	Sex differences in stress and coping strategies: Are we wired before birth?
May 21, 2009	Linda Rinaman, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Postnatal assembly of visceral-emotional circuits
May 28, 2009	Nicholas Jury Neuroscience Graduate Program Kimberly Krawczewski Neuroscience Graduate Program	Alterations in central and peripheral serotonin physiology during lactation Role of voluntary exercise in central control of energy balance
June 4, 2009	Karen Scott Neuroscience Graduate Program Derrick Choi University of Cincinnati	Effects of amylin on weight gain and body composition following exposure to chronic social stress Orexin regulates non-homeostatic food intake and progressive ratio responding for food rewards

2007-2008

Date	Name	Description
September 27, 2007	Jessica Filosa, PhD University of Cincinnati	Glial-derived signals elicit tone-dependent constrictions and dilations in brain cortical arterioles
October 4, 2007	Sheena Josselyn, PhD University of Toronto	Neuronal competition and selection during memory formation: the role of CREB
October 11, 2007	Christine Gall, PhD University of California at Irvine	BDNF: Correcting deficits in synaptic plasticity
October 25, 2007	Theodore Cummins, PhD Indiana University School of Medicine	Sodium channels in sensory neurons and the molecular pathophysiology of pain
November 14, 2007	Steven Levison, PhD New Jersey Medical School	Compensatory repair from resident neural stem cells after brain injuries
November 15, 2007	Jane Johnson, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Transcriptional control of neuronal diversity
December 13, 2007	Michael Matise, PhD Robert Wood Johnson Medical School	Regulating Sonic hedgehog target gene expression in the developing CNS
January 10, 2008	Randall Reed, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Stem cells and smell cells: the developmental pathways, regenerative properties and cellular specializations underlying olfaction
January 17, 2008	Alessandro Cancelliere Neuroscience Graduate Program Brian Terpstra Neuroscience Graduate Program	Molecular mechanisms underlying the restriction of progenitor responses in the adult mammalian brain The purine nucleoside inosine is neuroprotecive for dopamine neurons in vitro
February 7, 2008	Jeremiah McDole Neuroscience Graduate Program Katrina Paumier Neuroscience Graduate Program	A molecular approach to identifying virus-specific CD8 T-cell epitopes in a model of multiple sclerosis Neuroprotective strategies for Parkinson's disease: a trophic tale
February 21, 2008	Paresh Patel, MD, PhD University of Michigan	Serotonin, behavioral reactivity, and ADHD in a revisited neurodevelopmental context
February 28, 2008	Jennifer O'Malley Neuroscience Graduate Program Martine Lamy Neuroscience Graduate Program	Therapeutic implications of dendritic spine loss in a rat model of Parkinson's disease The neural correlates of impulsivity and decision-making in bipolar disorder
March 6, 2008	Stephanie Rollmann, PhD University of Cincinnati	The genetic architecture of chemosensory behavior in Drosophila
March 13, 2008	Sally Temple, PhD Albany Medical College	Making neurons outside the stem cell niche
March 20, 2008	Yuan-Xiang Tao, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Expressional and functional regulation of spinal cord NMDARs and AMPARs by their interacting proteins in chronic pain
April 3, 2008	Jane Allendorfer Neuroscience Graduate Program Robert Hufnagel Neuroscience Graduate Program	Human recreational ecstasy (MDMA) use affects fMRI brain activation during working memory The role of bHLH transcription factors in early retinal neurogenesis
April 10, 2008	Jonathan Flak Neuroscience Graduate Program	Chronic stress-induced neurotransmitter plasticity within the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus
April 24, 2008	Anne Engemann Neuroscience Graduate Program Brian Murphy Neuroscience Graduate Program	Establishment of a clinically relevant model of long-term STN deep-brain stimulation in Parkinsonian rats Plasticity within the dentate gyrus following seizures
May 1, 2008	Bennett Shaywitz, MD Yale University School of Medicine	Neural systems in dyslexia: Towards translational neuroimaging
May 8, 2008	Jonathan Dickerson Neuroscience Graduate Program Ann Hemmerle Neuroscience Graduate Program	Neuroprotective effects of neuregulins in the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system Chronic variable stress, neurotrophic factors and neurodegeneration in a Parkinson's Disease model
May 15, 2008	Jason Barrera Neuroscience Graduate Program Derrick Choi Neuroscience Graduate Program	Differences between the central and peripheral anorectic effects of exendin-4 A role for orexin signaling in food reward behaviors
May 22, 2008	Valerie Thompson Neuroscience Graduate Program Matej Bajzer Neuroscience Graduate Program	MDMA (Ecstasy) increases the growth and survival of dopamine neurons in primary mesencephalic cultures The role of diet in CNS leptin signaling
June 5, 2008	Georgette Suidan Neuroscience Graduate Program Susan Melhorn Neuroscience Graduate Program	Rapid induction of VEGF by CD8 T cells promotes CNS vascular permeability Subordination: A rat's guide to weight watchers

2006-2007

Date	Name	Description
June 28, 2006	Gary Strichartz, PhD Harvard Medical School	Contribution of endothelin receptors to pain from inflammation, surgery and cancer
September 21, 2006	Elke Buschbeck, PhD University of Cincinnati	Novel eyes with multiple retinas and unique layering: a proposed new mechanism for depth perception
September 28, 2006	David Pisoni, PhD Indiana University	The forbidden experiment: memory and learning processes in profoundly deaf children following cochlear implantation
October 5, 2006	Jeffrey Martens, PhD University of Michigan	Mechanisms of olfactory CNG channel trafficking
November 2, 2006	Bryan Yamamoto, PhD Boston University Medical Campus	The stress of methamphetamine-induced excitotoxicity
November 9, 2006	Tamas Horvath, DVM, PhD Yale University School of Medicine	Synapses: renewable building blocks of energy balance regulation
November 16, 2006	Jeffrey Macklis, MD, DHst Harvard Medical School Center for Nervous System Repair	Molecular development and repair of corticospinal motor neuron and other forebrain projection neuron circuitry
November 30, 2006	Jian Feng, PhD State University of New York at Buffalo, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences	Achilles' heel of midbrain dopaminergic neurons: vulnerabilities and defense strategies
January 11, 2007	Patrizia Casaccia-Bonnefil, MD, PhD University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey	Molecular networks regulating oligodendrocyte differentiation
January 18, 2007	Robert Hufnagel Neuroscience Graduate Program Nicole Herring Neuroscience Graduate Program	Developing visual system revealed: a transgenic study of Math5 regulation Functional effects of a neurotoxic regimen of methamphetamine exposure in adult rats
January 25, 2007	Steve Danzer, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center	Aberrant integration of adult-generated neurons into the epileptic brain
February 8, 2007	Karen Gregerson, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy	Pursuit of a novel effector of dopamine signaling in pituitary lactotrophs
February 15, 2007	Brian Murphy Neuroscience Graduate Program Jane Allendorfer Neuroscience Graduate Program	Dentate granule cell dysmorphologies due to seizures Ecstasy neurotoxicity and potential for medical use
February 22, 2007	Chris Brubaker Neuroscience Graduate Program Nate Evanson Neuroscience Graduate Program	Effects of childhood lead exposure on human brain structure and function Fast feedback inhibition of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis
March 8, 2007	Robert LaMotte, PhD Yale University School of Medicine	Why we scratch: Experimental studies of itch in primate and mouse
March 29, 2007	Jeremiah McDole Neuroscience Graduate Program Georgette Suidan Neuroscience Graduate Program	The importance of axonal preservation in the Theiler's virus model of MS CD8 T cell-mediated fatal CNS vascular permeability is dependent on perforin expression
April 5, 2007	Catherine Harrison, PhD Wright-Patterson Air Force Base	Therapeutic effects of environment and experience on traumatic brain injury
April 12, 2007	Jonathan Dickerson Neuroscience Graduate Program	Neuroprotective effects of neuregulins in an animal model of Parkinson's disease
April 19, 2007	Ann Hemmerle Neuroscience Graduate Program Katrina Paumier Neuroscience Graduate Program	Chronic variable stress gene expression and Parkinson's Disease To differentiate, or not to differentiate: an alternative approach to stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease
April 26, 2007	Alessandro Cancelliere Neuroscience Graduate Program Brian Terpstra Neuroscience Graduate Program	Molecular mechanisms underlying regenerative responses of stem/progenitor cells in the adult mammalian brain The neuroprotective effects of inosine in Parkinson's disease
May 10, 2007	Jennifer O'Malley Neuroscience Graduate Program Martine Lamy Neuroscience Graduate Program	The influence of dendritic spine loss on the development of levodopa-induced dyskinesias in a rat model of Parkinson's disease Brain activation in bipolar mania during a response inhibition task: to go or not to go
May 17, 2007	Jason Barrera Neuroscience Graduate Program Susan Melhorn Neuroscience Graduate Program	GLP-1, exendin-4, and the regulation of food intake: evidence for differential mechanisms? Stress-induced changes in feeding behavior: It's Meal Time!
May 31, 2007	Joseph LeDoux, PhD New York University	Fearful brains in an anxious world

2005-2006

Date	Name	Description
July 7, 2005	Steven Laviolette, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Dynamic regulation of emotional learning in neurons of the amygdala-prefrontal cortical circuit: role of dopamine and cannabinoid signaling
July 25, 2005	Leszek Kaczmarek, PhD Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Science	From c-Fos/AP-1 to matrix metalloproteinase-9 in neuronal plasticity, learning and memory
September 29, 2005	Cecilia Hillard, PhD Medical College of Wisconsin	Role of cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous ligands in stress responses
October 13, 2005	Tiffany Cook, PhD Cincinnati Children's Hospital	Transcriptional regulators of color photoreceptor specification in Drosophila
October 20, 2005	Grant Nicol, PhD Indiana University School of Medicine	Nerve growth factor, sphingomyelins, and sensitization in sensory neurons
October 27, 2005	Barbara-Anne Battelle, PhD Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience	Unconventional myosin III in retinas from Limulus to man
November 3, 2005	Timothy Collier, PhD Caryl Sortwell, PhD Kathy Steece-Collier, PhD University of Cincinnati	Implementation of a cell transplant therapy for Parkinson's disease: problems and prospects
November 8, 2005	Read Montague, PhD Baylor College of Medicine	Neural substrates of model-building and trust in a simple social exchange
December 1, 2005	Ramesh Raghupathi, PhD Drexel University College of Medicine	Probing intracellular signaling mechanisms after TBI: a useful endeavor or a Sisyphyian myth?
January 12, 2006	Gavril Pasternak, MD, PhD Sloan-Kettering Institute	Opiate receptor mechanisms: It's all in the telling of the tail
January 12, 2006	Alessandro Cancelliere Neuroscience Graduate Program	Molecular mechanisms underlying restriction of the regenerative responses of neural stem/progenitor cells in the adult mammalian brain
January 19, 2006	John Bruno, PhD The Ohio State University	Cortical cholinergic transmission in normal attention and in models of neuropsychiatric disorders
February 2, 2006	Brian Terpstra Neuroscience Graduate Program	The effects of creatine on mesencephalic dopamine neurons: implications for transplantation in Parkinson's disease
February 9, 2006	Lise Eliot, PhD Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science	The truth about sex differences in the brain and behavior
February 23, 2006	Elizabeth Duncan Neuroscience Graduate Program Nicole Herring Neuroscience Graduate Program	Melanin-concentrating hormone and the motivation to consume alcohol The effects of methamphetamine in adult rats
March 2, 2006	Martin Myers, MD, PhD University of Michigan Medical School	Leptin receptor signaling in the regulation of the neuroendocrine system
March 3, 2006	Zhuan Zhou, PhD Peking University	Ca²⁺ sparks, Ca²⁺ stores, and secretion in single neurons
March 9, 2006	David Yurek, PhD University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Stem cell and gene therapy strategies for the treatment of Parkinson's disease
March 30, 2006	Anthony Wagner, PhD Stanford University	Remembering events past: medial temporal lobe contributions to memory
April 6, 2006	John Maunsell, PhD Baylor College of Medicine	Thresholds for detecting microstimulation in monkey visual cortex
April 13, 2006	Philip Haydon, PhD University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	Glia: listening and talking to the synapse
April 20, 2006	Ralph-Axel Müller, PhD San Diego State University	Images of autism: too little too late?
April 27, 2006	Amy Furay Neuroscience Graduate Program Mary Nguyen Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of the forebrain glucocorticoid receptor in HPA-axis response to chronic stress The role of androgens in regulating stress-induced body weight changes and food intake
May 4, 2006	David Morgan, PhD University of South Florida	Removal of brain amyloid by immunotherapy in APP transgenic mice
May 11, 2006	Brian Davis, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Identification of a population of sensory neurons responsible for everything bad that's ever happened to you
May 18, 2006	Jon Williams Neuroscience Graduate Program Chris Brubaker Neuroscience Graduate Program	An amplified EGF-dependent peripheral nervous system progenitor in neurofibromatosis type 1 Effects of childhood lead exposure on adult brain volume
May 25, 2006	Chris LaPensee Neuroscience Graduate Program Jennifer O'Malley Neuroscience ong>uate Program	The prolactin-deficient mouse has an unaltered metabolic phenotype Potential susceptibility and protective factors underlying strain differences in development of levodopa induced dyskinesias
June 1, 2006	Dennis Choi Neuroscience Graduate Program Nate Evanson Neuroscience Graduate Program	Subnuclei of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis differentially regulate central and peripheral HPA axis responses to stress The role of hypothalamic paraventricular GluR5 in regulation of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis

2004-2005

Date	Name	Description
September 30, 2004	David Richards, PhD University of Cincinnati	Looking at synaptic plasticity one synapse at a time
October 7, 2004	Jeffrey Johnson, PhD University of Cincinnati	A computational model of nigrostriatal dopamine function during learning
October 14, 2004	Aaron Johnson, PhD University of Cincinnati	The prevalent, protective, and pathogenic attributes of a cytotoxic T lymphocyte response towards an immunodominant viral epitope in a murine model of multiple sclerosis
November 4, 2004	Michael Nader, PhD Wake Forest University Health Sciences	Monkey models of cocaine abuse: brain imaging and social stress
November 18, 2004	Jon Williams Neuroscience Graduate Program Rick Flannery Neuroscience Graduate Program	Evidence for incomplete cellular differentiation in neurofibromin-deficient peripheral glia Ion channel clusters and olfactory signal detection
December 2, 2004	Anna Guerdjikova Neuroscience Graduate Program Alier Franco Neuroscience Graduate Program	Phenomenology of childhood and adult onset of obesity in patients seeking weight management CRF and the perception of pain
January 6, 2005	Yu Yamaguchi, PhD, MD The Burnham Institute	The brain without heparan sulfate: novel insights from EXT1 conditional knockout mice
January 14, 2005	William Newsome, PhD Stanford University School of Medicine	Reward, value and decisions: toward a neurobiology of economic behavior
January 20, 2005	Courtney de Vries, PhD The Ohio State University	Social influences on neuronal death
January 27, 2005	Daniele Piomelli, PhD University of California at Irvine	The endocannabinoids: biochemistry and pharmacology of a novel signalling system
February 3, 2005	Kellie Tamashiro Neuroscience Graduate Program Dennis Choi Neuroscience Graduate Program	Chronic social stress: It doesn't do a body good The role of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in regulating the HPA axis
February 10, 2005	Russell Buono, PhD University of Cincinnati	Genetic influences on human epilepsy
February 17, 2005	Chris LaPensee Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of prolactin in adipose tissue
February 24, 2005	Grant Mastick, PhD University of Nevada, Reno	Longitudinal axon guidance in the vertebrate brain
March 10, 2005	Karlyne Reilly, PhD National Institutes of Health	Genetic and epigenetic modifiers of astrocytoma
March 31, 2005	Elizabeth Jonas, MD Yale University	Role of BCL-2 family proteins in synaptic strength
April 7, 2005	Dena Howland, PhD University of Florida	Degradation of chondroitin sulfate glycosaminoglycans enhances recovery following spinal cord injury
April 14, 2005	Mary Nguyen Neuroscience Graduate Program Megan Straiko Neuroscience Graduate Program	The effects of testosterone in a model of social stress Structural and neurochemical consequences of MDMA administration
April 21, 2005	Amy Furay Neuroscience Graduate Program Miyuki Tauchi Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of the forebrain glucocorticoid receptor in the HPA-axis response to acute stress Glucagon-like peptide 1 as a regulator of the HPA axis
April 28, 2005	Randolph Nudo, PhD University of Kansas Medical Center	Neuroplasticity as a basis for recovery of function after brain damage
May 5, 2005	Jeffrey Binder, MD Medical College of Wisconsin	Mapping temporal lobe language systems with fMRI
May 12, 2005	Elizabeth Duncan Neuroscience Graduate Program Nicole Herring Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of melanin-concentrating hormone in the motivation to consume alcohol The effects of methamphetamine: a comparison to forced swim
May 19, 2005	Clive Svendsen, PhD University of Wisconsin Medical School	Stem cells for modelling and treating human neurological disease
May 26, 2005	Karine Proulx Neuroscience Graduate Program Jessica Able Neuroscience Graduate Program	Mechanisms of oleoylethanolamide (OEA)-induced changes in feeding behavior and motor activity The effects of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (ecstasy) administration on spatial reference memory and path integration
June 2, 2005	Brooke Davis Neuroscience Graduate Program	Endogenous opioid peptide involvement in the regulation of male sexual behavior
June 9, 2005	Alcino Silva, PhD UCLA Medical Center	Molecular and cellular cognition studies of how we learn and remember

2003-2004

Date	Name	Description
October 2, 2003	Kevin Grove, PhD Oregon Health and Science University	Regulation of feeding during development: development of the neuropeptide Y system in the rodent and nonhuman primate
October 16, 2003	Robert McNamara, PhD University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	Is MACS a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia?
October 16, 2003	Akira Chiba, PhD University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Cellular and molecular bases of neuronetworking
October 30, 2003	Vittorio Gallo, PhD George Washington School of Medicine	Heterogeneity and lineage potential of NG2 progenitors in the postnatal brain
November 6, 2003	Francis Szele, PhD Northwestern University Medical School	Should I stay or should I go? - renegade migration of SVZ cells in the adult brain
November 20, 2003	Greti Aguilera, MD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Positive and negative regulation of corticotropin-releasing hormone expression by cyclic AMP
December 4, 2003	Thad Polk, PhD University of Michigan	Changes in the neural architecture of cognition with experience and age
December 18, 2003	Eric Brunskill, PhD University of Cincinnati College of Medicine	NPAS3 deficient mice: neurodevelopmental and behavioral abnormalities in limbic system function. Similarities to treatment refractory schizophrenia?
January 8, 2004	Catherine Woolley, PhD Northwestern University	Estrogen and synapses in the hippocampus
January 22, 2004	Yi Rao, PhD Washington University at St. Louis	Signal transduction in neuronal migration
January 29, 2004	Nicholas Gaiano, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Notch and FGF signaling in embryonic mammalian neural stem cells
February 5, 2004	Seema Bhatnagar, PhD University of Michigan	Neural circuitry underlying chronic stress effects on hypothalamic pituitary adrenal function
February 12, 2004	Kellie Tamashiro Neuroscience Graduate Program	Chronic social stress: It doesn't do a body good
February 26, 2004	James Sartin, PhD Auburn University	Myostatin: muscle protein or hypothalamic neurotransmitter?
March 11, 2004	Mark Seeger, PhD The Ohio State University	Mechanisms of axon guidance at the Drosophila CNS midline
March 18, 2004	Boris Tabakoff, PhD University of Colorado Health Sciences Center	Signaling depression
March 23, 2004	John Searle, PhD University of California at Berkeley	Consciousness, causation and reduction
March 25, 2004	Ron de Kloet Leiden University Medical Center	The neurobiology of stress: focus on cortisol
April 1, 2004	Rick Flannery Neuroscience Graduate Program Anna Guerdjikova Neuroscience Graduate Program	Cyclic-nucleotide-gated channels in olfactory cilia Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its association with mood and eating disorders in a group of people seeking weight management
April 15, 2004	Jon Davis Neuroscience Graduate Program Brooke Davis Neuroscience Graduate Program	Fatal attraction: the role of the mPFC for male sexual behavior Opioids are a 'turn on'
April 29, 2004	Dennis Choi Neuroscience Graduate Program Chris LaPensee Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of the BST in HPA axis regulation Prolactin as a regulator of adipose tissue homeostasis in mice
May 13, 2004	Megan Straiko Neuroscience Graduate Program Mary Nguyen Neuroscience Graduate Program	Functional and neurochemical consequences of MDMA administration to rats The effects of testosterone in a model of chronic social stress
May 20, 2004	Jon Williams Neuroscience Graduate Program Amy Furay Neuroscience Graduate Program	Evidence for incomplete differentiation in neurofibromin-deficient Schwann cells A kinetic analysis of glucocorticoid receptor translocation

2002-2003

Date	Name	Description
September 12, 2002	Benjamin Neel, MD, PhD Harvard Institutes of Medicine	Role of tyrosine phosphatases in control of body mass and glucose homeostasis
October 17, 2002	Timothy Moran, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Integration of satiety and adiposity signaling in the control of food intake
October 24, 2002	Francis White, PhD The Chicago Medical School	Neurophysiology of cocaine addiction in animal models
October 31, 2002	Thomas Dockendorff, PhD Miami University	A Drosophila model to study the fragile X mental retardation protein
November 14, 2002	Catherine Dulac, PhD Harvard University	Molecular biology of pheromone detection in mammals: from genes to behavior
November 21, 2002	Anthony Brown, PhD The Ohio State University	Slow axonal transport: stop and go traffic in the axon
December 5, 2002	John Rinzel, PhD New York University	Modeling spontaneous episodic activity in the developing spinal cord
January 16, 2003	John Hopfield, PhD Princeton University	Computational olfaction: algorithms and implementation
January 30, 2003	Martha Cruz-Soto Neuroscience Graduate Program Mike Bennett Neuroscience Graduate Program	Effects of prolactin deficiency and tumor growth on the response to restraint stress in female prolactin knockout mice Aberrant growth and differentiation of CNS oligodendrocyte progenitors in neurofibromatosis type 1 mutants
February 13, 2003	Laurel Pritchard Neuroscience Graduate Program Fatima Rangwala Neuroscience Graduate Program	Role of the D3 dopamine receptor in behavioral responses to novel stimuli and psychostimulants Enhanced migration of neurofibromin-deficient Schwann cells is mediated by TC21
March 6, 2003	Rick Flannery Neuroscience Graduate Program	Localization of ion channels in olfactory cilia
April 3, 2003	Gregory Ball, PhD Johns Hopkins University	Androgens, song behavior and seasonal neuroplasticity: where, how and why?
April 10, 2003	Alier Franco Neuroscience Graduate Program Chris LaPensee Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of corticotropin-releasing factor in stress-induced analgesia The role of prolactin in preadipocyte proliferation and differentiation
May 1, 2003	William Schwartz, MD University of Massachusetts Medical School	Dual circadian oscillators in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the regulation of behavioral rhythmicity
May 8, 2003	Louis Muglia, MD, PhD Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine	Molecular genetic analyses of adrenal and behavioral responses to stress
May 22, 2003	Kellie Tamashiro Neuroscience Graduate Program Miyuki Tauchi Neuroscience Graduate Program	Attack of the obese clones: Episode II Mechanism of Slit signaling in embryonic nervous system development
May 29, 2003	Polly Dornette Neuroscience Graduate Program	Investigating a potential receptor for the rapid effects of estrogen
June 5, 2003	George Ricaurte, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center	Neurotoxic potential of amphetamine-type stimulants

2001-2002

Date	Name	Description
July 26, 2001	Mark Smith, PhD Case Western University	Debunking dogma in Alzheimer disease
September 20, 2001	Marina Wolf, PhD Chicago Medical School	Glutamate, plasticity and drugs of abuse
September 27, 2001	Min Zhuo, PhD Washington University School of Medicine	Synaptic mechanisms of persistent pain and memory
October 4, 2001	Charles Chavkin, PhD University of Washington School of Medicine	Mechanisms of tolerance to opiate analgesics
October 11, 2001	Horace Loh, PhD University of Minnesota	Regulation of opioid receptor signaling
October 18, 2001	Anthony Bretscher, PhD Cornell University	Ezrin and EBP50 protein families in the functional organization of the cell cortex: implications for merlin
October 25, 2001	Robert Spencer, PhD University of Colorado	Stress adaptation: exploring neuroendocrine mechanisms
November 1, 2001	David Kreulen, PhD Michigan State University	Interactions between sympathetic and sensory neurons: possibilities for cross-talk
November 29, 2001	Robert Handa, PhD Colorado State University	Cellular and molecular mechanisms of estrogen receptor beta action: a neurobiological perspective
December 6, 2001	Yavin Shaham, PhD National Institute on Drug Abuse	Stress and relapse to heroin and cocaine: behavioral and neurochemical mechanisms
January 10, 2002	Richard Bodnar, PhD Queens College, City University of New York	Supraspinal circuitry mediating opioid antinociception: antagonist, synergy and sex-specific effects
January 17, 2002	David Fink, MD University of Pittsburgh	A good herpes infection: HSV-mediated gene transfer to the nervous system
January 24, 2002	Chad Foradori Neuroscience Graduate Program Jill McQuade Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of endogenous opioid peptides in the ovine estrous cycle Stress response in mice deficient in hippocampal c-fos
February 7, 2002	Randy Nelson, PhD The Ohio State University	Using gene-knockout mice in behavioral neuroscience: a cautionary tale
February 14, 2002	Martha Cruz-Soto Neuroscience Graduate Program Mike Bennett Neuroscience Graduate Program	Bromocriptine response and PTTG expression in the pituitary tumors of PRL-deficient female mice Neurofibromatosis Type-1: CNS glial progenitor defects in Nf1 mutant mice
February 21, 2002	Andy McQuade Neuroscience Graduate Program Wen-rui Xie Neuroscience Graduate Program	Integration of fuel availability in mice with a targeted disruption of the dopamine 3 receptor Spontaneous activity, what a pain! Can chronic pain be prevented?
March 7, 2002	Erin Murphy Neuroscience Graduate Program Yang Tang Neuroscience Graduate Program	Effects of aging and stress on steroid receptor expression in the hippocampus: a new perspective Blood genomic response to experimental neuronal injuries
March 21, 2002	Martin Myers, MD, PhD Joslin Diabetes Center	Leptin signaling and links to physiology
March 28, 2002	Hansung Lee Neuroscience Graduate Program Laurel Pritchard Neuroscience Graduate Program	Circadian rhythmicity of ERK phosphorylation in the hamster suprachiasmatic nucleus The role of the D3 dopamine receptor in rodent locomotor behavior: effects of environmental context
April 4, 2002	Michael Rosbash, PhD Brandeis University	Circadian rhythms in flies, mice and humans
April 25, 2002	Kim Kinzig Neuroscience Graduate Program	Multiple roles of the CNS glucagon-like peptide-1 system
May 9, 2002	Rita Valentino, PhD Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Intersection of the stress axis with monoamine systems
May 23, 2002	Margaret Balfour Neuroscience Graduate Program Fatima Rangwala Neuroscience Graduate Program	Sex, drugs, and reward Enhanced migration of neurofibromin-deficient Schwann cells is inhibited by dominant negative R-Ras

2000-2001

Date	Name	Description
July 12, 2000	Marc Abrahams Editor, Annals of Improbable Research	The Ig Nobel Prize and Advances in Improbable Research
September 14, 2000	Dianne Figlewicz Lattemann, PhD University of Washington	Insulin and brain reward pathways
September 28, 2000	Jeffrey Tasker, PhD Tulane University	State-dependent modulation of synaptic inputs to hypothalamic neuroendocrine cells
October 5, 2000	Martha Constantine-Paton, PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Regulation of glutamate receptors during synaptogenesis in the visual pathway
October 12, 2000	Morgan Sheng, MBBS, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital	Molecular dynamics of the postsynaptic specialization
October 26, 2000	Ben Packard Neuroscience Graduate Program Jill McQuade Neuroscience Graduate Program	Oxidative injury following hemorrhagic stroke The role of c-fos in hippocampal learning and stress response and the role of DFF45 in hippocampal learning
November 2, 2000	Martha Cruz-Soto Neuroscience Graduate Program Chad Foradori Neuroscience Graduate Program	"Neuroendocrine regulation of lactotroph proliferation" The role of endogenous opioid peptides in the ovine estrous cycle
November 16, 2000	Andy McQuade Neuroscience Graduate Program Mike Bennett Neuroscience Graduate Program	Body weight of mice with a targeted deletion of the dopamine-3 receptor Progenitors run amuck: the plight of the glial lineage in the neurofibromatosis type 1 knockout mouse
November 30, 2000	James Woods, PhD University of Michigan Medical School	New pharmacological avenues toward antidepressants
December 14, 2000	Gavril Pasternak, MD, PhD Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center	Opioid analgesics: from the bedside to the gene
January 11, 2001	Li-Huei Tsai, PhD Harvard Medical School	Neuronal phosphorylation in brain development and degeneration
January 18, 2001	Terry Davidson, PhD Purdue University	The hippocampus and inhibitory learning revisited
January 23, 2001	Fang Liu, PhD University of Toronto	Direct protein-protein coupling enables cross-talk between dopamine D1-like receptors and ligand-gated ion channels
January 25, 2001	Steven Scherer, MD, PhD University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine	The role of the gap junction protein connexin32 in the myelin sheath
January 26, 2001	Benoît Malpaux, PhD National Institute of Agricultural Research Nouzilly, France	Melatonin and seasonal breeding: localization of hypothalamic sites of action
February 8, 2001	Costa Colbert, MD, PhD University of Houston	Action potentials in pyramidal neurons: initiation, propagation and modulation
February 8, 2001	Mahendra Rao, MD, PhD University of Utah School of Medicine	Stem cells and neurogenesis
March 1, 2001	Scott Fraser, PhD California Institute of Technology	Imaging neuronal development with laser-scanning and MRI microscopy
March 8, 2001	Peter Dallos, PhD Northwestern University	The molecular basis of cochlear amplification
March 22, 2001	David Anderson, PhD California Institute of Technology	Control of cell fate determination by neural crest stem cells
March 29, 2001	Robert Meisel, PhD Purdue University	Dopamine control of female sexual behavior: pleasure, not procreation
April 5, 2001	Wen-rui Xie Neuroscience Graduate Program	Nerve injury, ectopic activity and pain
April 12, 2001	Mariana Morris, PhD Wright State University	Oxytocin as a cardiovascular and behavioral peptide: perspectives from the knockout strategy
April 26, 2001	Ryan Walsh Neuroscience Graduate Program Jennifer Lachey Neuroscience Graduate Program	Response of the mesolimbic system to systemic administration of drugs of abuse: a functional neuroanatomic approach The role of the GLP-1 pathway in mediating the central effects of visceral illness
May 3, 2001	Paul Plotsky, PhD Emory University School of Medicine	Are animal models of perinatal adversity valid models of human psychiatric disorders? A focus on neonatal maternal separation in the rat
May 17, 2001	Bruce McEwen, PhD The Rockefeller University	Sex, stress and the hippocampus: from serendipity to clinical relevance
May 24, 2001	Yang Tang Neuroscience Graduate Program	Genomic analysis of acute neuronal injury

1999-2000

Date	Name	Description
September 16, 1999	Howard Schulman, PhD Stanford University Medical Center	Spatial and temporal signaling by a calcium-dependent protein kinase
October 7, 1999	Phil Skolnick, PhD, DSc (hon) Eli Lilly and Company	New concepts in antidepressant action
October 13, 1999	Joshua Sanes, PhD Washington University School of Medicine	Genetic analysis of synapse formation in mice
October 14, 1999	Joshua Sanes, PhD Washington University School of Medicine	Formation and maturation of the postsynaptic membrane at a chemical synapse
October 21, 1999	Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras Neuroscience Graduate Program Joan Lau Neuroscience Graduate Program	Single-channel recordings of voltage-gated calcium channels in vertebrate hair cells Towards potassium channel structure using atomic force microscopy
November 4, 1999	Rebecca Tuttle, PhD The Salk Institute	Neurotrophins as modulators of growth cone responses to axon guidance molecules
November 16, 1999	Scott Harvey, PhD Eli Lilly and Company	Polyamine-like actions of aminoglycosides at recombinant NMDA receptors
November 18, 1999	Robert Sapolsky, PhD Stanford University	Stress, neurodegeneration, and strategies for saving the endangered neuron
December 14, 1999	Ivan Berlin, MD, PhD Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France	Implications of reduced MAO activities in smokers: future research directions
January 13, 2000	Story Landis, PhD National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	Developmental interactions required for synapse formation in the sympathetic nervous system
January 27, 2000	Erin Schuman, PhD California Institute of Technology	mRNA trafficking and local protein synthesis at the synapse
February 3, 2000	Adrian Dunn, PhD LSU Medical Center	Corticotropin-releasing factor as a regulator of stress responses
March 16, 2000	John Bickle, PhD East Carolina University	Modeling cortical excitatory and intrathalamic inhibitory synapses on thalamic sensory relay neurons
March 23, 2000	Ryan Walsh Neuroscience Graduate Program	The D1-dopamine receptor is crucial in the murine response to chronic cocaine administration -- a behavioral, immunocytochemical, and microarray analysis
March 30, 2000	Jennifer Lachey Neuroscience Graduate Program	The role of GLP-1 in mediating the central effects of visceral illness
April 6, 2000	Joe Tsien, PhD Princeton University	Genetic enhancement of learning and memory in mice
April 11, 2000	Eline Van Der Beek, PhD University of Wageningen	Time for sex: integration of circadian and hormonal information regulating reproduction
April 13, 2000	Jennifer Nelms Neuroscience Graduate Program	The circadian clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus: neural and diffusible outputs
April 20, 2000	Elis Stanley, PhD Toronto Western Research Institute	Calcium channels and the gating of the transmitter release site
April 27, 2000	Clifford Saper, MD, PhD Harvard Medical School	To sleep, perchance to dream: mechanisms of sleep-wake regulation
May 4, 2000	Wen-rui Xie Neuroscience Graduate Program	Spontaneous activity - a primary factor in neuropathic pain?
May 11, 2000	Roger Nicoll, MD University of California at San Francisco	Synaptic plasticity and the redistribution of glutamate receptors
May 18, 2000	Kalpana Merchant, PhD Pharmacia & Upjohn, Inc.	Neuroplasticity and schizophrenia pathophysiology: effects of classical and novel antipsychotic drugs
May 25, 2000	Matt Wortman Neuroscience Graduate Program	Mechanisms that regulate food intake and body weight

1998-1999

Date	Name	Description
October 8, 1998	Scott Brady, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Life in the fast lane – the cell and molecular biology of kinesin in the nervous system
November 18, 1998	Oliver Sacks, MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Alzheimer's and the preservation of self
November 19, 1998	Antony Stretton, PhD University of Wisconsin	A rich world of neuropeptides in a simple nervous system
December 17, 1998	Thomas Carew, PhD Yale University	Multiple phases of memory processing in Aplysia: a mechanistic analysis
January 7, 1999	Audrey Seasholtz, PhD University of Michigan	Corticotropin-releasing hormone-binding protein: role in the HPA axis and CNS
January 15, 1999	Ajay Chitnis, PhD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Patterning neurogenesis in the zebrafish embryo
January 28, 1999	Ruth Anne Eatock, PhD Baylor College of Medicine	Stimulus processing by mammalian vestibular hair cells
February 18, 1999	Allan Basbaum, PhD University of California at San Francisco	The neurochemistry of acute and persistent pain
February 25, 1999	Peter Kalivas, PhD Medical University of South Carolina	Addiction to cocaine: a collaboration between cell biology and learning
March 2, 1999	Marianne Bronner-Fraser, PhD California Institute of Technology	Molecular analysis of neural crest formation
April 1, 1999	Michael Vasko, PhD Indiana University School of Medicine	Transduction cascades mediating peptide release from sensory neurons
May 6, 1999	Michael Shipley, PhD The University of Maryland School of Medicine	Towards the physiology of a neuronal pattern analyzer: integrative and synaptic properties of olfactory bulb neurons
May 27, 1999	Richard Hauger, MD University of California at San Diego	The role of GRKs and PKA in the CRF receptor desensitization process in human Y-79 retinoblastoma cells

1997-1998

Date	Name	Description
September 18, 1997	Michael Owens, PhD University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Antibody-based therapy for drug abuse
October 2, 1997	Martin Philbert, PhD University of Michigan, School of Public Health	Neural distribution of glutathione as a determinant of regional / cellular susceptibility
October 2, 1997	Michael Kawaja, PhD Queen's University Kingston, Ontario	Effects of elevated levels of nerve growth factor on axon growth in the mammalian peripheral and central nervous systems
October 9, 1997	Xiaodong Wang, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	Biochemical study of apoptosis: putting a colorful puzzle together
October 16, 1997	Gary Ciment, PhD Oregon Health Sciences University	Role of the metalloproteinase stromelysin-1 in axonal growth
November 6, 1997	David Self, PhD Yale University & Connecticut Mental Health Center	Intracellular mechanisms of drug reinforcement and relapse
November 13, 1997	Ronald Kuczenski, PhD University of California at San Diego School of Medicine	Relationships between caudate dopamine and amphetamine-induced stereotyped behaviors
November 20, 1997	Steven Leslie, PhD University of Texas College of Pharmacy	Effects of ethanol on NMDA receptor function
December 5, 1997	Larry Squire, PhD University of California at San Diego	Memory systems of the brain
December 11, 1997	Peter Gunning, PhD The New Children's Hospital, Parramatta, NSW, Australia	Distinct populations of microfilaments are present in neurites and growth cones
January 22, 1998	Mary Dallman, PhD University of California at San Francisco	Chronic stress: feedback and facilitation
February 12, 1998	Stanley Kater, PhD University of Utah School of Medicine	For amber waves of glia
March 12, 1998	Richard Simerly, PhD Oregon Regional Primate Research Center	Development and activation of sexually dimorphic neural circuits
March 27, 1998	Samuel Hunter, MD, PhD Vanderbilt University	Mature brain oligodendrocytes: development and repair
April 9, 1998	James Bower, PhD California Institute of Technology	What does the cerebellum do?
April 10, 1998	Elliot Valenstein, PhD University of Michigan	Prefrontal lobotomy: a cautionary tale?
April 16, 1998	Saul Schanberg, PhD Duke University Medical Center	Maternal touch: a prime regulator of proto-oncogene transcription and infant growth
April 22, 1998	Steven Younkin, MD, PhD Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville	The role of amyloid beta protein in Alzheimer's disease
May 7, 1998	Paul Fuchs, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Cochlear function and the regulated expression of hair cell potassium channels

1996-1997

Date	Name	Description
September 12, 1996	Marie Filbin, PhD Hunter College, CUNY	Myelin-associated glycoprotein, MAG, as an inhibitor of axonal regeneration
October 3, 1996	Mary Lucero, PhD University of Utah	Dopaminergic modulation of olfactory sensitivity
October 10, 1996	Mary Jo LaDu, PhD University of Chicago	Apolipoprotein E and β-amyloid interactions: from test tube to cell culture
October 17, 1996	James Meador-Woodruff, MD, PhD University of Michigan Medical Center	Dopamine receptor transcripts in the human brain
November 6, 1996	Steven Green, PhD University of Iowa	Nerve membrane electrical activity as a neurotrophic stimulus
December 5, 1996	Michele Basso, EdD, PT The Ohio State University	Substrates of recovery after spinal cord injury
December 10, 1996	Ebenezer Yamoah, PhD Johns Hopkins University	Molecular mechanisms of hearing and the role of calcium in hair cell function
December 12, 1996	Rae Silver, PhD Barnard College of Columbia University	Behaviorally-triggered appearance of mast cells in the brain
January 23, 1997	Justin Zivin, MD, PhD University of California at San Diego	The experimental basis for TPA therapy for stroke
January 30, 1997	Rosalind Segal, MD, PhD Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School	Neurotrophins: function and mechanisms of action in cerebellar development
February 13, 1997	James Salzer, MD, PhD New York University Medical Center	The role of the neuregulin family of growth factors in axon-glial interactions
February 20, 1997	David Nichols, PhD Purdue University	Full efficacy dopamine D1 agonists: potential late stage therapy for Parkinson's disease
February 27, 1997	Jack Diamond, PhD McMaster University	Neurotrophins and sprouting
April 10, 1997	George Augustine, PhD Duke University Medical Center	Molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release: a functional view
April 17, 1997	Michael Gazzaniga, PhD Dartmouth College	The biology of mind ...
April 24, 1997	James Herman, PhD University of Kentucky Medical Center	Neurocircuitry of stress
May 1, 1997	John Scott, PhD Emory University	Clues to the basic chemical dimensions of olfaction
May 8, 1997	Lawrence Cohen, PhD Yale University School of Medicine	Optical studies of distributed neuron activity on a large and small scale
June 6, 1997	Stephen Woods, PhD University of Washington	The control of adiposity by the brain

1995-1996

Date	Name	Description
September 21, 1995	Arlene Chiu, PhD City of Hope Medical Center	Target regulation of motoneurons
September 26, 1995	Mark Mattson, PhD University of Kentucky Medical Center	Messengers of neuronal death: censorship by neurotrophic factors
October 9, 1995	Michael Beattie, PhD The Ohio State University	Degeneration and plasticity after experimental spinal cord injury
October 12, 1995	Dale Purves, MD Duke University Medical Center	Movies, disappearing images and the way we see
October 26, 1995	Freda Miller, PhD Montréal Neurological Institute	Molecular mechanisms regulating neuronal growth
November 2, 1995	Christina Enroth-Cugell, MD, PhD Northwestern University	The early history of recording from single sensory neurons in general and from vertebrate retinal ganglion cells in particular
November 17, 1995	David Geoffrey Parkes, PhD Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne, Australia	Regulation of hypothalamic hormones mediating the response to stress
January 4, 1996	John Carney, PhD University of Kentucky	The etiological role of oxidative stress and energy failure in Alzheimer's disease
January 11, 1996	Eric Turner, MD, PhD University of California at San Diego	Transcription factors in specification of neuronal identity
February 8, 1996	Don Gash, PhD University of Kentucky Medical Center	Transplantation and trophic factor approaches towards tracking Parkinson's disease
February 29, 1996	Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD University of California at San Francisco	Axon guidance by diffusible attractants and repellents
March 7, 1996	Andrew Fix, DVM, PhD Miami Valley Laboratories, Procter and Gamble	MK-801: a neuroprotective agent with unique neurotoxicity
March 28, 1996	Jeffrey Corwin, PhD University of Virginia School of Medicine	Sensorineural deafness and the mechanisms of hair cell regeneration
April 4, 1996	Burton Slotnick, PhD American University	How does the nose know? Problems in olfactory coding
April 11, 1996	Fredrick Seil, MD Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, OR	Neuron-glia interactions in culture models of neural plasticity and transplantation
April 17, 1996	Randall McKinnon, PhD University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey	Transplantation of mutant oligodendrocyte precursors reveals critical roles for growth factor signalling during CNS myelin development
May 2, 1996	Robert Gesteland, PhD University of Cincinnati	Olfactory signalling: detecting novel events by avoiding homeostasis
May 9, 1996	Jacqueline McGinty, PhD East Carolina University School of Medicine	Glutamatergic and cholinergic regulation of immediate early gene and neuropeptide gene expression in the striatum
May 14, 1996	Fred Turek, PhD Northwestern University	Circadian and seasonal rhythms: neural, central, genetic bases and importance for human health
May 16, 1996	Jill Becker, PhD University of Michigan	Non-traditional effects of estrogen on the brain

1994-1995

Date	Name	Description
September 21, 1994	Edward Perl, MD University of North Carolina School of Medicine	Sense organs and sympathetically related pain: a lesson in changing neuronal phenotype
September 22, 1994	Mark Kindy, PhD University of Kentucky	Amyloidosis: the role of apolipoprotein E in amyloid formation
October 13, 1994	Malcolm Low, MD, PhD Oregon Health Sciences University	Production of β-endorphin-deficient mice by gene targeting
December 15, 1994	Rhona Mirsky, PhD University College, London
January 12, 1995	George Robertson, PhD University of Ottawa	Induction and function of dopamine-receptor-mediated increases in immediate early gene expression
January 26, 1995	Pietro DeCamilli, MD Yale University Medical School	GTPases in the exo-endocytotic recycling of synaptic vesicles
March 2, 1995	Timothy McClintock, PhD University of Kentucky College of Medicine	Chimeric olfactory receptors assayed by imaging of pigment movement in melanophores
May 11, 1995	Scott Rivkees, MD James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children	Developing circadian rhythmicity in primates
May 18, 1995	Kate Barald, PhD University of Michigan Medical School	The role of the neurofibromatosis I gene in neural crest development
May 25, 1995	Martin Chalfie, PhD Columbia University

1993-1994

Date	Name	Description
October 7, 1993	Zach Hall, PhD University of California at San Francisco	Assembly of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
December 2, 1993	Rob de Ruyter van Steveninck, PhD NEC Research Institute	Movement estimation in the fly visual system
January 6, 1993	James Sikela, PhD University of Colorado School of Medicine	Large-scale sequencing and mapping of human brain cDNAs
January 20, 1994	Sally Moody, PhD George Washington University Medical Center	Early cell interactions that bias cells to become neural precursors
February 3, 1994	Gene Block, PhD University of Virginia	Cellular analysis of a retinal biological clock
March 3, 1994	Robin Rockhold, PhD University of Mississippi Medical Center	Excitatory amino acids and cocaine intoxication
March 24, 1994	Robert Bradley, PhD University of Michigan	Neurobiology of the gustatory zone of nucleus tractus solitarius
April 7, 1994	Harald Jockusch, MD University of Bielefeld	Molecular and cellular analysis of neuromuscular diseases: mouse models of muscular hyperexcitability (myotonia) and neurodegeneration (spinal muscular atrophy)
April 28, 1994	Cornelia Bargmann, PhD University of California at San Francisco	Kinetic and cellular mechanisms of olfaction in Caenorhabditis elegans

1992-1993

Date	Name	Description
October 8, 1992	Robert Miller, PhD Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine	Glial cell development in the spinal cord
November 18, 1992	Takashi Kurahashi, PhD Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine	Chemical transduction mechanisms studied on isolated olfactory receptor cells
December 3, 1992	Scott Brady, PhD University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center	Molecular mechanisms of fast axonal transport
December 10, 1992	David Hubel, MD Harvard Medical School	Eye, brain, and perception
December 17, 1992	Marianne Bronner-Fraser, PhD University of California at Irvine	Formation and lineage of the neural crest
January 21, 1993	James Eberwine, PhD University of Pennsylvania Medical Center	Coordinate changes in gene expression as a marker of a cell's physiological state
February 18, 1993	James Hyde, PhD University of Kentucky Medical Center	Neuroendocrine regulation of galanin gene expression in the hypothalamo-pituitary axis
February 25, 1993	Michael Zigmond, PhD University of Pittsburgh	Compensatory neurochemical responses in an animal model of Parkinson's disease
March 18, 1993	Linda Van Eldik, PhD Vanderbilt University	S100Aβ: a glial derived neurotrophic/growth factor in the brain
April 29, 1993	Lawrence Katz, PhD Duke University Medical Center	A system of neuronal domains in the developing neocortex and the emergence of columnar architecture
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