Neuroscience Minority Speaker Series

September 4, 2008

Sandra Peña de Ortiz, University of Puerto Rico
"Discovering Flap-Structure-Specific Endonuclease as a Factor in Memory Consolidation"

October 12, 2006

Jose Lasalde Dominicci, University of Puerto Rico
"Structural Studies on Nicotinic Receptors"

May 12, 2005

Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar, University of Pueto Rico
"Molecular Characterization of Striatal Learning Implicated in Cocaine Addiction"

May 20, 2004

Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, University of California-Los Angelas
"Diet and Exercise Shape Neutral Function Using Neurotrophins"

March 6, 2003

Luis Parada, University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center
"Neurotrophins of Thalamocortical Development and Reception"

April 10, 2001

Joe Martinez, Jr., University of Texas-San Antonio
"How the Brain Stores Information: Hebbian Mechanisms"

May 4, 2000

Emery Brown, Harvard University
"Reading a Rat's Mind: A Statistical Analysis of Spatial Information Encoding in the Rat Hippocampus"

April 2, 1998

Ronald Booker, Cornell University
"The Functional Role of the Stomagasteric Ganglion in the Moth: Maduca sexta"

September 16, 1996

W. Eric Thomas, Mississippi Valley State University
"Microglia: Components of an Intrisnic CNS Immune Response"