Neuroscience Diversity Enhancement Speaker Series

Date	Speaker	Affiliation	Title
4/22/2022	Antonieta Lavin	University of South Carolina	“Hypofrontality Deficits in Neuropscyhiatric Disorders“
4/27/2017	Eduardo Candelario	University of Florida	“³Prostaglandin E₂ regulation of blood-brain barrier permeability after ischemic stroke”
11/10/2015	Erich Jarvis	Duke University	“Evolution of brain pathways and genes for song in birds and speech in humans”
5/14/2015	Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	“On the role of neurohormones in the anxiety elicited by cocaine seeking behavior”
4/19/2012	Maribel Rios	Tufts University	“The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in neural circuits controlling food intake and body weight”
3/22/2012	Irving Vega	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	“Profiling molecular changes associated to neurodegeneration: Research training experiences”
5/4/2011	Ranulfo Romo	Neuroscience at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City	“Conversion of Sensory Signals into Perceptual Decisions”
9/4/2008	Sandra Peña de Ortiz	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	“Discovering Flap-Structure-Specific Endonuclease as a Factor in Memory Consolidation”
10/12/2006	Jose Lasalde Dominicci	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	“Structural Studies on Nicotinic Receptors”
5/12/2005	Carmen Maldonado-Vlaar	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	“Molecular Characterization of Striatal Learning Implicated in Cocaine Addiction”
5/20/2004	Fernando Gomez-Pinilla	University of California-Los Angeles	“Diet and Exercise Shape Neutral Function Using Neurotrophins”
3/6/2003	Luis Parada	University of Texas- Southwestern Medical Center	“Neurotrophins of Thalamocortical Development and Reception”
4/10/2001	Jose Martinez, Jr.	University of Texas-San Antonio	“How the Brain Stores Information: Hebbian Mechanisms”
5/4/2000	Emery Brown	Harvard University	“Reading a Rat’s Mind: A Statistical Analysis of Spatial Information Encoding in the Rat Hippocampus”
4/2/1998	Ronald Booker	Cornell University	“The Functional Role of the Stomagasteric Ganglion in the Moth: Maduca sexta”
9/16/1996	W. Eric Thomas	Mississippi Valley State University	“Microglia: Components of an Intrisnic CNS Immune Response”