WYOMING SENSORY BIOLOGY CENTER OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH EXCELLENCE (SBC)
Fall 2018
- September 20 - Dr. Sidney Williams (Washington University School of Medicine), Virtual
Reality Place Conditioning to Uncover Hippocampal Neuron Dynamics During Drug-Induced
Associative Memory Foundation
March 2018
- March 9 - Dr. Joel Kralj (University of Colorado Boulder), Imaging voltage - from
bacteria to neurons. Co-sponsored by Department of Molecular Biology.
March 22 - Dr. Zach Hall, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): How Science and Medicine
Interact to Help us Understand Brain Disease. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts
and Science.
- March 22 - Dr. Zach Hall, From Lobsters to Neurodegenerative Disease: Reflections
on a Career in Biomedical Research. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Science.
- March 30 - Dr. Aaron McKenna (University of Washington), Resolving whole organism
cell fate with CRISPR/Cas9. Co-sponsored by the Department of Molecular Biology.
February 2018
- February 20 - Dr. Chad Frasier (University of Michigan Medical School), Antiarrhythmic
Drugs: an introduction. Co-sponsored by School of Pharmacy.
- February 19 - Dr. Chad Frasier (University of Michigan Medical School), Sudden unexpected
death and epilepsy: Studying the heart in a neuronal disorder
- February 16 - Dr. Robert Cudmore (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine),
Ion Channels and Epilepsy. Co-sponsored by School of Pharmacy.
- February 15 - Dr. Robert Cudmore (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine),
In vivo imaging of structural and functional plasticity in cerebral vasculature. Co-sponsored
by School of Pharmacy.
- February 12 - Dr. Karen Mruk (Stanford University), Electrochemical Principles of
Neuronal Communication. Co-sponsored by School of Pharmacy.
- February 12 - Dr. Karen Mruk (Stanford University), Shining Light on Zebrafish Larvsae:
Optogenetic Tools for CNS Studies. Co-sponsored by School of Pharmacy.
- February 9 - Dr. Andrew Prendergast (Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière),
Assessing the sensory capacity of CSF-contacting neurons and their role in vertebrate locomotion.
Co-sponsored by Department of Zoology and Physiology.
- February 5 - Dr. Adam Dewan (Northwestern University), The Role of Trace Amine-Associated
Receptors (TAARs) in Odor Perception. Co-sponsored by Department of Zoology and Physiology.
January 2018
- January 29 - Dr. Yun Li (NIDI IRP), Cracking the brain code: in vivo deep brain calcium
imaging in freely behaving mice. Co-sponsored by Department of Zoology and Physiology.
- January 25 - Dr. Hua Yan (New York University), Generate genetic tools in ants to
study behavior and neural development. Co-sponsored by Department of Zoology and Physiology.
Fall 2017
- September 22th - Dr. Willis Samson (St. Louis University), The discovery of pain
receptor.
- September 15th - Dr. Jesse R. Barber (Boise State University), The role of the acoustic
environment in shaping ecology and evolution.
