17 Jan     Uncovering the genetic architecture of schizophrenia with massive parallel sequencing 
303         technology 
              Stephen Kingsmore, Ph.D., Natl. Ctr. For Genome Research, Santa Fe

24 Jan     Cyclooxygenase inhibition in ischemic brain injury 
303          Eduardo Candelario-Jalil, Ph.D., Dept. of Neurology, UNM 

31 Jan     Anesthesia, Memory and GABA-A receptors
303         Beverly Orsen, Ph.D., Dept. of Anesthology, Univ. of Toronto

7 Feb     SNAP-25 is a component of ubiquitous SNARE complex required for evoked 
303        neuroexocytosis in GABAergic neurons 
             Lawrence Tafoya

14 Feb     Alcoholic Neurodegeneration and the Neurogenic Niche: The Emerging Role of Glia
303         Kimberly Nixon, Ph.D., Dept. of Pharmacology, Univ. of Kentucky

21 Feb     Comprehensive Exam 
303  	     Chessa Scullin, Dept. of Neurosciences, UNM 

28 Feb     The neuropathology of the extracellular matrix in two experimental models: HIV 
303          encephalitis and glioma invasion
           Rafael Medina-Flores, M.D., Dept. of Pathology, UNM

6 Mar     Development of Novel Treatments for Nicotine Addiction
303         Linda Dwoskin, Ph.D. Dept. Pharmaceutical Sciences Research, University of Kentucky

13 Mar     Neuroscience Day
              Synaptic Plasticity: The brain's response to experience
              Robert Malenka, M.D., Ph.D., Dept. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sci., Stanford.

20 Mar     Towards a MolecularUnderstanding and Engineering of Neural Stem Cells
303         David Schaffer, Ph.D., Dept. Chem Engineering, U.C. Berkeley

27 Mar      Comprehensive Exam
203          

3 Apr     Synaptic adaptations in the extended amygdala in addiction
203         Danny Winder, Ph.D., Dept. Molec. Physiol & Biophysics, VanderbiltUniv.

10 Apr     Data Blitz
203 (12 – 1:30)      Samudio-Ruiz, Sanderson, VanderJagt, Ventura, Kulkerny

17 Apr     Playing with Plaques: Endopeptidases and Alzheimer disease
203         Robert Marr, Ph.D., Dept. Neurosci, Rosalind Franklin Univ, of Med & Sci

24 Apr     Top-Down versus Bottom-up Processing in the Human Brain: Distinct Directional 
               Influences Revealed by Integrating SOBI and Granger Causality
203          Akaysha Tang, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, UNM

1 May     Life after transcription: Coordinated regulation of neuronal gene expression by the RNA-
303         binding protein HuD
          Nora Perrone-Bizzozero, Ph.D., Dept. Neurosciences, UNM

8 May     Data Blitz
303 (11:30 – 1:30)   Cushing, Zamudio, Seidel, Zheng, Scullin