Monday Seminars
Topics and Speakers in the 2007-2008 Academic Year
9/10/07
Constructive Memory - From Dewey through Bartlett to Situated Computation (Abstract)
John Gero, Research Professor, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and olgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University
9/17/07
Krasnow 2007-12: A vision for a second term as director
Jim Olds, Director and Shelley Krasnow Professor of Neuroscience, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
9/19/07 Special Presentation
9/24/07
How do we know when we move? -The role of Vestibular Signals in the Posterior Parietal Cortex (Abstract) Werner Graf, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, Howard University
10/1/07
The Timecourse of Hippocampal Functional Development Parallels the Emergence of Spatial Learning
Ted Dumas, Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
10/8/07
No Seminar - Columbus Day
10/15/07 Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches in a Model of CA3 Place Field Formation (Abstract)
John Baker, Center for Neuroinformatics, Neural Structures, and Neuroplasticity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
10/22/07
Molecular Mechanisms Governing Class-Specific Dendrite Morphogenesis (Abstract)
Daniel N. Cox, Department of Molecular and Microbiology and Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
10/29/07
Neuromodulation and Time-Dependent Plasticity in a Model of Foraging Behavior (Abstract)
Jeffrey L. Krichmar, The Neurosciences Institute
11/5/07
No Seminar - Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
11/12/07
No Seminar
11/19/07
The Effects of Environmental Changes on Neuronal Behavior and Network Function
Rob Cressman, Department of Physics and Astronomy and Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
11/26/07
Blast Induced Neurotrauma
James M. Ecklund, MD, Chairman of Neurosciences, Inova Health System
12/3/07
The Irrationality of disagreement (Abstract)
Robin Hanson, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University
2/04/08
Semantic Information, Shannon Information and Entropy as a Mental Construct (Abstract)
Harold Morowitz, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, Robinson Professor of Biology and Natural Philosophy, George Mason University
2/11/08
Bringing Consciousness to Neuroscience: A Computational Perspective (Abstract)
Alexei Samsonovich, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
2/18/08
No Seminar - President's Day
2/25/08
Neuroinformatic analysis of human cortical development (Abstract)
David Cooper, George Mason University 3/03/08
3/03/08
What you always wanted to know about Diffusion MRI of the brain but were afraid to ask (Abstract)
Carlo Pierpaoli, Section of Tissue Biophysics & Biomimetics, NIH/NICHD/LIMB
3/10/08
No Seminar - Spring Break
3/17/08
Principled Exploration of Simulation Designs for the Study of Complex Phenomena (Abstract)
Luis Antunes, Department of Informatics, University of Lisbon
3/24/08
Developing Tools for Neuroanatomy and Neurogenetics in Drosophila (Abstract)
Gerald M. Rubin, Director, Janelia Farm Research Campus
3/31/08
The next generation of ultrasound imaging: Opportunities and applications
(Abstract)
Siddhartha Sikdar, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
4/07/08
Dendritic Integration in Hippocampus and Entorhinal Cortex
Sonia Gasparini , Neuroscience Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
4/14/08
What might a future George Mason Medical School look like? (Abstract)
Jim Olds, Director and Shelley Krasnow Professor of Neuroscience, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, George Mason University
4/21/08
No Seminar - Passover
4/28/08
Advances in Super-Resolution Imaging Technologies (Abstract)
Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, NICHD, NIH
5/05/08
Development of complex skills in great apes: a comparative perspective on social influences
Elizabeth V. Lonsdorf, Director of The Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo and Committee on Evolutionary Biology , The University of Chicago
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