Monday Seminars
Topics and Speakers in the 2009-2010 Academic Year
09/14/09
Genetics and epigenetics of neuropsychiatric disorders [abstract]
Robert Lipsky, Director, Neuroscience Research, Department of Neurosciences, Inova Health System and Krasnow Institute, GMU
09/21/09
State of the Institute [abstract]
James Olds, Director, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and The Shelley Krasnow University Professor of Molecular Neuroscience, George Mason University
09/28/09
Yom Kippur - NO SEMINAR
10/05/09
Application of Nanoproteomic Technologies at the Bedside: Personalized Therapy and Early Disease Detection
Emanuel F. Petricoin, Co-Director, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, George Mason University
10/12/09
Columbus Day Observed -- NO SEMINAR
*Tuesday* 10/13/09
*4:pm*
Extra Lecture
Co-sponsored with the Philosophy Department and Ctr. for Health Policy Research and Ethics, George Mason University
Human cognitive uniqueness in biomedical research: A bridge too far? [abstract]
Jason Scott Robert, Franca Oreffice Dean's Distinguished Professor in the Life Sciences and Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics in Biotechnology and Medicine, Arizona State University, and Associate Professor of Basic Medical Sciences, The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partnership with Arizona State University.
10/19/09
39th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience -- NO SEMINAR
10/26/09
NO SEMINAR
11/02/09
Agents in the City: Modeling, Visualizing, and Communicating Emergent Phenomena utilizing GIS and ABM [abstract]
Andrew Crooks, Department of Computational Social Science, Krasnow Institute, GMU
11/09/09
Can We Reduce Strategic Surprise?:
Reflections on Opportunities for Basic and Applied Research at the Intersection of the Human Mind and National Security [abstract]
Margaret Polski, Sr. Advisor ASE and Associate Professor of International Security Affairs College of International Security Affairs National Defense University and Affiliate Research Fellow Krasnow Institute, GMU
11/16/09
On Social Complexity: A Manifesto for Computational Social Science [abstract]
Claudio Cioffi, Department of Computational Social Science and Director, Center for Social Complexity, Krasnow Institute, GMU
11/23/09
Neuronal Arbors and the Capability to Acquire Knowledge [abstract]
Giorgio Ascoli, Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Krasnow Institute, GMU
11/30/09
Detection of neurodegeneration and inflammation in the brain by MRI and PET [abstract]
Vassiliki Ikonomidou, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, GMU
-Extra Lecture-
12/03/07 (Thursday)
Plasticity of dendritic excitability [abstract]
Daniel Johnston, Director, Center for Learning and Memory University of Texas at Austin
12/07/09
Effective connectivity of the multiplication network: A functional MRI and multivariate Granger causality mapping study [abstract]
Frank Krueger, Cognitive Neuroscience Section, NINDS, NIH and Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics, Krasnow Institute, GMU
01/25/10
Gesture and Cognition: What analysis of multimodal communication reveals about the problem of incommensurability in difficult cross-cultural and institutional contexts [abstract]
Beverly Sauer, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
02/01/10
The World's Smallest Robots [abstract]
Harold Morowitz, Robinson Professors and Krasnow Institute, George Mason University
02/08/10
CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER Rescheduled 3/15/10
A Brief History of Neural Interfaces [abstract]
Joseph J. Pancrazio, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering Program Director, Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George
Mason University
02/15/10
Presidents' Day - NO SEMINAR
02/22/10
Visual Prostheses for the Blind: Development of new methods for assessment of safe and effective retinal stimulation [abstract]
Ethan Cohen,
FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Silver Spring, MD
03/01/10
Initial Thoughts on New Approaches to
Cyber-Deterrence
Jeffrey Cooper, SAIC Technical Fellow, VP for Technology, Chief Innovation Officer, Intelligence, Security, and Technology Group, Science Applications International Corporation
03/08/10
GMU Spring Break - NO SEMINAR
03/15/10
A Brief History of Neural Interfaces[abstract]
Joseph J. Pancrazio, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering Program Director, Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, George Mason University
03/22/10
Role of voltage-gated K+ channels in synaptic integration and plasticity
Dax Hoffman, Molecular Neurophysiology and Biophysics Unit, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
03/29/10
Passover - NO SEMINAR
04/05/10
No seminar
04/12/10
No seminar
04/19/10
Genetic and Neural Moderators of Socioemotional Trajectories [Abstract]
Koraly Perez-Edgar, Department of Psychology, George Mason University
04/26/10
Hippocampal Place Fields and Spatial Landmarks: Translations, Rotations, and Relations [Abstract]
James Knierim, Krieger Mind/Brain Institute, Johns Hopkins
University
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