2012 NExT Seminar Series

Tuesday February 22nd 
11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series
TBA
David Murchison, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 160 

Tuesday March 8th  
11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series
Dysregulation of miR-9 following ethanol exposure in the zebrafish (d.rerio) embryo
Dana Pappalardo, Graduate Student
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 160 

Tuesday March 22nd
11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for fetal alcohol exposure
Sridevi Balaraman, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 160 

Tuesday April 12th
11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series
IGF-1 therapy to improve stroke outcomes in aging
Amutha Selvamani, Research Scientist
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 160 

Tuesday April 26th
11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series
MicroRNA dysregulation following spinal cord contusion: implications for neural plasticity and repairEric Strickland, Graduate Student
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 160 

Tuesday May 10th  
11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series
CANCELLED
Dustin DuBois, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 160 

Tuesday May 24th
11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series
Effects of chronic nicotine exposure and lack of high affinity nicotinic receptors on cortico hippocampal areas on the aging mouse brain
Pei-San Huang, CVM Graduate Student
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 160 

2011 NExT Seminar Series 

Tuesday September 14th  

11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series
Expression of mir-145 and mir-143 regulate the invasiveness of human glioblastoma cells
Sunwoo Koo, Ph.D., NExT Postdoctoral Fellow
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 162 

Tuesday September 28th

11:00-12:00 p.m.

NExT Seminar Series 
Ethanol effect on stem cells 
Joseph Tingling, NExT Graduate Student
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 162 

Tuesday October 12^th   
11:00-12:00 p.m.
NExT Seminar Series 
Impact of reproductive aging on structural properties of blood brain barrier and endothelial function: Implications in stroke recovery
Shameena Bake, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 162 

Tuesday October 26th
11:00-12:00 p.m.
NExT Seminar Series 
How ethanol-sensitive microRNAs regulate fetal brain development 
Pai-Chi Tsai, NExT Graduate Student
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 162 

Tuesday November 9th    
11:00-12:00 p.m.
NExT Seminar Series 
Endostatin and Domain V: from angiogenesis inhibitors to neurovascular modulators
Abraham al Ahmad, Ph.D., NExT & MCM Postdoctoral Fellow
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 162 

Tuesday November 23rd     
11:00-12:00 p.m.
NExT Seminar Series
Molecular mechanism for seizure susceptibility in catamenial epilepsy
Omkaram Gangisetty, Ph.D., NExT Postdoctoral Fellow
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building, Room 162 

POSTPONED, TBA
NExT Seminar Series 
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers for fetal alcohol exposure
SriDevi Balaraman, Ph.D., NExT Postdoctoral Fellow
TAMHSC
Reynolds Medical Building 

Contact: Dr. Gregg C. Allen - gallen@medicine.tamhsc.edu, 979-845-4981

Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Faculty of Neuroscience Seminar Series
TBA
Dr. Debomoy K. Lahiri, Ph. D. - Indiana University, School of Medicine, Stark Neurosciences Institute

Contact: Dr. Ian Murray - IVMurray@medicine.tamhsc.edu , 979-458-4355