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The George Washington
Institute for Neuroscience

2300 Eye Street NW,
Ross Hall Suite 640
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: (202) 994-3541
Fax: (202) 994-2870



2011-2012 George Washington Institute for Neuroscience/Children's National Medical Center-Center for Neuroscience Research Seminar Series

GWIN and CNMC-CNR jointly sponsor a frequent seminar series devoted to bringing investigators with a broad range of interests in neuroscience to the GW/CNMC campus for 1hour seminar presentations, as well as one-on-one interactions with GW/CNMC faculty, fellows and students.

The seminars are held on Thursdays at 4PM throughout the Fall and Spring Semesters, and the location alternates between GWUMC/Ross Hall and CNMC.

The 2011 seminar series will begin on September 29, 2011. This year's speakers include:

Gerald Fischbach
Gerald Fischbach, Scientific Director, Simons Foundation
December 15, 2011
Title: Autism and The Social Brain
Location: Ross 117
Time: TBA

Marnie Halpern
Marnie Halpern, Carnegie Institution of Washington
January 19, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Steven D. Munger, Ph.D.
Steven D. Munger, University of Maryland School of Medicine
February 2, 2012
Title: Sniffing to learn: how a novel olfactory receptor helps animals avoid dangerous foods
Location: Ross Hall 401
Time: 12 noon - 1pm

A neuroscience-related seminar sponsored by the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology

Ken Catania
Ken Catania, Vanderbilt University
February 9, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Max Riesenhuber
Max Riesenhuber, Georgetown University School of Medicine
February 16, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Samantha A. Brugmann
Samantha A. Brugmann, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
February 23, 2012
Title: Deconstructing craniofacial development: building a basis for understanding disease
Location: Ross Hall 401
Time: 12 noon - 1pm

A neuroscience-related seminar sponsored by the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology

David Lewis
David Lewis, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
March 1, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Maurizio Corbetta
Maurizio Corbetta, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
March 8, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Sheldon Miller
Sheldon Miller, Scientific Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
March 22, 2012
Additional Speaker: Kapil Bharti, National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
Title: Restoring Vision: Using Stem Cells To Understand & Cure Diseases Involving Retinal Pigment Epithelium
Location: Ross Hall 401
Time: 12 noon - 1pm

A neuroscience-related seminar sponsored by the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology

Xinzing Dong
Xinzing Dong, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
March 29, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Eva Anton
Eva Anton, UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine
April 5, 2012
Title: Functions of primary cilia during the formation of the cerebral cortex.
Location:CNMC, Sixth floor conference room.
Time: 4pm

William Snider
William Snider, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
April 12, 2012
Title: Cell type specific disruption of ERK/MAPK signaling in the developing nervous system.
Location: Ross Hall 401
Time: 12 noon - 1pm

The Robert Oakley Memorial Lecture in Developmental Neurobiology

A neuroscience-related seminar sponsored by the Department of Anatomy and Regenerative Biology and GWIN

Laura Feltri
Laura Feltri, SUNY Buffalo School of Medicine
April 19, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Rick Huganir
Rick Huganir, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
April 26, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Rejji Kuruvilla
Rejji Kuruvilla, Johns Hopkins University Department of Biological Sciences
May 10, 2012
Title: TBA
Location: TBA
Time: TBA

Final dates for each of these investigators, plus additional speakers will be announced late August of 2010.