Educational Opportunities

Hope through Rehabilitation & Research

Weekly Seminars

Date Speaker Host Title More
06/25/2013 John H. Morrison, Ph.D. Rajiv Ratan, M.D., Ph.D. The Synaptic Basis of Cognitive Aging PDF >
06/18/2013 Maria Febbraio, Ph.D. Sunghee Cho, Ph.D. Oral Bacteria and Diet Enhance Atherosclerosis via Interaction between CD36 and Toll-like Receptors PDF >
06/11/2013 Adam Kirton, M.D., MSc FRCPC Kathleen Friel, Ph.D. Targeting Developmental Motor Plasticity after Perinatal Stroke with non-invasive Brain Stimulation PDF >
06/05/2013 Tadashi Isa, M.D., Ph.D. Jason Carmel, M.D., Ph.D. Key Elements for functional recovery from the partial spinal cord injury; spinal cord, cortex and beyond PDF >
06/04/2013 Marc Fisher, M.D. Rajiv Ratan, M.D., Ph.D. Translational Stroke Research - A Personal Journey PDF >
05/28/2013 Gregory A. Petsko, D. Phil. Rajiv Ratan, M.D., Ph.D. Targeting the Retromer Protein Trafficking Pathway: A New Therapeutic Approach for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases PDF >

Archived Seminars

Date Speaker Title More
05/21/2013 Jason Dictenberg, Ph.D. Role of RNA-binding Proteins in Neuronal Activity-dependent mRNA Transport, Translation and Morphologic Plasticity PDF >
05/14/2013 Sunghee Cho, Ph.D. Targeting Neuroinflammatory Pathways in Stroke: CD36 in Hyperlipidemia PDF >
05/07/2013 Anne e. West, M.D., Ph.D. Roles for the methyl-DNA binding protein MeCP2 in addictive-like behaviors PDF >
04/30/2013 Paola Arlotta, Ph.D. Programming and Reprogramming Projection Neuron Subtypes in teh Cerebral Cortex PDF >
04/23/2013 Ivar Mendez, M.D., Ph.D., FRCSC, FACS Cell Transplanation for Parkinson's Disease: Methodological and Surgical Considerations PDF >
04/16/2013 Marisa Susan Bartolomei, Ph.D. Epigenetic Regulation of Genomic Imprinting PDF >
04/09/2013 Robert H. Miller, Ph.D. Developing Therapies for Demyelinating Disease PDF >
04/02/2013 Jonathan R. Wolpaw, M.D. The Role of the Spinal Cord in Motor Learning: A Negotiated Equilibrium PDF >
03/26/2013 Jaroslaw (Jarek) A. Aronowski, M.D., Ph.D. Phagocyte-Mediated Brain Cleanup as Target for Stroke Recovery PDF >
03/19/2013 Yu Tian Wang, M.D., Ph.D. New Avenues for Therapeutics Targeting NMDA Receptors and its Downstream Signaling Pathways PDF >
03/15/2013 Stuart Lipton, M.D., Ph.D. Protein S-Nitrosylation, Redox Stress and NMDA Receptors in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases PDF >
03/12/2013 Brent R. Stockwell, Ph.D. Exploring Biology and Disease with Small Molecules PDF >
03/05/2013 Elizabeth Ann Jonas, M.D. Mitochondrial Control of Neurodegeneration PDF >
02/28/2013 Gregoire Courtine, Ph.D. Inspiring New Thinking to Restore Motor Function After Spinal Cord Injury PDF >
02/19/2013 Vadim N. Gladyshev, Ph.D. Understanding Aging and Redox Control Through Genome analysis PDF >
02/12/2013 Darrell J. Yamashiro, M.D., Ph.D. Inhibition of Notch Promotes Liver Metastasis in Neuroblastoma PDF >
02/05/2013 Hongyan Zou, M.D., Ph.D. Releasing an Epigenetic Blockade of Axon Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury PDF >
01/29/2013 Susan Harkema, Ph.D. Activity-based Therapies in Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Practice and Ongoing Research PDF >
01/22/2013 Kathleen Friel, Ph.D. The importance of motor activity in development and repair of the motor system PDF >
01/15/2013 Le Ma, Ph.D. Molecular Control of Axonal and Dendritic Branching during Neural Circuit Development PDF >
12/11/2012 Jeffrey D. Macklis, M.D. Molecular Logic of Cerebral Cortex Projection Neuron Development, Degeneration, and Regeneration PDF >
12/04/2012 Richard Zigmond, Ph.D. gp130 Cytokines are Positive Injury Signals that Trigger the Cell Body and Conditioning Lesion Responses PDF >
11/27/2012 Andrew L. Mammen, M.D., Ph.D. Statin-Associated Autoimmune Myopathy PDF >
11/20/2012 Susan G. Dorsey, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN Targeted Therapies for Chronic Pain Treatment PDF >
11/13/2012 Daniel F. Hanley, Jr., M.D. Minimally invasive approaches to stroke from intra-cerebral hemorrhage: understanding recovery and long term outcomes PDF >
11/06/2012 Rosalind Anne Segal, M.D., Ph.D. There and Back Again: Neurotrophin Regulation of Axonal Viability PDF >
10/30/2012 Jonathan R. Wolpaw, M.D. Using Targeted Spinal Cord Plasticity for Neurorehabilitation PDF >
10/23/2012 Jeffrey Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D. Survival and Regeneration in the Visual System PDF >
10/17/2012 Daniel H. Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D. How system biology can advance our understanding of the nervous system and neural repair PDF >
10/09/2012 Aileen Anderson, Ph.D. The Role of Inflammation in degeneration, regeneration and the Stem Cell niche after SCI PDF >
10/02/2012 Mark Burns, Ph.D. The effect of APOE genotype on amyloid-beta accumulation after experimental traumatic brain injury PDF >
09/25/2012 Alan I. Faden, M.D. Heads up: Revising Concepts of Brain Trauma and Sports Related Head Injury PDF >
09/18/2012 Milos Ikonomovic, M.D. Brain Trauma as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer's Disease: Is There a Role for Beta-Amyloid? PDF >
07/31/2012 Andrew Goldfine, M.D. EEG for the determination of consciousness PDF >
07/24/2012 Kwang-Soo Kim, Ph.D. Protein-based iPS cells for personalized medicine: A case for Parkinson's disease PDF >
07/17/2012 Klaus van Leyen, Ph.D. Inhibition of 12/15-Lipoxygenase as Therapeutic Strategy to Treat Stroke PDF >
07/10/2012 Honglian Shi, Ph.D. HIF-1 in Ischemic Brain PDF >
06/26/2012 Dale Corbett, Ph.D. Stroke Recovery and Neuroplasticity: A Bedside to Bench Approach PDF >
06/21/2012 Ashley I. Bush, M.D., Ph.D. The Iron-APP-tau axis in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases PDF >
06/12/2012 Bruno Conti, Ph.D. Reduction of Core Body Temperature Prolongs Lifespan PDF >
06/05/2012 Michael Chopp, Ph.D. Orchestrating Neurological Recovery, Stem Cells, Astrocytes, tPa and miRNA in concert PDF >
05/29/2012 Susan G. Dorsey, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN Targeted Therapies for Chronic Pain Treatment PDF >
05/22/2012 John H. R. Maunsell, Ph.D. Attention and Visual Representation in Cerebral Crotex PDF >
05/15/2012 Susan Barry, Ph.D. Fixing My Gase: Vision Rehabilitation For Binocular Disorders PDF >
05/08/2012 Carol M. Troy, M.D., Ph.D. Novel Approaches to identify and abrogate caspase activity in CNS disease PDF >
05/01/2012 Gary Landreth, Ph.D. Nuclear Receptors as Therapeutic Targets PDF >
04/24/2012 Francis S. Lee, M.D., Ph.D. Role of Neurotrophins in Neuropsychiatric Disorders PDF >
04/17/2012 Kimberly Raab-Graham, Ph.D. Post-transcriptional Regulation of Dendritic Stablilty and Branch Specific Heterogeneity PDF >
04/10/2012 David Brody, M.D., Ph.D. Advanced MRI Detection of Blast-Related Traumatic Brain Injury in US Military Personnel PDF >
04/03/2012 David M. Katz, Ph.D. Neural Circuit Dysfunction and Repair in Rett Syndrome PDF >
03/27/2012 Michael J. Schell, Ph.D. Structure and dynamics of dendritic spine actin networks PDF >
03/20/2012 Aurora Pujol, M.D., Ph.D. Intertwining of Oxidative Stress and Bioenergetic failure in Adrenoleukodystrophy: Therapeutic Implications PDF >
03/13/2012 Binhai Zheng, Ph.D. Axon Regeneration in the CNS: Myelin Inhibitors and Beyond PDF >
03/06/2012 Kenneth Maiese, M.D. Pursuing cell survival and cell longevity: Potential strategies against oxidant stress PDF >
02/28/2012 Jacqueline C. Bresnahan, Ph.D. Charting Recovery after cervical SCI in animal models PDF >
02/21/2012 Alvaro Pascual-Leone, M.D., Ph.D. Characterizing Mechanisms of brain plasticity and network dynamics in humans PDF >
02/14/2012 Diego Restrepo, Ph.D. How to deal with 1,400-dimensional sensory input PDF >
02/09/2012 Michael Coleman, Ph.D. Molecular Regulation of Wallerian degeneration PDF >
02/07/2012 Steven D. Munger, Ph.D. Sniffing to learn: How a novel olfactory receptor helps animals avoid dangerous foods PDF >
01/31/2012 Robert E. Marc, Ph.D. Retinal Connectomics & Remodeling PDF >
01/24/2012 Jeannie T. Lee, M.D., Ph.D. X-chromosome inactivation as a model for RNA regulation of the epigenome PDF >
01/17/2012 Hoon Ryu, Ph.D. Chromatin Plasticity Contributes to Neuropathology in Huntington's Disease PDF >
12/09/2011 Edward Holson, Ph.D. (Re)Development of a Sub-Class 1 Selective HDACi for Clinical Trials in CNS PDF >
12/06/2011 Andrea I. McClatchey, Ph.D. Organization of the Cell Cortex During Morphogenesis and Tumorigenesis PDF >
11/29/2011 Kathryn Anderson, Ph.D. Cilia and Hedgehog Signaling in the Mouse PDF >
11/11/2011 Giles E. Hardingham Pro-Survival and Pro-Death Molecular Events Downstream of NMDA Receptor Activity PDF >
11/08/2011 Zhaolan (Joe) Zhou, Ph.D. Epigenetic Control of Neurodevelopment in Health and DIsease PDF >
11/01/2011 Mark J. Olsen, Ph.D. Novel Therapeutics for the Treatment of Central Nervous System Insult PDF >
10/25/2011 Ben W. Strowbridge, Ph.D. Control of Olfactory Bulb Circuitry by Cortical Feedback Pathways PDF >
10/18/2011 Cesario V. Borlongan, Ph.D. Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke: Lost in Translation
10/11/2011 Glen Prusky, Ph.D. Experience-Enabled Plasticity of Vision PDF >
10/04/2011 Julie K. Andersen, Ph.D. Alpha-Synuclein Directly Controls Gene Transcription via Selective Binding to Specific Histone Marks PDF >
09/27/2011 Steven Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D. Bridging the Valley of Death of Therapeutics for Neurodegeneration PDF >
09/20/2011 John Zhang, M.D., Ph.D. Translational Neonatal Stroke Research PDF >
09/13/2011 Olivier Berton, Ph.D. HDAC6 in Depression and Antidepressant Action PDF >
08/05/2011 Deepti Deobagkar, Ph.D. A Novel Approach for Methylomic Analysis of X Chromosome Inactivation and Correlation with Evolutionary Strata and MicroRNAs PDF >
07/28/2011 Xingde Li, Ph.D. Advanced Endomicroscopy and Nano-Biophotonics Imaging Technologies for Translational Applications PDF >
07/26/2011 John Hallenbeck, M.D. Mucosal Tolerization to E-selectin for Prevention of Secondary Stroke PDF >
07/19/2011 Samie Jaffrey, M.D., Ph.D. Local Translation in Neural Circuit Formation PDF >
07/12/2011 Rona Giffard, M.D., Ph.D. Selective Vulnerability of CA1 Astrocytes Contributes to Neuron Loss in Forebrain Ischemia PDF >
07/05/2011 Leonardo Gregorio Cohen, M.D. Motor Skill Learning: Mechanisms and Possible Strategies to Facilitate It PDF >
06/28/2011 Robert C, Wagenaar, Ph.D., M.S. Continuous Monitoring of Functional Activities & Movement Disorders in the Home & Community Setting PDF >
06/21/2011 Anna M. Barrett, M.D. Translating Spatial Neglect to Stroke Patient Care PDF >
06/14/2011 Tara L. McIsaac, P.T., Ph.D. Dual Task Attention, Motor Control and Parkinson's Disease PDF >
06/07/2011 Lee Anna Cunningham, Ph.D. Role of HIF-1 in the Neural Stem Cell Response to Focal Cerebral Ischemia PDF >
05/31/2011 Anthony A. Suave, Ph.D. NAD Metabolism and Sirtuins: New Therapeutic Strategies for Intervention in Cell Stress PDF >
05/24/2011 Mohanish P. Deshmukh, Ph.D. Apoptosis in Neurons: The Art of Survival PDF >
05/17/2011 Andrew M. Gordon, Ph.D. Intensive Unimanual and Bimanual Training in Children with Congenital Hemiplegia PDF >
05/10/2011 Steven Marc Paul, M.D. Alzheimer's Disease: From Genetic Etiology to Molecular Pathogenesis to Rational Treatments PDF >
04/26/2011 Eric H. Kossoff, M.D. Ketogenic Diets for Neurologic Disorders PDF >
04/19/2011 Jun Chen, M.D., Ph.D. DNA Repair and Neuroprotection in Cerebral Ischemia PDF >
04/05/2011 John Krakauer, M.D. Motor Learning, Motor Recovery PDF >
03/29/2011 Tao Sun, Ph.D. Functions of Noncoding RNAs in Central Nervous System Development and Disease PDF >
03/22/2011 Monica J. Justice, Ph.D. Identifying Suppressors of Mecp2 Symptoms in the Mouse: A Genetic Approach to Therapeutic Intervention PDF >
03/15/2011 David A. Boas, Ph.D. Optical Imaging of Oxygen Consumption in the Brain: Macroscopic to Microscopic PDF >
03/08/2011 Christopher J. Chang, Ph.D. Molecular Imaging Approaches to Studying Redox Biology in the Brain PDF >
03/01/2011 Leif A. Havton, M.D., Ph.D. Rehabilitation and Repair of Motor and Autonomic Functions After Spinal Cord and Cauda Equina Injuries PDF >
02/22/2011 Richard E. Mains, Ph.D. Rho-GEFs in the Brain: Lessons from Knockout Mice PDF >
02/15/2011 Jian Zhong, Ph.D. An Intrinsic Signaling Pathway of Axon Growth PDF >
02/08/2011 M. Elizabeth Ross, M.D., Ph.D. The Cell Cycle and Orgins of Cortical Size and Complexity PDF >
02/01/2011 Jay M. Baraban, M.D., Ph.D. Drug Abuse and Plasticity: Focus on Narp PDF >
01/25/2011 Andrew Pieper, M.D., Ph.D. In Vivo Discovery and Development of Proneurogenic, Neuroprotective Compounds PDF >
01/18/2011 William Milberg, Ph.D., ABPP-ABCN The Cognitive Neuroscience of Vascular Risk: A New View on Cognitive Aging PDF >
01/11/2011 Giovanni Manfredi, M.D., Ph.D. Regulation of Mitochondrial Energy Metabolism by Protein Phosphorylation PDF >