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August 2004

Date: Event:

08/01/04 Methods in Computational Neuroscience - course begins
 
08/01/04 Music from the Heart: An International Journey - Mary Mancini and Mario Tacca, with special guest tenor, Douglas Song - 7:30 PM - Lillie Auditorium

08/02/04 Molecular Biology of Aging - course begins
 
MBL Fellows Luncheon, "Meiotic chromosome dynamics in echinoderms," Jan Ellenberg, European Molecular Biology Laboratory and "Lysyl tRNA synthase and Ap4A: New roles in the regulation and the activity of transcription factors," Ehud Razin, Hebrew University Medical School, Meigs Room, 12:15 PM

Research Seminar - "Regeneration in sea cucumbers: Where are the stem cells?" - José García-Arrarás - 4:00 PM, Candle House 105

Monday Night Neuroscience Seminars - "Regulation of NMDA receptor trafficking and gating by protein kinases" - Suzanne Zukin, Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Whitman Auditorium, 8:00 PM.

  Nikon Exhibit opens in the Swope Center Dining Room
   
08/03/04 Remembrance of Dr. Benjamin Kaminer, former MBL year-round and long-time summer investigator, Physiology Chairman, Emeritus, Boston University School of Medicine, who died December 2003 - Held by his family, Meigs Room, 2:00 PM

Research Seminar - “Using Genomics and Comparative Genomics to Study Development and Evolution of the Kidney in Marine Fishes” - Peter Vize - 4:00 PM, Candle House 105

08/04/04 Wednesday Evening Neural Systems & Behavior Seminars - "The Mechanisms and Function of Spontaneous Correlated Activity in the Developing Mammalian Retina" - Marla Feller, University of California San Diego - Whitman Auditorium, 8:00 PM

08/05/04 Molecular Mycology: Current Approaches to Fungal Pathogenesis - Course Begins

Thursday Evening NeuroImaging Seminars - "Imaging synaptic inhibition with Clomeleon, a genetically encoded chloride indicator" - George Augustine, Duke University Medical Center - Candle House 104/105, 8:00 PM
 
Special MBL Lecture - "RNA Tie Club" - James D. Watson, 1962 Nobel Prize Winner - 7:30 PM - Lillie Auditorium - Reception to follow in the Meigs Room

08/06/04 MBL Corporation Meeting , Lillie Auditorium, 9:30 AM

Neuroscience Institute Networking - Join your fellow neurobiologists for a little neural networking at a happy hour hosted by the Neuroscience Institute at the MBL - 3:30 PM - Swope Center Terrace (2nd floor lobby in case of rain)

08/06/04 Friday Evening Lecture - Lang Lecture - "The influence of behavior on brain structure and function", Russell Fernald, Stanford University, Lillie Auditorium, 8:00 PM
 

08/07/04

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08/08/04

MBL Club Concert - "Woods Hole Cantata Consort's 30th Reunion Concert" The Church of the Messiah, Church Street, Saturday @ 8:00 PM, Sunday @ 4:00 PM
 
08/08/04 Fundamental Issues in Vision Research - course begins
 
  Falmouth Road Race
 

08/09/04 and

08/10/04
General Scientific Meetings, Lillie Auditorium
 
08/09/04

MBL Fellows Luncheon - "Study of synphilin-1 function and its contribution to Parkinson's Disease", Simone Engelender, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and, "Role of endogenous D-serine in the brain" Herman Wolosker, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Meigs Room, 12:15 PM

 
Monday Night Neuroscience Seminars - "Dissecting neural circuits in the visual system using targeted cell class ablation" - Sheila Nirenberg, UCLA - Whitman Auditorium, 8:00 PM.

08/10/04 Fundamental Issues in Vision Research Seminars - “Vectorial sorting of photoreceptor proteins: What do green eyed frogs tell us about blindness?” - David S. Papermaster, M.D. - UCHC, Farmington, CT - Candle House 104, 8:00 PM

08/11/04 General Scientific Meeting Reception and Photo Contest Awards Ceremony, Meigs Room, 4:00 PM

08/12/04 Thursday Evening NeuroImaging Seminars - “Synaptic vesicle recycling studied using transgenic mice expressing synaptopHluorins” - Venkatesh Murthy, Harvard University - Whitman Auditorium, 8:00 PM

Fundamental Issues in Vision Research Seminars - “Immuno-therapy of glaucoma” - Michal Schwartz, Ph.D. - Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel - Candle House 104, 8:00 PM

08/13/04

Friday Evening Lecture - "Genetics of human handedness, schizophrenia, and bipolar traits" Amar Klar, National Cancer Institute Lillie Auditorium, 8:00 PM

 
08/14/04 Neuroinformatics - course begins

08/15/04 Neural Development & Genetics of Zebrafish - course begins

08/16/04

MBL Club Blood Drive 100 Water Street


Fundamental Issues in Vision Research Seminars - “Molecular timekeeping within the vertebrate retina” - Carla B. Green, Ph.D. - University of Virginia, Charlottesville - Candle House 104, 8:00 PM

Monday Night Neuroscience Seminars - "Origins of the response dynamics of the horizontal semi-circular canal of the vestibular labyrinth in the toad fish Opsanus tau" - Stephen Highstein - Washington University School of Medicine - Whitman Auditorium, 8:00 PM.

08/18/04 Fundamental Issues in Vision Research Seminars - “Mouse models of glaucoma and age-related macular degeneration” - Simon John, Ph.D. - Jackson Labs, Bar Harbor, ME - Candle House 104, 2:00 PM

Fundamental Issues in Vision Research Seminars - “Genetic control of eye development from flatworms to humans” - Walter Gehring, Ph.D. - Biozentrum, university of Basel, Switzerland - Candle House 104, 8:00 PM

08/19/04 Thursday Evening NeuroImaging Seminars - “Ultrashort pulsed laser light - An ultraprecise surgical tool to probe and perturb neurovascular structure and function” - David Kleinfeld, University of California, San Diego - Whitman Auditorium, 8:00 PM

08/20/04 Sager Lecture - Dr. Lenny Guarente, MIT - "The SIR2 Gene Mediates Calorie Restriction in Yeast and Mammals" - Lillie Auditorium, 8:00 PM

MBL Club closes

08/24/04 Neuroscience Institute Special Lecture - Dr. Mihaly Hajos, Pfizer Global Research and Development - “Pharmacology of Brain Circuitries: Application of Systems Electrophysiology in Drug Discovery” – Lillie 103, 1:30 PM

08/27/04 Last day of summer tours