Wednesday, May 9, 2001
PNB Building, Room 106
10-minute talks with 5-minute discussions. All speakers are requested to arrive before 1 p.m.
1:00-1:05
Stephen Korn
Opening Remarks
1:05-1:20
Jonathan Oler
"The Effects Of Lesions To The
Hippocampus And Amygdala On Auditory Context Discrimination And Place Learning"
(Major Advisor: E. Markus, Psychology)
1:20-1:35
Jennifer Tropp
"Sex Differences and Behavioral
Correlates in a Virtual 8-Arm Maze, a Virtual Morris Water Task, and Mental
Rotation"
(Major Advisor: E. Markus, Psychology)
1:35-1:50
Brian Carlson
"Neurochemical Interactions in
an Animal Model of Parkinsonism"
(Major Advisor: John Salamone, Psychology)
1:50-2:05
Lisa Gable
"Influence of Layer I Neocortical
Ectopias on Cortical Circuitry"
(Major Advisor: Joseph LoTurco,
PNB)
2:05-2:20
Matthew Sarkisian
"The Flathead Mutation in Rat
is Caused by a Mutation in the Gene Encoding Citron Kinase"
(Major Advisor: Joseph LoTurco,
PNB)
2:20-2:35
Joseph Consiglio
"Potassium-Dependent Changes
In Access To An Outer Mouth Binding Site In Kv2.1: Possible Interactions
Between The Pore And S6"
(Major Advisor: Stephen Korn, PNB)
2:35-2:50
Eric Charych
"Characterization of GABA-A Receptor
Associated Proteins"
(Major Advisor: Angel de Blas, PNB)
2:50-3:05
Sean Christie
"Organization Of GABAA Receptor
Isoforms In Cultured Hippocampal Neurons"
(Major Advisor: Angel De Blas, PNB)
3:05-3:20
Qian Liu
"Structural Requirements for
Binding of Pyrazole Analogs to the Cannabinoid Receptors"
(Major Advisor: Alexandros Makriyannis,
Pharm. Sci. )
3:20-3:35
Arun Ramamurthy
"Purification And Characterization
Of The Cannabinoid Cb2 Receptor"
(Major Advisor: Alexandros Makriyannis,
Pharm. Sci.)
Refreshments will be served at 5:00 pm.