2012 Annual LSI Symposium

Biomedical Science Research Building

Audience This is a public event.

Development and Diseases of the Nervous System

Speakers

Susan Lindquist, Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Mary Sue and Kenneth Coleman Life Sciences Lecture: Can Simple Cells Help Solve Complex Neurodegenerative Diseases?

Yishi Jin, Ph.D.

University of California, San Diego and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Axon Regeneration: Insights from C. elegans

Larry Zipursky, Ph.D.

University of California, Los Angeles and Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Cell Recognition and he Assembly of Neural Circuits in Drosophila

David Julius, Ph.D.

University of California, San Francisco

From Peppers to Pit Vipers: Probing Molecular Mechanisms of Thermosensation and Pain

Luis F. Parada, Ph.D.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

TrkB and P13Kinase: Modeling Neurogenesis, Mood and Autism in Mice

Ted M. Dawson, M.D., Ph.D.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Defining the Path to Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Disease

Lennart Mucke, M.D.

University of California, San Francisco

Mechanisms and Treatment of Synaptic, Network and Cognitive Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease