Public Lecture

Date: Friday, March 20, 2015

Where:  The Hynson Lounge, Hodson Student Center When: 2:00 PM Reception to Follow in the Back of Hynson Lounge

Brain Wiring Gone Awry: Investigating the Cellular Basis of Neurological Disorders

Jennifer Round, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Biology and Neuroscience Ursinus College

Advances in genomics have allowed us to link specific genes to many common neurodevelopmental disorders, but the cellular defects that lead to these conditions are still poorly understood. My lab investigates a gene family that has been linked to multiple brain disorders, including Tourette syndrome and schizophrenia. We use zebrafish as a convenient model to explore the roles of these genes in neuron growth, synapse formation, and cell survival during development. As we gain new knowledge of the basic biology of nervous system wiring, we can enhance our understanding of the cellular basis of neurological disease.

Co-Sponsors: The Washington College Chapter of Sigma Xi and the William James Forum

 

 

Public Lecture

Date: Tuesday, October 2, 2013

Where: Hotchkiss Recital Hall, Daniel Z. Gibson Center for the Arts Time: 5:00- 6:00 PM  Reception to follow in the Underwood Lobby

 

The Ghost Materializes How the Brain’s Three Minds Think  by W.R. (Bill) Klemm, D.V.M., Ph.D. Professor of Neuroscience & Professor of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences Texas A & M University, College Station, TX Co-sponsored by Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa & The William James Forum 

 

 

Public Lecture

Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 Where: Hynson Lounge, Hodson Hall1 Time: 4:30- 5:30 PM

Temptation & Self-Control by Daniel Houser, Ph.D.l Professor of Economics The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science & The Center for Study of Neuroeconomics  George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Co-ponsored by the Daniel Z. Gibson-John A Wagner Visitors Fund, The Department of Psychology, Omicron Delta Epsilon & Sigma Xi

 

  

  

Public Lecture Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Where: Litrenta Lecture Hall, J.S. Toll Center of Science TimeL 7:30pm – 8:30pm

Do Fish Feel Pain - and Does it Matter? by Victotia Braithwaite, Ph.D. Professor of Fisheries and Biology, Penn State University Sponsoried by the McLain program in Environmental Studies and  the Washington College Chapter of Sigma Xi. Free and open to the public. 

 

 

  

Public Lecture Date: Monday 22 March 2010 Time: 4:30 PM

Physiological and Morphological Characteristics of Neurons in the Distal Zebrafish Retina by Victoria Connaughton, Ph.D. Professor of Biology, American University Litrenta lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center Sponsored by the Washington College Chapter of Sigma Xi Reception at 4:00PM in the Science Center Atrium

 

 

Public Lecture Date: Tuesday 17 November 2009 Time: 7:30 - 8:30 PM

From Exoplanets to Stellar Images: Recent Results fromthe CHARA Array Interferometer by Dr. Ellyn K Baines (Washington College Class of 2000) U. S. Naval Research Laboratory Litrenta Lecture Hall, John S. Toll Science Center