You Got Nerve

Friday, October 12, 2012: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
611 (WSCC)
Chairs:
Michelle T. Juarez, PhD, Assistant Project Scientist, University of California, San Diego and Maria Castillo, PhD, Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University

Description: Neurobiology is a hot area of scientific inquiry. There are many questions that remain unanswered. How we store memory? What are the molecular events leading to brain disorders? How neuronal cells communicate? In this session, four leading minority scientists present studies in neuroscience that highlight recent developments in cell biology.

Sponsored by: ASCB Minorities Affairs Committee



10:15 AM
Introductory Remarks
10:20 AM
Gene expression in the developing Drosophila CNS midline cells
Amaris Guardiola, PhD , Assistant Professor , Angelo State University
10:40 AM
Regulation of neurotransmitter transporters activity by ubiquitination and phosphorylation
Manuel Miranda, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Texas at El Paso
11:00 AM
The effects of presynaptic inhibition on synaptic dynamics
Ulises Ricoy, PhD , Assistant Professor , Northern New Mexico College
11:20 AM
Stem cells and neuroregeneration in planarians
Ricardo Zayas, PhD , Assistant Professor , San Diego State University