Upcoming Events

The Center for Neurobehavioral Development Presents:
2007-2008 Academic Year Colloquia Dual Series on
Behavioral Genetics and Epigenetics
*a printable pdf of this schedule can be found here

Fall Colloquium Series: Genetic Approaches to Behavioral Development

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 4pm
Scott Selleck, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development
University of Minnesota

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007 4pm
Kerry Ressler, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
Emory University

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 4pm
William Iacono, Ph.D. & Matthew McGue, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 4pm
Joan Kaufman, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
Yale University
"Understanding Child Abuse: From Neurobiology to Social Policy"

Friday, January 18th, 2008 3pm
Takao Hensch, Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University, and Department of Neurology at Children's Hospital Boston. 
"Mechanisms of Experience-Based Brain Development" 

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 4pm
Aristo Vojdani, Ph.D., M.Sc., M.T.
Assistant Research Neurobiologist Department of Neurobiology
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
“Role of Environmental Factors in Autism”

Spring Colloquium Series: Epigenetic Modification of Genes and Behavioral Development

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 4pm
Robert Lane, M.D.
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
University of Utah

Friday, March 7th, 2008 3pm
Christopher Coe, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tuesday March 25th, 2008 4pm
Arturas Petronis, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 3pm
Karina Cramer, Ph.D.
Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
School of Biological Sciences
University of California - Irvine

*All presentations will be held at the NEW Center for Neurobehavioral Development in conference room 330.  A map and directions to our Center can be found at: http://www1.umn.edu/cnbd/research/contact.php

*Our 2006-2007 Academic Year Colloquia Dual Series on
Dopamine Systems: Reward and Executive Functioning was quite the success! Thank you to all who attended and participated. A list of the series speakers and their topics can be found at the "Past Colloquia" link below under "2006-2007 Academic Year."

Past Colloquia
Pathways of Development Conference (April 2005)