From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:33 PM

(CIT): Ethical Issues in Genetics Research, Benjamin S. Wilfond, MD, Medical Genetics Branch, NHGRI, and Head, Section on Ethics and Genetics, Department of Clinical Bioethics, NIH. Ethical Issues in the Use of Stored Tissue.

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:30 PM

(CIT): Dr. LeDoux's lab is aimed at understanding the biological mechanisms of emotional memory. They are particularly interested in how the brain learns and stores information about danger. Using classical fear conditioning as a way of inducing emotional memories in rats, they have mapped t...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:26 PM

(CIT): The Callaway Lab studies the organization and function of neural circuits in the visual cortex to better understand how specific neural components contribute to the computations that give rise to visual perception and to elucidate the basic neural mechanisms that underlie cortical function...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:26 PM

(CIT): Dr Simoncelli's research addresses a variety of basic issues in the analysis and representation of visual images. The work is interdisciplinary, spanning computational neuroscience, image processing, and computer vision. It is motivated by three broad goals: 1) construction of mathema...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:24 PM

(CIT): NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series A master circadian clock resides in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the anterior hypothalamus of mammals. Recent discoveries in this and other laboratories have identified a molecular framework for the core clock mechanism in the SCN. The core mechani...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:24 PM

(CIT): For more information, visit Frederick Rieke The NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series features lectures and discussions with leading neuroscientists. Sponsored by NINDS, NIMH, NIDCD, NIDA, NICHD, NEI, NIAAA and NIDCR, this year's series offers advances that span the areas of molecular, ce...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:24 PM

(CIT): The major focus of research in the Palmiter laboratory involves analysis of the developmental and behavioral consequences of inactivating mouse genes necessary for neurotransmitter signaling. The lab has produced knockout mice that cannot produce dopamine, norepinephrine or neuropeptide Y...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:24 PM

(CIT): The Platt Laboratory combines classical ethological approaches with contemporary neurophysiological methods to study the neural bases of cognitive behavior. Charles Darwin first sketched an evolutionary approach to cognitive neuroscience: "He who understands baboon would do more toward met...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:23 PM

(CIT): The NCI has historically supported and conducted research into oncogenic viruses. In fact, retroviral models laid the basis for our understanding of the molecular basis of cancer. At the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, NCI intramural researchers on both the Frederick and Bethesda campuse...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:23 PM

(CIT): NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series My research aims to understand the neural basis of human cognition, in particular vision and attention. Areas of the human brain involved in these processes are visualized in vivo in normal volunteers using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Thes...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:23 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:23 PM

(CIT): Dr. Pascual-Leone is an Associate Professor in Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Director of the Laboratory for Magnetic Brain Stimulation, Attending Neurologist, and Director of Research at the Behavioral Neurology Unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He holds appointments as...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:23 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:23 PM

(CIT): Dr. Worley's laboratory examines the molecular basis of learning and memory. In particular, his laboratory has cloned a set of immediate early genes (IEGs) that are rapidly transcribed in neurons involved in information processing, and that are essential for long term memory. IEG pr...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:22 PM

(CIT): NIH Neuroscience Seminar Series The brain is a massive network of electrically active cells (neurons) that communicate with each other via specialized cell junctions (synapses). Throughout development and adult life, the brain responds to experience by adjusting the strength of coupling o...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:22 PM

(CIT): This NCI sponsored conference will host international leaders in the field of immunology and should provide an exciting forum for discussion and debate on the state of current understanding of basic immunological mechanisms. Topics will include Signaling and Effector Cell Function; Lympho...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:19 PM

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:19 PM

(CIT): This NCI sponsored conference will host international leaders in the field of immunology and should provide an exciting forum for discussion and debate on the state of current understanding of basic immunological mechanisms. Topics will include Signaling and Effector Cell Function; Lympho...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:19 PM

(CIT): Dr. Michael M. Gottesman, the Deputy Director for Intramural Research at NIH, will be the featured program speaker for the next NIH Diversity Seminar Series sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management. Join us to celebrate diversity in a multicultural workforce. ...

From: NIH on Tue, Sep 16 2008 7:16 PM

(CIT): NIH plans and strategies to sustain mission critical functions during a pandemic or other emergency situation.