Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG) Seminar Series
| Date & Time | Speaker | Title | Location |
| Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:00-1:00 |
Robert Nitsch, M.D., Ph.D. | "Lipid Signaling at the Glutamatergic Synapse: Involvement in Brain Network Function and Psychiatric Disorders" | Jordan 1-17 |
| Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:00-1:00 |
Paul Patterson, Ph.D. | “Gut-Brain-Immune Connections in Autism and Schizophrenia” | Jordan 1-17 |
| Thursday, October 3, 2013 | Sangram S. Sisodia, Ph.D. | TBA | |
Past BIG Events:
| Date & Time | Speaker | Title | Location |
| Monday, February 27, 2012 4:00 pm | David Hafler, M.D. | "Plasticity of Regulatory T Cells" | Jordan Hall, Room 1-17 |
| Friday, March 16, 2012 12 pm |
Michal Schwartz, Ph.D. | "Protective anti-self immunity: A paradigm shift in the perception of brain inflammation in health, neurodegenerative diseases, and age-related dementia" | Jordan Hall, Room 1-17 |
| Thursday, April 5, 2012 12-1 pm |
Dorian
McGavern, Ph.D. NINDS, NIH |
"Illuminating innate and adaptive immunity in the living brain" | MR-5, Room 3005 |
| Wednesday, April 11, 2012, 12-1 | Stephen D. Miller, Ph.D. | "Exploiting apoptosis for the induction of tolerance for the treatment of immune-mediated diseases" | Jordan Hall, Room 1-17 |
| Thursday, April 19, 2012, 12-1 pm | Daniel Lioy, Ph.D. | "Rett syndrome: an unexpected model for studying neuronal-glial interactions" | MR-5, Room 3005 |
| Thursday, May 17, 2012, 12-1 pm | Pedro Lowenstein, M.D., Ph.D. | "How glioma cells form brain tumors: growth patterns and their therapeutic implications" | Jordan Hall, Room 1-17 |
| Thursday, June 21, 2012, 12-1 pm | Lisa Boulanger, Ph.D. | "What's histocompatibility got to do with it? Neuronal functions of MHCI proteins." | Jordan Hall, Room 1-17 |
| Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012 12:00-1:00 |
Beth Stevens, Ph.D. | "Pruning CNS Synapses: An Active Role for Glia and the Complement Cascade" | Jordan G1 & G2 |
| Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 1:30-2:30 |
Michael
V. Sofroniew, M.D., Ph.D. |
"Astrocyte Roles in CNS Disorders" | Jordan 1-17 |
| Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012 12:00-1:00 |
Maria Castro, Ph.D. | "Brain Tumors influence hematopoietic myeloid cells' development: Impact of effective anti-tumor immunity" | Jordan Meeting Room 1 |
| Thursday, October 25, 2012 12:00-1:00 |
UVa Faculty: Michael J. McConnell, Ph.D. | "Revealing the Tinkerer: Evolutionary Neuroimmunology" | MR-5, Room 3005 |
| note: day change Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 12:00-1:00 |
Stefano Pluchino, M.D., Ph.D. | "Naturally-occurring
secreted membrane nanovesicles and therapeutic neural stem cell
plasticity" |
Jordan 1-17 |
| Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 note: time change 1:30-2:30 |
Yaniv Ziv, Ph.D. | "Time-lapse imaging of calcium dynamics in CA1 place cells of freely behaving mice" | Jordan 1-17 |
| Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 note: time change 1:30-2:30 |
Polly Matzinger, Ph.D. | Student invited speaker | Jordan 1-14 |
| Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 12:00-1:00 |
Koji Takahashi, Ph.D. | "Opto-glia: Using light to probe the function of astrocytes in normal and epileptic circuits" | Jordan 1-17 |
| Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 12:00-1:00 |
Richard M. Ransohoff, M.D. | "Monocytes and Microglia: Kith or Kin" | Jordan 1-5 |
| Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:00-1:00 |
Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D. | "Neurovascular Interactions in Neuroinflammation: Mechanisms, Imaging, and Therapeutic Potential" | Jordan 1-14 |
| Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:00-1:00 |
Brian Kaspar, Ph.D. | "Cellular Culprits in the Neurodegenerative disease - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" | Jordan 1-14 |
| Thursday, April 4, 2013 12:00-1:00 | Alexandre Prat, M.D. | "Brain morphogens and regulation of CNS immunity" | Jordan 1-17 |
| Thursday, April 18, 2013 12:00-1:00 | David Spray, Ph.D. | "Bidirectional connexin and pannexin signaling in trigeminal ganglion: role in orofacial pain" | Jordan 1-14 |
| Thursday, May 9, 2013 12:00-1:00 |
Philip G. Haydon, Ph.D. | "Astrocytes in the control of synapses, networks and behavior" | Jordan 1-17 |
Past Lectures:
Neuroimmunology
Lecture Series Schedule
