Seminars and Lectures 2018
Dean's Award Lecture in Neuroscience
How do Microglia & Microphages Influence Stroke Outcomes?
Jun Chen, MD, PhD
Richard K. Mellon Professor and Director
Pittsburgh Institute of Brain Disorders & Recovery
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, PA
12:00 p.m.
Friday
December 7, 2018
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Seminar in Neuroscience
Targeting NLRP3 inflammasomes for TBI and AD
Dong Sun, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology,
Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA
12:00 p.m.
Friday
November 9, 2018
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Chancellor's Award Lectrure in Neuroscience
Role of Zinc in Age-Related Macular Degeneration
using Community Based Eye Banks
Erik van Kuijk, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Neurosciences
Medical School, University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis, MN
3:30 p.m.
Wednesday
November 7, 2018
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Seminar in Neuroscience
The Association between Corneal Dendritic Cells, Corneal Nerve Morphology
Inflammatory Mediators and Neuropeptides
Lusia Holguin-Colorado, BAppSc(Optom), PhD
Postdoctoral research fellow, Anterior Eye Laboratory,
Institute for Health and Biomedical Innovation,
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
11:00 p.m.
Tuesday
November 6, 2018
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Dean's Award Lecture in Neuroscience
Novel Methodology for the Development of Early Diagnostics
of Parkinson's Disease
Michael V. Ugrumov, MD, PhD
Institute of Developmental Biology,
Russian Academy of Sciences
Director, Ltd. “Center of the Early Diagnostics of Neurodegenerative Disease”
Faculty of Psychology, National Research University
Higher School of Economy, Moscow, Russia
12:00 p.m.
Friday
November 2, 2018
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Bazan with Dr. Urgumov and Dr. Farris
Seminar in Neuroscience
Can We Use Nuclic Acids to Prevent
Toxic Protein Aggregation?
Scott Horowitz, PhD
Director, Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Germany
Cooperation Unit Leader, Innate Immunity in Neurodegeneration, DZNE Bonn, Germany
Adjunct Professor, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
3:30 p.m.
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Eric Knott, Scott Horowitz, Nicolas and Haydee Bazan and William Gordon
Dean's Award Lecture in Neuroscience and Medicine
NLRP3 inflammasome activation in atherosclerosis and
Alzheimer's disease: challenges and opportunities
Eicke Latz, MD PhD
Director, Institute of Innate Immunity, University of Bonn, Germany
Cooperation Unit Leader, Innate Immunity in Neurodegeneration, DZNE Bonn, Germany
Adjunct Professor, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
3:30 p.m.
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Latz with Dr. Nelson and Dr. Bazan upon presentation of award.
Chancellor's Award Lecture in Neuroscience and Medicine
12 Lipoxygenase, 12 (S)-HETE and
12-HETER receptor axis: then, now and tomorrow
Kenneth V. Honn, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Departments of Pathology,
Oncology and Chemistry & Director, Bioactive Lipids Research Program,
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2:00 p.m.
Monday
April 23, 2018
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Chancellor's Award Lecture in Neuroscience and Medicine
The p53 Family:
How does p73 cause neuronal defects?
Gerry Melino, MD, PhD, Dr Sci hc
Programme Leader, Medical Research Council (MRC),Toxicology Unit, University of Cambridge,
UK
Head of “Theme 2” on Genes-Environment interactions following toxic insults
Director of the Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery and
Professor of Biochemistry, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. Italy
12:00 p.m.
Friday
April 20, 2018
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Nicolas Bazan presenting the award to Dr. Melino with Dr. Moerschbaecher
Chancellor's Award Lecture in Neuroscience
The Happy Ending of Inflammation:
The Role of Polyunsaturated Lipid Mediators
Nicoas A. Petasis, PhD
Harold E. & Lillian M. Moulton Chair in Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology
Department of Chemistry, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences
School of Pharmacy, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Institute for Biomedical Therapeutics,
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
3:30 p.m.
Tuesday
March 13, 2018
8th Floor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence Conference Room
more info: zdavis@lsuhsc.edu
Dr. Nicolas Bazan presenting the award to Dr. Petasis
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