Neurobiology Symposium

Date/Time:	Friday, 17 May 2013 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Location:	Gateway Hotel and Conference Center
Cost:	Free
Contact:	Sandra Clark,
Phone:	515-294-8560
Channel:	College of Veterinary Medicine
Categories:	Conferences
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The event underscores the important link between basic academic research and real-world medical application, which embodies the core values of the University's new Health Research Initiative. This symposium will be of interest to veterinary doctoral students, pre-med majors, and students with neuroscience/neurobiology emphases. Registration is free to ISU faculty, staff, and students; please RSVP to http://doodle.com/6dw9zhfttx4vcqb4 by May 12.

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Hosted by the Iowa State University Office of Biotechnology, and the College of Veterinary Medicine's Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Department, along with the Iowa Center of Advanced Neurotoxicity (ICAN), and the Center for Advanced Host Defenses, Immunobiotics, and Translational Comparative Medicine (CAHDIT).

The symposium is being held in honor of Professor Emeritus Jim Bloedel, who has served ISU as Vice Provost for Research and Advanced Studies (2000-05) and as a Chair of BMS (2007-11). This event will highlight Dr. Bloedel's career achievements and contributions to the field of neurobiology.

Speakers
Anumantha Kanthasamy, "Novel translational strategy for Parkinson's disease"
Jau-Shin Lou, "Fatigue in Parkinson's Disease: pathophysiology and why we should care"
Donald Sakaguchi, "Stem cell-based strategies for nervous system rescue and repair"
Jerrold Vitek, "Deep Brain Stimulation"
Douglas McCreery, "Safety of electrical stimulation for Neuroprostheses and Neuromodulation"
Andrew Schwartz, "Progress toward a High-Performance Neural-Prosthetic"
Timothy Ebner, "A Purkinje Cell Perspective on Internal Models in the Cerebellum"
Matthew Milak, "In-vivo Molecular Brain Imaging in Affective Disorders"
Vlastislav Bracha, "Tonic interactions in cerebellar circuits"
Dagmar Timman-Braun, "Involvement of the human cerebellum in motor learning"
Florian Kolb, "Classical conditioning of the lower limb withdrawal reflex: Electrophysiological and biomechanical responses in standing patients with cerebellar disease and in control subjects"
Jian-Jun Wang, "Hypothalamic modulation on the cerebellum and vestibular nuclei: role in motor control and motor diseases"
Yuri Shimansky, "Two-phase strategy of movement control"
Miya Rand, "The effects of aging and task complexity on eye-hand coordination"