Coulter Seminar Series Presents: Rehabilitation Engineering “Biological and Bionic hands: Natural Neural Coding and Artificial Perception” Sliman Bensmaia, PhD Associate Professor Department of Biology and Anatomy University of Chicago Dr. Sliman Bensmaia received a B.A. in Cognitive Science from the University of Virginia in 1995, and a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of…

MBS Neuroscience Faculty Candidate “Protein Dosage and Neurological Disorders” Wednesday, November 30, 2016 12:15 pm CVM Main Building B112 - South Theater Vincenzo A. Gennarino, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Associate The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine The family of neurodegenerative disorders known as proteinopathies—whose most famous members are Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s…

"The Evolution of the Human Brain" Jon Kaas Distinguished Centennial Professor of Psychology Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Vanderbilt Brain Institute Vanderbilt University 3:30 pm – 3503 Thomas Hall (See details below) 7:30 pm – Daily Planet Café, NC Museum of Natural Sciences (Downtown Raleigh) Kaas's major research interests are in the evolution…

"Decoding the Receptors Controlling Animal Behavior in Drosophila" Craig Montell Duggan Professor and Distinguished Professor Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology University of California at Santa Barbara A central question in neurobiology is how animal behavior and decision making is controlled by the environment. Using molecular genetic, electrophysiological, biochemical and cell biological approaches in the fruit…