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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Mason – 2/13/2017

Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Mason – 2/13/2017

Hina Mehta (Associate Director, Office of Technology Transfer) Sean Mallon (Associate Vice President, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Office of the Provost) Bob Smith (Director, Mason Small Business Development Center, Mason Enterprise […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on Association of a functional polymorphism of the human CHRFAM7A gene with inflammatory response mediators after spinal cord injury – 1/23/2017

Association of a functional polymorphism of the human CHRFAM7A gene with inflammatory response mediators after spinal cord injury – 1/23/2017

Robert Lipsky, Ph.D. Director, Translational Research Inova Neurosciences Institute Inova Health System Abstract: A complex system of activated immune cells and cytokines contributes to the inflammatory response after spinal cord […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on Predicting How Genetic Mutations Can Cause Disease: Cardiac Arrhythmia as an Example – 12/5/2016

Predicting How Genetic Mutations Can Cause Disease: Cardiac Arrhythmia as an Example – 12/5/2016

Saleet Jafri Krasnow Institute George Mason University Abstract: Understanding how genetic variation manifests itself as phenotype is major unanswered question in biology.  We explore this issue in the context of […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on Non-invasive Neuronal Control – 11/28/2016

Non-invasive Neuronal Control – 11/28/2016

Rob Cressman Krasnow Institute George Mason University Abstract: Non-invasive specific control of brain activity requires the observation of generic brain dynamics, the identification of brain states, the selection of appropriate stimuli, and the actuation […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on Circuit analysis of posterior parietal function – 11/21/2016

Circuit analysis of posterior parietal function – 11/21/2016

Professor Rebecca Burwell Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences Brown University Abstract: Parahippocampal connections with posterior parietal cortex and the thalamus are well documented for the rodent and primate […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on The hitchhiker’s guide to optical voltage sensors and beyond – 11/7/2016

The hitchhiker’s guide to optical voltage sensors and beyond – 11/7/2016

Ted Dumas Krasnow Institute George Mason University Abstract: The Physiological and Behavioral Neuroscience in Juveniles (PBNJ) laboratory focuses on relating changes in brain function to changes in cognitive ability during […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on Challenges & successes in neuroscience data sharing – 10/31/2016

Challenges & successes in neuroscience data sharing – 10/31/2016

Giorgio Ascoli Krasnow Institute George Mason University Abstract: Although most neuroscientists have yet to embrace a culture of data sharing, the decade-long success story of NeuroMorpho.Org demonstrates how publicly available […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on Nature-inspired Computation – 10/24/2016

Nature-inspired Computation – 10/24/2016

Kenneth De Jong Krasnow Institute George Mason University Abstract: Historically, the field of Computer Science has developed from the fields of mathematics and engineering. While the influence of these fields […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on The Role of Dopamine, Calcium, and GPCR Pathways in Striatal Synaptic Plasticity – 10/17/2016

The Role of Dopamine, Calcium, and GPCR Pathways in Striatal Synaptic Plasticity – 10/17/2016

Avrama Blackwell Krasnow Institute George Mason University Abstract: The basal ganglia is a collection of brain areas involved in normal learning and motor behavior as well as diseases such as […]

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Monday Seminar, Past Monday Seminars | Comments Off on How do People Value the Future? – 9/26/2016

How do People Value the Future? – 9/26/2016

Rob Axtell Krasnow Institute George Mason University Other things being equal, people will accept less reward in the near term instead of more in the long run. This behavior is […]

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