The 2007 M.R. Bauer Foundation
Colloquium Series, Distinguished Lecturer Series and Scientific Retreat

Introduction

The M.R. Bauer Colloquium Series

S. Murray Sherman, PhD
University of Chicago
"The Role of the Thalamus: Relay Functions and More"

Adrian Bird, PhD
University of Edinburgh
"DNA Methylation and Disease"

Gordon Fain, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
"Light, Calcium, and the Death of Photoreceptors"

David Lewis, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
"Dissecting the Disease Process of Schizophrenia: Role of Cortical GABA Neurons"

Larry Benowitz, PhD
Children's Hospital, Boston
"Rewiring the CNS after Injury"

Julie Kauer, PhD
Brown University
"LTP at GABAergic Synapses in the Reward Pathway"

Mark Bear, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Mechanisms for Visual Cortical Plasticity"

The M.R. Bauer Distinguished Lecturer Series Summaries

Richard Tsien, PhD
Stanford University
"Deciphering Fundamental Units of Neural Communication"

Tobias Bonhoeffer, PhD
Max Planck Institut fuer Neurobiologie
"How Activity Changes Synapses in the Mammalian Brain"

The M.R. Bauer Foundation Scientific Retreat &
Volen National Center for Complex Systems Annual Retreat

"Expanding Horizons"

Introduction & Agenda

Daniela Nicastro, PhD
Brandeis University
"The New Ice Age: Cryo-Electron Tomography"

Douglas Theobald, PhD
Brandeis University
"Procrustes Meets Theseus: Maximum Likelihood Superpositions"

Michael Hagan, PhD
Brandeis University
"Dynamic Pathway for Viral Capsid Assembly"

Paul Garrity, PhD
Brandeis University
"Feeling the Heat: Thermosensory Behavior in Drosophila"

Angela Gutchess, PhD
Brandeis University
"Memory Specificity with Age"