CNS Past Events 2004-2005


9/17/04
"Neurodegenerative Disease: Expression Levels of Normal Sequence Pathogenic Proteins
          Contribute to Risk of Disease"
John Hardy, Ph.D.
Chief, Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute on Aging
Hosted by the Interdepartmental Program in Biomedical Neuroscience (IPBN)


9/22/04 CNS Welcome Reception


9/23/04 The NeuroBowl
A fun filled night of Neurological Trivia with the best and the brightest in Boston.
Hosted by the Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry (BSNP)


10/8/04
"The Cell Biology of Parkinson's Disease: Convergent Mechanisms Targeting Mitochondria and the Proteasome"
Ben Wolozin, M.D., Ph.D.
Dept. of Pharmacology, BUSM
Hosted by the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department


10/13/04
Alzheimer's Disease Clinico-Pathological Conference
Ann McKee, M.D.
Dept. of Pathology, BUSM


10/15/04
"Alzheimer's Disease: From Disease-Causing Genes to New Drugs"
Steven M. Paul, M.D.
Executive Vice President for Science & Technology and President of Lilly Research Labs, Eli Lilly & Company
Hosted by the Interdeparmental Program in Biomedical Neuroscience (IPBN)


11/18/04 "A Night with a Master: The Art of Psychiatric Interview"
Hosted by the Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry (BSNP)

Watch a master psychiatrist conduct a live patient interview in this night of clinical excellence.
Dr. Leston Havens, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus, Harvard Medical School
Commentary by Elisa Ely, M.D. (Nationally syndicated commentator)


11/19/04 "Making Drugs"
Dennis W. Choi, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Vice President for Neuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories
Hosted by the Interdepartmental Program in Biomedical Neuroscience (IPBN)


12/6/04
"Neuroimaging of AIDS"
Ramon Gilberto Gonzalez, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief of Neuroradiology, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
http://www.massgeneralimaging.org/Staff/gonzalez_gilberto.html
Hosted by the Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)


12/8/04
Brain Cutting
Thomas L. Kemper, M.D.
Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Pathology, and Neurology, BUSM

Click here to see pictures from this event


1/20/05 "The Fantastic Voyage Into the Base of the Brain"
Carl Heilman, M.D.
Hosted by the Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry (BSNP)

Not since Isaac Asimov's Fantastic Voyage has there been a trip into the human brain like this night out.  Dr. Carl Heilman will
take us on a remarkable voyage with a unique surgeon's eye view and unbelievable graphics and in situ photography.
You have to be there and see this!


2/9/05 Post-Neuroscience Reception and Neuropathology Slide Presentation by Dr. Kemper


2/16/05 Tour of the Biomedical Imaging Center, BUMC


3/17/05
Cobb Assembly: A Night of Resident Research
Hosted by the Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry (BSNP)


3/24/05
"Integrated Analysis of Memory Processes in the Mouse Brain"
Joe Z. Tsien, Ph.D.
Dept. of Pharmacology, BUSM
Hosted by the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department


4/7/05
"Myasthenia Gravis"
Janice F. Wiesman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology, BUSM
Hosted by the Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)


4/21/05
"A Journey Through Headache"
Brian McGeeney, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Neurology, BUSM
Hosted by the Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)


4/28/05
Developmental Neuropathology: "Irradiation-induced altered corticogenesis and the pathogenesis of epilepsy"
Miguel Marin-Padilla, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Emeritus (Active), Dartmouth Medical School
Visiting Scientist in Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic
Hosted by the Anatomy and Neurobiology Department


5/5/05
Denny-Brown Lecture
Hosted by the Boston Society of Neurology and Psychiatry (BSNP)

Stem Cells, Neural Precursors, and Brain Circuitry Repair
"Neural Circuitry Repair and Stem Cell Biology in Parkinson's Disease" - Ole Isacson, M.D., Ph.D.
"Repair of Corticospinal Circuitry by Induction of Neurogenesis and Directed Differentiation
          of Neural Precursors" - Jeff Macklis, M.D., Ph.D.


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