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February 2011
2/18/11—Wiley Seminar Series: Akihiro Ikeda, DVM, PhD, "Genetic Modifier of Retinoschisis"
2/25/11—"Boundaries of Disability Symposium" (afternoon session at Waisman Center). pdf
January 2011
1/20/11—Town Hall Meeting: Anti-Spam Controls (pdf)
1/28/11—Wiley Seminar Series: Jon E. Levine, PhD, “Sex, Drives, and Body Weights: Functions of Non-classical ERalpha Signaling in Brain”
1/29/11—Autism Day with the Experts (pdf)
December 2010
12/1/10—Cluster Hire Candidate Seminar: Xinyu Zhao, PhD, "Towards the Understanding of the Mechanisms Governing Neurogenesis" (pdf)
12/7/10—Zu Rhein Lecture: David N. Louis, MD, " Changing Concepts in the Understanding of Malignant Gliomas"
12/14/10—CMN Core Seminar: Lingjun Li, PhD, "Developing Mass Spectrometry-Based Tools to Advance Neuroscience Research"
November
11/5/10—Harry Waisman Memorial Lecture: Alan Percy, MD, “Rett Syndrome and Autism: Exploring Possible Linkages”
11/6/10—First Annual Down Syndrome Day with the Experts "Advancing Knowledge about Down Syndrome Across the Life Course" (pdf)
11/9/10—Guest Lecture: Aaron Bishop, MS, "From Bascom Hill to Capitol Hill: A Foundation For a Strong Future" (pdf)
11/12/10—Wiley Seminar Series: Chiara Cirelli, MD, PhD, "Sleep and Synaptic Homeostasis"
11/19/10—Wiley Seminar Series: Myriam Gorospe, PhD, “mRNA-Binding Factors Coming of Age in Neuronal Systems”
11/27/10—8th Annual David Busta Basketball for Stem Cell Research at the Waisman Center
October
10/1/10—Sonja Rasmussen, MD, “Down Syndrome: What We Can Learn from Epidemiology”
10/6/10—Caroline Thompson Memorial Lecture: Laura Gitlin, PhD, "Small Changes, Big Effects: The Role of Psycho-Socialenvironmental Interventions in Enhancing Well-being in Older Adults and Family Caregivers"
10/7/10—Special Presentation: Synchrotron Based Chemical Imaging Workshop (pdf)
10/8/10—Wiley Seminar Series: Janine LaSalle, PhD, "Epigenetics at the Interface of Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorders".
10/16/10—Fragile X Open House for Parents and Families (pdf)
10/16/10—Fragile X Open House for Parents and Families (pdf)
10/22/10—Faculty Candidate Seminar: Sandy van Calcar, PhD, RD, "Nutritional Management of PKU with Glycomacropeptide from Cheese Whey" (pdf)
10/29/10—Town Hall Meeting: Carl Gulbrandsen, PhD, JD, WARF: Intellectual Property and Scientific Disclosures (pdf)
September
9/7/10—NeuroDegeneration and NeuroRegeneration Seminar Series: Cindy Carlsson, MD, MS, "The Effects of Simvastatin on CSF, MRI, and Cognitive Biomarkers in Middle-aged Adults at Risk for AD:The ESPRIT Study"
9/10/10—Biochemical Genetics Guest Lecture: Keith Hyland, PhD, "CSF Neurotransmitter Metabolites and Related Compounds - Emphasis on Inborn Errors and Early Onset Seizure Disorders" (pdf)
9/14/10—Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience Core Guest Lecture: Kevin Eliceiri, PhD, "Biophotonics: Computational and Optical Advances in Multi-dimensional Live Cell Imaging" (pdf)
August
8/3/10—Current topics in Genome Analysis: Genome-Wide Association Studies (Karen Mohlke, UNC)
8/10/10—Current topics in Genome Analysis: Large Scale Expression Analysis (Paul Meltzer, NIH)
July
7/6/10—Current topics in Genome Analysis: Mining Data from Genome Browsers (Tyra Wolfsberg, NHGRI)
7/13/10—Current topics in Genome Analysis: Next-Generation Sequencing Technologies (Elliot Margulies, NHGRI)
7/20/10—Current topics in Genome Analysis: Regulatory and Epigenetic Landscapes of Mammalian Genomes (Laura Elnitski, NHGRI)
7/27/10—Current topics in Genome Analysis: Introduction to Population Genetics (Lynn Jorde, University of Utah)
June
6/15/10—Current topics in Genome Analysis: "The Genome Landscape circa 2010"
6/22/10—Current topics in Genome Analysis: Biological Sequence Analysis
6/2910—Current topics in Genome Analysis: Biological Sequence Analysis II
May
5/4/10—Li Li, Ph.D candidate "Wnt signaling in cortical axon outgrowth and guidance."
5/6 - 5/9/10—R Workshop with John Fox, PhD (pdf)
5/7/10—Yang Shi, PhD, "Epigenetic Regulation in Mental Retardation"
5/24/10—Rachel Keen, PhD, "Problem Solving in Infants and Young Children"
5/23/10—Friends of the Waisman Center Spring Concert: Sotavento
5/27/10—Fashion Show for All Abilities (pdf)
Spring 2010—Children's Theatre Schedule
April
4/21- 4/22/10—16th Annual Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion Neuroplasticity of Emotion: Psychopathology & Treatment
4/21/10—Technical Computing with MATLAB
4/30/10—Special Presentation: Elizabeth S. Spelke, PhD, Origins of Abstract Knowledge: Natural Geometry"
4/28/10—Third Annual Poster Fair and Reception (pdf)
March 2010
3/4/10—Youming Lu, PhD "EPAC Regulation of Glutamate Release in Some Neurological Disorders"
3/5/10—Eric Klann, PhD, "Mouse Models of Mental Retardation: Molecules, Synapses, and Behavior"
February 2010
2/4/10—Special Presentation: Michal Amit, PhD, “Suspension Culture of Pluripotent Stem Cells”
2/5/10—Wiley Seminar Series: Jeffrey Golden, MD, "Deciphering the BMP Signaling Pathway’s Role in Cognitive Development and Intellectual Disabilities"
2/12/10—Wiley Seminar Series: Martha Alibali, PhD, "Understanding Change in Mathematics Learning: Lessons from the Lab and the Classroom"
2/19/10—Wiley Seminar Series: Mark H. Lewis, PhD, "Repetitive Behavior in Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Etiology, Pathophysiology, and Treatment"
2/25/10—Special Presentation: Joint Small Animal Imaging Seminar
January 2010
1/5/10—NeuroDegeneration and NeuroRegeneration Seminar Series: Albee Messing, VMD, PhD, Tracy Hagemann, PhD, "Astrocytes as Instigators of Neurodegeneration: The Alexander Disease Experience."
1/20/10—Faculty Candidate Talk: Lisa Schimmenti, MD, "Developmental Eye Defects"
1/22/10—Wiley Seminar Series: John Denu, PhD, "Epigenetics and the packaging of DNA: A view from the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery"
1/25/10—Special Presentation: Ian Rowland, PhD, “Preclinical MR Imaging at 4.7 T”
1/29/10—Wiley Seminar Series: Katherine Magnuson, PhD, "Returning to School: Maternal Education and Children's Early Learning"
1/30/10—Special Presentation: Autism Day with the Experts, “Optimizing Outcomes for Children and Families”
December 2009
December 4, 2009
Wiley Seminar Series—Adam Gamoran, PhD, "Effects of Social Capital on Child Outcomes: First-Year Results from an Experimental Study"
12/3/09—Town Hall Meeting: Post Award Allowable Costs and Transfers
November 13, 2009
Wiley Seminar Series—Ellen Carpenter, PhD, "Some Like It Hox: Transcription Factors and Spinal Cord Patterning"
November 6, 2009
Wiley Seminar Series—Shan Ping Yu, MD, PhD, "Combination Stem Cell Transplantation Therapy for Ischemic Stroke"
11/2/09—Core Services Town Hall Meeting
October 30, 2009
Wiley Seminar Series: Isaac Pessah, PhD, "Gene x Environment Interactions contributing to Autism: Lessons Learned from the UC Davis Center for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention."
October 23, 2009
Terrence R. Dolan Lecture—Ralph Adolphs, PhD, “The Social Neuroscience of Face Perception”
October 16, 2009
Mayor Paul Memorial Lecture—Heidi Feldman, MD, PhD, “Exploring the Role of White Matter in Thinking and Language Skills: Studies of Children Born Prematurely”
10/2/09—Wiley Seminar Series: Nancy Ratner, PhD, "Timing and Tumorigenesis in Neurofibromatosis"
9/25/09 —Wiley Seminar Series: Craig Berridge, PhD, "The Pharmacology of ADHD: Catecholamines and the Prefrontal Cortex"
9/18/09—Wiley Seminar Series: Jenny Saffran, PhD, “Beyond Nature Versus Nurture: Changing Views of Infant Language Acquisition”
7/20/09—Friends of the Waisman Center: Annual Golf Benefit Bishops Bay Country Club
6/25/09—Faculty Candidate Seminar: Peter Todd, MD, PhD, "Non-Coding Repeat Expansions in
Neurodegenerative Diseases”
5/1/09—Mayor Paul Memorial Lecture: Sally J. Rogers, PhD, "Research Into Infant-Toddler Interventions for ASD"
4/24/09—Wiley Seminar Series: David H. Rowitch, MD, PhD, "A developmental perspective on brain cancer and neurological disease"
4/19/09—Friends of the Waisman Center: 2009 Spring Benefit Concert The Ancora String Quartet
4/15/09—Waisman Research Ethics: Conflict of Interest issues for emerging scientists
4/3/09—Wiley Seminar Series: Patrizia Casaccia, MD, PhD, "Defining the epigenetic events at the transition between cell cycle and differentiation"
3/26/09—Special Event: Dhamma Brothers, documentary and panel discussion
3/4/09—Special Event: Waisman Center Poster Fair
2/27/09— Wiley Seminar Series: Peter Todd, MD, PhD, "Mechanisms of RNA mediated Neurodegeneration in Fragile X Tremor Ataxia Syndrome"
2/20/09— Wiley Seminar Series: Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, "Charting the Typical and Atypical Development of the Social Brain"
2/13/09— Wiley Seminar Series: William B. Rizzo, MD, ”Molecular and Biochemical Pathogenesis of Sjögren-Larsson Syndrome”
2/6/09— Wiley Seminar Series: Jong M. Rho, MD, "Metabolic Regulation of Neuronal Excitability"
12/12/08— Wiley Seminar Series: John Svaren, PhD, "Genetic regulation of Peripheral Nerve Myelination: Spiraling under control"
12/5/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Andrew Alexander, PhD, "Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Brain in Autism: Macrostructure, Microstructure and Connectivity"
12/4/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Richard E. Paylor, PhD, “Mouse Models of Human Genetic Developmental Disorders: Has Anyone Seen My Universal Translator?”
11/8/09—Special Event: The 5th Annual “A Day with the Experts” Autism Research Presentations and a Panel of People on the Autism Spectrum
11/7/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Peter Rosenbaum, MD, FRCP(C), "The Story of the CanChild Motor Development Program"
10/31/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Jonas H. Ellenberg, PhD, "Evidence Based Medicine--It's only as good as the evidence!"10/24/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Katheleen Gardiner, PhD, "Molecular Basis Of Cognitive Impairments In Down Syndrome And Mouse Models"
10/17/08—Harry Waisman Memorial Lecture: Scott L. Pomeroy, MD, PhD, "Developmental Derangements that Promote the Growth of Embryonal Brain Tumors"
10/10/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Daniel Armstrong, PhD, "Neurodevelopmental consequences of childhood chronic illness and its treatment: Implications for intervention and prevention"10/3/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Philip David Zelazo, PhD, "Mechanisms underlying the development of executive function"
9/26/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Keqiang Ye, PhD, "Neurotrophins-mediated Signaling Cascades in Neuronal Survival"
9/19/08—Wiley Seminar Series: Jan Edwards, PhD, "Phonological development: The acquisition of a (really) complexsystem"
9/15/08—Wiley Seminar Series: David Hessl, PhD, "Thinking Outside the Box: New Neurophysiological and Behavioral Tools for Clinical Research in Neurodevelopmental Disorders"June 5, 2008
Special Presentation—Karl H. Pfenninger, MD, "The Nerve Growth Cone and Intellectual Disabilities"
May 2, 2008
Seminar Series—Rhea Paul, PhD, "The Lonely Crowd: Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorders"
April 11, 2008
Seminar Series—Lily Hechtman, MD, FRCP, "Multimodal Treatment Studies for Children with ADHD"
April 4, 2008
Seminar Series—Xinyu Zhao, PhD, "Epigenetic Regulation of Neurogenesis and Brain Development"
March 7, 2008
Mayor Paul Memorial Lecture—Elena Grigorenko, PhD, "Reading the Genome for Genes for Reading"
February 29, 2008
Harry A. Waisman Memorial Lecture—Mark Batshaw, MD "Urea Cycle Disorders: A Rare Genetic Disorder Causing Developmental Disabilities"
February 22, 2008
Terrence R. Dolan Lecture—Roger Reeves, PhD, “Therapies for - and from - Down syndrome”
January 31, 2008
Special Presentation—Jeffrey L. Neul, MD, PhD, "Rett Syndrome: Knowledge from the Clinic and the Laboratory"
January 25, 2008
Seminar Series—Paul Pencharz, MB, ChB, PhD, FRCP(C), "Recent Advances in our Understanding of Protein & Amino Acid Requirement in Health & Disease"
January 24, 2008
Special Presentation—Indestructible, a documentary film by Ben Byer
December 7, 2007
Seminar Series—Ruth Litovsky, PhD; "Bilateral Cochlear Implants in Children: Current Progress and Future Possibilities"
November 30, 2007
Seminar Series—Michael Aman, PhD; "Thirty Years of Drug Research: Fun, Frustration, and Future"
October 26, 2007
Seminar Series—John Crabbe, PhD; "Genes for What? Phenotypes, Environments, and Mouse Behavioral Genetics"
October 12, 2007
Seminar Series—Samuel David, PhD; "Iron-Mediated Free Radical Injury in CNS Trauma and Neurological Disease"
October 5, 2007
Seminar Series—Ken Pugh, PhD; "Methodological Issues in Neuroimaging Studies of Skilled Reading and Reading Disability: Establishing Brain/Behavior Links"
May 25, 2007
Seminar Series—Lingjun Li, PhD: "A Peptidomic
Approach to Neuromodulation of a Small Neural Network"
May 22, 2007
Special Presentation—Jonathan
Slack,PhD; "Regeneration of Spinal Cord and Muscle in a Vertebrate"
May 17, 2007
Special Presentation—Professor
Ian Wilmut; "From Stem Cells to the Clinic: Our plans in Edinburgh"
May 10, 2007
Seminar Series—Evan
Eichler, PhD; “Genome Structure, Copy Number Variations, and Human Disease”
May 4, 2007
Seminar Series—Michael
E. Greenberg, PhD; “Signaling Networks That Regulate Synapse
Development and Cognitive Function”
April 20, 2007
Seminar Series—Deborah
A. Fein, PhD; "Can Children With Autism Recover?"
March 16, 2007
Seminar Series—Richard
Paylor, PhD; "Anxiety, Social Interactions, and the Role of Genetic Background
in a Mouse Model of Fragile X Syndrome"
March 2, 2007
Terrence R. Dolan Lecture—David
Amaral, PhD; "Neurobiological Approaches to the Analysis of Autism"
February 9, 2007
Seminar Series—Maureen
Durkin, PhD; "What's In A Number? The Prevalence Of Autism Spectrum Disorders In
Wisconsin And Why It Matters"
February 6, 2007
Special Presentation—Don
W. Cleveland, PhD; "From Charcot to Lou Gehrig: Gene Silencing Therapy for ALS"
February 2, 2007
Mayor Paul Memorial Lecture—J.
Bruce Tomblin, PhD; "Genetics
Of Developmental Language Impairment: Pathways To Cognitive Systems For
Language"
January 26, 2007
Seminar Series—Gabriela
Gebrin Cezar, DVM, PhD; "Metabolomics Of Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Seeking
Biochemical Pathways Of Acquired Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
January 25, 2007
Special Presentation—Robert
S. B. Clark, MD; "Sex in Cells and Brain Injury"
December 8, 2006
Seminar Series—Garet
Lahvis, PhD; “Genetic influences on social motivations in adolescent mice”
December 1, 2006
Seminar Series—Laura J. Knoll, PhD; "Toxoplasma gondii: A pathogen of the developing brain"
November 17, 2006
Seminar Series—Lee Anna Cunningham, PhD; “Proteolytic regulation of death receptor signaling in cerebral ischemia”
November 10, 2006
Seminar Series—John H. Gilmore, MD; “Imaging early human brain development”
November 6,
2006
Special Presentation—Larry
Burd, PhD, "A 25 Year Statewide Study Of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders"
November 3,
2006
Seminar Series—Frank Symons, PhD; “Self-Injury in Developmental Disabilities: Biobehavioral Analyses of Stress
and Pain Mechanisms”
October 27, 2006
Seminar Series—Laurent Mottron, PhD; “Autistic cognition: From deficit to difference”
October 13, 2006
Special Presentation—Don
Bailey, PhD, Topic: Newborn Screening
October 6, 2006
Seminar Series—David
H. Gutmann, MD, PhD; “What mouse models can teach us about human brain
tumors”
September 29, 2006
Seminar Series—Allan
Reiss, MD; “Neuroimaging of developmental disorders: Autism and Fragile X”
September 25, 2006
Special Presentation—Daniel
Levitin, PhD; Topic: Music and Williams Syndrome
September 15, 2006
Seminar Series—Deborah Fidler, PhD; "Behavioral phenotypes and development: Implications for Intervention"
August 15, 2006
Special Event—Friends
of the Waisman Center Annual Reception
July 14, 2006
Plain Talk—6th
and 7th floor South Tower renovation
June 15, 2006
Guest Seminar—Peggy
S. Eis, PhD; Ultra-High
Resolution Oligonucleotide Array CGH for Genome-Wide Detection of Chromosomal
Gains and Losses
June 8, 2006
Guest Seminar—Peggy
S. Eis, PhD; Ultra-High
Resolution Oligonucleotide Array CGH for Genome-Wide Detection of Chromosomal
Gains and Losses
May 26, 2006
Special Presentation—Karmen Yoder, Ph.D., Happy
Hour in the PET Scanner: Dopamine When You Least Expect It
May 5, 2006
Biobehavioral Seminar—Mark
F. Bear, PhD, The mGluR Theory of Fragile X Mental Retardation
April 21, 2006
Terrence R. Dolan Lecture—Julie
Korenberg, MD, PhD, Williams Syndrome: Genes, Brain, and Behavior
April 12, 2006
Research Participation
Core Seminar—Wendy
Stone, PhD, Early Diagnosis and Development of Autism
April 11,
2006
Research Ethics Series—Publication
Ethics
April 7, 2006
Mayor Paul Lecture—Carolyn
Mervis, PhD, Williams Syndrome: Cognition, Personality, and
Genotype/Phenotype Correlations
April 6, 2006
Statistics Series—Mary
Lindstrom, PhD, Nonlinear Regression: When a straight line doesn't fit
March 31, 2006
Statistics Series—John
Rubenstein, MD, PhD Genetic Mechanisms that Contribute to Development of the
Cerebral Cortex
March 9, 2006
Special Event—Eli
Hatchwell, MD, PhD, A New Paradigm For Complex Disease - The Case Of Autism
March 8,
2006
Research Ethics Series—How
(and how much) should research participants be compensated?
March 2, 2006
Statistics Series—Daniel
Bolt, PhD, Latent Variable Models for Measurement of Growth
February 10, 2006
Biobehavioral Seminar—Jacob
Burack, PhD, Developing Developmental Theories of Developmental Disorders:
Examples from the Study of Attention
February 6,
2006
Research Ethics Series—Responding
to unexpected situations in research settings
February 3,
2006
Biobehavioral Seminar—Su-Chun
Zhang, MD, PhD, Embryonic stem cells: window to early human development
February 2, 2006
Statistics Series—Christina
Kendziorski, PhD, Top 10 things you should know about analyzing
microarray data
January 27, 2006
Biobehavioral Seminar—Jeffrey
Johnson, PhD, The Nrf2-ARE Pathway in Neurodegenerative Diseases
January 20, 2006
Special Event—Lynne
A. Werner PhD Can Human Infants Cope with Auditory Uncertainty?
December 8, 2005
Statistics Series—Moo
Chung, PhD, Brain-behavior partial correlation in MRI
December 2, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Ruth
Benca, M.D., Ph.D. Sleep Disorders in Children
November 18, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Jeffrey
Johnson, Ph.D., The Nrf2-ARE Pathway in Neurodegenerative Diseases
November 11, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Ann
Kaiser, Ph.D., Developmental Effects of Early Language Intervention for
Children with Mental Retardation
November 8, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Paul
Yoder, Ph.D., Predicting Differential Response to Communication
Interventions: Methods and Results from an Example with Children with Autism
November 4, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Jacqueline
N. Crawley, Ph.D., Designing Mouse Behavioral Tasks Relevant to the Symptoms
of Autism
October 27, 2005
Janet Lainhart, MD, Psychiatric Co-morbidity
in Autism: Implications for Imaging Research
October 25, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Grace
Baranek, Ph.D., OTR/L Detecting Early Signs of Developmental Disabilities
through Retrospective Video Analysis
October 19, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Jane
Roberts, Ph.D. Arousal in Fragile X Syndrome
October 14, 2005
Waisman Memorial Lecture—Mark
Lewis, Ph.D. Restricted, Repetitive Behavior in Developmental Disorders:
Clinical and Pre-Clinical Findings
October 7, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Margaret
Burchinal, Ph.D., Methods for Analyzing Longitudinal Data: Person-Centered
and Individual Differences Approaches
September 16, 2005
Mayor Paul Memorial Lecture—Mary
Ann Romski, Ph.D., Comparing Early Language Interventions for Toddlers with
Significant Communication Disorders and Developmental Delays
September 9, 2005
Biobehavioral Seminar—Henry
Paulson, M.D., Ph.D., RNA Interference as Therapy for Neurodegenerative
Diseases: An Update
June 9-11, 2005
SRCLD
Conference—Symposium
on Research in Child Language Disorders
April 29, 2005
Spring Seminar Series—Susan Hepburn,
Ph.D., Early
Development of Children with Autism
April 12, 2005
Waisman Center MRDDRC
Brown Bag Seminars—Jon
Tapp, New Advancements in Behavioral Observation Systems
April 7-8, 2005
2005 Health Emotions
Symposium: Genes & Emotions
Sponsored by the Health Emotions
Institute and the Waisman Center
April 1, 2005
Terrence
R. Dolan Lecture—Pat Levitt, Ph.D. The Interneuron as a Point of Convergence in
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
March 11, 2005
Spring Seminar Series—Daniel Geschwind,
M.D., Ph.D. Finding Autism Genes in Spite of Heterogeneity
March 9, 2005
Spring Seminar Series—Catherine Lord, Ph.D. Early Diagnosis of Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders
February 25, 2005
Spring Seminar Series—Claire Coles, PhD. Maternal Substance Abuse and
Developmental Outcome at School Age
February 11, 2005
Spring Seminar Series—John H.
Wolfe, V.M.D., Ph.D. AAV Gene Transfer
Strategies for
Treating Global CNS Lesions
February 10, 2005
Chris Thorn, Ph.D., From Video Diving to VOIP: New
Technologies for Educational and Social Science Research."
December 9, 2004
Special Presentation—Paul
White, Managing Threatening Confrontations
December 3, 2004
Fall Seminar Series—Diane Gooding, Ph.D. Risk Factors & Developmental Antecedents of a Schizophrenia Spectrum Outcome
November 19, 2004
Fall Seminar Series—Waisman Memorial Lecture—Ami Klin, Ph.D. Eye-tracking Studies of Social Visual Engagement in Individuals with Autism
November 12, 2004
Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, M.D. CDC Surveillance and Research in Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities
November 5, 2004
Ed Riley, Ph.D. Effects of Prenatal Alcohol on Brain and Behavior
October 30, 2004
Special Presentation: Wisconsin Surveillance of Autism
& Other Developmental Disabilities
October 22, 2004
Fall Seminar Series—W. Ted Brown, M.D., Ph.D., Fragile X Syndrome: An Update
October 8, 2004
Fall Seminar Series—Mary Schneider, Ph.D., Moderate Level Fetal Alcohol Exposure and Prenatal Stress:
Neurobehavior, Dopamine Function and Gene X Environment Effects in a Non-human Primate Model
October 1, 2004
Fall Seminar Series—John Sweeney, Ph.D., Functional Brain Systems in Autism
September 21, 2004
Special Presentation—Katie
Clapp, Fragile X
Research - Making the Next Five Years Count A Parent’s Perspective
September 17, 2004
Fall Seminar Series—Jerry C.P. Yin, Ph.D., Drosophila as a
model for Neuronal Function and Dysfunction
August 17, 2004
UCEDD Special Presentation—Patti
Hackett, HRTW Co-Director, Why Didn't I Know this
Before: Tips and Tools For The Transition to Adulthood
August 14, 2004
Films in the Field—Shrek, Presented by the Friends of the Waisman Center & Entercom Madison
August 10, 2004
Friends of the Waisman Center—Annual
Reception & Student Award Presentations
July 19, 2004
Friends Golf Benefit—Proceeds
Support Many Waisman Programs
April 30, 2004
Spring Seminar Series—John Borkowski,
PH.D. Moving towards prevention: Lessons from research on adolescent
parenting
April 23, 2004
Spring Seminar Series—Maja Bucan, Ph.D. Mouse models for neuropsychiatric disorders: From ENU mutagenesis to
bioinformatics
April 16, 2004
Spring Seminar Series—James Bodfish,
Ph.D. Can repetitive behaviors produce functional environmental
deprivation in autism?
April 8, 2004
Spring Seminar Series—Daniel
Bonthius, MD, Ph.D, Congenital Infection with a
Neurotropic Virus: Anatomy of a Developmental Brain Disease
April 2, 2004
Mayor Paul Memorial Lecture—Mabel Rice,
Ph.D. Language growth of children with and without language impairments:
Timing mechanisms and linguistic distinctions
March 28, 2004
Friends of the Waisman Center Ninth Annual Benefit Concert— “Jazz for the Kid in All of Us”
March 26, 2004
Terrence Dolan Lecture—Keith Crnic, Ph.D. Stress across context and time: Implications for families of children with
early developmental delays
March 10, 2004
University Roundtable —Professor
Richard J. Davidson Transforming the Mind: Brain-body Interaction and
Well-being
February 13, 2004
Spring Seminar Series—Anthony Auger, Ph.D. Steroid hormone-independent and steroid receptor co-factor dependent activation of steroid receptors:
Relevance for sex differences in brain and behavior
January 30, 2004
Spring Seminar Series—Raymond Kent, Ph.D. Lessons learned from studies of speech development and neurogenic speech disorders (tentative title)
January 16, 2004
Spring Seminar Series—Michael McDonald,
Ph.D. Hyperactivity, Inattention, and Impulsive behavior in a novel mouse
model of ADHD
December 5, 2003
Fall Seminar Series—Christopher
Coe, Ph.D., Persistence Of Prenatal Influences On Infant Development And
Physiology
November 21, 2003
Fall Seminar Series—John H. Wolfe, V.M.D., Ph.D., Gene Therapy Strategies for the CNS in Animal Models of Lysosomal Storage Disorders
November 7, 2003
Fall Seminar Series—Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D., How Children Learn To Read And Why Some Fail: Integrating
Research On Reading Development, Instruction, And The Brain
November 6, 2003
Special Event—Jack M. Fletcher, Ph.D., Outcomes In Spina Bifida: Learning And The Brain
October 24, 2003
Fall Seminar Series—Jeffrey Golden, M.D., Mouse Models of Cell
Migration in Neural Development and Human Mental Retardation Syndromes
October 17, 2003
Fall Seminar Series—Daniel Goldowitz, Ph.D., Developmental Neurobiology of the Cerebellum: Genes, Behavior, and Mouse Models for Developmental Disorders
Oct 8, 2003
Celebration of Waisman Center's 30th Anniversary
September 19, 2003
Fall Seminar Series—H. Hill Goldsmith, Ph.D., Fearful
Temperament: Genetics, Developmental Change, and Association with Childhood Disorders
May 2, 2003
Spring Seminar Series—Wayne Silverman, Ph.D.,—The
Effects of Aging and Dementia on Cognition in Adults with Mental Retardation
April 25, 2003
Friends Annual Spring Concert—Classical guitarist Javier Calderón
April 11, 2003
Spring Seminar Series—Annette Karmiloff-Smith—Genotype/Phenotype Relations:
Why a Cognitive Developmental Perspective is Essential
March 28, 2003
Spring Seminar Series—Thomas Sutula, M.D., Ph.D.,—Adverse Consequences of
Seizures: Functional and Developmental Impacts
March 14, 2003
Terrence R. Dolan Inaugural Lecture—Guinevere Eden, Ph.D.—Functional
Brain Imaging Studies of Reading and Reading Disability
March 7, 2003
Spring Seminar Series—Adele Diamond, Ph.D. —Role of Prefrontal
Cortex and its Dopamine Projection in Phenylketonuria and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Feb 28, 2003
Spring Seminar Series - Kristi Shook Slack, Ph.D. -
Exploring the Link Between Poverty and Child Neglect
Feb 21, 2003
Spring Seminar Series - Mark S. Seidenberg, Ph.D.-
Reading and Dyslexia: A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach
Feb 7, 2003
Spring Seminar Series - Richard Davidson, Ph.D. -
The Autistic Brain: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know
January 28, 2003
Guest Lecturer - James S. Malter, MD,
“Amyloid Precursor Protein mRNA Regulation and Alzheimer’s Disease”
Nov 15, 2002:
Fall Seminar Series - Susan M. Smith - New Findings on How Alcohol
Damages the Fetus
Nov 8, 2002:
Fall Seminar Series - Connie Kasari - Randomized Treatment Studies
On Core Deficits In Young Children With Autism
Nov 8, 2002:
Fall Seminar Series - Kevin Staley - How do seizures start and stop?
Oct 18, 2002:
Fall Seminar Series - Elisabeth Dykens - Jigsaw Puzzles and Music:
Unusual Twists in the Behavioral Phenotypes of Prader-Willi and Williams Syndrome
Oct 11, 2002:
Fall Seminar Series - Gordon Mitchell - Spinal, Serotonin - Dependent
Respiratory Plasticity: Putative Role of BDNF
Oct 8-10, 2002:
Former Surgeon General David Satcher to visit Waisman
Oct 4, 2002:
Fall Seminar Series - Lauren Adamson - The Development of Joint Attention in Very Young Children with Autism
Sep 27, 2002:
Fall Seminar Series - Mark Lewis - Abnormal Repetition: Bio-Behavioral Effects of Genes and Experience
Aug 22, 2002:
Film - Secrets of the Sequence
Aug 13, 2002:
Friends of the Waisman Center's Annual Reception
Aug 8, 2002:
Refrigerator Mothers Encore
July 27, 2002
Bridges for Families 10 Year Anniversary Celebration
July 12, 2002
Fetal cortical development in Down syndrome: from mouse models to MRI studies
July 9, 2002
Special Preview Screening of the New Documentary Refrigerator Mothers
June 28, 2002
Brown Bag - Disability and Employment: The Bridges to Work Project
June 3, 2002
Brain Plasticity in Health and Disease Cluster Hiring Program
May 16, 2002
Biology and Transplantation of Stem and Progenitor Cells
May 4, 2002
Comprehensive Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
May 3, 2002
Friends of the Waisman Center Benefit Concert
May 3, 2002
fMRI of Vulnerable Brain Regions in People at Risk for AD
April 29, 2002
Neuroimaging in Alzheimer's Disease
April 26, 2002
Genetics of Autism
April 23, 2002
Isolation, Induction, and Use of Human Neural Stem Cells
April 19, 2002
Facilitating Social Inclusion in Work Settings
April 15, 2002
Molecular Mechanisms of Inherited Thyroid Diseases
April 12, 2002
Using Stem Cells to Model Down Syndrome
April 12, 2002
Neural basis of human temporal motor learning
April 11, 2002
Neurogenesis from Stem Cells in the Adult Brain
April 11, 2002
Where is 'Where' in the Auditory Cortex?
April 11, 2002
Consciousness of the Brain
April 10, 2002
Reading and the Brain: Implications for Teaching and the Treatment of Dyslexia
April 9, 2002
Child Abuse and the Developing Brain
April 8, 2002
Stem Cells and Brain Repair
April 4, 2002
Genetic Testing and Selection: A Response to the Disability Movement's Critique
March 1, 2002
Mouse Models of Alexander disease: From Genetics to Behavior?
February 15, 2002
Amphetamines, Catecholamines and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
January 24, 2002
DNA Methylation and Down Syndrome: Many Questions, But Not Many Answers
10/5/01
Core Seminar Series: "Stress and Affective Processes in Families Predicting Emerging Behavior Problems in Young Children with Developmental Delays"
10/12/01
Pharmaceutical Sciences Seminar (MS Word Doc)
10/19/01
Core Seminar Series: "Autism, Joint Attention and New Perspectives on Social-Brain Development"
9/21/01
Science, Politics, and the Media: Recent Findings for the NICHD Study of Early Child Care
9/13/01
Toward a Dyspraxic Subtype of Autism Spectrum Disorder