NS221 - 2008-2009
Current Topics in Neuroscience

Course Director: Antonello Bonci and Linda Noble
E-mail: antonello.bonci@ucsf.edu and linda.noble@ucsf.edu

First class:
See schedule below for dates and locations.
Fall--Mission Bay
Winter--Parnassus
Spring--Mission Bay

Course Description:
Ten seminars from the Neuroscience formal seminar series will be chosen to form the basis of this course. The seminars, spread out over the 3 quarters, will represent a wide diversity of topics. In advance of the seminar, students will read and discuss background literature pertaining to the topic, including papers presenting conflicting points of view. The papers will be selected by the instructors in consultation with the seminar speakers. Students will attend the seminar and meet with the speakers after the seminar. The letter grade and 3 credits will be given at the conclusion of the spring quarter.

Course Materials:
Materials will be located to the right as they are added.

MB=Mission Bay
PH=Parnassus

Class Schedule:

Date	Time	Location	Formal Seminar Speaker that week	Lecturer
Fall
10/21/08 Tuesday	5:30-7:30pm	MB-GH S271	Mel Feany	Fen-Biao Gao
10/24/08 Friday	9-10am	MB-GH S271	Mel Feany	Fen-Biao Gao
12/2/08 Tuesday	5:30-7:30pm	MB-GH S271	Kang Shen	Erik Ullian
12/5/08 Friday	9-10am	MB-GH S271	Kang Shen	Erik Ullian
Winter
1/13/09 Tuesday	5:30-7:30pm	PH-S168	Gene Robinson	Allison Doupe
1/16/09 Friday	10-11am	PH-S18	Gene Robinson	Allison Doupe
1/20/09 Tuesday	5:30-7:30pm	PH-S168	Rene Hen	Mark von Zastrow
1/23/09 Friday	9-10am	PH-S170	Rene Hen	Mark von Zastrow
2/10/09 Tuesday	5:30-7:30pm	PH-S168	Massimo Scanziani	Anatol Kreitzer
2/13/09 Friday	9-10am	PH-S170	Massimo Scanziani	Anatol Kreitzer
2/24/09 Tuesday	5:30-7:30pm	PH-S168	Rachel Wilson	Grae Davis
2/27/09 Friday	9-10am	PH-S170	Rachel Wilson	Roger Nicoll
3/10/09 Tuesday	5:30-7:30pm	PH-S168	Amita Seghal	Ying-Hui Fu
3/13/09 Friday	9-10am	PH-S170	Amita Seghal	Ying-Hui Fu
Spring
4/21/09 Tuesday	5:00-6:00pm	PH-S168	Larry Trussell	Peter Sargent
4/24/09 Friday	9-10am	PH-S168	Larry Trussell	Peter Sargent
4/28/09 Tuesday	5:30-7:30pm	PH-S168	Gene Robinson	Allison Doupe
5/1/09 Friday	9-10am	PH-S168	Gene Robinson	Allison Doupe
5/26/09 Tuesday			Canceled
5/29/09 Friday	9-10am	PH-S168	Course Evaluation	Michael Brainard