NS221 - 2009-2010
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--TBD

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: (In Progress) Additional Speakers Maybe Added

Date	Time	Location	Formal Seminar Speaker that week	Lecturer/host
Fall Semester
Tuesday, 10/06/09	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Alla Karpova	Louis Reichardt
Friday, 10/09/09	9am-10am	MB-GHS202	Alla Karpova	Louis Reichardt
Tuesday, 10/27/09	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Soo-Kyung Lee	Stavros Lomvardas
Friday, 10/30/09	9am-10am	MB-GHS202	Soo-Kyung Lee	Stavros Lomvardas
Tuesday, 11/10/09	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Doris Tsao	Jonathan Horton
Friday, 11/13/09	9am-10am	MB-GHS202	Doris Tsao	Jonathan Horton
Tuesday, 12/01/09	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Tirin Moore	Michael Stryker
Friday, 12/4/09	9am-10am	MB-GHS202	Tirin Moore	Michael Styker
Spring Semester
Tuesday, 03/30/10	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Richard Tsien	Yuh-Nung Jan
Friday, 04/02/10	9am-10am	MB-GHS271	Richard Tsien	Yuh-Nung Jan
Tuesday, 04/13/10	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Sacha Nelson	Anatol Kreitzer
Friday, 04/16/10	9am-10am	MB-GHS271	Sacha Nelson	Anatol Kreitzer
Tuesday, 04/20/10	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Michael Shadlen	Greg Hjelmstad
Friday, 04/23/10	9am-10am	MB-GHS271	Michael Shadlen	Antonello Bonci
Tuesday, 04/27/09	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Marie Filbin	Sam Pleasure
Thursday, 04/29/09	After the Seminar	MB-RH202	Marie Filbin	Sam Pleasure or Linda Noble
Tuesday, 05/18/10	5:30-6:30pm	MB-GHS202	Bill Catterall	Dan Minor
Friday, 05/21/10	9am-10am	MB-GHS271	Bill Catterall	Dan Minor