Neuroscience Graduate Program

Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF

NS219 - Special Topics in Basic Translational Neuroscience (Mini Courses)

Addiction

Course Director: Bob Messing, email: romes@gallo.ucsf.edu

Class Schedule:

Date	Time	Location	Lecturer	Topic
Mon. May 19	Class Canceled
Tue. May 20	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Patricia Janak	Introduction to Addiction
Wed. May 21	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Antonello Bonci	Plasticity of Ion Channels in Addiction
Thurs. May 22	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Antonello Bonci	Stress and Addiction
Fri. May 23	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Bob Messing	Kinases and Addiction
Mon. May 26	NO CLASS	UCSF HOLIDAY
Tue. May 27	NO CLASS	Wheeler Center Retreat
Wed. May 28	NO CLASS	Wheeler Center Retreat
Thurs. May 29	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Howard Fields	Opioid Systems
Fri. May 30	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Jennifer Whistler	Opioid R Trafficking and Opioid Tolerance
Mon. June 2	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Jennifer Whistler	Dopamine R Trafficking and Addiction
Tue. June 3	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Ulrike Heberlein	Drosophila Studies in Addiction
Tue. June 10	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Steve McIntire	C Elegans Studies in Addition
Wed. June 11	10am-12pm	MB-GH S204	Bob Messing	Pharmacotherapeutics of Addiction

The Dopaminergic System

Course Director: Eric Huang, email: eric.huang2@ucsf.edu

Course Goal: To understand the wide-ranging role of dopaminergic neurons in the nervous system

Class Schedule:
(Please note, room location changes daily)

Date	Time	Location	Lecturer	Topic
Mon. May 19	10am-10:30am	PH-S180	Robert Edwards	Mini Lecture: Unusual modes of secretion: the somatodendritic release of dopamine
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (two papers) at right
Tues. May 20	10am-10:30am	PH-S180	Antonello Bonci	Mini Lecture: Synaptic Plasticity in the Mesolimbic System
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (two papers) at right
Thurs. May 22	10am-10:30am	PH-S168	Linda Wilbrecht	Mini Lecture: Output from the Basal Ganglia
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (two papers) at right
Fri. May 23	10am-10:30am	PH-S180	Anatol Kreitzer	Mini Lecture: Dopamine-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in the Striatum
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (two papers) at right
Mon. May 26	NO CLASS	UCSF HOLIDAY
Tue. May 27	10am-10:30am	PH-S180	Su Guo	Mini Lecture: Neurogenesis and Cell Fate
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (two papers) at right
Wed. May 28	10am-10:30am	PH-S172	Eric Huang	Mini Lecture: Neurotrophic Factors
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (three papers) at right
Thurs. May 29	10am-10:30am	PH-S168	Su Guo	Mini Lecture: Stem Cell Replacement for DA Neurons
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (two papers) at right
Fri. May 30	10am-10:30am	PH-S180	Bob Nussbaum	Mini Lecture: Degeneration of DA Neurons; Human Diseases
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (three papers) at right
Mon. June 2	10am-10:30am	PH-S180	Su Guo	Mini Lecture: Degeneration of DA Neurons; Animal Models I
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (two papers) at right
Tue. June 3	10am-10:30am	PH-S180	Eric Huang	Mini Lecture: Degeneration of DA Neurons; Animal Models II
	10:30-12pm			Discussion (two papers) at right

Roles of MicroRNA's in Neuronal Development and Function

Course Director: Fen-Baio Gao, email:fgao@gladstone.ucsf.edu

Class Schedule:
(please note: room location changes frequently)

Date	Time	Location	Lecturer	Topic
Mon. May 26	No CLASS	UCSF HOLIDAY
Tue. May 27	10am-12pm	PH HSW 1057	Michael McManus	Overview and History of small RNAs
Wed. May 28	10am-12pm	PH HSW 1057	Michael McManus	Small RNA mechanisms of gene regulation and methods of analysis
Thurs. May 29	10am-12pm	PH HSW 1057	Michael McManus	Intersection of small RNSs with neuronal biology and methods of analysis
Mon. June 2	10am-12pm	MB-Gladstone Conference Room C	Fen-Biao Gao	microRNAs in Neurogenesis
Tue. June 3	2pm-4pm	MB-Gladstone Conference Room C	Fen-Biao Gao	microRNAs in Cell Fate Specification
Thurs. June 5	2pm-4pm	MB-Gladstone Conference Room 303	Fen-Biao Gao	microRNAs in Neurodegeneration
Fri. June 6	10am-12pm	MB-Gladstone Conference Room 403	Fen-Biao Gao and Erik Ullian	microRNAs in Neuronal Morphogenesis
Mon. June 9	10am-12pm	PH-S180	Erik Ullian	MicroRNA regulation of transmitter release
Tue. June 10	10am-12pm	PH-S168	Erik Ullian	Translational Regulation of Plasticity
Fri. June 13	10am-12pm	PH-N527	Erik Ullian	MicroRNA regulation of functional circuitry