Neuroscience Graduate Program

Neuroscience Graduate Program at UCSF

NS230 - Winter 2008

NS230 - Winter 2008
Topics in Membrane Biophysics and Synaptic Physiology

Course Director: Erik Ullian
E-mail: ulliane@vision.ucsf.edu

First class: Wednesday, January 2, 2008, N-517, Parnassus. Please view each date for the time and location of the class. A few of the classes will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Course Description:
Topics addressed in this course will include ligand- and voltage-sensitive calcium permeation, ion transport, exocytosis/endocytosis, calcium domains and buffering in the nerve terminal, transmitter release statistics, neuromodulation of ion channels, cotransmission, short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity, dendritic back propagation, lateral inhibition, and integration.

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

Class Schedule:

Date	Time	Location	Lecturer	Subject
January
Wed Jan 2	5pm-7pm	N-517	Erik Ullian	Overview
Mon Jan 7	5pm-7pm	N-517	Dan Minor	Biophysics of Ca Entry I
Wed Jan 9	5pm-7pm	N-517	Dan Minor	Papers
Mon Jan 14	5pm-7pm	N-517	Dan Minor	Biophysics of Ca Entry II
Wed Jan 17	5pm-7pm	N-517	Dan Minor	Papers
Tue Jan 22	5pm-7pm	N-527	Rob Edwards	Transporters I
Thurs Jan 24	6pm-7:30pm	N-527	Rob Edwards	Papers
Mon Jan 28	5pm-7pm	N-517	Rob Edwards	Transporters II
Wed Jan 30	5pm-7pm	N-517	Rob Edwards	Papers
February
Mon Feb 4	5pm-7pm	N-517	Julie Schnapf	Gap Junctions
Wed Feb 6	4pm-6pm	S-157	Julie Schnapf	Papers
Mon Feb 11	5pm-7pm	N-517	Erik Ullian	Calcium Dependence of Release
Wed Feb 13	5pm-7pm	N-517	Erik Ullian	Papers
Tue Feb 19	5pm-7pm	N-527	Erik Ullian	Multivesicular Release
Thurs Feb 21	6pm-7:30pm	N-527	Erik Ullian	Papers
Mon Feb 25	5pm-7pm	N-517	Anatol Kreitzer	Synaptic Plasticity I
Wed Feb 27	5pm-7pm	N-517	Anatol Kreitzer	Papers
March
Wed March 5	5pm-7pm	N-517	Anatol Kreitzer	Synaptic Plasticity II
Thurs March 6	6pm-7:30pm	N-517	Anatol Kreitzer	Papers
Mon March 10	5pm-7pm	N-517	Lily Jan	Dendritic Integration I
Wed March 12	5pm-7pm	N-517	Lily Jan	Papers
Mon March 17	5pm-7pm	N-517	Lily Jan	Dendritic Integration II
Wed March 19	5pm-7pm	N-517	Lily Jan	Papers
Mon March 24	5pm-7pm	N-517	Erik Ullian	Student Presentations
Wed March 26	5pm-7pm	N-517	Erik Ullian	Student Presentations
Thur March 27	6pm-7:30pm	N-527	Peter Sargent	Course Evaluation