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Special Seminars in Neuroscience

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Dr. Flora de Pablo Dávila Seminar

 

The University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus received the visit of Dr. Alberto Ferrús from the Cajal Institute and Dr. Flora de Pablo Dávila from the Center of Biological Research in Madrid Spain. On September 5, 2001 Dr. Flora de Pablo presented the seminar "Cell-to-cell signaling in nervous system development: The case of (pro)insulin and IGF-I family" at the RCMI Clinical Research Center. Her presentation focused on studies performed, using molecular approaches, to understand the transition between the proliferative and the differentiative stages of the neuroretina and the role of insulin and IGF-1, including protection from apoptosis, in the development of the central nervous system.

Dr. Alberto Ferrús and Dr. Flora de Pablo Dávila
Dr. Alberto Ferrús from the Cajal Institute and Dr. Flora de Pablo Dávila
from the Center of Biological Research in Madrid Spain

On September 6, 2001 Dr. Ferrús presented his seminar entitled " Synapse number and behavior: Does the number matter?" at the Institute of Neurobiology. His presentation provided an overview of his outstanding studies on the Shaker locus of Drosophila using genetic, physiological and biochemical approaches as well as a detailed discussion of his studies on the effect of increasing the number of synapses on the olfactory perception in Drosophila. He also presented data supporting that odor exposure causes central adaptation and morphological changes in olfactory glomeruli in Drosophila.

We thank Dr. Ferrús and Dr. de Pablo Dávila for sharing with us the results of their exciting research.

Emma Fernández-Repollet
RCMI Program

Contact:
Emma Fernández-Repollet,Ph.D.
Program Director
RCMI Program
Room 621-A, 6th. floor
Main Building, Medical Sciences Campus
GPO Box 365067
San Juan, PR 00936-5067
Email: e.fernandez@upr.edu
Telephones:
Voice (787) 763-9401
FAX (787) 758-5206

The project is supported by Grant Number G12RR03051(RCMI Program, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus) from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NCRR or NIH.