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Member Presentations

Selected Member Colloquia and Conference Presentations (2006-2008)

Leslie Kay

• University of Maryland Medical School, Dept. of Neurobiology, Baltimore, May 2006
• AREADNE 2006, Encoding and Decoding of Neural Ensembles, Santorini, Greece, June 2006
• Northwestern University, Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Evanston, IL, November 2006
• Conference on Brain Network Dynamics, UC Berkeley, January 2007
• UC Irvine, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, February 2007
• Cornell University, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, March 2007
• UIUC Physics, Understanding Complex Systems meeting, Plenary talk, May 2007
• SIAM - Minisymposium on Rhythms in the Brain, Snowbird, Utah, May 2007
• University of British Columbia, Synchronous Rhythms in the Brain meeting, June 2007
• ICIAM - Dynamical Systems Approaches in Neuroscience, Zurich, Switzerland, July 2007
• Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland, July 2007
• "Olfactory information processing, learning and cognition - from molecules to behaviors" Fondation des Treilles, Tourtour, France, August 2007
• The Rushton Lectures, Florida State University, December 2007
• IIASS International School on Neural Networks, E. R. Caianiello course on The Dynamic Brain, Erice, Italy, December 2007
• Boston University, Neurobiology Lecture Series, February 2008
• German-USA Collaborative Symposium on Computational Neuroscience, Munich, Germany, June 2008

• Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), Oscillatory Modes and the Role of Task Structure in Early Olfactory Processing, Sarasota, Florida, April 2009

Dario Maestripieri

• The Evolution of Primate Social Intelligence. 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, IL, 2009.
• Keynote address, Chicago Workshop on Biomarkers in Population-Based Health and Aging Research, Gleacher Center, University of Chicago. 2006.
• Keynote address, Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists. 2006.
• The role of genetic polymorphisms in understanding the behavioral and hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis responses of abused and non-abused rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to novel stimuli. (with K. McCormack, A. Grand, T. K. Newman, J. D. Higley, M. M. Sanchez) Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, 2006.
• The impact of infant maltreatment on behavioral and physiological responses to threatening stimuli in rhesus monkeys: sex differences. (with A. P. Grand, K. M. McCormack, M. E. Kelley, M. M. Sanchez) Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, 2006.
• Intergenerational transmission of maternal behavior in rhesus macaques and its underlying mechanisms. Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society, 2006.
• Early adverse caregiving impacts the development of brain monoaminergic systems: Relation to behavioral reactivity and immune system (with A. Grand, A. Miller, M. Sanchez). Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 2006.
• Intergenerational transmission of maternal behavior in rhesus macaques: adaptive function and underlying mechanisms. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Primate Interest Group, 2006.
• One-male harems and female social dynamics in Guinea baboons (with J. M. Radtke, J. Mayhew, C. L. Carlson, C. L. Hoffman). Annual Meeting of the Midwest Primate Interest Group, 2006.
• Costs of reproduction in sexually promiscuous primates: Sex differences in seasonal mortality patterns among free-ranging rhesus macaques (with C. L. Hoffman, A. V. Ruiz-Lambides, E. Davila, M. S. Gerald). Annual Meeting of the Midwest Primate Interest Group, 2006.
• Intended recipients and functional significance of grunt and girney vocalizations during interactions between adult females and mother-infant dyads in rhesus macaques. (with J. C. Whitham, M. S. Gerald) Annual Meeting of the Midwest Primate Interest Group, 2006.
• Association of a functional variant in the Mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1-C77g) with attachment behavior in infant rhesus macaques. (with C. S. Barr, M. L. Schwandt, S. G. Lindell, D. Goldman, S. J. Suomi, J. D. Higley, M. Heilig)Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropharmacology, 2006.
• Seminar, UCLA, Center for Behavior, Evolution, and Culture. 2007.
• Seminar, University of Chicago, Committee on Neurobiology. 2007.
• Seminar, University of Parma, Italy. 2007.
• Guest lecture, University of Chicago, Department of Linguistics. 2007.
• Symposium, Winter Conference on Current Issues in Developmental Psychobiology. 2007.
• Conference on "Parental Brain", Tufts University. 2007.
• Camillo Golgi Memorial Day, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome, Italy. 2007.
• Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. 2007.
• Symposium, Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology. 2007.
• Distribution of Macaca ochreata and identification of mixed ochreata-tonkeana groups in South Sulawesi, Indonesia (with E. P. Riley, B. Suryobroto) Annual Meeting of the American Association for Physical Anthropology, 2007.
• Cortisol responses to stress by lactating and nonlactating females in free-ranging rhesus macaques. (with C. L. Hoffman, M. S. Gerald) Parental Brain Conference, 2007.
• Maternal maltreatment is associated with lower attachment security in infant rhesus monkeys. (with K. M. McCormack, J. Warfield, M. Dozier, M. Gunnar, E. Waters, M. M. Sanchez) Annual Meeting of the American Society of Primatologists. 2007.
• Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms, infant abuse, and HPA axis function in rhesus macaque mothers and infants. (With K. McCormack, T. K. Newman, R. Fulks, A. Graff, M.M. Sanchez) Annual Meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, 2007.
• Macachiavellian Intelligence. How rhesus macaques and humans have conquered the world. Göttinger Freilandtage Conference: Primate Behavior and Human Universals, 2007.

Jill Mateo

• Sex and Smells: Kin Recognition, the Armpit Effect, and Mate Choice. 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Chicago, IL, 2009.
  
• The ecology of stress: behavioral, developmental and cognitive effects of stressors in ground squirrels. Co-sponsored by the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior and the Evolution, Ecology and Behavior Graduate Program in Biology at Indiana University, 2008.
• Ecological correlates of stress responses. Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, 2008.
• Kin recognition, relatedness and mate choice in Belding's ground squirrels. 30th Winter Animal Behavior Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2008.
• Ecological and developmental correlates of stress. School of Integrative Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, 2007.
• The causes and consequences of stress on cognition and behavior. Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, 2007.
• An ecological view of stress. 29th Winter Animal Behavior Conference, Steamboat Springs, CO, 2007.
• Stress-hormone and ecological correlates of anti-predator strategies of ground squirrels. International Ethological Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2007.
• Adrenal responses to cues warning of predators and the development of escape behaviors. Animal Behavior Society, Burlington, VT, 2007.
• Ecological and hormonal correlates of anti-predator strategies of adult ground squirrels. Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT, 2006.
• Geographic and developmental variation in stress hormones. Department of Biology, University of Florida, 2006.

Martha McClintock

• Broken Ties: Social Isolation Affects Life-long Mechanisms of Aging and Cancer. Plenary Speaker. OBSSR 10th anniversary celebration. NIH. Bethesda, Maryland. June 2006.
• Social Isolation and the Enduring effects of a Stressor on the Inflammatory Process. Society for Women's Health Research. Washington, DC. July 2006.
• Human Pheromones and Body Scents. The European Neuroendocrine Association Annual Meeting. Athens, Greece. October 2006.
• Human scents and Pheromones: Effects on Fertility, Sexuality and Emotions. Killam Seminar Series. Montreal Neurological Institute. Montreal, Canada. October 2006.
• Pheromones, Social Scents and the Unconscious. Illinois Psychiatric Society Annual Women's luncheon. Chicago, IL. October 2006.
• Grand Rounds Lecture. University Hospitals Case Medical Center. Cleveland, OH. October 2006.
• Embodiment of the Social Mind: Isolation and Black/White Disparities in Mammary Cancer. University of Chicago Department of Comparative Human Development. October 2006.
• University of Chicago Neuroscience cluster colloquia. October 2006.
• Distinguished Lecturer. Center for Gender Studies. University of Chicago. November 2006.
• Why we Smell. Symposium. University of Gronigen. Netherlands. December 2006.
• Keynote International Speaker. Dutch National Science Foundation. Utrecht University, Netherlands. December 2006.
• Pheromones and Sexual Motivation. The Future of Sexuality Research: Methodological to Social Policy Innovations. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. April 2007.
• Odor-independent effects of human chemosignals and pheromones on ovulation, sexuality and cognition. Association for ChemoReception Sciences. Sarasota, FL. April 2007.
• Broken Ties: Social Isolation And The Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Cancer and Aging. University of Massachusetts Neuroscience and Behavior Colloquium. May 2007.
• Human Pheromones and Social Scents: regulation of Fertility, sexuality and emotion. Yale University Department of Psychiatry Grand Rounds. May 2007.
• Symposium: Stress-induced immunoenhancement: basic mechanisms and clinical implications. Psychoneuroimmunological Research Society Annual Meeting. Archachon, France. June 2007.

Brian Prendergast

• Prendergast, B.J. "Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Seasonal Timing". University of Chicago, Committee on Neurobiology. Membership Colloquium. 1 November 2007.
• Prendergast, B.J. "Mechanisms of Biological Timekeeping: Lessons from Reproduction and Immune Function". University of Memphis, Department of Biology. 4 October 2007.
• Paul, M.J. and Prendergast, B.J. "New rules for seasonal breeding under intermediate day lengths". Presented at Eleventh meeting of the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. Asilomar, California. 21 June 2007.
• Prendergast, B.J. "Seasonal rhythms in health and disease". University of Surrey, School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences. Guildford, UK. 8 August 2006.
• Prendergast, B.J. "Physiological substrates of mammalian seasonal rhythms". Presented at the University of Chicago Neurosciences Retreat. New Buffalo, MI. 14 September 2006.