Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies Fall 2016 Seminar Series- 12:30-1:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22 Maggie Broadwater, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Effects of Adolescent Alcohol Exposure on Functional Brain Connectivity in Adulthood” Kathryn Harper, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “CCL2 Exhibits Unique Response Profiles to Chronic Alcohol and Stress in Adolescents and Adults” *Pagano Conference Room 00-002- Ground Floor of Lineberger Monday, Sep. 12 Zoe McElligott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Neural Circuits Bridging Drinking, Reward and Stress Systems” *Bondurant Hall G010 Monday, Sept. 26 Ian Shih, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Neurology, Director of Small Animal MRI, Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “The Origin of the Negative fMRI Signals” Monday, Oct. 10 Lawrence Judson Chandler, Ph. D., Professor of Neuroscience at the Medical University of South Carolina, “Alcohol and the Prefrontal Cortex” *Taylor 124 Monday, Oct. 24 Bert Weiss, Ph.D., Professor, Molecular and Integrative Neurosciences Department, Scripps Research Institute; Associate Director, The Pearson Center for Alcoholism and Addiction Research, “Understanding Compulsive Drug and Alcohol Seeking: Insights from Animal Models of Relapse” *MacNider 321 Monday, Nov. 7 Ramon Bataller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “ Alcoholic Hepatitis: Translational Research to Identify Novel Targets for Therapy” Monday, Nov. 21 Juan Song, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, “Dissecting Neural Circuits for Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis” Monday Dec. 12 Rajita Sinha, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Child Study Center and Neuroscience, Director of Yale Interdisciplinary Stress Center, Chief of the Psychology Section in Psychiatry, “ Understanding the Biology of Alcohol Craving and Relapse to Improve Treatment Outcome and Recovery” *Pagano Conference Room 00-002- Ground Level of Lineberger