Seminar Series

The majority of seminars will be held in person every second Thursday in the Central Area and every fourth Monday at BioQuarter at 1:00pm (UK time), unless otherwise indicated. The seminars will be 45 minutes followed by a Q and A session. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend our seminars in person, however if this is not possible and you are joining from afar, please use the joining link detailed in the bi-weekly seminar emails. If you would like added to the Seminar Series mailing list, please email the CDBS Admin Team: CDBS@ed.ac.uk . Seminars are typically only held during semester dates.

'Cortical neural circuits for olfaction'

Prof Alexander Fleischmann, Provost's Professor of Brain Science, Brown University

Tuesday 16th September 2025, 11:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)

Host: Dr Gülşen Sürmeli

Prof Tetsushi Kataura 'Mitophagy as a guardian against cellular ageing and neurodegenerative disease' + Prof Satoru Takahashi 'Elucidation of Skeletal Muscle Regulation Mechanisms Using Mouse Space Experiments on the International Space Station (ISS)'

Prof Tetsushi Kataura, Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan + Prof Satoru Takahashi, Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba,Japan

Thursday 18th September 2025, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)

Host: Prof Tilo Kunath

'Intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of developmental neural circuit plasticity'

Dr Sarah Ackerman , Assistant Professor, Center for Brain Immunology and Glia, Washington University School of Medicine

Monday 29th September 2025, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building, BioQuarter (Hybrid)

Host: Prof David Lyons

'Illuminating Glutamate receptor mechanisms using next-generation patch clamp fluorometry'

Dr David M. MacLean , Associate Professor , Department of Pharmacology and Physiology (SMD),University of Rochester Medical Center

Thursday 9th October 2025, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)

Host: Dr Jelena Baranovic

'Multi-regional neocortical dynamics underlying learning and prediction'

Dr. Shuting Han, Ambizione Fellow , University of Zurich

Thursday 16th October 2025, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)

Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones

'Excitatory glycine receptors: atypical NMDA receptors in brain signaling'

Dr Pierre Paoletti ,Directeur, Département de Biologie & Institut de Biologie de l'ENS (IBENS)

Monday 24th November 2025, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building, BioQuarter (Hybrid)

Host: Prof Seth Grant

Contacts:

If you would like more information regarding our seminars, please contact our Seminar Series Organisers:

Nick Robinson - Central area

Jian.Gan - BioQuarter

Or for general queries, please contact the CDBS Admin Team: CDBS@ed.ac.uk

Sponsorship:

Our seminars are sponsored in part by The Physiological Society,  Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, UK Dementia Research Institute UK, Edinburgh, Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, Alzheimer’s Research UK Scotland Network, Euan MacDonald Centre  and BSDB - British Society for Developmental Biology

Physiological Society Membership:

Do consider becoming a member of the Physiological Society to join our network of >4000 members worldwide studying and working in physiology and the life sciences. 

Who can join? · students · postgraduates · early career researchers · research/teaching active scientists

Why? Membership will · expand your network · enhance your career · boost your CV 

Please see The Physiological Society Membership webpages or feel free to contact Local Rep Dr Carole Torsney for further information: (carole.torsney@ed.ac.uk)

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