Past seminars and events in 2023/24 at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences. 'Dorsal Raphe Nucleus Facilitates Behavioural State Transitions In Human and Nonhuman Primates' Dr Nima Khalighinejad, Experimental Psychology, BBSRC Discovery Fellow, University of OxfordThursday 10th April 2025, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Leena Williams 'Understanding recovery after stroke: a role for inflammation and cholesterol metabolism' Prof Catherine Lawrence, Senior Lecturer, Division of Neuroscience, University of ManchesterMonday 31st March 2025, 13:00, Auditorium A, Chancellors Building, BQ (Hybrid)Host: Dr Axel Montagne 'The role of oxytocin in cooperative behaviour in wild chimpanzees: insights into human cooperation' Dr Catherine Crockford, Director of Research at the ISC, CNRS, Lyon, FranceThursday 27th March 2025, *16:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid) Host: Prof Mike Ludwig 'Inflammation in the bladder - does it alter the brain' Dr Molly Ingersoll, Group Leader, Mucosal Inflammation and Immunity, Institute Pasteur, FranceMonday 27th January 2025, 13:00, IRR South Seminar Room 1.05, BQHost: Dr Jing Qiu 'RNA methylation (m6A) changes in experimental and human temporal lobe epilepsy regulate network excitability and seizure susceptibility' Dr Gary Brennan, Lecturer/Assistant Professor, School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College DublinThursday 16th January 2025, 16:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Paul Donlin - Asp 'Memory Representations: Interneurons and Plasticity in the Hippocampus' Prof Jack Mellor, Professor in Neuroscience, School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, BristolThursday 12th December 2024, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Nick Robinson ‘Glial cells in building and maintaining a healthy retina' Dr Ryan MacDonald, Associate Professor, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCLMonday 25th November, 13:00, Auditorium A, Chancellors Building, BioQuarter (Hybrid)Host: Prof David Lyons R Jean Banister Prize Lecture + Mary Pickford Lecture with Alison Douglas prize (best PhD thesis) - Thursday 21st November, 13:30, Wellcome Auditorium, followed by a drinks reception in the Drum cafe, QMRI R Jean Banister Prize Lecture with Dr Andrew Lin, University of Sheffield + Mary Pickford Lecture with Prof Laura Bennet, University of Auckland Thursday 21st November, 13:30, Wellcome Auditorium, followed by a drinks reception in the Drum cafe, QMRIHosts: Prof David Wyllie, Prof Tara Spires-Jones + Dr Carole Torsney ‘Cerebellar error signals during rapid motor skill adjustment' Dr Brandon Stell, Université de Paris, SPPIN - Saints-Pères Paris Institute for the Neurosciences, CNRThursday 14th November 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Mahesh Karnani ‘Restoring axonal transport in neurodegenerative diseases’ Prof Giampietro Schiavo, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCLMonday 28th October, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building, BioQuarter (Hybrid)Host: Dr Blanca Díaz Castro ‘EVs in neurodegenerative diseases’ Prof Anja Schneider, Group Leader, Translational Dementia Research, DZNE BonnMonday 30th September, 13:00, Undergraduate Medical Teaching Room (GU318), BioQuarter (Hybrid)Host: Dr Bhuvaneish Selvaraj 'Neural circuit mechanisms of value-based decisions' Dr Christine Constantinople, Assistant Professor of Neural Science, New York UniversityThursday 12th September, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Nathalie Rochefort 'mGRASPi: an improved multiplex toolbox for mapping convergent synaptic connectivity' Dr Jinny Kim, Brain Sciences Institute, Korea Institute for Science and Technology Seoul, South KoreaFriday 14th June, 13:30, Shirley Hall lecture theatre, Chancellor's BuildingHost: Dr Ann Clemens (Part of EN Afternoon) 'The role of the microvasculature and node of Ranvier in early Alzheimer's disease' Prof David Attwell, Jodrell Professor of Physiology. Neuro, Physiology & Pharmacology, UCLMonday 10th June 2024, 15:30, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Axel Montagne ‘C9orf72 mutation in ALS and FTD’ Prof Boris Rogelj, Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, University of LjubljanaMonday 3rd June 2024, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Hosts: Dr Carole Torsney and Dr Paul Skehel 'Blood-Brain Barrier Dynamics in Vascular Dementia: Unravelling the tripartite crosstalk between the endothelium, pericytes and microglia' ***CANCELLED*** Dr Conor McQuaid, ECR, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Clinical Brain SciencesMonday 13th May 2024, 13:00, Auditorium A, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Axel Montagne ‘Deconstruction of a memory engram’ Prof Gisella Vetere, Brain Plasticity, ESPCI, ParisMonday 29th April 2024, 13:00, Auditorium B., Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Szu-Han Wang ‘Sniffing out neural circuit changes during sleep’ Dr Julia Harris, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, UCLThursday 25th April 2024, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Rebecca Jordan 'RNA dysregulation in ALS' Dr Akshay Binghe, Senior Lecturer in Clinical & Biomedical Science, Medical School, University of ExeterMonday 15th April 2024, 13:00, Auditorium A, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Bhuvaneish Thangaraj Selvaraj 'Linking communication and cooperation: Lessons from the naked mole-rat' Dr Alison Barker, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, GermanyThursday 11th April 2024, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Paul Donlin-Asp 'Non-invasive temporal interference deep brain stimulation’ Dr Nir Grossman, Senior Lecturer, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College LondonTuesday 26th March 2024, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Jian Gan ‘The impact of Alzheimer's Disease on the human cortical synaptome Dr Jessica Griffiths, ECR Grant lab, CCBS University of EdinburghMonday 18th March 2024, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Prof Seth Grant ‘Early postnatal development of neocortex-wide activity patterns in GABAergic and pyramidal neurons' Dr Michael Ashby, Senior Lecturer, School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of BristolThursday 14th March 2024, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Susana Ribeiro dos Louros 'The Development History of the Molecular Synaptic Code' Dr Fekrije Selimi, CIRB, Collège de France, ParisTuesday 12th March 2024, 13:00, Auditorium A, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Prof Seth Grant 'Mechanisms of musculoskeletal pain' Prof Shafaq Sikandar, Professor of Sensory Neurophysiology, Experimental Medicine and Rheumatology, Queen Mary University of LondonThursday 29th February 2024, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Carole Torsney Prof Masahisa katsuno: 'Prodromal cohort of Lewy body disease for development of biomarkers and preventive therapies' + Dr Yohei Iguchi: 'IκB kinase beta as a novel therapeutic target for ALS' Prof Masahisa katsuno, Department of Neurology, Nagoya University, Japan + Dr Yohei Iguchi Department of Neurology, Nagoya University, JapanMonday 19th February 2024, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Hosts: Dr Bhuvaneish Selvaraj and Prof Tilo Kunath 'The interaction of learning with innate behaviour and its effect on evolution' Paul Conway, PhD Student, Ryan Lab, Trinity College DublinThursday 15th February 2024, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Francesco Gobbo 'Investigating mechanisms by which oligodendrocyte precursor cells govern the size of retinal ganglion cell in the Zebrafish visual system' Emma Dumble, ECR Czopka lab, University of EdinburghMonday 5th February 2024, 13:00, Auditorium A, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Prof Tim Czopka 'The energetics of epilepsy: feeding the good and bad energy' Dr Felix Chan, Lecturer, Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University, BirminghamThursday 1st February 2024, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Mike Cousin 'Prominent in vivo influence of single interneurons in the developing and adult cortex' Dr Rosa Cossart, Director of the Institute of Mediterranean Neurobiology (INMED), affiliated to INSERM and Aix-Marseille UniversityThursday 14th December 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Nathalie Rochefort 'Identifying astrocyte endfoot functions using proteomics' Dr Steve Hill, Postdoctoral research fellow, DRI, Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesMonday 4th December, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Dr Blanca Díaz Castro 'TREM2 confers resilience against vascular cognitive impairment' Dr Stefan Szymkowiak, Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesMonday 20th November 2023, 13:00, Undergraduate Medical Teaching Room (GU318), Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Dr Barry McColl ‘Mapping the human brain feeding circuitry using single cell and spatial approaches’ Prof Giles Yeo, Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of CambridgeThursday 16th November 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Mike Ludwig 2023 Mary Pickford Lecture + Alison Douglas Prize Giving (best PhD thesis) 'The cognitive map: from neurons to architecture' Prof Kate Jeffery, Head of School Psychology & Neuroscience, University of GlasgowThursday 9th November 2023, 12.30, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof David Wyllie 'Analysing the impact of extracellular vesicles on the establishment of glioma promoting functions in microglia' Dr Julie Mazzolini, Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesMonday 6th November 2023, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Dr Jian Gan Feldberg Foundation Lecture with Prof Jan Born ‘Sleep – a brain state serving memory formation’ Prof Jan Born, Director of the Department of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology University of Tübingen, Germany, Feldberg Foundation (German) prize winner 2023Thursday 2nd November 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Richard Morris 'Deconstructing the cerebellar modules to understand their functions' Dr Zhenyu Gao, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, RotterdamMonday 23rd October 2023, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Prof Dies Meijer 'Protective mechanisms of synaptic stimulation in Alzheimer’s disease and tauopathies' Dr Davide Tampellini, Senior Researcher Institut Professeur Baulieu and Neuroscience, Inserm, Université Paris-Saclay, FranceThursday 19th October 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones ‘AMPA receptor nanoscale organization and dynamics tune short and long term synaptic plasticity’ Dr. Daniel Choquet, Unity Director/Team leader, Bordeaux Neurocampus, Bordeaux University, FranceMonday 9th October 2023, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Patricio Opazo 'Inhibitory top-down projections from zona incerta mediate neocortical memory’ Dr Anna Schroeder, Institute of Physiology, University of Freiburg, GermanyThursday 5th October 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr. Leena Williams 'Astrocytes dynamics in APP/PS1 mice-experience in a pilot grant application’ Dr Juraj Koudelka, Research Fellow/Imaging Lead, DRI University of EdinburghMonday 25th September 2023, 13:00, Auditorium A, Shirley Hall (GU108), Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Jian Gan 'Deciphering the neural circuits that underlie auditory hallucinations' Dr Stanislav Zakharenko, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TNTuesday 19th September 2023, 16:00, SIDB Boardroom, G31, HRB link BuildingHost: Prof Matt Nolan 'Origins of speed control in the spinal cord' Dr David McLean, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, USAMonday 11th September 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof David Lyons This article was published on 2022-11-15
