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. Seminars are typically only held during semester dates and will resume in September 2024.

'Restoring axonal transport in neurodegenerative diseases'

Prof Giampietro Schiavo, Professor of Cellular Neuroscience, Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL

Monday 28th October, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building, BioQuarter (Hybrid)

Host: Dr Blanca Díaz Castro

'Cerebellar error signals during rapid motor skill adjustment'

Dr Brandon Stell, Université de Paris, SPPIN - Saints-Pères Paris Institute for the Neurosciences, CNR

Thursday 14th November 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)

Host: Dr Mahesh Karnani

R Jean Banister Prize Lecture + Mary Pickford Lecture with Alison Douglas prize (best PhD thesis)

 R Jean Banister Prize Lecture with Dr Andrew Lin, University of Sheffield 'Sparse coding for odour-specific memories through homeostatic plasticity’

Mary Pickford lecture with Prof Laura Bennet, University of Auckland 'Hidden clocks: The importance of understanding time for diagnosis and treatment of fetal and neonatal brain injury'

Thursday 21st November, 13:30, Wellcome Auditorium, followed by a drinks reception in the Drum cafe, QMRI, BioQuarter

Hosts: Prof David Wyllie, Prof Tara Spires-Jones and Dr Carole Torsney

Contacts:

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

 Lida.Zoupi and Nick Robinson - Central area

Jian.Gan - BioQuarter

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

BMS Caring Grant Scheme:

Biomedical Sciences offer funding (BMS Caring Grant Scheme) towards childcare costs for seminar speakers/conference presenters. Discretionary grants of £100 (£200 in some circumstances) to help towards any increased caring costs resulting from such travel/activities. More information can be found here: BMS caring grant scheme | The University of Edinburgh

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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