Past Seminars & Events in 2022 at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences. 'Matrix Resurrections: Novel Therapeutic Targets for Cerebrovascular Disease and COVID-19' Professor Greg Bix, Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Tulane University, USA Tuesday 13th September 2022, 13:00, LTB, Chancellor's Building. Host: Prof Karen Horsburgh 'Gene-environment interactions modulating brain function within and between generations' Professor Tony Hannon, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Victoria, Australia Monday 13th June, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones 'Translational behavioral studies reveal the potential for cannabis to treat bipolar disorder' Professor Jared Young, University of California, San Diego | UCSD · Department of Psychiatry Monday 6th June 2022, 13:00, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building (Hybrid) Host: Dr Jill Fowler 'Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Cortical Interneuron Development' Dr Myrto Denaxa, Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center, Greece. Thursday 19th May 2022, 13:00 (virtual) Host: Dr Lida Zoupi The Physiological Society Members Roadshow plaque unveiling to Edward Sharpey-Schafer Dr Kate Ellacott, Associate Professor in Biomedical Neuroscience, University of Exeter 'Regulation of feeding behaviour – A role for astrocytes?' Tuesday 10th May 2022, Doorway 3 medical Quad then Anatomy lecture theatre, 14:15 Hosts: David Wyllie + Mike Shipston 'Structural constraints of neuron-astrocyte interactions at glutamatergic synapses' Professor Christian Henneberger, Institute of Cellular Neurosciences, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn Thursday 5th May 2022, 13:00 Host: Prof Mark Evans 'Intrinsic synaptic dynamics and why they matter' Professor Noam Ziv, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Monday 25th April 2022, 13:00 Host: Prof Seth Grant 'The role of glia-neuron interactions in brain excitability and seizures' Professor Emre Yaksi, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norway Monday 11th April 2022, 13:00 Host: Dr Tim Czopka 'Vision in Action: Visual processing in active behaviours' Dr Aman Saleem, Part of PALS Experimental Psychology, University College London Thursday 7th April 2022, HRB lecture theatre, 14:00 Host: Prof Matt Nolan 'What does the retrosplenial cortex do? Visual responses and visuospatial memory engrams' Prof Frank Sengpiel, Head of Neuroscience Division, Cardiff University Monday 28th March 2022, 13:00 Host: Prof Seth Grant ‘Autism: Neurodiversity to Neuroscience’ Professor Audrey Brumback, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School Thursday 24th March 2022, 14:00 Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones Shape Matters: Engineering human stem cells models to understand the relationship between form and function in neural cells Dr Andrea Serio, The Francis Crick Institute, UK Monday 14th March 2022, 13:00, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Host: Prof David Lyons 'All-optical interrogation of the hippocampal role in episodic memory formation, consolidation and retrieval' Dr Nick Robinson, Research Associate, Wolfson Inst for Biomedical Research, UCL Thursday 10th March 2022, 13:00 Host: Dr Emma Wood 'Idling brain: from memory engram to behavior' Prof Kaoru Inokuchi, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toyama, Japan Monday 7th March 2022, 11:00, Host: Dr Szu-Han Wang 'Explorations in Ca2+ imaging of neural activity in freely moving rats: social cells, place cells and goal cells' Professor Richard Morris, FRS, Dr Francesco Gobbo + Rufus Mitchell-Hegg Thursday 3rd March, 13:00 Host: Dr Nicola Romano + Dr Lida Zoupi 'Regional differences in neurovascular coupling and implications for disease' Dr Catherine Hall, School of Psychology, University of Sussex Monday 28th February 2022, 13:00 Host: Prof Karen Horsburgh 'Inhibitory Microcircuits for Associative Learning' Dr Sabine Krabbe, Group Leader, DZNE, Bonn Thursday 24th February 2022, 13:00 Host: Prof Ian Duguid 'Non-productive angiogenesis in Alzheimer’s disease, a glimpse on how AD compromises non-neuronal cells' Dr Alberto Pascual, The Neuroscience Institute at Seville (IBiS) Monday 14th February 2022, 13:00 Host: Dr Blanca Diaz-Castro 'Subcortical Networks to Control Seizures' Dr Patrick Forcelli, Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Pharmacology & Physiology, Neuroscience, Georgetown University Thursday 10th February 2022, 15:00 Host: Dr Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser 'Oligodendrocyte progenitors alter the extracellular matrix to control differentiation and morphogenesis' Prof Dwight Bergles, John Hopkins Medicine, USA Monday 31st January 2022, 13:00 Host: Prof David Lyons 'More than bystanders, learning how microglia eliminate synapses in the Alzheimer brain' Dr Soyon Hong, UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London Monday 17th January 2022, 13:00 Host: Prof Anna Williams 'Role of tanycyte shuttles and networks in the control of glucose and energy homeostasis' Dr Vincent Prevot, French Institute of Health and Medical Research | Inserm · Development and PLasticity of the Postnatal Brain Thursday 13th January 2022, 13:00 Host: Dr Nicola Romano This article was published on 2024-04-02