Archived list of the 2010 seminars & events at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences. January Cellular mechanisms for computing location Friday 22 January 2010, 12.30pm Dr Matt Nolan (Centre for Integrative Physiology) How brains grow Friday 22 January 2010, 12.30pm Prof. David Price (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Imaging population activity in mouse visual cortex with two-photon calcium imaging Friday 29 January 2010, 12.30pm Dr Tom Mrsic Flogel (University College, London) February A reductionist’s view of the NMDA receptor-channel Friday 5 February 2010, 12.30pm Dr David Wyllie (Centre for Integrative Physiology) The corneal epithelium: stem cells and Pax6 Friday 5 February 2010, 12.30pm Dr John West (Centre for Integrative Physiology) On the "pish" in a dish: modelling alcoholism in C.elegans Friday 12 February 2010, 12.30pm Dr Vincent O'Connor (University of Southampton) Circuit breakers in the brain Friday 12 February 2010, 1.30pm Dr Andrew Trevelyan (Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University) Axon navigation in the developing brain Friday 19 February 2010, 12.30pm Dr Tom Pratt (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Reducing stress, naturally Friday 19 February 2010, 12.30pm Dr John Russell (Centre for Integrative Physiology) AMP-activated protein kinase: now a drug target in cancer as well as diabetes Friday 26 February 2010, 12.30pm Professor Graham Hardie (University of Dundee) March Heterotrimeric G protein-independent signalling by the 5-HT2A receptor Friday 5 March 2010, 12.30pm Dr Rory Mitchell (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Molecular mechanisms of forebrain development Wednesday 24 November 2010, 12.30pm Dr John Mason (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Stress during pregnancy:consequences for mother and child Friday 12 March 2010, 12.30pm Professor Petra Arck (McMaster University, Canada) Seeing is believing: imaging Ca2+-signalling events in living cells Wednesday 17 March 2010, 12.30pm Professor Graham McGeown (Queen's University of Belfast) Cotransporters and hypertension Friday 19 March 2010, 12.30pm Dr Peter Flatman (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Manipulating the PI3K pathway in germ cells could lead to improved fertility preservation options for female cancer patients Friday 19 March 2010, 11.44am Dr Evelyn Telfer (Centre for Integrative Physiology) RFX transcription factors: key regulators of cilia assembly and function from invertebrates to mammals Friday 26 March 2010, 12.30pm Dr Benedicte Durand (University Lyon) April Survival and death signalling by the NMDA receptor Friday 23 April 2010, 11.30am Dr Giles Hardingham (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Harnessing amoebae for medical use (Where there's muck there's brass) Friday 23 April 2010, 11.30am Dr Sutherland Maciver (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Seeing the wood for the trees: using drosophila to study molecular mechanisms of neural network formation Friday 30 April 2010, 11.30am Dr Darren Williams (King's College, London) May Synaptic cell biology Friday 7 May 2010, 11.30am Dr Mike Cousin (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Sensory information processing in the cerebellum Friday 7 May 2010, 11.30am Dr Ian Duguid (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Mapping the molecular dynamics of clathrin mediated endocytosis Wednesday 12 May 2010, 11.30am Dr Christien Merrifield This lecture was sponsored by Becker & Hickl, GmbH Development of maps and circuits in the mammalian visual system Friday 14 May 2010, 11.30am Professor Ian Thompson (King's College, London) July Survey of behavioral phenotypes of oxytocin and vasopressin receptor knockout mice Friday 2 July 2010, 11.30am Dr W. Scott Young (Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation, NIMH) Lecture series 'Our Changing World' A series of public lectures examining the global challenges facing society. Lecture series 'Our Changing World' Fragile X Syndrome and Related Synaptopathies conference The University of Edinburgh is hosting this KILI4X conference 8-10 July 2010. The Parental Brain: Neurobiology, Behaviour and the Next Generation The University of Edinburgh is hosting this conference 1-4 September 2010. The Parental Brain: Neurobiology, Behaviour and the Next Generation October Stem cells and brain tumours: What do they have in common?" Friday 1 October 2010, 11.30am Professor Silvia Marino (Barts and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry) Mapping and computational modelling of nucleosome positions Friday 8 October 2010, 11.30am Dr Martin Simmen (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Epigenetics and chromatin remodelling in early development and nuclear reprogramming Friday 8 October 2010, 11.30am Dr Sari Pennings (Centre for Cardiovascular Science) Plasticity of synaptic and extrasynaptic inhibitory neurotransmission Friday 15 October 2010, 11.30am Professor Trevor Smart (Department of Neuroscience, UCL) Modelling motor neuron diseases in Drosphila Friday 22 October 2010, 11.30am Dr Guisy Pennetta (Centre for Integrative Physiology) What can we learn by detailed evaluation of retinocollicular maps? Friday 22 October 2010, 11.30am Professor David Willshaw (Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation) Plasticity and computation in the hippocampal inhibitory circuit Friday 29 October 2010, 11.30am Professor Dimitri Kullman (Institute of neurology, UCL) November Friday 5th November "Development of the rodent thalamocortical circuit" - Dr Michael Daw (Centre for Integrative Physiology) "Insights into the genetics & biology of schizophrenia and related mental disorders through the DISC1 pathway" - Professor David Porteous (Centre for Molecular Medicine) Friday 12th November "A new pathway regulating vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation" - Professor Graeme Nixon (University of Aberdeen) Friday 19th November "Regulation of neurogenesis in Drospila: Linking cell type specification to cellular differentiation" - Professor Andrew Jarman (Centre for Integrative Physiology) "Cartilage injury during orthopaedic surgery - a 'solution' to the problem?" - Dr Andrew Hall (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Friday 26th November "Novel avenues in neuroprotection: the role of axon degeneration and its molecular control" - Dr Laura Conforti (University of Nottingham) December Friday 3rd December "Function and plasticity in the vestibular system and cerebellum" - Professor Mayank Dutia (Centre for Integrative Physiology) "A stressful life: Behavioural consequences of altered glucocorticoid exposure" - Professor Megan Holmes (Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences) Friday 10th December "Glycosylation as a regulator of cell signalling in development and physiology" - Dr Tarja Kinnunen (University of Liverpool) Monday 13th December "The complexity of complexin: A dual function for complexin" - Professor Bob Chow (University of Southern California) This article was published on 2022-10-17
