List of the 2016 Seminars & Events at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences.
Restoring function after spinal cord injury: targeting glial scar matrix and endogenous repair processes
Frontotemporal Spectrum Disorder in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS-FTSD)
Distinct modes of oligodendrocyte versus astrocyte migration: Brain development and cancer
A functional perspective on neocortical grey matter myelination
Information Storage in Memory Engrams
Light on an ancestral sensory interface linking cerebrospinal fluid to motor circuits in vertebrates
Microglial dynamics in health and disease
From Comparative Glial Cells Analysis to Successful Repair
In Vivo Analysis of Mitochondrial Structure, Function and Dynamics in the Nervous System
Emerging Therapeutic Targets in CADASIL, a Genetic Archetype of Vascular Dementia
Neuronal Traffic Control – Microtubule Organisation and Motor Activity
Making and Breaking Neural Progenitor Polarity During Morphogenesis and Neurogenesis in aVertebrate Embryo Brain
Lipid Rafts in Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection
Novel Insights into Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Oxidative Damage in Multiple Sclerosis
Neuron-OPC Synapses in Myelination and Remyelination
The Synapse Beyond Super-resolution
Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow by Capillary Pericytes, in Health and Disease
Huntingtin: Linking Fast Axonal Transport, Energy Supply and Neurotrophin Signaling
Assembly of Functional Visual Circuits in the Brain
TGF-β2: cytokines as activity-dependent regulators of efficacy and fatigability at mammalian synapses
Dr Guy Bewick (University of Aberdeen)
Host: Andrew Jarman
Reactivation of stalled polysomes; a neuronal specific mechanisms of translational control
Dr Wayne Sossin (McGill, CA)
Host: Robyn McAdam
Signalling mechanisms regulating stem cell fate, pituitary gland, hormone secretion.
Dr Cynthia Andoniadou (KCL)
Host: Paul Le Tissier
Control of breathing in animal models of sleep apnoea and Duchene muscular dystrophy
Prof Ken O'Halloran (Univ Coll Cork, Ireland)
Host: Mark Evans
Ageing men and their selfish testes: implications for human disease
Prof Anne Goriely (University of Oxford)
Host: Norah Spears
Women in Science - Round-table discussion for researchers. Female CIP-seminar speakers will talk about their careers and share their experience as women in science
Speaker: Dr Stephanie Schorge (UCL)
Gene therapy for epilepsy: progress and pitfalls
Dr Stephanie Schorge (UCL)
Host: Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser
Workshop on ImageJ/Fiji - IMPACT imaging facility
This is a basic/intermediate workshop on ImageJ/Fiji. It will consist of introductory talk followed by worked-out examples. Participation is free. Please contact Anisha Kubasik-Thayil (anisha.kubasik@ed.ac.uk) to reserve a place.
Neural circuit mechanisms for estimating location
Prof Matt Nolan (CIP)
Hosts: Karen Smillie and Emanuel Busch
Workshop on ImageJ/Fiji - IMPACT imaging facility
This is a basic/intermediate workshop on ImageJ/Fiji. It will consist of introductory talk followed by worked-out examples. Participation is free. Please contact Anisha Kubasik-Thayil (anisha.kubasik@ed.ac.uk) to reserve a place.
Neural tube closure and spina bifida: from developmental mechanisms to prevention in humans
Prof Andrew Copp (UCL)
Host: David Price
The brain oxytocin system: Modulator of socio-emotional behaviours
Prof Inga Neuma (Regensburg, Germany)
Host: Mike Ludwig
The vestibular system as a gateway to motor circuits.
Dr Andrew Murray (Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL)
Host: Matt Nolan
Optoelectrical dynamics of large conductance voltage- and calcium-gated potassium channels.
Dr Teresa Giraldez (Departamento de Fisiología, La Laguna, Spain)
Host: Mike Shipston
Women in Science Round-table discussion for researchers. Female CIP-seminar speakers will talk about their careers and share their experience as women in science.
Speaker: Prof Gillian Bates (UCL)
Mary Pickford Lecture - Insights into the Molecular Basis of Huntington’s Disease – from Gene to Therapy.
This year's annual lecture will be delivered by Prof Gillian Bates (UCL) on 23 September in the Teviot Lecture Theatre, Medical School, Teviot.
Announcement and award of the Alison Douglas Prize for the best PhD thesis will be made at 12:45 pm; lecture starts at 1 pm.
Functionally dissecting cilia in development and disease
Dr Pleasantine Mill (IGMM, Edinburgh)
Host: Thomas Theil
Deanery Symposium 2016
The 2016 joint Symposium will take place on Wed, 7th September in the QMRI Lecture Theatre, Little France.
This Symposium will be an excellent opportunity to find out and discuss the latest findings of our postdoctoral researchers, reflecting the research of our Centres. Talks are followed by a social event which will allow for further discussion of ideas and hopefully opportunities for potential collaborations.
Molecular regulation of the synaptic vesicle cycle in Drosophila
Dr Noreen E. Reist (Colorado State University)
Host: Richard Ribchester
Scottish Developmental Biology Group Meeting
Thu, 16th June; 10:00 am - 6:00 pm, venue: Old Medical School Teviot Place
Scottish Developmental Group Meeting - Programme (612.75 KB)
Memory for time intervals in cerebellar Purkinje cells
Prof Germund Hesslow (Lund University)
Host: Marlies Oostland
Patterning of the cerebral cortex
Dr Shen-Ju Chou (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Host: David Price
Strategies to preserve the primordial follicle reserve in the ovary
Dr Francesca Klinger (University of Rome Tor Vergata)
Host: Federica Lopes
Fast and slow inhibition in hippocampal networks
Prof Imre Vida (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Host: Sam Booker
Maps to make you move: the organisation of a motor system as revealed by EM and electrophysiology
Dr Maarten Zwart (Janelia Research Campus, Ashburn, US)
Host: Richard Ribchester
Amoebae - the original eukaryotes
Dr Sutherland Maciver (CIP)
Host: Mandy Jackson & Emanuel Busch
Model Organisms in Neuroscience: from robots to sheep
21st of April 2016 at the Informatics Forum (10 Crichton Street).
GFP - Lighting up Life
Prof Martin Chalfie (Columbia University)
Host: Maria Doitsidou
Antennal ears in flies: Delicate sensors and powerful tools of sensory biology
Dr Joerg Albert (UCL)
Host: Andrew Jarman
Controlling neural stem cells to improve cognitive function
Prof Federico Calegari (TU Dresden)
Host: Thomas Theil
Women in Science Round-table discussion for female researchers. Female CIP-seminar speakers will talk about their careers and share their experience as women in science.
Speaker: Prof Mala Shah (UCL, London)
Friday, 18th March 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, venue: Hugh Robson Building, room:G6
Dendritic and pre-synaptic HCN channels: function, trafficking and plasticity
Prof Mala Shah (UCL, London)
Host: Matt Nolan
Reconstruction of synaptic vesicles: What happens when it goes right and when it goes wrong
Prof Mike Cousin (CIP)
Host: Mandy Jackson & Emanuel Busch
Regulation of oxygen delivery by AMPK
Prof Mark Evans (CIP)
Host: Mandy Jackson & Emanuel Busch
Emerging functions for chromatin remodelling factors in brain development and autism
Dr Albert Basson (King's College London)
Host: John Mason
The role of grid cells in navigation and memory
Dr Caswell Barry (UCL)
Host: Matt Nolan
Gli3 – a colossal gene for callosal development
Dr Thomas Theil (CIP)
Host: Mandy Jackson & Emanuel Busch
Synaptic integration in circuits controlling mouse instinctive behaviours
Dr Tiago Branco (LMB)
Host: Ian Duguid
Imaging and manipulating pituitary function
Dr Paul Le Tissier (CIP)
Host: Mandy Jackson & Emanuel Busch
The Patrick Wild Centre - Mini Symposium
Gaddum Lecture Theatre, 1 George Square, 20th January - 2 pm
Guest speakers: Professor Kim Huber (UT Southwestern Medical Centre); Dr Dilja Krueger (Max-Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine)
How do carbohydrates instruct brain development?
Dr Tom Pratt (CIP)
Host: Mandy Jackson & Emanuel Busch