Neural control of locomotion in larval Drosophila
Dr. Stefan Pulver, Lecturer in Neuroscience, University of St Andrews.
11th December 2017, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, at 13:00.
Host: Dr HongYan Zhang
Development of the hypothalamus in the chick embryo
Prof Marysia Placzek (University of Sheffield); Host: Paul Le Tissier
Friday, 8 December, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
On the unexpected role of SMN protein in controlling translation: implications for Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Dr Gabriella Viero (Institute of Biophysics of CNR, Trento, Italy); Host: Tom Gillingwater
Friday, 1 December, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Protein homeostasis at synapses
Prof Patrik Vestreken (KU Leuven); Host: Karen Smillie
Friday, 24 November, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
The impact of obesity and diet on stroke and Alzheimer’s Disease: Evidence from preclinical studies
13th November 2017, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, at 13:00.
Host: Dr Jill Fowler
Exploring pain mechanisms in endometriosis
Dr Erin Greaves (UoE); Host: Sander van den Driesche
Friday, 17 November, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Symposium - Genes & Development
Wed, 8 November, 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Please find the programme below. Registration
Shining light on neural inhibition in the somatosensory cortex
Prof Koen Vervaeke (University of Oslo); Host: Gulsen Surmeli
Friday, 10 November, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Synaptic organization of visual space in primary visual cortex
Dr María Florencia Iacaruso (University of Oxford); Host: Nathalie Rochefort
Friday, 3 November, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Reconsolidation: Updating and strengthening memories
Dr. Jonathan Lee, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham
30th October 2017, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, at 13:00.
Host: Dr Szu-Han Wang
Modelling and understanding Down syndrome including neurodegeneration
Prof Elizabeth Fisher (Department of Neurodegenerative Disease, UCL Institute of Neurology); Host: Iris Oren
Thu, 26 October, 12:30 pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Impaired cortical and hippocampal speed coding in mouse models of dementia
Dr. Jonathan Brown, University of Exeter Medical School.
23rd October 2017, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, at 13:00.
The central oxytocin system: diversity of cell types, their targets and behavioral effects
Dr Valery Grinevich (DKFZ Heidelberg); Host: Mike Ludwig
20 October, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Apolipoprotein E and Amyloid beta: Old dogs, new tricks
Professor Eloise Hudry, Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
16th October 2017, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, at 13:00.
Studying axon-glial communication and axonal energy metabolism in compact white matter
Dr Aiman Saab (University of Zürich); Host: Giles Hardingham
13 October, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Neuronal network dysfunction in a murine model of tauopathy-associated dementia
Dr. Jonathan Witton (University of Bristol); Host: Giles Hardingham
29 September, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
C9orf72 FTD and ALS - Mechanisms and therapeutics
26th September, Lecture Theatre A, Chancellors Building, at 13:00.
Mary Pickford Lecture - Short- and long-range inhibition governing spatial representation and memory
This year's annual lecture will be delivered by Prof Hannah Monyer (DKFC, Heidelberg) on 6 October in the Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Announcement and award of the Alison Douglas Prize for the best PhD thesis will be made at 12:30 pm; lecture starts at 12:45 pm.
R Jean Banister Lecture - Getting Excited about Pacemaking in the Athlete’s Heart
Joint lecture with Cardiovascular Science
Dr Alicia D'Souza (University of Manchester)
Tue, 26 September, 12:30 pm, QMRI Wellcome Lecture Theatre, LF
Hypothalamic glutamate-vasopressin pathways modulate GABAergic microcircuitries of lateral habenula during stress coping
Prof Limei Zhang (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and NIH); Host: John Russel and Mike Ludwig
22 September, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Manipulating gene expression to treat intractable epilepsy
Dr Gabriele Lignani (UCL); Host: Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser
15 September, 12:30 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Munc18 (STXBP1) under the nanoscope: link to synucleopathies
Prof Fred Meunier (University of Queensland); Host: Mike Cousin
29 August, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Secretory vesicle heterogeneity and the regulation of calcium-triggered exocytosis
Dr Arun Anantharam (Dept. Pharmacology, University of Michigan)
28th August, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre, 1 GS
Motion vision: from behaviour to cellular and circuit function
Dr Marion Silies (ENI Göttingen); Host: Julia Schiemann
6 June, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Women in Science
Round-table discussion for researchers. Female CIP-seminar speakers will talk about their careers and share their experince as women in science.
Speaker: Dr Marion Silies (ENI Göttingen)
Tuesday, 6 June 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, venue: Hugh Robson Building, room:174
Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre seminar afternoon
Keynote lecture by Prof Mark Richardson (KCL)
Thu 25 May, 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Supported by CIP and Thomas TS Ingram Memorial fund.
Cellular and Molecular Anatomy of a Human Synapse
Prof Tom Gillingwater (CIP); Host: Karen Smillie and Emanuel Busch
30 May, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Ultrafast endocytosis and its molecular mechanism
Prof Shigeki Watanabe (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore); Host; Mike Cousin
15 May, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Optogenetic dissection of sleep circuits and functions
Prof Dr Antoine Adamantidis (Uni Bern CH); Host: Christos Gkogkas
9 May, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Edinburgh Pharmacology Symposium 2017
New Frontiers, Same Issues
Friday 5th May, Hugh Robson Building lecture theatre
Plasticity of neural circuits, from development to function
Dr Arantza Barrios (UCL); Host: Simon Warburton-Pitt
2 May, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
The Brattleboro rat. New research on an old endocrine animal model.
Prof Dr Mario Engelmann (Otto von Guericke - University of Magdeburg); Host: Mike Ludwig
25 April, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Joint CNR-CIP 2nd year PhD Symposium
Multidisciplinary approaches for precise descriptions of protein function
Prof Tamara Kinzer-Ursem (Purdue University); Host: Melanie Stefan
11 April, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Optogenetic analysis of neuropeptide signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans locomotion
Prof Dr Alex Gottschalk (University of Frankfurt); Host: Emanuel Busch
4 April, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
TGF-β2: cytokines as activity-dependent regulators of efficacy and fatigability at mammalian synapses
Dr Guy Bewick (University of Aberdeen); Host: Andy Jarman
28 March, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Understanding the function and specificity of feedforward and feedback signals in olfaction
Dr Florin Albeanu (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory); Host: Ian Duguid
21 March, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Articular cartilage - injury, repair and osteoarthritis.
Dr Andrew Hall (CIP); Host: Karen Smillie and Emanuel Busch
14 March, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Two-photon optogenetics with millisecond temporal precision and single cell resolution
Dr Valentina Emiliani (Paris Descartes University); Host: Nathalie Rochefort
7 March, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Women in Science
Round-table discussion for researchers. Female CIP-seminar speakers will talk about their careers and share their experince as women in science.
Speaker: Dr Valentina Emiliani (Paris Descartes University)
Monday, 7 March 11:15 am - 12:15 pm, venue: Hugh Robson Building, room:G6
What is the 'and' in, Phenotype = Genes and Environment?
Dr Crispin Jordan (BMTO); Host: Karen Smillie & Emanuel Busch
28 February, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Functional heterogeneity in the control of pituitary function
Dr Nicola Romano (CIP); Host: Karen Smillie & Emanuel Busch
21 February, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Epigenetics and the challenge of chronic pain
Dr Sandrine Geranton (UCL); Host: Carole Torsney
7 February, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Synaptic alterations in Alzheimer's disease
Dr Tara Spires-Jones (CCNS); Host: Karen Smillie and Emanuel Busch
31 January, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Molecular mechanisms of forebrain development
Prof David Price (CIP); Host: Karen Smillie and Emanuel Busch
24 January, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre : research aimed at #noepilepsy #betterepilepsy & The Patrick Wild Centre
Dr Richard Chin & Prof Mike Cousin(Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre)
Prof Peter Kind(The Patrick Wild Centre)
17 January, 1 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre