List of the 2018 Seminars & Events at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences. Targeting muscle and metabolic pathologies to develop new treatment strategies for spinal muscular atrophy Dr Melissa Bowerman, Lecturer in Bioscience, School of Medicine, Keele University Thursday 13th December 2018, 1pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Lyndsay Murray ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Functional dynamics of interacting motor circuits during frog metamorphic development Dr. John Simmers, Institut de Neurosciences cognitives et intégratives d'AquitaineUniversité Bordeaux Monday 3rd December 2018, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Host: Dr HongYan Zhang ***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building*** Fertility preservation in prepubertal boys diagnosed with cancer Professor Ans van Pelt, Center for Reproductive Medicine, UMC Amsterdam Thursday 29th November 2018, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Federica Lopes ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Newt regeneration: regulation and evolution Professor Andras Simon, Department of Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Monday 26th November 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Host: Dr Thomas Becker ***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building*** From photon to pipette: optical and electrophysiological tools for studying intact neural circuits Professor Simon Schultz, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London Thursday 22nd November 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Prof Richard Morris ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** The Physiological Society, GL Brown Lecture - Seeing depth with two eyes: the binocular physiology of 3D space Prof Andrew Parker, University of Oxford Thursday 15th November 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Prof David Wyllie ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building****** Illuminating the TRPC gating machinery - novel aspects of photopharmacology and optochemical genetics of TRPC channels Professor Klaus Groschner, Institute of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz Thursday 8th November 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Prof Mark Evans ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Peripheral macrophage control of microglia during CNS injury Dr Andy Greenhalgh, University of Bordeaux Thursday 1st November 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Barry McColl + Dr Laura McCulloch ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Role of microglia in the glioma biology Dr Anne Régnier-Vigouroux, Faculty of Biology, JGU-Mainz, Mainz, Germany Monday 29th October 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Host: Dr Dirk Sieger ***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building*** Investigating mechanisms of synaptic dysfunction in an organotypic slice culture model of Alzheimer’s disease Dr Claire Durrant, University of Cambridge Thursday 25th October 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Mary Pickford Lecture - Alison Douglas Prize - Aggregation of tau and alpha-synuclein: towards a therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases Professor Maria Spillantini, Professor of Molecular Neurology Dept Clinical Neurosciences - University of Cambridge Thursday 18th October 2018, 12.30pm - Anatomy Lecture Theatre - Doorway 3, Room 425, Teviot - Medical School Host: Prof David Wyllie ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Publishing in Nature Neuroscience Shari Wiseman, Editor for Nature Neuroscience, NYC Tuesday 16th October 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Emily Osterweil ***Live streamed to: Boardroom 2nd Floor, Chancellor's Building*** Mechanisms of excitability defects in Fragile X Syndrome Dr Vitaly Klyachko, Washington University School of Medicine Friday 12th October 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Prof Peter Kind ***Followed by a drinks reception in HRB common room*** Juvenile NMDA receptors: gate-keepers of brain development and cognition Professor Isabel Pérez-Otaño, Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain Thursday 11th October 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Prof David Wyllie ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Zebrafish Amygdaloid Complex and Eversion Dr Thomas Müller, Kansas State University, USA Monday 1st October , 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Host: Prof Catherina Becker ***Live streamed to: Room 6, Hugh Robson Building*** Actinopathies: From Mutations To Treatment Dr Julien Ochala, Reader in Muscle Physiology, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, King's College London Thursday 27th September, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Robin Beaven ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Olfactory Food Perception Rewires Organismal Proteostasis Prof Thorsten Hoppe, CECAD Cologne and Institute for Genetics Thursday 20th September 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Emanuel Busch ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Neural ensemble dynamics in the brainstem for global brain state regulation Dr Shuzo Sakata, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Monday 17th September 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Host: Dr Szu-Han Wang ***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building*** Perturbed TDP-43 autoregulation: the key to disease in ALS-FTD Dr Jemeen Sreedharan, Cambridge Neuroscience, University of Cambridge Thursday 13th September, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Chris Henstridge ***Live streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building*** Epigenetic regulation of axon regeneration: the role of gene repression Dr Valeria Cavalli, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders, Center of Regenerative Medicine Washington University Monday 10th September, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre Host: Prof Giles Hardingham ***Live streamed to: Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Molecular mechanisms of glutamate receptor trafficking Dr Victor Anggono, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Australia Friday 27th July 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre , Hugh Robson Building Host: Professor Mike Cousin ***Live streamed to: Room GU216, NRIE UoE Auditorium B, Chancellors Building**** Molecular and structural bases for synaptic plasticity - molecules and structure of PSD Professor Tatsuo Suzuki, Department of Neuroplasticity, Shinshu University 5th July, 1:00pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building Host: Dr Noboru Komiyama ***Live streamed to: Room 174 - Hugh Robson Building, George Square*** Activity-dependent myelination and its role in learning Professor William D Richardson, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, UCL 4th June 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building Host: Professor David Lyons ***Live streamed to: Room G6 - Hugh Robson Building, George Square*** Mechanisms of homeostatic plasticity in mouse visual cortex Dr Tara Keck, Neuro, Physiology & Pharmacology, UCL 31st May 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Nathalie Rochefort Molecular connection between calcium-regulated exocytosis and compensatory endocytosis in neuroendocrine cells and neurons Dr. Stéphane Gasman, Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences Institute (INCI), Université de Strasbourg 24th May 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Professor Mike Cousin ***Live streamed to: Room FU223 - Seminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Brain oxygen sensing Professor Alexander Gourine, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL London 10th May 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Professor Mark Evans ***Live streamed to: Room FU223 - Seminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Dynamic control of stress axis and pituitary endocrine excitability Professor Mike Shipston, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh 3rd May 2018, 1:00 pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre (1 George Square) (Streamed to Rm G7, 1 GS if capacity is required) Hosts: Dr. Karen Smillie and Dr. Emanuel Busch ***Live streamed to: Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** A deep-superficial sublayer perspective of hippocampal function Dr Liset Menendez de la Prida 26th April 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre, Hugh Robson Building. Host: Prof Matt Nolan ***Live streamed to: FU223 - Seminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** The mechanical control of neuronal development and regeneration Dr. Kristian Franze, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge. 23th April 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building. Host: Dr. Leah Herrgen ***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building, George Square**** Facilities around Edinburgh University: what they can do for us Prof Mark Blaxter (Edinburgh Genomics), Dr Andy Finch (IGMM Mass Spectrometry Facility), Dr Marja Karttunen and Mr Tim McBride (Research Support Office) 19th April 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host:Dr. Karen Smillie and Dr. Emanuel Busch ***Live streamed to: Lecture Theatre A - Chancellor's Building, Little France*** The dynamic architecture of the visual cortex: How to keep my brain young? Professor Siegrid Löwel, University of Göttingen 16th April 2018, 4:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Nathalie Rochefort The Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain Seminar Adaptive immune responses and post-stroke dementia Dr. Marion S. Buckwalter, Department of Neurology, Stanford University Medical Center 16th April 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building. Host: Dr Laura McCulloch ***Live streamed to: Room 174, Hugh Robson Building, George Square*** Dmrt transcription factors in the control of early cortical development Professor Eric J. Bellefroid, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 12th April 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Thomas Theil ***Live streamed to: FU223 - Seminar Room 4, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Using the visual system to understand spatiotemporal memory in the cortical circuits Dr Jeff Govornik , Boston University 5th April 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Emily Osterweil ***Live streamed to: Room FU223 - Seminar Room 4 Chancellors Building Little France*** It takes a brain to control immunity Professor Asya Rolls, The Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of MedicineTechnion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa Rappaport Medical School, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 15th March 2018, 1:00 pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre (1 George Square) Host: Professor Tara Spires-Jones ***Live streamed to: Undergraduate Teaching Room, Chancellor's Building, Little France *** Developing new technology to treat pain and itch Dr. Paul Heppenstall, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Italy 12th March 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building. Host: Professor Peter Brophy ***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building, George Square**** Axonal remodeling following spinal cord injury Dr. Florence Bareyre, Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 5th March 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building. Host: Professor Catherina G. Becker ***Live streamed to: Room G35, Link Hugh Robson Building*** New optical probes for TRP channels spotlight on the lipid-gating machinery Professor Klaus Groschner, Institute of Biophysics, Medical University of Graz 1 March 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Professor Mark Evans ***Live streamed to: Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Regulation of Optic Pathway Development by Down’s Syndrome Cell Adhesion Molecule (DSCAM) Professor Lynda Erskine, The Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen 26th February 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building. Host: Dr Thomas Becker ***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building, George Square*** Synthetic Biology tools to manipulate dynamic biomedical systems Prof. Andrew Millar, SynthSys, University of Edinburgh 22nd February 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Dr. Karen Smillie and Dr. Emanuel Busch ***Live streamed to: FU224 - SR3, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Network topology analysis reveals substructures within the synaptic proteome associated with complex human phenotypes Prof. Douglas Armstrong, Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, University of Edinburgh 15th February 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Dr. Karen Smillie and Dr. Emanuel Busch ***Live streamed to: GU303 - Micro lab 2, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Schwann cells and the control of peripheral nerve repair Professor David Parkinson, Professor of Neuroscience, Plymouth University School of Medicine and Dentistry 12th February 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building. Host: Professor Dies Meijer Neural circuits underlying prey-capture behavior in mice Professor Jennifer Hoy, University of Nevada, Reno 8 February 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Nathalie Rochefort ***Live streamed to: SR5, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Synaptic pruning by microglia in health and disease Dr. Rosachiara Paolicelli (University of Zurich) 1 February 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Chris Henstridge ***Live streamed to: Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building, Little France*** Hindbrain centers that control and coordinate breathing and vocalization Professor Carmen Birchmeier-Kohler, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) 29th January 2018, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, at 13:00. Host: Professor Catherina Becker ***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building, George Square*** Cryo-electron tomography of intact human spermatozoa reveals TAILS - an interrupted helical structure in the microtubule lumen Professor Johanna Höög (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) 25 January, 1:00 pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre (1 George Square) Host: Dr Emanuel Busch Molecular mechanisms of cortical interneuron diversity and plasticity Professor Oscar Marin, Director of the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology (CDN), King's College London. 15th January 2018, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, at 13:00. Host: Professor Catherina Becker ***Live streamed to: Room 174, Hugh Robson Building, George Square*** Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation via Delivery of Temporally Interfering Electric Fields Professor Nir Grossman (Imperial College London) 11 January, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre Host: Professor Giles Hardingham This article was published on 2022-10-17
