List of the 2019 Seminars & Events at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences.
Dynamic control of presynaptic function in health and disease
Monday 16th December 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof Seth Grant
Mini Symposium - Inflammation In Neurological Conditions
Dr Sukhvir Wright, Dr Clare Pridans, Dr Peter Fernandes, Dr Jay Shetty & Dr Karen Mackenzie
Thursday 12th December 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Hosts: Prof Mike Cousin + Dr Richard Chin
Synapses, Circuits & Behaviour Special Seminar – A normative perspective on the diversity of dopamine neurons
Prof Naoshige Uchida, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Harvard University, USA
Wednesday 11th December 2019, 1pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Ian Duguid
SIDB Seminar - Hippocampal CA2 control of social behaviors
Dr Félix Leroy, Columbia University, New York City, NY, United States
Monday 9th December 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Matt Nolan
The hunt for the mechanotransduction ion channel and noise-induced hearing loss in a tympanal insect ear
Thursday 5th December 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Andrew Jarman
'Plasticity and the Engram'
Dr Tomás Ryan, Associate Professor, School of Biochemistry & Immunology,Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institutes (TBSI), Trinity College Dublin
Tuesday 3rd December 2019, 1pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Francesco Gobbo
Leukodystrophies: much more than diseases of myelin
Dr Marianna Bugiani, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Centre Amsterdam
Monday 25th November 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof Anna Williams
Mini Symposium by Genes and Development Group - ‘The Diversity of Cilia in Development and Disease’
Ronald Roepman, Radboud University Nijmegen - ' Ciliary tip dysfunction in retinal ciliopathies'
Wednesday 13th November 2019, 2pm, Hugh Robson Building, Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Thomas Theil
Understanding pain from large scale optical recording of nociceptive activity in vivo
Prof Stephen B McMahon, Professor of Physiology at King’s College London
Monday 11th November 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof Peter Brophy
Finding new analgesic targets – the long way round
Professor Lucy Donaldson, Professor of Sensory Physiology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
Thursday 7th November 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Richard Ribchester
Synapses, Circuits & Behaviour Special Seminar - Neural mechanisms of movement precision
Dr Abigail Person, Laboratory of Cerebellar Physiology Department of Physiology & Biophysics University of Colorado, USA
Wednesday 6th November 2019, 12pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Ian Duguid
The role of the Hira complex, a histone variant H3.3 chaperone, during oocyte-to-embryo transition
Dr Chih-Jen (Lance) Lin, Senior Research Fellow, MRC Centre for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh
Thursday 10th October, 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Norah Spears
SIDB Seminar - Altered somatosensory processing in autism spectrum disorders: mechanisms and emerging therapeutic approaches
Monday 30th September, 2019, 1pm, Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Teviot
Host: Prof Peter Kind
Mary Pickford Lecture + Alison Douglas Prize with Marian Joels 'Sex differences in the effects of early life stress'
Thursday 26th September 2019, 12.30pm, Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Teviot
Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones
Using evolution, CRISPRs and the UK Biobank to explore the contribution of gene regulation in alcohol abuse, fat intake and anxiety
Dr Alasdair MacKenzie, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Friday 23rd August 2019, 12pm, Seminar Room 2, Chancellor's Building
Host: Dr Thomas Becker
Calcium-permeable AMPARs and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus.
Professor Graham Collingridge, CBE, FRS, University of Toronto, Canada and University of Bristol, UK
Thursday 15th August 2019, 1pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Richard Morris
The Edinburgh Musculoskeletal Group Seminar - New pathways controlling cortical bone structure and composition
Professor Natalie Sims, St. Vincent's Institute, Melbourne
Wednesday 14th August 2019, 4pm, Teaching Room 12, Doorway 3, Teviot
Contact Andrew Hall for details
SIDB Seminar - Abnormal mGluR-mediated synaptic plasticity and autism-like behaviours in Gprasp2 mutant mice
João Peça, University of Coimbra | UC · Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Friday 2nd August 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Emily Osterweil
The Quest for Neuroprotection in Parkinson’s disease: reversing synaptic dysfunction
Thursday 18th July 2019, 1pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Ines Boehm
Synapse formation in the central nervous system: learning lessons from the neuromuscular junction
Dr Austen J Milnerwood, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University
Wednesday 17th July 2019, 1pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones
Special Seminar: Remyelination leads to novel myelination patterns in the cerebral cortex
Cody Call, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Monday 15th July 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof David Lyons
How much of parkinsonism is really cortical in origin
Friday 12th July, 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Karen Smillie
SDBG meeting 2019 by Scottish Developmental Biology Group
Prof Anne Ferguson-Smith, Dept of Genetics, Cambridge University
Friday 5th July, 2019, 10.00 - 18.30, Anatomy Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr John Mason
Zebrafish ALS models of TDP-43 and FUS
Tuesday 2nd July, 2019, 1.00pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Lyndsay Murray
Arc/Arg3.1 as a major coordinator of cognition
Friday 31st May 2019, 1.00pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Lucy Privitera
Genes & Development Symposium
Speakers include: Dr Denis Jabaudon, University of Geneva
Wednesday 29th May 2019, 1.00 - 5.00pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr John Mason
Dr Claudia Kathe - Mechanisms of motor recovery with neurorehabilitation after severe spinal cord injury Dr Jordan Squair - Closed loop electr
Grégoire Courtine Group EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Techology, Lausanne), Switzerland
Monday 27th May, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof Catherina Becker
Pathways in the rodent and human amygdala underlying passive freezing and active avoidance and their modulation by oxytocin
Prof Ron Stoop, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience (CNP) in Prilly, Lausanne, Switzerland
Thursday 23rd May 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Mike Ludwig
How Nature and Nurture Shape Development of the Visual System and Visually-Guided Behaviour
Dr Martin Meyer, Reader of Neuroscience, Kings Collage London
Monday 20th May 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof Catherina Becker
Hebbian and homeostatic components of experience-dependent plasticity
Prof Kevin Fox, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
Thursday 16th May 2019, 1pm, Meadows lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Richard Ribchester
New insights into Huntington’s from IPSC disease models
Prof Nick Allen, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
Thursday 2nd May 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Karen Smillie
Careers in Scientific Publishing and How to Publish your work in Cell Reports
Stephen Matheson, Editor-in-Chief of Cell Reports
Wednesday 1st May 2019, 2pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones
CDBS - Postdoctoral Research Fellows: Dr Sam Booker - 'Axon initial segment structure and function in the mouse model of fragile X syndrome' & Dr Yvonne Clarkson - 'Unravelling the human ovary'
Dr Sam Booker & Dr Yvonne Clarkson
Thursday 11th April 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Karen Smillie
Insights on the tectum's functional connectivity in the zebrafish larva.
Dr German Sumbre, National Centre for Research, Paris
Monday 8th April 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Dr Leah Herrgen
University of Edinburgh - Digital Research Services Overview
David Fergusson, Head of Research Services & Kerry Miller, Research Data Management Support Officer, University of Edinburgh
Friday 5th April 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof David Wyllie
Mechanisms of Axon-Oligodendrocyte Communication In Vivo
Dr. Tim Czopka, Technical University Munich
Friday 5th April 2019, 11am, Shirley Hall (Lecture Theatre A), Chancellor’s building.
Host: Prof David Lyons
Mapping the dynamic structure of reflexive behaviour
Dr Liam Browne, Wellcome Trust & Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow, University College London
Thursday 4th April 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Carole Torsney
Diverse dendritic signaling in retinal amacrine cells
Dr Jeff Diamond, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA
Monday 1st April 2019, 4pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre, 1 George Square
Host: Prof David Wyllie
AMPA receptor dysfunction in cognitive disorders
Monday 28th March 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Emily Osterweil
Neural mechanisms of volitional movement
Dr Nuo Li, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
Tuesday 26th March 2019, 1pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre, 1 George Square
Host: Ian Duguid
Circuits controlling initiation and maintenance of hunting behaviour in larval zebrafish
Dr Isaac Bianco, Sir Henry Dale Fellow, University College London
Monday 25th March 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof David Lyons
Neural dynamics of a memory trace in the hippocampus circuit, and beyond
Dr David Dupret, University of Oxford
Thursday 21st March 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Emma Wood & Prof Matt Nolan
Synapses, Circuits & Behaviour - 'The statistical structure of hippocampal representations'
Dr Albert Lee, HHMI, Janelia Research Campus, USA
Tuesday 12th March 2019, 4pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre
Host: Ian Duguid
SIDB Seminar - mTOR in brain development and disease
Prof Mustafa Sahin, Center for Life Sciences, Harvard
Monday 11th March 2019, 12pm, Teviot Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Peter Kind
On the nature of epileptic discharges: studies of mice and men
Professor Andrew Trevelyan, Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University
Thursday 7th March 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Spontaneous neurotransmitter release: joining the dots and making connections
Dr Laura Andreae, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, Kings College London
Thursday 28th February 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Complex nuclear and axonal mRNA regulation by splicing factors in developing and diseased neurons
Professor Corinne Houart, MRC Centre - Developmental Neurobiology, Kings College London
Monday 25th February 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof Catherina Becker
Mechanisms involved in dopaminergic circuitry formation and maintenance
Dr Lia Panman, MRC Toxicology Unit, Leicester
Thursday 21st February 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Widespread alteration of the RNA metabolism in motor neuron diseases: challenges and therapeutic opportunities
Dr Guillaume Hautbergue, Department of Neuroscience, University of Sheffield
Monday 18th February 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Mechanisms of Axonal Actin Dynamics in Motoneuron Disorders
Professor Michael Sendtner, Institute for Clinical Neurobiology, University of Würzburg
Monday 11th February 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
DRI (Dementia Research Institute) Seminar - Synaptic dynamics and circuit mechanism underlying sharp wave-ripple oscillations in awake mice in vivo
Dr Jian Gan, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna
Tuesday 29th January, 4pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre.
Host: Prof Giles Hardingham
Imaging structural brain plasticity
Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford
Monday 28th January 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof David Lyons
Detecting Death and damage; Understanding macrophage migration in vivo
Thursday 17th January 2019, 1pm, Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Giles Hardingham, Prof Andrew Jarman & Dr Guisy Pennetta
L1CAM - a new player in neuroinflammation
Monday 14th January 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof Peter Brophy
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