List of the 2019 Seminars & Events at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences. Dynamic control of presynaptic function in health and disease Prof Nils Brose, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences 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 ***Please click here to register*** 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 Dr Ben Warren, Royal Society University Research Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, University of Leicester 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 Please click here for details and to register 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 Dr Lauren Orefice, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School 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' Prof Marian Joëls, Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Translational Neuroscience, Utrect, Netherlands 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 Prof Stephan Kröger, Research Group Leader Physiological Genomics, Institute for Physiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich 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 Prof Gordon Arbuthnott, Brain Mechanisms for Behaviour Unit, OIST Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan 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 Dr Gary Armstrong, Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University Tuesday 2nd July, 2019, 1.00pm, Gaddum Lecture Theatre Host: Dr Lyndsay Murray Arc/Arg3.1 as a major coordinator of cognition Sonia Correa, Reader in Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences - University of Bradford 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 Click here to view the programme and to register. 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 Professor Ana Luísa Carvalho, Centre for Neuroscience and cell biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal 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 Host: Dr Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser 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 Host: Dr Elizabeth Davenport 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 Host: Dr Paul De Sousa 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 Host: Prof Siddharthan Chandran 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 Host: Prof Siddharthan Chandran 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 Professor Will Wood, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research - University of Edinburgh 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 Professor Michael Schäfer, Department of Anesthesiology and Focus Program Translational Neurosciences, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Monday 14th January 2019, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Host: Prof Peter Brophy This article was published on 2022-10-17
