Neuroscience Division Seminar Series 2011-12
Seminars to take place in the 6th Floor Seminar Room, Life Sciences Building (BIOSI 3) at 13.10-14.00hrs on Fridays. (except where marked).
When there is an external speaker a buffet lunch will be provided at 12.30pm in the 6th Floor Seminar room.
23rd September 2011
Dan Ball, Society for Endocrinology Summer Student
Title: The metabolic and reproductive consequences of grazing
14th October 2011
Title: Synaptic mechanisms of sensory perception
Tuesday 18th October 2011 - Physiology A Lecture Theatre at 1.00pm
Undergraduate Talks Year 1 - Dr Alan Watson
Title: On being curious - A random walk in Neuroscience from fish to opera singers. I
20th October 2011 - POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR
Dr Jerome Baufreton, Neuroscience Department, CNRS, University of Bordeaux, France
Title: Alteration of GABAergic synaptic transmission in the GP-STN network in experimental Parkinsonism
21st October 2011
Professor Roger Adan, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Title: Ghrelin and anticipation to food
Tuesday 8th November 2011 - Physiology A Lecture Theatre at 1.00pm
Undergraduate Talks Year 2 - Dr David McGonigle
Title: Feeling the Vibe: Using Neuroimaging to Explore the Sense of Touch
Tuesday 22nd November 2011 - Physiology A Lecture Theatre at 1.00pm
Undergraduate Talks Year 2 - Dr Alan Watson
Title: On being curious - A random walk in Neuroscience from fish to opera singers. II
Monday 28th November 2011 at 1.10pm in the Anatomy Lecture Theatre (Buffet lunch at 12.30pm in West Wing Foyer, Biomedical Sciences Building)
Dr Denis Burdakov, Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge
Title: Brain circuits orchestrating sleep and energy balance
2nd December 2011
Dr Leopoldo Petreanu, Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Lisbon, Portugal
Title - The structure and function of sensorimotor circuits
9th December 2011
Dr Riccardo Brambilla, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University
Title: The Ras-ERK pathway as a Target for Brain Disorders
3rd February 2012
Title: c-JUN reprograms Schwann cells of injured nerves to generate a repair cell essential for regeneration
Tuesday 7th February 2012 - at 4.00pm in 6th Floor Seminar Room, Life Sciences Building, Museum Avenue
Title: Disentangling Electrical and Chemical Synaptic Signaling in Golgi Cells
17th February 2012 - Physiology A Lecture Theatre at 1.00pm
Undergraduate Talks Year 1 - Dr Sheila Dargan
Title: Learning and Memory
24th February 2012
Dr Christian Broberger, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
Title: Neural network mechanisms in the control of lactation and neuroendocrine secretion
23rd March 2012
Professor Troy Margrie, Wellcome Trust Investigator, MRC, London
Title: Intrinsic biophysical diversity within and across neuronal networks
27th April 2012 - POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR
Dr Liset Menendez de la Prida, Instituto Cajal - CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Title: Hippocampal rhythms and memory deficits in experimental models of temporal lobe epilepsy
4th May 2012 - Joint Neuroscience & Pathophysiology & Repair Seminar
Professor Alexej Verkhratsky, School of Life Sciences, University of Manchester
Title: General physiology and pathophysiology of neuroglia
Scheduled for 2012/13 Academic Year:
5th October 2012
Dr Vlad Vyasovskiy, University of Surrey
Title: TBA
Details of more speakers and titles to follow shortly.