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A Unique evening to mingle with neuroscientists from the University of Aberdeen and a chance to find out about some of the latest developments in understanding the brain. The event is free but booking essential by visiting www.abdn.ac.uk/science/brain
On March 18, as part of National Science and Engineering Week, and to celebrate Brain Awareness Week we are staging a great evening of events to promote the diversity of research going on here at the University in neuroscience. There will be a reception and a chance to mingle with some of our younger researchers - Katy Cole, Ross Mounsey, Stephanie Annand, Jemma Ransom, Saadiya Ismail and Aspa Paltoglou -who will be armed with brain-busking demonstrations, plus a chance to hear of the latest developments across a range of neuroscience topics from four of our more senior research scientisits, detailed below. The evening reception begins 6pm, followed by fast paced presentations commencing at 7pm, and then a chance for audience discussion. Here's a schedule for the event:-
6:00pm: An interactive drinks reception in James Mackay Hall, King's College, Old Aberdeen. Meet our Brain Busking research student, try out some medical electrotherapy and listen to music by the Garioch Fiddlers featuring our own neurobiologist Dr Peter Fraser. 6.45pm: Invitation to the King's Conference Hall and Introduction by Professor Stephen Logan, Senior Vice Principal at the University of Aberdeen 7:00pm: Brain Research Relay - A fast paced set of four 15-minute presentations in King's Conference Centre Chaired by Professor Peter Mccaffery, Head of the Neuroscience Programme at the University of Aberdeen. The presenters are:-
- Dr Marco Thiel, a physicist who will show how the patterns of the brain can be understood through mathematics. - Dr Ben Jones, psychologist who'll let us know why are brains get all excited when we view certain faces. - Dr Ann Rajnicek, a neuroscientist will stimulate our brains with electrical fields and describe how they may be used to heal the injured brain. - Dr Alison Murray, a clinician who will let us see into the living brain through new imaging methods including MRI and PET
8:00pm: Audience discussion
8:30pm: Close