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Institute of Medical Sciences

Translational Neuroscience: Events

Archive Seminars

Date Speaker Title Room Time
Fri 14 Oct 2005 Prof Bill Wisden Turning neurones on and off L7CR 4-5 pm
Fri 4 Nov 2005 Dr Stuart Cobb Cholinergic modulation of hippocampal cells and circuits L7CR 4-5 pm
Fri 11 Nov 2005 Dr Mike Modo MR Imaging of stem cells in animal models of neurological disease L7CR 4-5 pm
Fri 18 Nov 2005 Dr Ceri Trevethan How blind is ‘Blindsight’? Visual processing in areas of cortical blindness following occipital brain damage L7CR 4-5 pm
Fri 2 Dec 2005 Dr Bruno Frenguelli Release and role of ATP in the ischemic hippocampus L7CR 4-5 pm
Fri 9 Dec 2005 Dr Alasdair MacKenzie Pathways leading to DNA damage induced apoptosis in C. elegans L7CR 4-5 pm
Mon 28 Aug 2006 Dr Tirob Harkany Endocannabinoid Control of Neuronal Specification: The Physiological Significance of CB1 Cannabinoid Receptors in the Regulation of Interneuron Morphogenesis L7CR 12-1 pm
Thu 7 Sep 2006 Peter McCaffrey Don't eat your vitamins; how too much of a good thing might be bad for your brain L5CR 12-1 pm
Peter Teismann COX-2: findings and implications in Parkinson's disease
Thu 14 Sep 2006 Thomas Goetz In vivo modulation of neuronal networks L5CR 12-1 pm
Tue 19 Sep 2006 Professor John Disterhoft Hippocampal and Neocortical Mediation of Trace Eyeblink Conditioning L7CR 10-11 am
Thu 28 Sep 2006 Dr Miguel Martins The serine protease Omi/HtrA2 and parkinsonian neurodegeneration L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 5 Oct 2006 Dr Paula Moran Learning to ignore in rats, mice and people with schizophrenia L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 19 Oct 2006 Brian Morris Schizophrenia: Phencyclidine, Parvalbumin, and the Prefrontal cortex L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 26 Oct 2006 Professor Malcolm Maden Retinoic acid signalling in development and regeneration of the nervous system Foresterhill Lecture Theatre 12-1 pm
Thu 2 Nov 2006 Professor Chris Linington Antibody-mediated axonal injury in multiple sclerosis: a new facet of disease pathogenesis L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 9 Nov 2006 Michael Hennessy Imaging The Psyche, An Introduction To Art Psychotherapy L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 16 Nov 2006 Professor Roger Pertwee [University of Aberdeen] Cannabinoids in health and disease L5CR 12-1 pm
Fri 17 Nov 2006 Dr A Mathie The properties and regulation of two pore domain potassium channels: key regulators of neuronal excitability L7CR 4-5 pm
Tue 9 Jan 2007 Professor Arild Nja [University of Oslo] In vivo manipulation of impulse activity in the neuromuscular system. L5CR 12-1 pm
Mon 15 Jan 2007 Professor Yoshifumi Katayama Actions of neuropeptides in the Enteric Nervous System, with particular reference to the effects of orexins, motilin and ghrelin on enteric neurones. L7CR 4-5 pm
Thu 1 Feb 2007 Professor David Beech Ion transport switching and lipid-sensing TRP channels in vascular smooth muscle L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 8 Feb 2007 Professor Jerry Lambert, University of Dundee I am just going to put you to sleep: GABA-A receptors, a target for general anaesthetics. L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 15 Feb 2007 Professor Uwe-Karsten Hanisch [University of Goettingen] Phenotypic diversity of microglia and macrophages - Changing the stereotype(d) concept L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 1 Mar 2007 Dr Troy Margrie [University College London] Neural basis of sensory representation. [Host: Dr Peer Wulff] L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 8 Mar 2007 Dr Alastair Hosie [University College London] Neurosteroid regulation of GABA-A receptors L5CR 12.00
Tue 20 Mar 2007 Dr Oliver Stork [Magdeburg University] Molecular mechanisms of fear memory consolidation: from genes to networks L5CR 12 - 1 pm
Thu 12 Apr 2007 Professor Chris de Zeeuw [Erasmus University, rotterdam] Cerebellar Interneurons: Reading Between the Lines [Host: Professor Bill Wisden] L5CR 12-1 pm
Supported by the British Neuroscience Association
Thu 19 Apr 2007 Dr Jorg Mey [Aachen, Germany] Retinoic acid signaling – a therapeutic target for spinal cord injury L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 17 May 2007 Professor Andrew Russo CGRP and Migraine L5CR 12-1 pm
Mon 2 Jul 2007 Dr Yasuo Sakai [Fujita Health University] The CYP26 retinoic acid-inactivating enzymes shape the distribution of endogenous retinoic acid in the mouse embryo L5CR 12 noon
Thu 12 Jul 2007 Dr Carl Holmgren [Department of Experimental Neurophysiology, VU University Amsterdam] A Failure to Communicate: Fragile X, Calcium Signaling and Synaptic Plasticity L5CR 3-4 pm
Thu 6 Sep 2007 Dr Ramon Grima [Mathematical Institute Fellow, Imperial College, London] Multiscale modelling of biological dynamics L5CR 12-1 pm
Mon 24 Sep 2007 Dr Andrew J Dwork [New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University] Neuropathology of Schizophrenia L5CR 2-3 pm
Thu 4 Oct 2007 Professor Stephen Hunt [Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, UCL, London] Gene repression, local translation and pain processing L5CR 12-1 pm
Fri 5 Oct 2007 Trevor Smart [Schild Professor of Pharmacology, University College, London] Regulating inhibitory synaptic transmission LT3 [Foresterhill Lecture Theatre] 4-5 pm
Thu 11 Oct 2007 Dr Guy Bewick [University of Aberdeen] "Synaptic-like" vesicles in sensory nerve terminals - part of a novel sensory modulatory system? L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 18 Oct 2007 Dr Stephen Brickley [Imperial College, London] Changing HEK cells into neurons L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 25 Oct 2007 Dr Karen Horsburgh [University of Edinburgh] APOE4: a causative factor and therapeutic target in CNS disease L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 1 Nov 2007 Prof. Lawrence Whalley [University of Aberdeen] From the cognitive epidemiology of ageing to experimental fMRI: past, present and future of the Aberdeen 1936 birth cohort studies Level 5, IMS 12:00-13:00
Thu 8 Nov 2007 Professor David St Clair [University of Aberdeen] Schizophrenia, genes and environment L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 29 Nov 2007 Dr Giles Hardingham [Centre for Neuroscience Research, University of Edinburgh] Control of neuronal antioxidant defences by synaptic activity L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 6 Dec 2007 Professor Anne Stephenson [School of Pharmacy, University of London] Trafficking of neurotransmitter receptors L5CR 11-12 pm
Thu 24 Jan 2008 Dr Bettina Platt [University of Aberdeen] Neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease: current and future therapeutic strategies L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 21 Feb 2008 Dr Rod Scott [University of Aberdeen] Pore forming sponge toxins: chemical defence and biological tools L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 28 Feb 2008 Dr Sanbing Shen [University of Aberdeen] PACAP signalling in neurogenesis L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 20 Mar 2008 Professor Miquel Vila [Research Institute of the University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona] Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 27 Mar 2008 Dr Delia Belelli [University of Dundee] Developmental maturation of synaptic and extra-synaptic GABA-A receptors in thalamocortical relay neurones L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 3 Apr 2008 Professor Ann Logan [University of Birmingham] Novel mechanisms of retinal ganglion cell axon growth disinhibition L5CR 12-1 pm
Tue 15 Apr 2008 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting Internal Speakers: Martin Collinson, Alison Murray, William Wisden and Peer Wulf, Mon Williams and Justin Williams, Marco Thiel and Mamen Romano:: External Speakers: Professor Vincent Walsh [UCL], Peter Morgan [Rowett Institute] L7CR 12 - 5 pm
Thu 1 May 2008 Dr Josef Kittler [UCL, Department of Physiology] Regulating inhibitory synapse strength with motors and adaptors L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 8 May 2008 Professor Peter Somogyi , FRS, FMedSci [MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, University of Oxford]: 1st Hans Kosterlitz Lecture Time and space in cooperative neuronal circuits: chronocircuitry in the hippocampus L7CR 11-12
Tue 24 Jun 2008 Professor Keith Sharkey [University of Calgary] Enteric neuronal Responses to Inflammation - Effects at a distance, in space and over time L5CR 3-4 pm
Thu 26 Jun 2008 Ole Paulsens [University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics] Synaptic plasticity during network oscillations: spike timing-dependent plasticity and phase response curves L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 24 Jul 2008 Wim Crusio [Universite de Bordeaux I, Centre de Neurosciences Integratives et Cognitives, CNRS] Mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 28 Aug 2008 Professor Thomas Collett [University of Sussex] Visuo-motor memories guiding the foraging routes of ants L5CR 3-4 pm [note change from the usual time!]
Thu 28 Aug 2008 Hui-Chen Lu [Host: Prof Tibor Harkany] What can one get from a barrel? How mGluR5 signaling contributes to the development and plasticity of cortical maps. L5CR 4.30-5.30 pm
Fri 5 Sep 2008 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting II Full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 12-5 pm
Sponsored by BNA and Milipore
Wed 10 Sep 2008 Professor Neil Millar [University College London] Molecular characterization of neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and the molecular chaperone RIC-3 L7CR 12-1 pm
Thu 25 Sep 2008 Professor Esa Korpi [University of Helsinki, Finland] Roles of GABA-A receptor subtypes in behavioural responses to specific drugs L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 2 Oct 2008 Dr Bazbek Davletov [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge] Molecular mechanisms of synaptic vesicle exocytosis L5CR 12-1 pm
Fri 3 Oct 2008 Professor Urs Ruegg [University of Geneva] Pharmacological approaches towards the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy [hosted by Professor Gay Hawksworth] L5CR 2pm
Thu 9 Oct 2008 Dr Jenny Morton [Dept of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge] Therapeutic approaches to neurological decline in Huntington's disease : What can mice teach us? L5CR 12-1pm
Fri 17 Oct 2008 Dr Bruno Gonzalez [Faculte de Medecine Pharmacie Rouen, France] The neuropeptide PACAP in the control of apoptosis: neurodevelopmental and therapeutic implications L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 23 Oct 2008 Dr Mick Hastings [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge] Clock genes and circadian pacemakers in the brain L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 30 Oct 2008 Dr Cornelius Gross [European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Monterotondo, Rome] Developmental programming of anxiety in mice L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 4 Dec 2008 Dr M W Jones [RCUK Academic Fellow, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Bristol] Entraining errant ensembles: neuronal network activity during cognition, sleep and disease L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 17 Dec 2008 Dr Jens Claussen Network complexity, information representation and transmission, and neurodynamics of sleep L7CR 9.30 am
Joint Neurobiology and Systems Biology Seminar
Thu 18 Dec 2008 Professor Claude Wischik [University of Aberdeen and Chairman of TauRx Therapeutics] From Basic Research to a Tau-based Treatment in Alzheimer's disease L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 15 Jan 2009 Dr Sarah J Bailey [Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology, University of Bath] Retinoid regulation of serotonin - does this cause depression? [Host: Prof Peter McCaffery] L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 22 Jan 2009 Professor Peter Jenner [Professor of Pharmacology, Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Centre, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, King's College, London] The aetiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 5 Feb 2009 Dr David Wilkinson [MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London] Mechanisms of tissue boundary formation and neurogenesis L5CR 12-1 pm
Tue 10 Feb 2009 Professor Allyn Howlett [Wake Forest University Health Sciences] CB1 Receptor Signal Transduction L5CR 12.30 - 1.30 pm
Thu 19 Feb 2009 Marios Stavridis [University of Dundee, Division of Cell and Developmental Biology] Molecular control of embryonic stem cell neural differentiation L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 26 Feb 2009 Professor Miles Whittington [School of Neurology, Neurobiology & Psychiatry, The Medical School, University of Newcastle] CANCELLED
Thu 12 Mar 2009 Robert J Harvey [Professor of Molecular Neuroscience and Genetics, Department of Pharmacology, The School of Pharmacy, London] Genetic defects affecting inhibitory glycinergic transmission' L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 18 Mar 2009 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting III Full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 12-5 pm
Thu 2 Apr 2009 Dr Karri Lamsa [University of Oxford] LTP and LTD in identified hippocampal inhibitory circuits L7CR 12-1 pm
Thu 9 Apr 2009 Professor Gordon W Arbuthnott [Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology] The site of action of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 29 Apr 2009 Professor Jim Austin [Advanced Computer Architectures Group, Computer Science, University of York] How does the brain compute? L5CR 12-1 pm
Tue 5 May 2009 Professor Rob Hampson [Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Wake Forest University Health Sciences, North Carolina] Looking for cognition in all the right places: manipulations of memory from rodents to primates L5CR 3-4 pm
Fri 8 May 2009 Professor Chris McBain [NIH, Washington] Bidirectional plasticity with a feedforward cortical inhibitory interneuron circuit L7CR 12-1 pm
The Hans Kosterlitz Lecture 2009
Thu 4 Jun 2009 Professor Rejko Krüger [Center of Neurology and Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Germany] Impaired mitochondrial function and dynamics in genetic models of Parkinson's disease. L5CR 12 - 1 pm
Mon 8 Jun 2009 Professor Farrukh A Chaudhry [Group Leader, The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo and Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, University of Oslo] Functional roles of glutamine transporters in metabolism and neuronal signaling L5CR 2-3 pm
Fri 12 Jun 2009 Ernesto Restrepo [Karolinska Institute, Stockholm] The neurotransmitter phenotype of neurons in the spinal cord L5CR 1-2 pm
Wed 17 Jun 2009 Dr Paula J Brunton [Centre for Integrative Physiology, Edinburgh] Stress, metabolic signalling and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 24 Jun 2009 Dr Fiona Murray [Department of Pharmacology, University of California] Targeting cAMP in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: a Pathway-Dependent approach L5CR 4-5 pm
Thu 9 Jul 2009 Professor AHV Schapira [DSc MD FRCP FMedSci; Chairman ,Head of Department of Clinical Neurosciences, UCL Institute of Neurology] Recent advances in the cause and treatment of Parkinson's Disease L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 16 Jul 2009 Dr Marco van den Top [Division of Clinical Sciences, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick] Integration of metabolic stimuli in the hypothalamic arcuate nucleus [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L5CR 12-1 pm
Tue 11 Aug 2009 Dr Giandomenico Iannetti [University of Oxford} Deconstructing the "pain matrix" [Host: Dr Peter Neri] L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 2 Sep 2009 Dr Andrea Benucci [UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London] Coding of stimulus sequences by population responses in visual cortex. [Host: Dr Peter Neri] L7CR 3-4 pm
Thu 24 Sep 2009 Professor Yuri Ushkaryov [Imperial College] Presynaptic receptor with a split personality and release of neurotransmitters Host: Dr Guy Bewick L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 30 Sep 2009 Professor Stafford Lightman [Henry Wellcome laboratories for Integrative neuroscience and Endocrinology, University of Bristol] The importance of rhythms for glucocorticoid signalling in the CNS. [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 7 Oct 2009 Dr Jozsef Csicsvari [MRC Senior Scientist, MRC Antomical Neuropharmacology Unit, University of Oxford] Reactivation of cell assemblies in sleep: insights into memory L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 14 Oct 2009 Professor Roger Adan [Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University of Utrecht] NPY and AgRP differentially affect feeding [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L7CR 3-4 pm
Mon 26 Oct 2009 Professor Nicholas Wood Parkinson's disease: genes to mechanisms [Host: Dr P Teismann] L5CR 3-4 pm
Wed 11 Nov 2009 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting Full programme can be accessed at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 12-5 pm
Thu 12 Nov 2009 Professor Avtar Roopra [University of Wisconsin, Madison] Metabolic regulation of plasticity: therapeutic implications [Host: Prof Colin McCaig] L7CR 10 am
Tue 17 Nov 2009 Professor Berry Spruijt [University of Utrecht, The Netherlands] Home sweet home: the relevant context for testing behaviour? [Host: Prof Gernot Riedel] L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 18 Nov 2009 Professor David Wynick [Professor of Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol] Galanin: a pleiotropic neuropeptide that plays a role in neuronal survival, regeneration and neuroprotection [Hosted by Dr Alasdair MacKenzie] L5CR 3-4 pm
Wed 20 Jan 2010 Professor Phillip Gordon-Weeks [MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College, London] Mini-Symposium: Building the Brain L7CR 3-5pm
Dr Pierre Vanderhaeghen [Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Brussels]
Wed 10 Feb 2010 Dr Daniela Cota [INSERM, Universite Bordeaux 2, France] Role of hypothalamic mTORC1 signalling in energy balance regulation [Hosted by Professor Peter McCaffery] L7CR 3-4 pm
Mon 15 Feb 2010 Dr Upinder S Bhalla [National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, India] Probing real neuronal networks at single synapse resolution [Host: Dr M Bartos] L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 3 Mar 2010 Prof Wolfgang Hauber tbc: [Host: Prof Gernot Riedel] L7CR 3-4 pm
Thu 4 Mar 2010 Professor Nils Brose [Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Gottingen] Synaptic defects in Autism [Host: Dr G Bewick] L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 10 Mar 2010 Dr Simon Butt [Imperial College London] Genetics and physiology: exploring the building blocks of the developing brain [Host: Dr Andrew Murray] L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 17 Mar 2010 Professor David Hazlerigg [Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen] Two clocks to time us: circadian and circannual rhythms in mammals and man [Host: Dr Peer Wulff] L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 14 Apr 2010 Professor Olaf Riess [Department of Medical Genetics, University Tuebingen, Germany] Transgenic rodent models of neurodegenerative diseases [Host: Dr Peter Teismann] L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 21 Apr 2010 Dr Hugh Marston The challenges of novel psychiatric drug discovery: a worked example [Host: Professor G Riedel] L5CR 3-4 pm
Wed 28 Apr 2010 Professor Susan Barnett [University of Glasgow] Distinctive properties of Schwann cells and olfactory ensheathing cells in scar formation and spinal cord repair [Host: Dr Derryck Shewan] L7CR 3-4 pm
Mon 24 May 2010 Dr Christian Holscher [Head of Neuroscience, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster] Novel GLP-1 analogues developed to treat type 2 diabetes have neuroprotective effects in models of Alzheimer's disease: Short seminar [30-40 minutes] Host: Dr Bettina Platt IMS level 5 conference room 3-4
Wed 26 May 2010 Professor Beat Lutz [University of Mainz, Germany] The endocannabinoid system in the control of the organism's homeostasis: Friend or Foe? L7CR 11 am
Kosterlitz Prize Lecture 2010
Wed 2 Jun 2010 Dr Lawrence Moon [Wolfson centre for Age-Related Diseases] Improving sensorimotor function after focal stroke in aged rats [Host: Dr Derryck Shewan] L5CR 12-1 pm
Thu 3 Jun 2010 Dr Joriene de Nooij [Columbia University, New York] Molecular pathways of proprioceptive sensory neuron differentiation [Host: Dr G Bewick] L7CR 4-5 pm
Tue 15 Jun 2010 Professor Jeff Bulte [John Hopkins University] Stem cell tracking in neurologic applications [Host: Dr Alison Murray] L7CR 12-1 pm
Wed 23 Jun 2010 Professor Christian Schwarzbauer [Chair in Neuroimaging, Aberdeen Biomedical Imaging Centre] Functional MRI of Human Brain Networks [Host: Prof P McCaffery] L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 8 Sep 2010 Saurav Seshadri [Johns Hopkins University] DISC1 and ErbB4 in the mature cortex - possible cross-talk in interneurons L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 13 Oct 2010 Dr Malcolm Macleod, Head of Experimental Neuroscience Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh Modelling neurological disease in animals: are there any babies in the bathwater? L7CR 3-4pm
Wed 10 Nov 2010 Aberdeen Neuroscience Meeting V full programme available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/ L7CR 12-5 pm
Wed 17 Nov 2010 Dr Lorenzo Cingolani [MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London] Integrin action at the synapse: Coupling adhesion and synaptic strength L7CR 3-4 pm
Tue 30 Nov 2010 Dr Neil Hardingham [School of Biosciences, Cardiff University] The development of synaptic transmission and mechanisms of plasticity in the neocortex L7CR 1-2 pm
Wed 1 Dec 2010 Professor Nicholas Dale, Biological Sciences, University of Warwick Communication in the hypothalamus: Signalling by ventricular tanycytes [Host: Dr Perry Barrett] L5CR 3-4pm
Thu 2 Dec 2010 Dr Michy Kelly [Principal Scientist, Pfizer Inc] Finding PDE11A in the brain: a detective story [Host: Dr Sanbing Shen] L5CR 3-4 pm
Tue 14 Dec 2010 Dr Christian Wozny [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge] New vistas of the superficial layers of the neocortex: interneurons, dendritic integration and channelrhopopsin L7CR 1-2 pm
Mon 20 Dec 2010 Dr Lorraine Pawson [Institute for Sensory Research, Syracuse University, New York] CANCELLED DUE TO TRAVEL CONDITIONS L5CR 1-2 pm
Sat 1 Jan 2011 Björn Crüts Quantitative EEG as a decision support system for the choice and evaluation of interventions for psychopathologies [Host: Professor Bettina Platt] L5CR 1-2 pm [tbc]
Wed 12 Jan 2011 Dr Hugh Marston [Psychopharmacology Section, Department of Pharmacology, Merck Sharp and Dohme] The current challenges of neuroscience drug development in academe and industry L7CR 3-4 pm
Wed 19 Jan 2011 John Talpos and Thomas Steckler [Therapeutic Area Leader, Psychiatry & Biology Head, Johnson & Johnson] Pharmacological models of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia L5CR 12.30-1.30 pm
Tue 25 Jan 2011 Björn Crüts [Atrium Medical Center, The Netherlands] Quantitative EEG as a decision support system for the choice and evaluation of interventions for psychopathologies [Host: Professor B Platt] L5CR 1-2 pm
Tue 29 Mar 2011 Professor Thomas Bayer [University of Goettingen] Low molecular weight pyroglutamate Aß oligomers in Alzheimer disease: a novel tool for therapy and diagnosis [Host: Professor Bettina Platt] L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 30 Mar 2011 Dr Karsten Wicke [Abbott Pharma] Electrophysiological methods in pharmacological research: Host ~ Prof G Riedel L5CR 12-1 pm
Wed 6 Apr 2011 Dr Imre Vida [University of Glasgow] Inhibiting inhibition: fast and slow interaction among hippocampal GABAergic interneurons [Host: Dr Peer Wulff] L7CR 2-3 pm
Wed 27 Apr 2011 Professor Simon Laughlin [Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge] What makes brains efficient[Host: Dr Peter Neri] L5CR 3-4 pm
Wed 15 Jun 2011 Professor Carsten Janke [Institut Curie, Paris] Regulation of microtubule functions by posttranslational modifications: Host: Prof Tibor Harkany L5CR 1-2 pm
Wed 5 Oct 2011 Dr Chris Connolly [University of Dundee] Ligand-gated ion channel assembly and trafficking in the regulation of receptor function [Host: Dr Alasdair MacKenzie]. L7CR 3-4 pm
Mon 12 Dec 2011 Professor Lawrence Whalley MD FRCPsych FRCP [University of Aberdeen] Neuroimaging, nutrition, genes and dementia: multidisciplinary follow-up studies of the Aberdeen Mental Surveys of 1932 and 1947 [Host: Prof G Riedel and Prof P Wulff] L5CR 2pm