Seminar Series
Information on upcoming Seminars & Events
Our seminars are sponsored in part by The Physiological Society, the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, Alzheimer’s Research UK Scotland Network, the Edinburgh Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Research and the Euan MacDonald Centre.
The Physiological Society website
Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
Alzheimer’s Research UK Scotland Network
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 1:00 pm in the Hugh Robson lecture theatre and fortnightly on Monday at 1:00 pm at Chancellor's Building, unless otherwise indicated.
The mechanical control of neuronal development and regeneration
23th April 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building.
Host: Dr. Leah Herrgen
***Live streamed to: Room G6, Hugh Robson Building, George Square****
A deep-superficial sublayer perspective of hippocampal function
Dr. Liset Menéndez de la Prida, Instituto Cajal, Madrid
26th April 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Professor Matt Nolan
***Live streamed to: FU224 - Seminar Room 3, Chancellor's Building, Little France***
Dynamic control of stress axis and pituitary endocrine excitability
Professor Mike Shipston, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh
3rd May 2018, 1:00 pm, Gaddums Lecture Theatre (1 George Square) (Streamed to Rm G7, 1 GS if capacity is required)
Hosts: Dr. Karen Smillie and Dr. Emanuel Busch
Brain oxygen sensing
Professor Alexander Gourine, Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, UCL London
10th May 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Professor Mark Evans
Molecular connection between calcium-regulated exocytosis and compensatory endocytosis in neuroendocrine cells and neurons
24th May 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Professor Mike Cousin
Mechanisms of homeostatic plasticity in mouse visual cortex
Dr Tara Keck, Neuro, Physiology & Pharmacology, UCL
31st May 2018, 1:00 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Nathalie Rochefort
Title to be confirmed
Professor William D Richardson, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, UCL
4th June 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building
Host: Professor David Lyons
Targeting of the Kv1 channel-associated proteins at the axon initial segment and juxtaparanodes: functional implications in neuronal excitability disorders
18th June 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building
Host: Professor Dies Meijer
Special Seminar
Professor Tatsuo Suzuki, Department of Neuroplasticity, Shinshu University
Thursday, 5th July 2018, 1:00 pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building
Host: Dr Noboru Komiyama
***Live streamed to: Room 174, Hugh Robson Building, George Square****