Seminar Series
Seminars are held on Thursdays at 1:00 pm in the Hugh Robson Lecture Theatre and fortnightly on Monday at 1:00 pm in Chancellor's Building Lecture Theatre B, unless otherwise indicated.
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
MicroRNAs and extracellular vesicles in ischaemic stroke
Dr Lorraine Work, Reader, Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, Unversity of Glasgow
Monday 3rd February 2020, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Dr Laura McCulloch
***Live Streamed to: Room G6 HRB***
SIDB Seminar - Tracking cell ensemble dynamics and information representation in prefrontal cortical networks across learning
Wednesday 5th February 2020,4 pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Peter Kind
Regulation of Synaptic Plasticity in Hippocampal Area CA2
Thursday 6th February 2020, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Lucy Privitera
Nathalie Rochefort will be hosting a Women in Science Meeting with Serena Dudek at 4.15pm, Room 174, Hugh Robson Building
Mini Symposium - SEALING THE LOOP: Bridging the latest Neuroscience approaches
Speakers include: Professor Bruno Frenguelli and Professor Richard Morris
Friday 7th February 2020, 10 - 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Lucy Privitera
***Please click here for more details and to register***
Role of neuron-oligodendroglia interactions in the construction and function of cortical circuits
Dr Maria-Cecilia Angulo, Research Director at CNRS, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and New Microscopies, École des Neurosciences de Paris Île-de-France
Monday 17th February 2020, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof David Lyons
***Live Streamed to: Room G6 HRB***
Adaptive neural circuits underlying flexible visual behaviour
Thursday 20th February 2020, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Matthew Nolan
***Live Streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building***
One-way ticket for a ride: how endocytic proteins prevent neurodegeneration in the brain
Dr Natalia Kononenko, Research Group Leader, CECAD Research Center, University of Cologne
Thursday 5th March 2020, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Prof Mike Cousin
***Live Streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building***
The importance of lipids for mitochondrial function in Parkinson’s Disease
Dr Melissa Vos, Research Group Leader, Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck
Thursday 19th March 2020, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Maria Doitsidou
***Live Streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building***
Title tbc
Monday 30th March 2020, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Dr Jill Fowler
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Thursday 2nd April 2020, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Carole Torsney
***Live Streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building***
Title tbc
Dr Scott Miners, Reasearch Associate, Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Univeristy of Bristol
Monday 27th April 2020, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Dr Jill Fowler
Title tbc
Thursday 30th April 2020, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Makis Tzioras
***Live Streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building***
Title tbc
Monday 4th May 2020, 1pm, Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building
Host: Prof Christopher Gregory
Generation of episodic activity in a neuroendocrine motor neuron controlling fertility
Thursday 14th May 2020, 1pm, Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre
Host: Dr Nicola Romano
***Live Streamed to: Seminar Room 6, Chancellor's Building***
Joint CDBS/CVS Seminar - Title tbc
Prof David Attwell, Jodrell Professor of Physiology, University College London
Monday 6th June 2020, Wellcome Trust Lecture Theatre