2009 seminars & events

Archived list of the 2009 seminars & events at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences.

January

Regulation of postsynaptic wsp signaling during synaptic growth at the drosophila neuromuscular junction

Thursday 29 January 2009, 1.30pm
Dr Seungbok Lee (Seoul National University, South Korea)

February

Complications and confounds in the study of transgenic mouse models of neurodegenerative diseases

Wednesday 18 February 2009, 1.30pm
Dr Richard Brown (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada)

The life and work of Donald O Hebb: A biographical review

Friday 20 February 2009, 1.30pm
Dr Richard Brown (Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada)

March

The hole story. exocytosis and the atomic force microscope

Monday 16 March 2009, 1.30pm
Prof John Evans (University of Otago, Christchurch New Zealand)
 

Molecular Mechanisms of Exocytosis and Endocytosis

The seventh biannual workshop for young scientists working on themes of exocytosis and endocytosis was held on 5-7 April 2009.

Molecular Mechanisms of Exocytosis and Endocytosis

Endinburgh Vesicle Trafficking Consortium

The fourth seminar afternoon of the Edinburgh Vesicle Trafficking Consortium was held on 22nd April 2009.

Edinburgh Vesicle Trafficking Consortium

 

June 2009

Fri 5 June

  • 'Co-ordination of activity-dependent and neuromodulatory structural synaptic plasticity by small GTPases'

Host: Prof Mike Shipston

Fri 12 June - 2nd year PhD student talks (part 1)

  • Laura Comley (Supervisor: Gillingwater), 'The influence of APOE genotype on the perlpherai nervous system'
  • Veronika Kuscha (Supervisor: Becker), 'Neuronal circuit in the spinal cord of zebrafish before and after lesion'
  • Alex Crocker-Buque (Supervisor: Kind), 'Methods of analysing mutant phenotypes in the rodent somatosensory cortex'
  • Lina Ma (Supervisor: Jarman), 'The regulation and function of genes required for Drosophila sensory neuron differentiation'
  • Zhi Liang (Supervisor: Shipston), 'Electrophysiological characterisation of native murine corticotrophs'
  • Tatyana Dias (Supervisor: Becker), 'Role of notch signalling during successful spinal cord regeneration in adult zebrafish'
  • Yijing Chen (Supervisor: Price), 'Investigating the mechanisms by which the cortex and thalamus form reciprocal connections'

Thu 18 June - 2nd year PhD student talks (part 2)

  • Oforiwa Gorleku (Supervisor: Chamberlain), 'Function and targeting of cysteine string protein'
  • Fay Newton (Supervisor: Jarman), 'The function of the forkhead factor, fd3F, in drosophila sensory neuron differentiation'
  • Zhen Zhong (Supervisor: Becker), 'Neuron development in embryonic zebrafish'
  • Paul Baxter (Supervisor: Hardingham), 'Transcriptional regulation of neuroprotective pathways in primary cortical culture'
  • Veronika Ganeva (Supervisor: Davies), Title to follow
  • Victoria Parker (Supervisor: Douglas), 'Control of basal and stress-induced prolactin secretion in early pregnancy'
  • Mohamad Loqman (Supervisor: Hall), 'A study of the growth plate chondrocyte hypertrophy'

Wed 24 June

Dr Gil Levkowitz(The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, ISRAEL)

  • 'Specification of oxytocin- and dopamine- secreting neurons in the zebrafish brain'

Host: Prof Mike Ludwig

July 2009

Fri 3 July

  • Prof Newton Canteras (Chair of Anatomy at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
  • 'Fear as a hypothalamic function'

Host: Prof John Russell

September 2009

Fri 25 September

Prof Yuri Ushkaryov (Imperial College, London)

  • 'Presynaptic receptor with a 'split personality' and neurotransmitter release'

Host: Dr Mike Cousin

October 2009

Fri 2 October

  • 'VAP proteins, ER stress and notor neuron disease'

Prof Mike Shipston (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Generation of physiological diversity through post-transcriptional cross-talk insights from ion channels'

Fri 9 October

Prof Yukiko Goda (University College London)

  • 'Controlling synaptic strength by cell adhesion proteins'

Host: Dr Matt Nolan

Fri 16 October

Prof Peter Kind (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Cortical development in mouse models of cognitive impairment'

Prof Richard Ribchester (CNR, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Imaging neuromuscular synaptic degeneration in vivo by confocal microendoscopy'

Fri 23 October

Dr Albert Basson (King’s College London)

  • 'FGF signalling in cerebellum development'

Host: Dr John Mason

Fri 30 October

Dr Luke Chamberlain (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Regulation of protein trafficking and function by palmitoylation'

Dr Thomas Theil (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Patterning and axon pathfinding in the developing forebrain'

November 2009

Fri 6 November

Prof Seth Grant (University of Cambridge)

  • 'Synapse evolution: microbes to human'

Host: Prof Peter Kind

Fri 13 November

Prof Gareth Leng (Head of SBMS, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Modelling model systems in neuroendocrinology'

Dr Douglas Armstrong (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Automated analysis of cognitive behaviours in Drosphilia models'

Fri 20 November

Prof Stephen Hunt (University College London)

  • 'The regulation of plasticity in pain signalling via mTOR and MeCP2'

Host: Dr Carole Torsney

Fri 27 November

Prof Mike Ludwig (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'From discovery to function'

Dr Norah Spears (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Why does chemotherapy treatment induce infertility in women?'

December 2009

Fri 4 December

Prof Anne Stephenson (School of Pharmacy, University of London)

  • 'NMDA neurotransmitter receptors and their friends: a biochemical analysis'

Host: Dr David Wyllie

Fri 11 December

Dr Carole Torsney (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'Spinal cord chronic pain pathways'

Prof Jamie Davies (CIP, University of Edinburgh)

  • 'The building and re-building of the mammalian kidney'