Archived list of the 2011 seminars & events at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences. January Mechanisms of actin patch assembly and disassembly during endocytosis in fission yeast Wednesday 12 January 2011, 1.30pm Dr. Julien Berro (Yale University) 4th Facility Manager Meeting/BioImaging UK The CALM and IMPACT imaging facilities will be hosting the annual BioImaging UK Facility Manager Meeting in the CIP on the 6th and 7th January 2011. BioImaging UK Molecular mechanisms controlling synapse formation and stability Friday 21 January 2011, 1.30pm Dr Jan Pielage (Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel) Cellular calcium signalling: how many compartments, where and when? Friday 28 January 2011, 1.30pm Professor Mark Evans (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Involvement of neurotrophic factors in neurodegenerative disorders Friday 28 January 2011, 1.30pm Dr Liliana Minichiello (Centre for Neuroregeneration) February Intracellular functions of myosin VI in exocytic membrane traffic and cell motility Friday 4 February 2011, 1.30pm Dr Folma Buss (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Cell-cell interactions during myelinated axon formation in vivo Friday 11 February 2011, 1.30pm Dr David Lyons (Centre for Neuroregeneration) Social brain function in the autism and schizophrenia spectrums Friday 11 February 2011, 1.30pm Dr Andrew Stanfield (CCBS) Pharmacological rescue of social and learning deficits in the oxytocin receptor null mice: implications for autism Friday 18 February 2011, 1.30pm Dr Bice Chini (Institute of Neuroscience) Purkinje cell degeneration: the beta-III spectrin connection Friday 25 February 2011, 1.30pm Dr Mandy Jackson (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Function and plasticity in the vestibular system and cerebellum Friday 25 February 2011, 1.30pm Professor Mayank Dutia (Centre for Integrative Physiology) March UK Cerebellum Club 3rd Annual Meeting - Friday 4th March 2011 UK Cerebellum Club Vesicle pool dynamics at central synapses Friday 4 March 2011, 1.30pm Dr Kevin Staras (University of Sussex) The rules of synaptic plasticity Friday 11 March 2011, 1.30pm Dr Mark van Rossum (School of Informatics) Molecular pathways regulating synaptic degeneration Friday 11 March 2011, 1.30pm Professor Tom Gillingwater (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Building thalamo-corticol projections: roles of migrating guidepost cells Friday 18 March 2011, 1.30pm Dr Sonia Garel (INSERM, Paris) Neurobiology of social bonding: Implications for autism spectrum disorders Friday 25 March 2011, 1.30pm Dr Larry Young (University of Atlanta) April Synaptic plasticity in cortex and hippocampus: mechanisms and function Friday 1 April 2011, 12.30pm Professor Zafar Bashir (University of Bristol) Molecular mechanisms of Exocytosis & Endocytosis The eighth meeting to bring together young scientists working on the common theme of exocytosis and endocytosis will be held on 3rd-5th April 2011 Molecular mechanisms of Exocytosis & Endocytosis Spider web-fishing in the brain: a new receptor pair and synapse activation Wednesday 27 April 2011, 12.30pm Professor Yuri Ushkaryov (Imperial College London) May 2011 Role of glia in establishing neuronal domains Friday 13 May 2011, 12.30pm Professor Peter Brophy (Centre for Neuroregeneration) Tuberous sclerosis, is haploinsufficiency sufficient? Friday 13 May 2011, 12.30pm Dr Lynsey Meikle (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Zinc Finger Nuclease technology: A new paradigm for the creation of knockout and transgenic models Tuesday 17 May 2011, 12.30pm Dr David Cleaver (Sigma-Sage) High-resolution localization reveals unique cell-surface distribution patterns of ion channels Friday 20 May 2011, 12.30pm Dr Zoltan Nusser (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungary) August Joint Research Symposium The Inaugural symposium aims to facilitate both Research Collaborations and a Post-Graduate Exchange Programme, and will be held on 23-24th August 2011. Joint Research Symposium October A random walk in integrative physiology Friday 7 October 2011, 12.30pm Prof Gareth Leng (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Synaptic integration in cerebellar behaviours: dissecting the roles of HCN1 channels' Friday 14 October 2011, 12.30pm Dr Matt Nolan (Centre for Integrative Physiology) How early patterning affects axon pathfinding in the developing forebrain Friday 14 October 2011, 12.30pm Dr Thomas Theil (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Bridging the gap to the superhighway in cells Friday 21 October 2011, 12.30pm Dr Tim Levine (University College, London) Adventures in integrative physiology: harnessing Drosophila genetics to model renal function in health and disease Friday 28 October 2011, 12.30pm Professor Julian Dow (University of Glasgow) November Early-life programming of affective behaviour : Imaging the conscious brain Friday 4 November 2011, 1.30pm Professor Megan Holmes (Centre for Cardiovascular Science) Invadolysin: what's a nice metalloprotease like you doing in a place like this Friday 4 November 2011, 1.30pm Professor Margarete Heck (Centre for Cardiovascular Science) Pre- and postsynaptic NMDA receptors in neocortical synaptic plasticity Friday 18 November 2011, 1.30pm Professor Ole Paulsen (University of Cambridge) Novel mechanism controlling central neuropeptide action physiological degradation of oxytocin Friday 25 November 2011, 1.30pm Professor Alison Douglas (Centre for Integrative Physiology) Genes and networks in development and disease Friday 25 November 2011, 1.30pm Professor Veronica van Heyningen (School of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences) December Dual role of endocytic molecules during the synaptic vesicle cycle Friday 2 December 2011, 1.30pm Professor Oleg Shupliakov (Karolinska Institute, Sweden) Can’t move to the rhythm? Inappropriate neuronal synchrony and oscillations in Parkinson’s disease Friday 9 December 2011, 1.30pm Dr Peter Magill (University of Oxford)