Seminar and Events
28 May, 2012 - Impulsivity as a neurobehavioural endophenotype for neuropsychiatric disorders
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information: Trevor Robbins, MRC Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge. Host: UCL Insitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series
Location: Basement Seminar Room, B10, Alexandra House, 17-19 Queen square, London, WC1N 3AR
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence
Email: rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 020 7679 1164
29 May, 2012 - Reinforcement Learning in humans: beyond the law of effect
Time: 17:00:00 - 18:00:00
Speaker information: Dr Nathaniel Daw, New York University. Host: Affectove Brain Lab
Location: Room 313, 26 Bedford Way, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DS
Contact: Neil Garrett
Email: neil.garrett.10@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
29 May, 2012 - Tackling Depression: The Most Common Global Illness
Time: 17:00:00 -
Organised by UCL Institute for Global Health
These two speakers will present background information and discuss the wide range of mental health challenges that the world is faced with; mental health is the most common global health illness.
The talk will be chaired by Professor Anthony Costello (Head of UCL Centre for International Health & Development) and the panel members are Professor Sushrut Jadhav (UCL Mental Health Sciences Unit) and Dr Fiona Butler (London GP).
Location: Kennedy Lecture Theatre, UCL Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
Contact: Helen Hopkins
Email: h.hopkins@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7905 2352
30 May, 2012 - Centre for Ageing and Mental Health Sciences Seminar: Memantine for agitation in Alzheimer's disease the MAGD trial
Time: 15:30:00 - 17:30:00
Organised by UCL Neuroscience
Agitation is a major problem in patients with dementia. Many of the current pharmcological treatments are ineffective or have high morbidity - e.g. CSM 2004 atypical antipsychotics. A recent Cochrane review and 2 industry RCTs have indicated possible benefit for Memantine in agitation but none have looked at under 12 weeks. NICE have suggested behavioural benefit of Memantine need further trials. The study aimed to evaluate whether Memantine can benefit agitation over 3 months which would have significant advantages for morbidity, placement, quality of care and cost if this effect can be pragmatically shown.
Location: G04, Charles Bell House, UCL 67-73 Riding House Street, , W1W 7EJ
Contact: Dr Liz Sampson
Email: e.sampson@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7679 9730
30 May, 2012 - Diagnosis and research for Limb girdle muscular dystrophy: the Newcastle team approach
Time: 13:00:00 - 14:00:00
Speaker information: Rita Barresi PhD. NSCT Diagnostic & Advisory Service for Rare Neuromuscular Diseases, Newcastle University Institute of Genetic Medicine. Host: Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, Institute of Child Health. Ad hoc lecture
Location: Levinsky Room, Wellcome Trust Building, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
Contact: Jane Miller
Email: jane.miller@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
31 May, 2012 - Doughnuts in the brain: the neural mechanism of path integration
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information: Bruce McNaughton, AHFMR Polaris Research Chair, The University of Lethbridge. Host: SWC Seminar
Location: Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, Main Building, N & S Junctions, , , ,
Contact: Marg Glover
Email: m.glover@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 020 7679 7716
31 May, 2012 - Single-molecular trafficking, super-resolution dynamic imaging, single-molecule reactions in synapses
Time: 17:00:00 - 18:00:00
Speaker information: Prof Antoine Triller, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris. Host: Centre for Neuroimaging Techniques Seminar
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Louis Lemieux
Email: l.lemieux@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
1 June, 2012 - The role of dopamine in the onset of psychosis and cognitive impairments in schizophrenia
Time: 16:15:00 - 17:15:00
Speaker information: Dr Oliver Howes, Imperial College London. Host: Brain Meeting, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Rick Adams
Email: rick.adams@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
8 June, 2012 - TBC
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information: Dr. Pierre Paoletti, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France. Host: UCL School of Pharmacy Neurosciences Theme Seminar Programme
Location: Room 228, 2nd floor, UCL School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London , , WC1N 1AX
Contact: Audrey Mercer
Email: audrey.mercer@pharmacy.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7753 5890
8 June, 2012 - UCL Bite-Sized Lunchtime Lecture: Wind technology and how Alzheimer’s can steal your sight.
Time: 13:10:00 - 13:55:00
Why do some countries use more wind technology than others? This week Konstantinos Delaportas (UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies) explores the factors that influence a country’s use of wind technology. Tim Shakespeare (UCL Institute of Neurology) discusses visual dementia and how Alzheimer’s disease can steal your sight, not your memory.
Join us for an inspiring lunch hour and take the opportunity to quiz some of UCL's early-career researchers about their work.
Location: Richard Mully Basement, UCL Lewis’s Building on the corner of Gower Street and Gordon Place, Gower Street, , London , WC1E 6BT
Contact: Kimberley Freeman
Email: kimberley.freeman@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 3108 1199 Ext: 51199
11 June, 2012 - Disentangling happiness: evidence for distinct positive emotions from vocal signals
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information: Disa Sauter, Social Psychology Programme Group, University of Amsterdam. Host: UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series
Location: Basement Seminar Room, B10, Alexandra House, 17-19 Queen square, London, WC1N 3AR
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence
Email: rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 020 7679 1164
11 June, 2012 - Influence of affective state on ‘optimistic’ and ‘pessimistic’ decision-making under ambiguity in animals
Time: 17:00:00 - 18:00:00
Speaker information: Prof Mike Mendl, University of Bristol. Host: Affective Brain Lab
Location: Room 313, 26 Bedford Way, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DS
Contact: Neil Garrett
Email: neil.garrett.10@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
13 June, 2012 - Eye say: using eye tracking methods to explore language processing in atypical development
Time: 16:30:00 - 17:30:00
Speaker information: Dr Courtenay Norbury, Reader in Developmental Neuropsychology , Royal Holloway. Host: Centre for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series
Location: Levinsky Room, Wellcome Trust Building, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
Contact: Esther Huntbach
Email: cdcn@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7905 2181
13 June, 2012 - Queen Square Basal Ganglia Club Video Session
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Host: Queen Square Basal Ganglia Club Video Session
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Anna Sadnicka
Email: a.sadnicka@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
13 June, 2012 - TBA
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information: Jan Drugowitsch. Host: Gatsby Cpomputational Neuroscience Unit External Seminar Series
Location: B10 Basement Room Seminar Room, Alexandra House, 17-19 Queen square, London, WC1N 3AR
Contact: Barry Fong
Email: b.fong@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
13 June, 2012 - Use of Endophenotypes in the Genetic Analysis of Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease
Time: 17:00:00 - 18:00:00
Speaker information: Professor Alison Goate , co-Director Hope Center Program on Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration, Washington University in St Louis (Dept of Psychiatry). Host: Department of Molecular Neuroscience. Please bring UCL ID
Location: Gilliat Lecture Theatre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: June Smalley
Email: j.smalley@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
18 June, 2012 - TBC
Time: 17:30:00 - 18:30:00
Speaker information: Dr Michaela Auer-GrumbachInstitute of Medical Biology and Human Genetics, Graz Austria. Host: MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases Seminar Series
Location: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square - Clinical Neuroscience Building, 33 Queen Square, London,
Contact: Jacky Molyneaux
Email: j.molyneaux@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 02034488111
19 June, 2012 - MRI Tractography and VEP of the visual pathway in children
Time: 13:00:00 - 14:00:00
Speaker information:Say Soriano, Chris Clark, and Alki Liasis. Host: Ulverscroft Vision Research in Progress Seminar. A sandwich lunch will be provided. For catering purposes, please let me know if you are able to attend at uvrgadmin@ucl.ac.uk
Location: Levinsky Room, Wellcome Trust Building, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
Contact: Melissa Mok
Email: uvrgadmin@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
22 June, 2012 - Learning, motivating or motivating learning? Ventral striatal dopamine and the drive to seek reward
Time: 16:15:00 - 17:15:00
Speaker information: Dr Mark Walton, Oxford University. Host: Brain Meeting, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Rick Adams
Email: rick.adams@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
25 June, 2012 - The 2nd UCL?JSPS international Symposium - Mitochondria - from the fundamental aspects to medical importance -
Time: 08:00:00 - 16:30:00
We are pleased to announce that we hold an international symposium on Mitochondria, supported by JSPS London.
This time, we invite 15 prominent researchers in the field as the speakers from Japan, UCL and other UK institutions.
For details, please visit
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/wibr/news-and-events/2012symp/2ndsymposium.htm
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mitochondria/meetings/The_2nd_UCL_JSPS_international_Symposium
Booking your place!!
The symposium is free to attend however places are strictly limited.
To register, please visit http://goo.gl/oHgH3
Registration will close once all available places have been filled.
Location: UCL Wilkins Building, North Closure, Wilkins Building, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
Contact: Takehiro Yasukawa
Email: t.yasukawa{at}ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
26 June, 2012 - Approach with caution: The role of the nucleus accumbens in avoidance and anxiety
Time: 17:00:00 - 18:00:00
Speaker information: Dr Liat Levita, University of York. HOst: Affective Brain Lab
Location: Room 313, 26 Bedford Way, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DS
Contact: Neil Garrett
Email: neil.garrett.10@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
28 June, 2012 - Brain Ultrasound
Time: 17:00:00 - 18:00:00
Speaker information: Dr Mickael Tanter, ESPCI ParisTech, France. Host: UCL Centre for Neuroimaging Techniques Seminar Series
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Louis Lemieux
Email: louis.lemieux@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
28 June, 2012 - The pursuit of Olympic ideals – physical, neural and aesthetic
Time: 18:30:00 - 21:00:00
What were the ideals surrounding the ancient Greek Olympic games? Professor Chris Carey (UCL Greek and Latin) will be in dialogue with Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Neuroesthetics) to discuss how these ideals integrated into the more general Greek ideals of beauty, achievement and politics. What can we say today about what constitutes ideals in neural terms and how ideals are formed and transformed in the brain?
Location: Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1 , Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Contact: Catherine Dean
Email: c.dean@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 20 3108 3838
29 June, 2012 - The role of motor prediction in the processing of sensory action-effects
Time: 16:15:00 - 17:15:00
Speaker information: Dr. Gethin Hughes, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. Host: Brain Meeting, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: o.parkerjones@ucl.ac.uk
Email: o.parkerjones@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
2 July, 2012 - TBA
Time: 11:00:00 - 12:00:00
Speaker information: Yoshua Bengio. Host: Gatsby Unit External Seminar Series
Location: B10, Basement Room Seminar, Alexandra House, 17-19 Queen square, London, WC1N 3AR
Contact: Barry Fong
Email: b.fong@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
3 July, 2012 - TBC
Time: 17:00:00 - 18:00:00
Speaker information: Prof John O Doherty, CALTECH. Host: Affective Brain Lab
Location: Room 313, 26 Bedford Way, 26 Bedford Way, London, WC1H 0DS
Contact: Neil Garrett
Email: neil.garrett.10@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
9 July, 2012 - TBC
Time: 17:30:00 - 18:30:00
Speaker information: Dr David Pareyson, IRCCS Foundation, Italy. Host: MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases Seminar Series
Location: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square - Clinical Neuroscience Building, 33 Queen Square, London,
Contact: Jacky Molyneaux
Email: j.molyneaux@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 02034488111
9 July, 2012 - Visual consciousness tracked with direct intracranial recording from early and high-level visual cortices in humans and monkeys
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information: Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Monash University. Host: Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar, Ryota Kanai
Location: Basement seminar room (B10), Alexandra House, 17-19 Queen square, London, WC1N 3AR
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence
Email: rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 020 7679 1164
11 July, 2012 - TBC
Time: 16:30:00 - 17:30:00
Speaker information: Dr Victoria Southgate, Wellcome Trust Research Career Development Fellow, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, School of Psychology, Birkbeck. Host: Centre for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar Series
Location: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, Wellcome Trust Building, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
Contact: Esther Huntbach
Email: cdcn@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7905 2181
13 July, 2012 - TBC
Time: 16:15:00 - 17:15:00
Speaker information: Dr Robb Rutledge (UCL). Host: Brain Meetings, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
Location: 4th floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Rick Adams
Email: rick.adams@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
18 July, 2012 - Olympian minds: can we train our brain for success in sports and other fields?
Time: 18:30:00 - 21:00:00
It has long been understood that our brains have an element of plasticity and are able to change as a result of inputs from the environment. But what role does training – in sports and other areas – have in regulating this ability to change? Professor Heidi Johansen-Berg (University of Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain) will be in dialogue with Professor Semir Zeki (UCL Neuroesthetics) and other academics from UCL to discuss brain plasticity, its importance and its limitations.
Location: Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT
Contact: Catherine Dean
Email: c.dean@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 20 3108 3838
20 July, 2012 - Plasticity in the number brain
Time: 16:15:00 - 17:15:00
Speaker information: Dr Marinella Capelletti (ICN, UCL). Host: Brain Meeting, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Rick Adams
Email: rick.adams@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
3 September, 2012 - TBC
Time: 17:30:00 - 18:30:00
Speaker information: Professor Glenn Morris, Neuromuscular Research Lab, Oswestry, Shropshire. Host: MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases Seminar Series
Location: Lecture THeatre, 33 Queen Square - Clinical Neuroscience Building, 33 Queen Square, London,
Contact: Jacky Molyneaux
Email: j.molyneaux@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 02034488111
19 September, 2012 - Deciding to move: who, where and when - Queen Square Basal Ganglia Club Meeting
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information: Prof Patrick Haggard. This will be followed by Why do they not feel voluntary? The paradox of movements in “psychogenic” movement disorders given by Dr Mark Edwards.
Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Anna Sadnicka
Email: a.sadnicka@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
19 September, 2012 - Deciding to move: who, where and when?
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information: Prof Patrick Haggard followed by Why do they not feel voluntary? The paradox of movements in “psychogenic” movement disorders given by Dr Mark Edwards. Host: Queen Square Basal Ganglia Club Meeting
Location: Wolfson Lecture Theatre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Anna Sadnicka
Email: a.sadnicka@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
15 October, 2012 - TBC
Time: 17:30:00 - 18:30:00
Speaker information: Professor Hanns Lochmller, Experimental Myology, Institute of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle. Host: MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases Seminar Series
Location: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square - Clinical Neuroscience Building, 33 Queen Square, London,
Contact: Jacky Molyneaux
Email: j.molyneaux@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 02034488111
17 October, 2012 - Queen Square Basal Ganglia Club Video Session
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Host: Queen Square Basal Ganglia Club Video Session
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Anna Sadnicka
Email: a.sadnicka@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
5 November, 2012 - TBC
Time: 17:30:00 - 18:30:00
Speaker information: Professor Steve Winder, Biomedical Sciences, University of Sheffield. Host: MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases Seminar Series
Location: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square - Clinical Neuroscience Building, 33 Queen Square, London,
Contact: Jacky Molyneaux
Email: j.molyneaux@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 02034488111
14 November, 2012 - Queen Square Basal Ganglia Video Session
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Host: Queen Square Basal Ganglia Video Session
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Anna Sadnicka
Email: a.sadnicka@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
21 November, 2012 - Exosomes as delivery systems & treatments for neurodegeneration
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:30:00
Speaker information: Professor Mathew Wood, Oxford. Followed by Current and future drug treatments for PD given by Professor Anthony Shapira. Host: Queen Square Basal Ganglia Club
Location: Gilliatt Lecture Theatre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Anna Sadnicka
Email: a.sadnicka@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
21 November, 2012 - Exosomes as delivery systems & treatments for neurodegeneration - Queen Square Basal Ganglia Club Meeting
Time: 16:00:00 - 17:00:00
Speaker information:Professor Mathew Wood, Oxford. This talk will be followed by Current and future drug treatments for PD given by Professor Anthony Schapira
Location: Gilliatt Lecture Theatre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Anna Sadnicka
Email: a.sadnicka@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: Please email
3 December, 2012 - TBC
Time: 17:30:00 - 18:30:00
Speaker information: Dr Ingemar Merkies. Spaame Hospital, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. Host: MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases Seminar Series
Location: Lecture Theatre, 33 Queen Square - Clinical Neuroscience Building, 33 Queen Square, London,
Contact: Jacky Molyneaux
Email: j.molyneaux@ucl.ac.uk
Phone: 02034488111
