Neuroscience Theme
Neuroscience Group Information
Seminar Programme 2011-2012
For organization of seminars, please contact:
Dr. Audrey Mercer, Tel:+44 (0)20 7753 5890
Dr. Arnaud Ruiz, Tel: +44 (0)20 7753 5896
Seminars take place fortnightly on Fridays at 4.00 pm, unless otherwise noted.
With special thanks to Cairn Research, Specialists in Fluorescence Imaging, Electrophysiology and Microscopy, for their sponsorship of this seminar programme.
Monday, 24th October 2011, 11am, MLT
Prof. Pablo Castillo
Department of Neuroscience
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.
Endocannabinoid-mediated plasticity: novel mechanisms and synaptic rules
Friday, 4th November 2011, 3.30pm, M2
Dr. Claire Russell
Royal Veterinary College
University of London
Understanding mechanisms and searching for cures for neurodegenerative disease and epilepsy: how useful is the zebrafish?
Friday, 18th November 2011, 4pm, M2
Dr. Mark Cunningham
Newcastle University
Gamma oscillations in vitro: new directions and vistas
Friday, 2nd December 2011, M2
Prof. Juan Burrone
MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology
King's College, London
Friday, 16th December 2011, M2
Prof. Dimitri Kullman
Institute of Neurology
University College London
Friday, 13th January 2012, Maplethorpe Lecture Theatre
Prof. Ian Forsythe
MRC Toxicology unit
University of Leicester
Synaptic control of neuronal intrinsic plasticity via NO signalling
Friday 20th January, 4 pm, JHLT
The Physiological Society GL Brown Prize Lecture
Prof. J. Deuchars
Professor of Systems Neuroscience
Institute of Membrane Biology
University of Leeds.
The Wonder of the Wanderer (What the vagus verve can do for you..)
Friday, 27th January 2012, M2
Prof. Ole Paulsen
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience,
University of Cambridge
Pre- and postsynaptic NMDA receptors in cortical synaptic plasticity
Friday, 10th February 2012, 228
Dr. Ben Whalley
University of Reading
Cannabidivarin: an anti-epileptic phytocannabinoid
Friday, 24th February 2012, M2
Dr. Dominique Debanne
UMR 641, Universite de la mediterranee,
Marseille, France.
Activity-dependent plasticity of intrinsic neuronal excitability in CA1 circuits
Friday, 9th March 2012, MLT
Prof. Jozsef Csicsvari
Institute of Science and Technology
Austria
Reorganisation of hippocampal local circuits during spatial learning
Special Seminar – 14th March 2012, 11.00 am, MLT
With special thanks to Spectra-Physics, a Newport Corporation Brand, for sponsoring this special seminar
Prof. D. Johnston,
Director,
Center For Learning and Memory,
University of Texas, Austin,
USA
Function, plasticity
and behavioural relevance of dendritic h-channels
Friday, 30th March 2012, 228
Prof. Peter Jonas
Institute of Science and Technology
Austria
Nanophysiology of fast-spiking, GABAergic interneurons
Friday, 20th April 2012, M3
Dr. Alfonso Represa
INMED/INSERM
Marseille, France.
Epileptogenic cortical malformations: exploring genotype-phenotype links and pathophysiological mechanisms.
Friday, 27th April 2012, JHLT
Dr. Maximiliano Suster
Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology
Norway.
A novel role for the glycine receptor α4 subunit in spinal and hindbrain control of startle and motility.
Friday, 25th May 2012, M2
Prof. Mark Farrant
Neuroscience, Physiology, Pharmacology
University College London
Calcium-permeable AMPA receptors and stargazer mice- a tale of two TARPs
Friday, 8th June 2012, 228
Dr. Pierre Paoletti
Ecole Normale Superieure
Paris, France
NMDA receptors: molecular mechanisms and regulation by synaptic zinc
Special Seminar
Tuesday 24th July 2012, 12 pm, JHLT
With special thanks to Spectra-Physics, a Newport
Corporation Brand, for sponsoring this special seminar
Prof. Rafael Yuste
Columbia University, New York, USA
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