List of the 2023 Seminars & Events at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences. 'Prominent in vivo influence of single interneurons in the developing and adult cortex' Dr Rosa Cossart, Director of the Institute of Mediterranean Neurobiology (INMED), affiliated to INSERM and Aix-Marseille UniversityThursday 14th December 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Nathalie Rochefort 'Identifying astrocyte endfoot functions using proteomics' Dr Steve Hill, Postdoctoral research fellow, DRI, Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesMonday 4th December, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Dr Blanca Díaz Castro 'TREM2 confers resilience against vascular cognitive impairment' Dr Stefan Szymkowiak, Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesMonday 20th November 2023, 13:00, Undergraduate Medical Teaching Room (GU318), Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Dr Barry McColl 'TREM2 confers resilience against vascular cognitive impairment' Dr Stefan Szymkowiak, Postdoctoral research fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesMonday 20th November 2023, 13:00, Undergraduate Medical Teaching Room (GU318), Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Dr Barry McColl ‘Mapping the human brain feeding circuitry using single cell and spatial approaches’ Prof Giles Yeo, Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of CambridgeThursday 16th November 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Mike Ludwig 2023 Mary Pickford Lecture + Alison Douglas Prize Giving (best PhD thesis) 'The cognitive map: from neurons to architecture' Prof Kate Jeffery, Head of School Psychology & Neuroscience, University of GlasgowThursday 9th November 2023, 12.30, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof David Wyllie 'Analysing the impact of extracellular vesicles on the establishment of glioma promoting functions in microglia' Dr Julie Mazzolini, Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesMonday 6th November 2023, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Dr Jian Gan Feldberg Foundation Lecture with Prof Jan Born ‘Sleep – a brain state serving memory formation’ Prof Jan Born, Director of the Department of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology University of Tübingen, Germany, Feldberg Foundation (German) prize winner 2023Thursday 2nd November 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Richard Morris 'Deconstructing the cerebellar modules to understand their functions' Dr Zhenyu Gao, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, RotterdamMonday 23rd October 2023, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid) Host: Prof Dies Meijer 'Protective mechanisms of synaptic stimulation in Alzheimer’s disease and tauopathies' Dr Davide Tampellini, Senior Researcher Institut Professeur Baulieu and Neuroscience, Inserm, Université Paris-Saclay, FranceThursday 19th October 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones ‘AMPA receptor nanoscale organization and dynamics tune short and long term synaptic plasticity’ Dr. Daniel Choquet, Unity Director/Team leader, Bordeaux Neurocampus, Bordeaux University, FranceMonday 9th October 2023, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Patricio Opazo 'Inhibitory top-down projections from zona incerta mediate neocortical memory’ Dr Anna Schroeder, Institute of Physiology, University of Freiburg, GermanyThursday 5th October 2023, 13:00, HRB Lecture Theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr. Leena Williams 'Astrocytes dynamics in APP/PS1 mice-experience in a pilot grant application’ Dr Juraj Koudelka, Research Fellow/Imaging Lead, DRI University of EdinburghMonday 25th September 2023, 13:00, Auditorium A, Shirley Hall (GU108), Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Dr Jian Gan 'Deciphering the neural circuits that underlie auditory hallucinations' Dr Stanislav Zakharenko, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TNTuesday 19th September 2023, 16:00, SIDB Boardroom, G31, HRB link BuildingHost: Prof Matt Nolan 'Learning a cognitive map' Dr Adrien Peyrache, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, MontrealThursday 29th June 2023, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Adrian Duszkiewicz 'Synaptic and circuit basis of distinct memory formation in the hippocampus’ Dr Christoph Schmidt-Hieber, neural circuits for spatial navigation and memory, Institut Pasteur, ParisThursday 15th June 2023, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Tom Flossmann 'State-dependent patterns of neuromodulatory signaling in the cortex’ Dr Jessica Cardin, Associate Professor Tenure; Deputy Chair, Neuroscience, Yale School of MedicineThursday 1st June 2023, 13:00, (Virtual)Host: Prof Nathalie Rochefort ‘Midbrain circuits for flexible instinctive behaviours' Dr Vanessa Stempel, Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, GermanyThursday 25th May 2023, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Sam Booker ‘Engineering neuroscience with microfluidics: complex in vitro models made easy’ Dr Michele Zagnoni, Reader, Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of StrathclydeMonday 15th May 2023, 13:00, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Prof David Lyons 'Visual Cortex and Tauopathy: insights into network level dysfunction in disease' Dr Fabio Ribeiro Rodriguez, Department of Experimental Psychology, UCLThursday 11th May 2023, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Tara Spires-Jones ‘Spatial assessment of ALS’ ’Prof Hemali Phatnani, Director of the Center for Genomics of Neurodegenerative Disease, NYC + Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences in the Department of Neurology, Columbia UniversityMonday 24th April 2023, 13:00, Auditorium B, Chancellors Building (Hybrid)Host: Profs Colin Smith + Seth Grant 'Neural mechanisms for emotional behavior and decision making' Dr Andrew Macaskill, Principal Research Fellow, Neuro, Physiology & Pharmacology, UCLThursday 13th April 2023, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Prof Matt Nolan 'Impact of transposable elements in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration' Dr Marco Trizzino, Senior Lecturer in Developmental Genomics, Imperial College LondonMonday 3rd April 2023, 13:00 (Virtual)Host: Dr Kathryn Bowles 'The neurobiology of individuality' Prof Gerd Kemperman, Adult neurogenesis, speaker and research group leader - DZNE, DresdenTuesday 21st March 2023, 13:00, Undergraduate Medical Teaching Room (GU318), BioQuarter (Hybrid)Hosts: Prof Seth Grant 'A gut sense' Dr Melanie (Maya) Kaelberer, sensory neuro-gastroenterologist, Duke University, Durham, NCThursday 16th March 2023, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Ann Clemens ‘Cortical wiring by synapse type-specific control of local protein synthesis' Dr Clémence Bernard, Research Associate, Kings College London Thursday 2nd March 2023, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Lida Zoupi 'Directed evolution of molecular tools for the mapping and manipulation of active neuronal circuits' Dr Mateo Sanchez, Postdoctoral Fellow (Bioengineering), Imperial College LondonThursday 2nd February, 2023 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Francesco Gobbo 'Mechanisms driving joint pain' Prof Ewan St John Smith, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Thursday 19th January 2023, 13:00, HRB lecture theatre (Hybrid)Host: Dr Carole Torsney 'Neuron Differentiation: From Chromatin to Connectivity’ Dr Adrian Moore, Riken Centre for Brain Science, Hirosawa Wako City, JapanMonday 9th January 2023, 13:00, QMRI - Wellcome Auditorium (E1.01), (Hybrid)Host: Prof Seth Grant This article was published on 2025-07-16
