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Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar 2013
When
26th March 2013Where
The Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums site, CambridgeDescription
Cambridge Neuroscience is delighted to announce the 25th Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar, hosted by the Department of Zoology, on Tuesday 26th March 2013, in the Babbage Lecture Theatre, Cambridge.
This year, the theme is “From Sensation to Action” with sessions covering motor and sensory systems.
An outstanding line up of internal and external speakers has been confirmed (please see attached poster). Plenary lectures will be given by Professor Johan Bolhuis (Utrecht University) and Professor Silvia Arber (University of Basel). The day will conclude with a public plenary lecture given by Professor José del R. Millán, (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), to coincide with the Cambridge Science Festival.
The meeting is organised by Brian McCabe, Professor Simon Laughlin, Dr Berthold Hedwig and Dr Matthias Landgraf for the Department of Zoology and Dr Dervila Glynn for Cambridge Neuroscience.
Poster exhibition:
There will be a poster exhibition held during the conference with generous prizes for best research poster for 1) Undergraduates, 2) Post graduates and 3) Post Doctoral/Research Associate/PI.
Please note that poster boards will be 1 metre (w) by 2 metres (h). The optimum size for posters is A0 portrait (i.e. 841mm (w) x 1189mm (h)). If your poster is already printed and does not fit these requirements, please contact Dervila Glynn.
Back to topPlenaries
Professor Johan Bolhuis,
Cognitive Neurobiology group,
Departments of Psychology and Biology,
Utrecht University
Johan J. Bolhuis is full professor of Cognitive Neurobiology at the Departments of Psychology and Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He obtained his PhD in Zoology (cum laude) at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge, UK. He was Asscociate Professor at Leiden University, The Netherlands. He has served as an editor of Animal Behaviour, and as president of the Royal Dutch Zoological Society and is currently Editor-in-Chief of Behavioural Processes and Academic Editor of PloS One and Scientific Reports. He was awarded the Zoology Prize of the Royal Dutch Zoological Society in 2001. His main research interests are in the behavioural, neural and cognitive mechanisms of learning, memory and development. His current research is focused on the neural mechanisms of song learning in songbirds, and the parallels with human speech and language, on which he published two reviews in Nature Reviews Neuroscience. In addition, he has a theoretical interest in the relationship between evolution, cognition, and the brain, on which he published essays in Nature and PLoS Biology. He is editor or co-editor of seven books on animal behaviour and cognitive neuroscience, including Brain, Perception, Memory (OUP, 2000), in honour of Sir Gabriel Horn, and the forthcoming Birdsong, Speech, and Language (MIT Press, 2013). Together with Luc-Alain Giraldeau he is editor of the university textbook The Behavior of Animals (Blackwell, 2005).
Professor Silvia Arber,
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research,
University of Basel
Silvia Arber holds a joint appointment as a full Professor at the Biozentrum, University of Basel and is a senior investigator at the Friedrich Miescher Institute (FMI) in Basel, Switzerland. Silvia Arber obtained her PhD in the research group of Pico Caroni at the FMI in 1996. She subsequently moved to the laboratory of Thomas Jessell at Columbia University in New York for her postdoctoral work from 1996-2000 where she worked on the role of transcription factors in neuronal differentiation in the spinal cord. In her own laboratory, she aims to identify the principles that allow neuronal circuits to orchestrate accurate and timely control of motor behavior in response to a variety of stimuli such as sensory cues or voluntary initiation of movement, using the mouse as a model system. To decipher how motor circuits engage in the control of movement, her laboratory elucidates the organization and function of neuronal circuits, by studying synaptic connectivity, genetic and molecular identity of neuronal subpopulations as well as functional properties. Silvia Arber received numerous awards, including the Pfizer award, the HFSP 10th anniversary award, the Latsis award and Schellenberg award for research on spinal cord development, plasticity and regeneration.
Professor José del R. Millán,
Center for Neuroprosthetics,
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Back to topProgramme at a Glance
8.00 – 8.45 Registration and poster set-up
8.50 – 9.00 Welcome from Professor Michael Akam, Department of Zoology
9.00 – 10.00 The Gabriel Horn Memorial Lecture, Introduced by Dr Brian McCabe
Sponsored by The British Neuroscience Association
Professor Johan Bolhuis, Cognitive Neurobiology group, Departments of Psychology and Biology, Utrecht University
In Memory
10.00 – 10.30 Refreshments
Session One Sensory systems: From sensory processing to behaviour,
Chaired by Professor Simon Laughlin
Sponsored by Neusentis, A Pfizer Research Unit
10.30 – 11.00 Dr Bob Carlyon, MRC Cognitive and Brain Sciences Unit TBC
Subject: Speech processing; cochlear implants
11.00 – 11.30 Professor Lorraine Tyler, Department of Psychology
Neurobiology of language
11.30 – 12.00 Dr Berthold Hedwig, Department of Zoology
Auditory pattern recognition in an insect brain
12.00 – 12.30 Dr Mario de Bono, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Systematic dissection of the molecular and neural basis of behaviour
12.30 – 14.30 Lunch and poster session
Session Two Motor Systems: Development and Regeneration, Chaired by Bill Harris
14.30 – 15.30 Plenary lecture, Introduced by Dr Matthias Landgraf
Professor Silvia Arber, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Basel
Organization and Function of Motor Circuits
15.30 – 15.55 Young Investigator talk
Dr Jimena Berni, Department of Zoology
Autonomous circuitry for substrate exploration in freely moving drosophila larvae
15.55 – 16.20 Young Investigator talk
Dr Victoria Leong, Centre for Neuroscience and Education
Speech rhythm and learning to read: lessons from dyslexia"
16.20 – 16.40 Refreshments
16.40 – 17.10 Dr Steve Edgley, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Controlling the Hand: Ancient and Modern
17.10 – 17.40 Professor Roger Barker, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair
The challenge of matching therapies to patients in Parkinson's disease.
17.40 - 18.00 Closing Remarks by Professor Trevor Robbins
Presentation of poster prizes by Dr Peter Stern, Science
Arrival of public audience
18.00 – 19.00 The Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture to coincide with the Cambridge Science Festival in association with the Medical Research Council (MRC)
Introduced by Professor Alastair Compston
Professor José del R. Millán, Center for Neuroprosthetics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Design Principles for Neuroprosthetics
19.15 – 19.45 Wine reception/Pre-dinner drinks
The Grace Howard Room, Downing College
19.45 – 22.30 Gala Conference Dinner
The Hall, Downing College
Back to topDirections
For the University map of the New Museums Site please click here.
The Babbage Lecture Theatre is number 17 on the map. 
For a map of Downing College, please click here.
Registration
Registration fees are heavily subsidised and include refreshments, lunch, an evening wine reception, in addition to admittance to all talks.
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Cambridge Neuroscientists: please register as normal. We will be collecting your payment on a Departmental basis so please provide your group leader's name and account code checking with your PI first. If you are paying for yourself, please use the online payment system. Please note that cheques or cash will not be accepted on the day of the conference.
Undergraduates - free
Emeritus member - free
Postgraduate students, Research Assistants - £10.00
Postdocs, Faculty/PI and other - £20.00
Gala conference dinner at Downing College - £30
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Academics not from Cambridge: Please register as normal before paying using the online payment system. Please note that cheques or cash will not be accepted on the day of the conference.
The booking system accepts all major credit/debit cards apart from American Express.
Undergraduates - £25.00
Postgraduate students, Research Assistants - £50.00
Postdocs, Faculty/PI and other - £80.00
Gala conference dinner at Downing College - £45
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Industry or other: Please register as normal before paying using the online payment system or provide an address for your invoice to be sent to. Please note that cheques or cash will not be accepted on the day of the conference.
Conference registration - £100
Gala conference dinner at Downing College - £45
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Sponsors
Please contact Dr Dervila Glynn for more information on the different sponsorship opportunities available.
Exhibiting
Based on attendance at last year’s Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar we anticipate over 400 Cambridge Neuroscientists coming from over 40 different Neuroscience related Departments and Institutions affiliated with the University of Cambridge. For further information regarding Cambridge Neuroscience, please visit our website: www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk
Registration for this event is heavily subsidised and the evening public lecture is free of charge. As such, we are asking for sponsorship donations and offering exhibition space for suppliers to showcase their products to our research scientists.
We have some exciting sponsorship packages this year, including invitations to the gala conference dinner at Downing College and increased contact time for sponsors with the conference delegates during the poster sessions. This could be an excellent opportunity for your company to communicate that it is making a significant investment in Neuroscience in Cambridge.
Please contact Dr Dervila Glynn for more information on the different sponsorship opportunities available.
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Please contact Dr Dervila Glynn for more information.
Accommodation and spending time in Cambridge
For everything you need to know about Cambridge including reserving accommodation for your stay in one of the Cambridge Colleges, please see the Conference Cambridge website. Here you will find details about transport, parking, guided tours and a ‘What’s on’ guide to help you plan your time while in Cambridge.
In addition, there are several city centre hotels and guesthouses in Cambridge, which offer a wide range of accommodation with something to suit every taste and budget. Please see the official website for visiting Cambridge and the surrounding area for more details.
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