Neuroscience Seminars

Here are some lectures, seminars and talks that may be of interest. The links reach further information on each presentation.

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July
Mon 8th Jul 1:00pm	STaR (Stress Timing affects Relapse): A model of the effects of stress/glucocorticoids on extinction and relapse Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Seminars	Dr Shira Meir Drexler - Department of Cognitive Psychology Ruhr-University Bochum Germany	Kenneth Craik Room, Craik Marshall Building, Downing Site, Cambridge
January
Mon 20th Jan 12:30pm	Issues in Interpreting Cluster-Based Permutation Tests Imagers Interest Group	Jona Sassenhagen, Goethe-University Frankfurt	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge
Mon 20th Jan 2:00pm	Connecting behavioural and neural levels of analysis Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Rogier Kievit (MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 22nd Jan 12:30pm	The neural dynamics of audio-visual integration and recalibration Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Dr Máté Aller (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 23rd Jan 12:30pm	Blogs, social media and gamification: how elves and humans can close the gap between research and practice. Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Dr Christopher O'Loughlin	André Tomlin, Minervation Ltd, coordinator of the Mental Elf website	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 23rd Jan 3:30pm	Combining brain mapping with machine-learning on individual differences Chaucer Club	Simon Eickhoff (Institute of Systems Neuroscience, U. of Dusseldorf)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 23rd Jan 4:00pm	Skeletal muscle and its role in challenging perceptions of human ageing Foster Talks	Steve Harridge, King's College London	Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 24th Jan 11:00am	Robust Deep Learning Under Distribution Shift Machine Learning @ CUED	Zack Lipton, CMU	Engineering Department, CBL Room BE-438.
Fri 24th Jan 4:30pm	Affect & Decision-Making in Health and Disease Zangwill Club	Professor Tali Sharot, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 27th Jan 10:30am	The exposome in psychiatry: Using environmental data to understand variability in developmental psychopathology ARClub Talks	Dr. Ran Barzilay, University of Pennsylvania	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Mon 27th Jan 2:00pm	Intelligence and the frontal lobes Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	John Duncan (MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 29th Jan 10:30am	Voice processing in autism ARClub Talks	Dr Stefanie Schelinski, Visiting Researcher, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge; Research Associate, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden & Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Wed 29th Jan 12:30pm	Dopamine, psychosis and the precision-weighting of prediction errors in the brain during learning Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Dr Joost Haarsma (U. of Oxford)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 29th Jan 3:00pm	Tribalism in War and Peace: The nature and evolution of ideological epistemology and its significance for modern social science Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)	Dr Cory Clark, Durham University	TBC
Thu 30th Jan 12:30pm	Epigenetics in ageing and dementia Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Prof John O'Brien	Dr Leonidas Chouliaras, Clinical Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 30th Jan 3:30pm	Non invasive deep brain stimulation via temporally interfering electric fields Chaucer Club	Nir Grossman (Dept. of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Fri 31st Jan 1:15pm	Mechanics and mechanisms of tube morphogenesis Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Katja Röper, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 31st Jan 4:30pm	Anhedonia and Adolescent Depression Zangwill Club	Dr Ciara McCabe, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, University of Reading	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
February
Mon 3rd Feb 2:00pm	How to make good scientific figures Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Matthew Davis (MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 5th Feb 12:30pm	Knowing what is real - mechanisms of reality discrimination Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Dr Jane Garrison (Dept. of Psychology, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 6th Feb 12:30pm	Predicting addiction: myth or reality? Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Dr Karen Ersche	Professor Jeff Dalley, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 6th Feb 3:30pm	Attention, perception, and neural response: testing the limits Chaucer Club	Nilli Lavie (Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 6th Feb 4:00pm	Adhesion and cytoskeleton dynamics in cell migration and pluripotency Foster Talks	Johanna Ivaska, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Finland	Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 7th Feb 1:15pm	Repairing DNA damage in developing germ cells Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Gerry Crossan, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 7th Feb 4:30pm	Visuospatial working memory as a fundamental component of the eye movement system. Zangwill Club	Professor Stefan van der Stigchel, Professor in Cognitive Psychology, Utrecht University, Netherlands World_link	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 10th Feb 2:00pm	How to write good papers Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Michael Anderson (MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 12th Feb 12:30pm	Inheritance and adaptation within the family environment Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Dr Rahia Mashoodh (Dept. of Zoology, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 12th Feb 4:00pm	Feeling good, doing good: The potential of positive self-directed emotions to motivate prosociality Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)	Dr. Claudia Schneider	Lecture Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge
Thu 13th Feb 12:30pm	Mood Instability: a possible transdiagnostic construct in psychopathology? Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Prof Jesus Perez	Professor Matthew Broome, Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 13th Feb 3:30pm	How listeners track the changing statistics of rapidly unfolding auditory scenes – evidence from brain imaging and pupillometry Chaucer Club	Maria Chait (The Ear Institute, Faculty of Brain Sciences, UCL)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Fri 14th Feb 12:00pm	Modern Outrage and the Perversion of Punishment Zangwill Club PLEASE NOTE: THIS TALK WILL TAKE PLACE AT 12.00PM	Molly J Crockett, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Yale University	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Fri 14th Feb 1:15pm	The mechanical regulation of brain development Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Kristian Franze, PDN, University of Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Mon 17th Feb 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Imagers Interest Group	Olaf Dimigen, Humboldt University, Berlin	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge
Mon 17th Feb 2:00pm	Consciousness Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Tristan Bekinschtein, (Dept. of Psychology, University of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Fri 21st Feb 1:15pm	Dissecting tissue mechanics in the early chicken embryo Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Fengzhu Xiong, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 21st Feb 4:30pm	Fragile Memories for Fleeting Percepts Zangwill Club	Professor Howard Bowman, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham School of Computing, University of Kent at Canterbury Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (Visiting)	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 24th Feb 12:30pm	The use of multi-parametric maps (MPMs) in ageing research Imagers Interest Group	Wiktor Olszowy, CHUV Lausanne	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge
Mon 24th Feb 2:00pm	Computational Psychiatry of Autism Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Rebecca Lawson (Dept of Psychology, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 26th Feb 10:30am	Autism prevalence, social deprivation and access to services in England: A big data approach ARClub Talks	Dr. Andres Roman-Urrestarazu	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Wed 26th Feb 12:30pm	Communicating uncertainty around facts, numbers, and science Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Dr Anne Marthe van der Bles (U. of Groningen)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 27th Feb 12:30pm	The promise of early intervention: testing a video-feedback intervention (ViPP) to prevent mental health problems in childhood in a randomised trial Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Dr Paul Wilkinson	Professor Paul Ramchandani, LEGO Professor of Play in Education, Development and Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 27th Feb 3:30pm	The neural basis of flexible semantic retrieval Chaucer Club	Beth Jefferies (Dept. of Psychology, U. of York)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 27th Feb 4:00pm	Formation and activation of ovarian follicles using germline stem cells Foster Talks	Evelyn Telfer, University of Edinburgh, UK	Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 28th Feb 1:15pm	Haematopoietic stem cell-niche interactions change during ageing and age-related myeloproliferative disorders Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Simón Méndez-Ferrer, Welcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and NHSBT	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 28th Feb 4:30pm	Social Physiology for Precision Psychiatry Zangwill Club	Dr Guillaume Dumas, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
March
Mon 2nd Mar 2:00pm	Using a convergence of clinical and cognitive neuroscience methods: The case study of semantic cognition Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Matthew Lambon Ralph (MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 4th Mar 12:30pm	Infants’ learning & development: How can we influence them? Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Dr Ellie Smith (Dept. of Psychology, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 5th Mar 12:30pm	Transdiagnostic approaches to common mental health problems Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Melissa Black, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 5th Mar 3:30pm	The interpersonal function of emotional expressions Chaucer Club	Julie Grezes (Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Fri 6th Mar 1:15pm	Towards predicting gene expression from DNA sequence Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Jussi Taipale, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 6th Mar 4:30pm	Feeling in Seeing is Believing : Experimenting with the Visceral Dimension of Visual Politics (When News are Fake) Zangwill Club	Manos Tsakiris, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London & The Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 9th Mar 12:30pm	Conceptual and methodological advances in laminar fMRI Imagers Interest Group	David Norris, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge
Mon 9th Mar 2:00pm	Signal Detection Theory: What it is and why you need it (Please bring a calculator) Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Bob Carlyon (MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 11th Mar 12:30pm	Language development in exceptional circumstances: effects of permanent childhood hearing loss Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Dr Lorna Halliday (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 11th Mar 4:00pm	A zero-item personality test? Predicting personality traits from social media data Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)	Dr David Stillwell	Nick Mackintosch Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site
Thu 12th Mar 12:30pm	Trauma, Stress and Biomarkers in Somatic Symptom Disorders Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Prof Peter Jones	Professor Christina Van Der Feltz-Cornelis, Chair of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, University of York	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 12th Mar 3:30pm	Broca’s region: cytoarchitecture, transmitter receptors and brain mapping Chaucer Club	Katrin Amunts (Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine, Juelich)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 12th Mar 4:00pm	3D Genomics in development and disease Foster Talks	Stefan Mundlos, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany	Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 13th Mar 4:30pm	Title to be confirmed Zangwill Club	Professor Matt Lambon-Ralph, Director, MRC, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Wed 18th Mar 12:30pm	An investigation into the neural basis of self- and other-referential thoughts Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Dr Rocco Chiou (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 19th Mar 12:30pm	Sleep and Mental Health: better nights for better days Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Dr Muzaffer Kaser	Dr Kirstie Anderson, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Newcastle University	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 19th Mar 3:30pm	How do our brains form maps of the world? Chaucer Club	Alexandra Constantinescu (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 25th Mar 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Prof Tamsin Ford, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Thu 26th Mar 12:30pm	Smoking cessation in mental health services: from rhetoric to reality Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Dr Emilio Fernandez-Egea	Professor Simon Gilbody, Director of the Mental Health & Addictions Research Group, University of York	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
April
Thu 2nd Apr 12:30pm	A Computational Approach to Understanding Motivational Symptoms in Depression Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series chair: Dr Rudolf Cardinal	Professor Jonathan Roiser, Department of Psychiatry, University College London	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Wed 22nd Apr 10:30am	Girls and women on the autism spectrum ARClub Talks	Dr William Mandy, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Thu 30th Apr 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Jessica Bird, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 30th Apr 4:00pm	The role of sensory inputs in generating and sustaining cognitive maps Foster Talks	Francesca Cacucci, UCL	Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site
May
Mon 4th May 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Imagers Interest Group	Rafael Romero-Garcia, BCNI, University of Cambridge	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge
Thu 7th May 12:30pm	Morality in the Body: From Intuitions to Moral Judgments and Prosocial Behaviour Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Simone Schnall, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 7th May 4:00pm	Mechanisms of lineage specification in human embryos Foster Talks	Kathy Niakan, Francis Crick Institute, London	Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Thu 14th May 4:00pm	Mechanobiology of cell shape control Foster Talks	Ewa Paluch, PDN Department, Cambridge	Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Wed 20th May 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Speaker to be confirmed	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Thu 21st May 12:30pm	Minimal clinically important differences: a cornerstone of evidence-based medicine Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Professor Glyn Lewis, Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry, University College London	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
June
Mon 1st Jun 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Imagers Interest Group	Elena Boto, University of Nottingham	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge
Wed 10th Jun 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Speaker to be confirmed	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Mon 15th Jun 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Imagers Interest Group	Robin Ince, University of Glasgow	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge
Thu 18th Jun 12:30pm	The common link between schizophrenia and diabetes Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Emilio Fernandez-Egea, consultant psychiatrist and associate lecturer, Clozapine Clinic Cambridge and University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Wed 24th Jun 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Speaker to be confirmed	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road

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