Neuroscience talks

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Last updated Sun Nov 22 09:44:28 2009

November
Mon 23rd Nov 11:00amTitle to be confirmed
Inference Group
Carl Scheffler (University of Cambridge)TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
Mon 23rd Nov 1:05pmTBC
Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
Organised by Dr Amy Milton, Department of Experimental Psychology
TBCMondays (unless otherwise stated), 13.05 – 14.00 in the Kenneth Craik Room, Craik Marshall Building, Downing Site
Mon 23rd Nov 1:05pmReduction of Fear Recovery after Experimental Extinction through Different Behavioral Manipulations
Behavioural Neuroscience Seminars
Organised by Dr Amy Milton, Department of Experimental Psychology
Dr Gonzalo Urcelay - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellow, Experimental Psychology, University of CambridgeMondays (unless otherwise stated), 13.05 – 14.00 in the Kenneth Craik Room, Craik Marshall Building, Downing Site
Mon 23rd Nov 4:00pmThe neuroscience of music
Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Jessica Grahn (MRC CBSU)Department of Experimental Psychology Seminar Room
Mon 23rd Nov 4:30pm“How experience changes the circuitry of the brain”.
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
Annual Adrian Lecture
Tobias Bonhoeffer, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried.Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Mon 23rd Nov 4:30pmImproving paper-and-pencil measures of God representations
Psychology and Religion Research Group (PRRG)
Bonnie Poon Zahl (Dept. of Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cambridge)Lightfoot Room, Faculty of Divinity
Tue 24th Nov 1:00pmThe personalities of nonhuman primates: All too human?
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology (SDP) Seminar Series
Dr. Alex Weiss (University of Edinburgh)Arts School Room B, New Museums Site
Wed 25th Nov 12:00pmMechanisms underlying embryonic and adult DRG regeneration
BRC Seminar Series
Dr Laura Gumy, BRCBrain Repair Centre, Forvie Site, Robinson Way
Wed 25th Nov 12:30pmNeural mechanisms of social learning and cognitive imitation
Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series
Chris Burke (Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
Wed 25th Nov 1:00pmFate determination of retinal neurons: Lineage relationships and the inhibitory master switch Ptf1a
Craik Club
Dr. Patricia JusufKenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
Wed 25th Nov 1:00pmGenetic Testing in the Clinic for the APOE gene: A Cautionary Tale
Neuroscience Seminars
Dr Margaret Lock. See: www.mcgill.ca/ssom/facultyinfo/lock/Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Addenbrooke's site, small seminar room
Thu 26th Nov 11:00amRepeated Measures and Mixed Model ANOVA
Statistical Methods for Cognitive Psychologists
Ian Nimmo-Smith (MRC CBSU)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
Thu 26th Nov 3:30pmNavigating in a 3-d world
Chaucer Club
PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME - ALL TALKS NOW BEGIN AT 3.30PM
Prof Kate Jeffery (Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, UCL)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
Thu 26th Nov 4:00pmThe importance of context in protein misfolding and aggregation
Foster Talks
Anne Bertolotti, MRC LMB, CambridgeHodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 27th Nov 1:00pmExperimental tests of the theory that V1 creates a bottom-up visual saliency map for attentional guidance
Craik Club
Host: Máté Lengyel, Engineering Department
Professor Zhaoping Li, Computer Science, UCLKenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
Fri 27th Nov 1:15pmMolecular control of axon pathfinding in the visual system
Developmental Biology Seminar Series
Robert Hindges, MRC Neurobiology Unit, King's College LondonBiffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 27th Nov 4:30pmStudying the relation between neural oscillations and human behaviour with Magnetoencephalography
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Professor Joachim Gross, Department of Psychology, University of GlasgowGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Mon 30th Nov 11:00amTitle to be confirmed
Inference Group
Ulrich Paquet (Imense)TCM Seminar Room, Cavendish Laboratory, Department of Physics
Mon 30th Nov 4:00pmThe systems-level neuroscience of human memory
Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Rik Henson (MRC CBSU)Department of Experimental Psychology Seminar Room
December
Wed 2nd Dec 12:00pmEnvironmental regulation of CNS remyelination
BRC Seminar Series
Dr Mark Kotter, LRM, CambridgeBrain Repair Centre, Forvie Site, Robinson Way
Wed 2nd Dec 12:30pmDiffusion MRI and tractography
Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series
Eleftherios Garyfallidis (MRC Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
Wed 2nd Dec 4:00pmObesity and insulin resistance: Lessons from human genetics
Foster Talks
Prof. Stephen O’Rahilly, Institute of Metabolic Science, CambridgeAnatomy Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building Downing Site
Thu 3rd Dec 11:00amLatent variable models: factor analysis and all that
Statistical Methods for Cognitive Psychologists
Peter Watson (MRC CBSU)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
Thu 3rd Dec 3:30pmDecoding memories in the human hippocampus
Chaucer Club
PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME - ALL TALKS NOW BEGIN AT 3.30PM
Prof Eleanor Maguire (Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, UCL)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
Thu 3rd Dec 4:00pmA systems approach to cellular shape and motion
Foster Talks
Professor Jonathon Howard, Director of Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, GermanyHodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 4th Dec 1:00pmThe effect of contextual motion on perceived speed, plaid direction and binocular rivalry
Craik Club
Host: Jenny Bosten, Department of Experimental Psychology
Dr. Daniel H. Baker, Aston UniversityKenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
Tue 8th Dec 1:00pm"The personalities of nonhuman primates: All too human?"
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Dr. Alex Weiss (University of Edinburgh)Arts School Seminar Room B, New Museums Site
Tue 8th Dec 1:00pmWe think we understand: When empathic accuracy and perceptions diverge
Department of Social and Developmental Psychology (SDP) Seminar Series
Prof. Sara D. Hodges (University of Oregon)Arts School Room B, New Museums Site
Wed 9th Dec 12:00pmIs there really a role for stem cells in regenerative neurology?
BRC Seminar Series
Siddharthan Chandran, University of Edinburgh, ScotlandBrain Repair Centre, Forvie Site, Robinson Way
Thu 10th Dec 11:00amPost-hoc tests, multiple comparisons, contrasts and handling interactions
Statistical Methods for Cognitive Psychologists
Ian Nimmo-Smith (MRC CBSU)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
Thu 10th Dec 3:30pmAction and Language
Chaucer Club
PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME - ALL TALKS NOW BEGIN AT 3.30PM
Prof Luciano Fadiga (Department of Human Physiology, University of Ferrara, Italy)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
Thu 17th Dec 3:30pmAnalysing and communicating uncertainty
Chaucer Club
PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME - ALL TALKS NOW BEGIN AT 3.30PM
Prof David Spiegelhalter (MRC BioStatistics Unit and Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge)Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road
January
Fri 15th Jan 4:30pmMis-wired: Studying the link between brain network development and functional deficits
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Dr Marcus Kaiser, School of Computing Science, Newcastle UniversityGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Thu 21st Jan 4:00pmTitle to be confirmed
Foster Talks
Prof Lopez-BarneoHodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 22nd Jan 4:30pmThe cognitive basis of perspective-taking: Evidence from adults and implications for studies of infants and non-human animals
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Dr Ian Apperly, School of Psychology, University of BirminghamGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Mon 25th Jan 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
Jonathan Ashmore, UCL.Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Thu 28th Jan 4:00pmTitle to be confirmed
Foster Talks
Dr Emma RawlinsHodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 29th Jan 4:30pmSingle cell responses in the human medial temporal lobe
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Department of Engineering, University of LeicesterGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
February
Tue 2nd Feb 4:30pmSpecifying brain function involved in number processing. Insights from interindividual differences
Psychology and Neuroscience in Education
Anja K. Ischebeck, Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, University Graz, AustriaFaculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge
Fri 5th Feb 4:30pmParanoia: The 21st Century Fear
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Dr Daniel Freeman, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College LondonGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Thu 11th Feb 4:00pmTitle to be confirmed
Foster Talks
Dr Miodownik- King's College LondonHodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 12th Feb 2:00pmPreprocessing of fMRI data and computational morphometry (VBM)
Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM)
Rik Henson (MRC CBSU)Experimental Psychology Lecture Theatre
Fri 12th Feb 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Professor Marty Sereno, School of Psychology, Birkbeck College LondonGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Fri 19th Feb 2:00pmThe General Linear Model for fMRI analysis
Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM)
Rik Henson (MRC CBSU)Experimental Psychology Lecture Theatre
Fri 19th Feb 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Dr Steve Dakin, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College LondonGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Mon 22nd Feb 4:30pm“Steering decisions in axons controlled by subcellular changes in the local proteome”.
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
Prof. Christine Holt, PDN.Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Thu 25th Feb 4:00pmTitle to be confirmed
Foster Talks
Dr Matthias LandgrafHodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 26th Feb 1:00pmTitle to be confirmed
ARClub Talks
Dr. Liz Pellicano (Institute of Education, London)Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18 B, Trumpington Road
Fri 26th Feb 2:00pmExperimental design, Efficiency and Connectivity in fMRI
Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM)
Rik Henson (MRC CBSU)Experimental Psychology Lecture Theatre
Fri 26th Feb 4:30pmHuman cerebral cortex: Cytoarchitectonics, segregation of function and transmitter receptors
Zangwill Club
This is the special joint Zangwill-Chaucer Club presentation for 09-10. Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Professor Karl Zilles, Director of the Institute for Neuroscience & Medicine, Research Center Juelich, GermanyGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
March
Mon 1st Mar 4:30pm"Context is everything: how auditory-evoked responses in cortex are influenced by what came before".
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
Katrin Krumbholz, University of Nottingham.Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Fri 5th Mar 2:00pmEEG and MEG analysis
Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM)
Rik Henson (MRC CBSU)Experimental Psychology Lecture Theatre
Fri 5th Mar 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Professor David Stephens, Department of Psychology, University of SussexGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Tue 9th Mar 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Psychology and Neuroscience in Education
Professor Kevin Durkin, Department of Psychology, University of StrathclydeGS4, Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge
Thu 11th Mar 4:00pmTitle to be confirmed
Foster Talks
Prof Carlos BelmonteHodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
April
Tue 20th Apr 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Psychology and Neuroscience in Education
Dr Claudia Uller, Faculty of Education, University of CambridgeFaculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ
Fri 23rd Apr 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Dr Anil Seth, Department of Informatics, University of SussexGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Mon 26th Apr 4:30pm“A core neural circuit mechanism of decision making”.
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
 Xiao-Jing Wang, Yale University.Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Fri 30th Apr 4:30pmNew ways of thinking about how we read other people's mind
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Dr Dana Samson, School of Psychology, University of NottinghamGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
May
Mon 3rd May 4:30pm“To switch, or not to switch: how the brain answers the question”.
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
Angela Roberts, PDN.Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Fri 7th May 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Speaker to be confirmedGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Mon 10th May 4:30pm“Building the cognitive map - integration of metric and non-metric inputs by entorhinal and hippocampal neurons”.
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
Kate Jeffery, UCL.Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Fri 14th May 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Professor Nick Chater, Department of Psychology, University College LondonGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology
Mon 17th May 4:30pm“Auditory processing in a "simple" nervous system: Lessons learned from crickets”.
Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience
Bertold Hedwig, Dept. of Zoology.Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Fri 21st May 4:30pmTitle to be confirmed
Zangwill Club
Tea & cakes available in 2nd floor Seminar Room from 4pm
Speaker to be confirmedGround Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Experimental Psychology