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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October
Fri 5th Oct 1:00pm	New approaches to old problems in behavioral neuroscience: The role of locus coeruleus in anxiety and cognitive control Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Seminars	Andrea Bari, PhD - Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences & The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA	Kenneth Craik Room, Craik Marshall Building, Downing Site, Cambridge
January
Tue 22nd Jan 4:00pm	Computational Neuroscience Journal Club Computational Neuroscience	Daniel Acosta-Kane (CBL)	Cambridge University Engineering Department, CBL, BE4-38 (http://learning.eng.cam.ac.uk/Public/Directions)
Wed 23rd Jan 12:30pm	Time course of memory updating in running span Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Shraddha Kaur (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 24th Jan 12:30pm	Psychology and Suicidal Behaviour Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology, Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow / Mental Health & Wellbeing Academic Centre, Gartnavel Royal Hospital	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 24th Jan 2:00pm	Amyloid-β ‘seeds’ in old vials of growth hormone Dementia Journal Club	Ryan Prestil, CIMR	Sackler Lecture room, Level 7, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, CBC
Thu 24th Jan 3:30pm	Castles built on sand: can we trust non-invasive brain stimulation techniques? Chaucer Club	John Rothwell (UCL)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Fri 25th Jan 11:00am	Observation and Intervention Incentives in Causal Influence Diagrams: Towards an Understanding of Powerful Machine Learning Systems Machine Learning @ CUED	Tom Everitt (DeepMind)	Engineering Department, LR5 (in front of library, 1st floor)
Fri 25th Jan 1:00pm	Working memory binding and episodic memory formation: evidence from neuroimaging, aging and patient studies Craik Club	Professor Roy P. C. Kessels, Donders Institute, Radboud University, Nijmegen	Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
Fri 25th Jan 4:30pm	Title to be confirmed Zangwill Club THIS TALK HAS BEEN CANCELLED	Professor Natalie Sebanz, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 28th Jan 4:00pm	Computational Models—who needs them? Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Dennis Norris (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Mon 28th Jan 4:30pm	Brain dynamics during tactile discrimination behavior Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience	Fritjof Helmchen, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich	The Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Wed 30th Jan 12:30pm	Mindfulness training for mental health promotion Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Julieta Galante (Dept of Psychiatry, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 31st Jan 12:30pm	Modelling human brain development and neural connectivity in cerebral organoids Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Madeline Lancaster, Principal Investigator, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 31st Jan 3:30pm	The Eye’s Mind – perspectives on visual imagery Chaucer Club	Adam Zeman (University of Exeter)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 31st Jan 4:00pm	The molecular and cellular logic of spinal cord formation Foster Talks	James Briscoe, The Francis Crick Institute, London	Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
February
Fri 1st Feb 1:15pm	Gastruloids: a pluripotent stem cell-based model of early mammalian development Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Naomi Moris, Dept. of Genetics, University of Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 1st Feb 4:30pm	Human olfaction at the intersection of language, culture and biology Zangwill Club	Professor Asifa Majid, Professor of Language, Communication, and Cultural Cognition, University of York	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 4th Feb 4:00pm	How does functional neuroimaging inform cognitive theory? Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Rik Henson (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Mon 4th Feb 4:30pm	Cellular dissection of visual cortex reveals dedicated pathways for multisensory computations Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience	Troy Margrie	The Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Wed 6th Feb 12:30pm	Studies on the acquisition, persistence and reduction of fear and avoidance: a life-span perspective Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Marc Bennett (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 7th Feb 12:00pm	Exploring disease mechanisms in a novel group of neurological diseases caused by mutations in the RNA exosome Clinical Neurosciences Seminars	Juliane Muller, University Cambridge (previously Newcastle University)	James Fawcett Seminar Room, van Geest Building
Thu 7th Feb 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Professor Richard Holton, Department of Philosophy, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 7th Feb 2:00pm	Title to be confirmed Dementia Journal Club	Alexander Mörseburg, Bio Anth	Sackler Lecture room, Level 7, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, CBC
Thu 7th Feb 3:30pm	Testosterone and human gender development Chaucer Club	Melissa Hines (Dept of Psychology, University of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Fri 8th Feb 1:15pm	RNA methylation as a new epigenetic mark in cancer Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Isaia Barbieri, Dept. of Pathology, University of Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 8th Feb 4:30pm	Set to change? Lifespan factors influencing neurocognitive trajectories and plasticity Zangwill Club	Professor Kristine Beate Walhovd, Professor of Neuropsychology, University of Oslo	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 11th Feb 4:00pm	How to write good papers Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Michael Anderson (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Mon 11th Feb 4:30pm	Mechanisms of memory revaluation in Drosophila Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience	Scott Waddell, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford	The Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Wed 13th Feb 10:30am	Understanding vulnerability and related outcomes in autism using genetics ARClub Talks	Dr Varun Warrier, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Wed 13th Feb 12:30pm	The status of semantic memory in patients with left vs. right anterior temporal lobe resection Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Grace Rice (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 13th Feb 1:00pm	Adaptation Produces Change-Salience Craik Club	Professor M. J. Morgan, City, University of London	Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
Thu 14th Feb 12:00pm	Influencing axon regeneration after spinal cord injury Clinical Neurosciences Seminars	Mark A. Anderson - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne and the University of California, Los Angeles	IPH large seminar room
Thu 14th Feb 3:30pm	Ecological Language: A multimodal approach to language learning and processing Chaucer Club	Gabriella Vigliocco (UCL)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 14th Feb 4:00pm	Adult CNS progenitors: reversing the ravages of ageing Foster Talks	Robin Franklin, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute	Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Fri 15th Feb 1:15pm	Using phosphoproteomics to study context-specific signalling Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Evangelia Petsalaki, EMBL-EBI, Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 15th Feb 4:30pm	Animal models of episodic memory Zangwill Club	Professor Jonathon D. Crystal, Professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Indiana University	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 18th Feb 4:00pm	Intelligence and the frontal lobes Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	John Duncan (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU)	Nick Mackintosh Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge
Wed 20th Feb 12:30pm	Epigenetics, inheritance and adaption within the family environment Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Rahia Mashoodh (Dept. of Zoology, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 20th Feb 3:00pm	From Sinners to Saints: How Redemption Narratives Motivate Prosocial Consumer Behaviors Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)	Dr. Eric Levy, Queen Mary University of London	Nick Mackintosch Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site
Thu 21st Feb 3:30pm	Understanding mechanisms of anxiety: combining experimental psychology and genomics Chaucer Club	Thalia Eley (Kings College London)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Fri 22nd Feb 1:15pm	Cross-talk between cell mechanics, cell shape and cell fate Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Ewa Paluch, MRC LMCB, University College London & PDN, University of Cambridge	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 22nd Feb 4:30pm	In search for the cognitive foundations of Euclidean geometry Zangwill Club	Véronique Izard, Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition Center, CNRS & Université Paris Descartes	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 25th Feb 4:00pm	How to make good scientific figures Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Matthew Davis (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU)	Nick Mackintosh Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge
Mon 25th Feb 4:30pm	The computational physiology of the basal ganglia and of their disorders and therapy Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience	Hagai Bergman, Department of Medical Neurobiology (Physiology) Institute of medical research – Israel Canada (IMRIC), The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences (ELSC)	The Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Wed 27th Feb 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Sarah Crockford, PhD Candidate, Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Wed 27th Feb 12:30pm	Identifying the cognitive dimensions of learning problems in children who have been identified as struggling at school Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Joni Holmes (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 28th Feb 12:00pm	Long-term stability of human neurons in an organotypic slice culture system – a new model to study disease mechanisms of neurological disorders Clinical Neurosciences Seminars	Henner Koch, University of Tübingen	James Fawcett Seminar Room, van Geest Building
Thu 28th Feb 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Peter Talbot, Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry, University of Manchester	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 28th Feb 3:30pm	The neural fingerprints of a missing hand: from phantoms to artificial limbs Chaucer Club	Tamar Makin (UCL)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 28th Feb 4:00pm	Astrocytes and the regulation of energy homeostasis Foster Talks	Kate Ellacott, University of Exeter Medical School	Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
March
Fri 1st Mar 1:15pm	Dynamic receipt of the BMP signal in the Drosophila ovary Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Hilary Ashe, Division of Cell Matrix Biology & Regenerative Medicine, University of Manchester	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 1st Mar 4:30pm	From science to technology: the interaction between senses during the development and the creation of new rehabilitation devices. Zangwill Club	Dr Monica Gori, Instituto Italiano di Techologia, Genoa, Italy	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 4th Mar 4:00pm	Using a convergence of clinical and cognitive neuroscience methods: The case study of semantic cognition Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Matt Lambon Ralph (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU)	Nick Mackintosh Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge
Wed 6th Mar 12:30pm	An effect for bilingualism on ADHD trait levels in the general child population Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Curtis Sharma (Cambridge Language Sciences, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Wed 6th Mar 3:00pm	The social incentives hypothesis of political belief polarization Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS)	Ben Tappin, Royal Holloway, University of London.	Nick Mackintosch Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site
Thu 7th Mar 12:00pm	TBC Clinical Neurosciences Seminars	Albert Quintana, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	James Fawcett Seminar Room, van Geest Building
Thu 7th Mar 2:00pm	Title to be confirmed Dementia Journal Club	Helen Boffey & Tim Rooney, DDI	Sackler Lecture room, Level 7, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, CBC
Thu 7th Mar 3:30pm	Cognitive training works: what are the mechanisms and why are so many experimental psychologists opposed? Chaucer Club	Ian Robertson (Trinity College Dublin)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Fri 8th Mar 1:15pm	Epithelial Morphogenesis: from cell to tissue dynamics Developmental Biology Seminar Series	Yohanns Bellaïche, Institut Curie, Paris, France	Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of
Fri 8th Mar 4:30pm	Top-down vs. bottom-up? Effects of prediction and attention on sensory processing and perception Zangwill Club	Heleen A. Slagter, PhD, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience VU University Amsterdam	Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology
Mon 11th Mar 4:00pm	How to write a Fellowship proposal Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences	Duncan Astle (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU)	Nick Mackintosh Seminar Room, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge
Wed 13th Mar 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Speaker to be confirmed	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Wed 13th Mar 12:30pm	The neural basis of time-extended semantic cognition: evidence from fMRI and TMS investigations Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series	Francesca Branzi (MRC CBU, U. of Cambridge)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 14th Mar 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Gemma Lewis, Research Associate in Psychiatric Epidemiology, University College London	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 14th Mar 1:00pm	"Visual processing differences in migraine, between attacks, and their links with environmental visual triggers. From the retina to cortex." Craik Club	Dr Alex Shepherd, Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck	Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
Thu 14th Mar 3:30pm	Far beyond the back of the brain Chaucer Club	Peter Hagoort (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour)	Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road
Thu 21st Mar 2:00pm	Title to be confirmed Dementia Journal Club	Please volunteer!	Sackler Lecture room, Level 7, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, CBC
Thu 21st Mar 4:00pm	Breaking symmetry in the brain - from genes to circuits and behaviour Foster Talks	Steve Wilson, University College, London	Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Wed 27th Mar 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Speaker to be confirmed	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Thu 28th Mar 12:00pm	TBC Clinical Neurosciences Seminars	Roland Patai	James Fawcett Seminar Room, van Geest Building
Thu 28th Mar 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Andrew Blackwell, Chief Scientific Officer, IESO Digital Health	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 28th Mar 4:00pm	Dynamic cell interactions and biomechanics in liver morphogenesis Foster Talks	Elke Ober, University of Copenhagen	Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
April
Thu 11th Apr 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Maria Iacovou, Reader in Quantitative Sociology at Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Wed 24th Apr 1:00pm	Visual selection in the mouse: behavioural and cortical mechanisms Craik Club	Dr Jasper Poort, Department of Psychology, Cambridge	Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
May
Thu 2nd May 12:30pm	History and Future of Psychiatry: Reflections on Kathleen Jones's "Asylums and after" Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Professor George Ikkos, Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 2nd May 4:00pm	An early hematopoietic progenitor contributes endothelial cells to organ vasculature Foster Talks	Christiana Ruhrberg, University College, London	Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site
Thu 9th May 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Victoria Leong, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore); Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Wed 15th May 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Speaker to be confirmed	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
Thu 16th May 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Derek Tracy, Consultant Psychiatrist & Clinical Director Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, London; Senior Lecturer, King's College, London	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Thu 23rd May 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Professor Clive Ballard, Professor of Age-related Diseases, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Wed 29th May 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Dr John Herrington, Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
June
Thu 6th Jun 12:30pm	Title to be confirmed Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series	Dr Anne-Laura van Harmelen, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge	Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site.
Wed 26th Jun 10:30am	Title to be confirmed ARClub Talks	Speaker to be confirmed	Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road
July
Wed 10th Jul 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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