Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar 2015 - The Making and Breaking of the Mind

When

Friday 20th March 2015

Where

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Description

Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar at MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Friday 20^th March 2015

Cambridge Neuroscience is delighted to announce the 27^th Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar, 'The Making and Breaking of the Mind' hosted by the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Friday 20^th March 2015, in their new state of the art building on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

This year, the theme is the 'The Making and Breaking of the Mind' with sessions covering development, perception and cognition, dysregulation and pathology.

Important Notice regarding registration:

Please note that due to the restricted numbers of places available this year, registration will be limited to members of the Cambridge Neuroscience only in the first instance The first 200 delegates registered will be guaranteed a seat in the main lecture theatre. The second 100 delegates will be assigned a seat in the adjoining breakout rooms where the conference will be streamed by video link. These delegates will be assigned a seat in the main lecture theatre as and when they become available during the day. External registration is now available. 

Please note that seats in the main lecture theatre are now filled. Upon registration, you will be assigned a seat in the linked breakout rooms for the morning session and will be invited to take a seat in the main theatre as and when they become available on the day. Thank you for your understanding.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Poster exhibition at CNS 2015 on Friday 20^th March 2015

There will be a poster exhibition held during the conference with generous prizes. Posters can cover any of the five themes of Cambridge Neuroscience. Deadline for Abstract submission is March 1st 2015.

Please note that poster boards will be 1 metre (w) by 2 metres (h). Please note that 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.

Public Engagement Programme on Friday 20^th March 2015

As part of this celebratory conference, we are delighted to be able to host the Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture that will be held in association with the Cambridge Science Festival.

Professor Barry Everitt (Department of Psychology, Cambridge) will deliver the public lecture on addiction. This lecture is free to attend, is sponsored by the Medical Research Council and will take place in the William Harvey Lecture theatre at the Clinical School on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. (PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE FROM MAIN CNS 2015).

Reception and Gala Conference Dinner at Trinity College on Friday 20^th March 2015

There will be a drinks reception and conference dinner at Trinity College on Friday 20^th March following the meeting. Places are available for this reception and dinner.

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Plenaries

Professor John O'Keefe

Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits & Behaviour,

University College London

 

 

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Professor Edvard I Moser

Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience/Centre for Neural Computation,

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

 

 

 

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Professor Barry Everitt

Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture in association with the Cambridge Science Festival

Department of Psychology

University of Cambridge

18:00-19:00, March 20^th 2015,

William Harvey Lecture theatre, Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical campus

FREE to attend

 

 

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Programme at a Glance

08.00 – 08.45    Refreshments, registration and poster set-up

08.45 – 09.00    Welcome from Dr Marco Tripodi

Session One      Development

Chaired by Professor Christine Holt

09.00 – 09.30    Dr William Schafer, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

Title TBC

09.30 – 10.00    Professor Andrea Brand, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge

Nutritional control of neural stem cells

10.00 – 10.30     Dr Gregory Jefferis, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge

Sex circuits and brain maps

10.30 – 11.00     Refreshments

Session Two       Perception and Cognition

Chaired by Professor Angela Roberts

11.00 – 11.30     Dr Hannah Clarke, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge
Is your glass half empty or half full? The role of medial prefrontal-hippocampal circuitry in negative emotion.

11.30 – 12.00     Professor Wolfram Schultz, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge

Dopamine neurons and economic utility

12.00 – 12.30     Professor Daniel Wolpert, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

The Making and Breaking of the Sensorimotor Decisions

12.30 – 14.00     Lunch and poster session

Session Three    Dysregulation and Pathology

Chaired by Professor Giovanna Mallucci

14.00 – 14.30     Professor Karalyn Patterson, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge

‘The Centre Cannot Hold’: The dissolution of knowledge in the human brain

14.30 – 15.00     Professor David Menon, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge

Imaging pathophysiology and outcome in traumatic brain injury

15.00 – 15.30     Professor John O’Brien, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge

Imaging biomarkers for dementia

15.30 – 16.00     Refreshments

16.00 – 16.45     Plenary Lecture in association with MedImmune (TBC)

                             Introduced by Professor Michel Goedert

Professor John O’Keefe, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience & Department of Anatomy, University College London

Can Entorhinal Grid cells provide the metric for the Cognitive Map

16.45 – 17.30    Plenary Lecture

                             Introduced by Professor Michel Goedert

Professor Edvard Moser, Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience / Centre for Neural Computation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Grid cells and geometry of the environment

17.30 - 17.45      Closing Remarks by Dr Michael Hastings

(Including presentation of poster prizes by TBC)

17.45 - 18.00      Walk to William Harvey Lecture Theatre and Arrival of public audience

18.00 – 19.00     The Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture in association with the Cambridge Science Festival and the Medical Research Council

Introduced by Professor Trevor Robbins

William Harvey Lecture Theatre, Department of Clinical Medicine

Professor Barry Everitt

Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge

Brain mechanisms of drug addiction: are abstinence and prevention of relapse realistic treatment goals?

19.30 – 20.00     Drinks reception, Trinity College

20.00 – 22.00     Conference dinner, Trinity College

 

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Directions

Click here for directions to the MRC LMB.

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Registration

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Sponsors

 

Please click on the link below for details of sponsorship opportunities and contact Dr Dervila Glynn for more information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibiting

This is generally a very popular meeting with 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 Trinity College and increased contact time for sponsors with the conference delegates during the poster sessions and an opportunity to be the sole sponsor for the satellite methods workshop (March 21^st 2015). 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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Contact

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.