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CamBrain: NeuroTalks taking place at Baroosh - November 3rd @6.30pm

CamBRAIN: The Cambridge Neuroscience Society is a young-investigators group at the University of Cambridge that is dedicated to uniting all undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as post-doctoral researchers and research assistants/associates with an interest in neuroscience.

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NeuroTalks will take place at Baroosh (https://goo.gl/maps/cvekZ), 6:30 PM, Monday the 3^rd of November.

Young neuroscientists at various stages of their career will give short, TED-like talks to enlighten you about the breadth of research conducted at Cambridge and to get feedback from the audience. Please join us for a fun and informal evening. Disclaimer: Due to the age-restrictions at this venue, if you are under 21 please send me an e-mail at ddsv2@cam.ac.uk to be included in the guest list.

The speaker details are listed below:

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Benita Turner-Bridger

Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience

1st Year PhD Student

“Targeted mRNA Trafficking in Pathfinding Axons of the Developing Visual System”

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Jessica Santivanez-Perez

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

2nd Year PhD Student

“Why are specific neuronal populations differentially vulnerable to the effects of abnormal α-synuclein in Parkinson's disease?”

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Alex Billing

MRC CBU – Hearing, Speech and Language Group

3rd Year PhD Student

“Making sense of auditory scenes”

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Muzaffer Kaser

Department of Psychiatry

3rd year PhD Student

“Could modafinil be used to help people with depression?”

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Posted on 31/10/2014