The Centre for Neuroregeneration presents a fortnightly seminar series which is co-sponsored by the Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease research and the Centre for Multiple Sclerosis research in Edinburgh. These seminars offer a wide range of internal and external speakers, from postgraduate students to internationally-renowned scientists. Seminars take place on Monday afternoons at 4.00pm in Lecture Theatre B of the Chancellors building - unless otherwise specified. Spinal Muscular Atrophy: U7 snRNA-based correction of SMN2 splicing and investigations into the pathogenic mechanism Monday 23 August 2010, 3.00pm Saturday 23 October 2010, 4.00pm Seminar Room 1, Chancellor's building Email host: Prof. Tom Gillingwater Gene hunting in ALS: you wait 15 years and two come along at once! Speaker: Professor Chris Shaw, King's College London Monday 27 September 2010, 3.00pm Monday 27 September 2010, 4.00pm Seminar Room 7, Chancellor's building Email host: Prof. Siddharthan Chandran Glial development and myelination in zebrafish SPECIAL FRIDAY SEMINAR. Speaker: Professor William Talbot, Stanford University Friday 15 October 2010, 3.00pm Friday 15 October 2010, 4.00pm Email host: Dr. David Lyons Multiple CNS progenitor cell types during homeostasis and regeneration of the adult zebrafish brain Speaker: Professor Michael Brand, Biotechnology Centre TU Dresden Monday 25 October 2010, 3.00pm Monday 25 October 2010, 4.00pm Email host: Dr. Catherina Becker Axonal mRNA Transport: Role in Motor Neuron Function and Degeneration Speaker: Professor Michael Sendtner, Institute for Clinical Neurobiology, Wurzburg Monday 8 November 2010, 4.00pm Monday 8 November 2010, 5.00pm Email host: Prof. Tom Gillingwater Good cop, bad cop: microglia in chronic neurodegeneration and delirium Speaker: Dr. Colm Cunningham, Trinity College, Dublin Monday 22 November 2010, 4.00pm Monday 22 November 2010, 5.00pm Email host: Dr. Joyce Yau Mechanisms of myelin-membrane sheet biogenesis Speaker: Professor Mikael Simons, University of Gottingen Monday 6 December 2010, 4.00pm Monday 6 December 2010, 5.00pm Email host: Prof. Charles ffrench Constant Glial precursors in the developing PNS: Mechanisms of their differentiation and their odd eating habits SPECIAL THURSDAY SEMINAR. Speaker: Professor Bruce Carter, Vanderbilt University Thursday 16 December 2010, 4.00pm Thursday 16 December 2010, 5.00pm Email host: Dr. Liliana Minichiello Homeostatic plasticity: from synapses to the axon initial segment Speaker: Dr. Juan Burrone, King's College London Monday 10 January 2011, 4.00pm Monday 10 January 2011, 5.00pm Email host: Prof. Peter Brophy "Title To Be Confirmed" Speaker: Dr. Dies Meijer, Erasmus University, Rotterdam Monday 24 January 2011, 4.00pm Monday 24 January 2011, 5.00pm Email host: Prof. Peter Brophy Role of the snoRNA snord115 in regulating serotonin 2C receptor function by post-transcriptional modification: behavioural and molecular analyses Speaker: Dr. Anthony Isles, Cardiff University Monday 7 February 2011, 4.00pm Monday 7 February 2011, 5.00pm Email host: Prof. Megan Holmes "Title To Be Confirmed" Speaker: Dr. Nicholas Tricaud, Institute of Cell Biology, Zurich Monday 7 March 2011, 4.00pm Monday 7 March 2011, 5.00pm Email host: Dr. David Lyons "Title To Be Confirmed" Speaker: Prof. Alison Lloyd, University College London Monday 23 May 2011, 3.00pm Monday 23 May 2011, 4.00pm Email host: Prof. Charles ffrench Constant **** Further dates and speakers to be confirmed soon **** For more information about the seminar series and directions, please use the following links: Centre for Neuroregeneration - Neuroscience Seminars Centre for Neuroregentation - Contacts Map of the Little France Campus Directions to the Chancellor's Building Publication date 18 Jun, 2015
