CNR 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 3.45pm in either Lecture Theatre B of the Chancellors building or the Wellcome auditorium at the Queens Medical Research Institute (QMRI), both situated at Little France Crescent . Neuromodulation of spinal motor networks: beyond putting the best foot forward Speaker: Dr Gareth Miles, University of St Andrews Monday 19 September 2011, 3.45pm Monday 19 September 2011, 4.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Prof Richard Ribchester Organization and recruitment of microcircuits for locomotion in zebrafish Speaker: Prof Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institut, Sweden Monday 17 October 2011, 3.45pm Monday 17 October 2011, 4.45pm Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute Email host: Dr Catherina Becker c-Jun reprogrammes Schwann cells of injured nerves to generate a repair cell essential for nerve regeneration Speaker: Prof Kristjan R Jessen, University College London Neuroscience Monday 31 October 2011, 4.45pm Monday 31 October 2011, 5.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr David Lyons A novel epigenetic mechanism in developing neurons - CANCELLED Speaker: Dr Antonella Riccio, University College London This seminar is CANCELLED, a new date will be arranged in 2012. Monday 28 November 2011, 4.45pm Monday 28 November 2011, 5.45pm Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute Email host: Dr Liliana Minichiello Neuregulin and secretases in myelination: an “old story” with new flavors. Speaker: Dr Carla Taveggia, Vita Salute San Raffaele University Monday 12 December 2011, 4.45pm Monday 12 December 2011, 5.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Prof Charles ffrench Constant Consequences of mitochondrial amyloid in Alzheimer's Disease Speaker: Prof Frank Gunn-Moore, University of St Andrews Monday 9 January 2012, 4.45pm Monday 9 January 2012, 5.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr David Lyons Title tbc - CANCELLED Speaker: Dr Claire Wyart, Brain & Spine Institute (ICM), Paris This seminar is CANCELLED, a new date will be arranged. Monday 23 January 2012, 4.45pm Monday 23 January 2012, 5.45pm Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute Email host: Dr David Lyons The value of neuroimaging in ALS Speaker: Dr Martin Turner, Oxford University Monday 6 February 2012, 4.45pm Monday 6 February 2012, 5.45pm Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute Email host: Dr Sharon Abrahams Signal failure: Molecular mechanisms underlying motor neuropathy Speaker: Dr. Zameel Cader, University of Oxford Monday 20 February 2012, 4.45pm Monday 20 February 2012, 5.45pm Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute Email host: Prof Tom Gillingwater Title tbc - **CANCELLED - TO BE RE-SCHEDULED** Speaker: Prof Vivek Malhotra, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona **CANCELLED - TO BE RE-SCHEDULED** Monday 5 March 2012, 4.45pm Monday 5 March 2012, 5.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Prof Peter Brophy Title tbc - **CANCELLED - TO BE RE-SCHEDULED** Speaker: Prof Angelo Schenone, University of Genoa **CANCELLED - TO BE RE-SCHEDULED** Monday 19 March 2012, 4.45pm Monday 19 March 2012, 5.45pm Wellcome Auditorium, Queen's Medical Research Institute Email host: Prof Peter Brophy Oligodendroglial support of axon function and survival Speaker: Prof Klaus-Armin Nave, Max-Planck-Institut, Gottingen Monday 26 March 2012, 3.45pm Monday 26 March 2012, 4.45pm LECTURE THEATRE B, Chancellors Building, Little France Crescent Email host: Prof Peter Brophy AAV gene therapy strategies for Motor Neuron Diseases Speaker: Dr. Martine Barkats, Institut de Myologie, Paris Monday 2 April 2012, 3.45pm Monday 2 April 2012, 4.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr Simon Parson Axon branch dynmaics during neuronal remodelling Speaker: Prof. Thomas Misgeld, Institute of Neuroscience, Munich Monday 9 April 2012, 3.45pm Monday 9 April 2012, 4.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Prof Peter Brophy The neuronal K-Cl transporter KCC2 at cortical excitatory synapses: Why and How? Speaker: Dr Jean Christophe Poncer, Institut du Fer a Moulin (IFM), Paris Monday 16 April 2012, 3.45pm Monday 16 April 2012, 4.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Prof Peter Brophy Genetic analysis of myelination in zebrafish and mice Speaker: Dr. Kelly Monk, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA Friday 27 April 2012, 12.30pm Friday 27 April 2012, 1.30pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr David Lyons Long term consequences of vascular injury and delayed dementia in elderly stroke survivors Speaker: Prof. Raj Kalaria, Newcastle University Monday 30 April 2012, 1.00pm Monday 30 April 2012, 2.00pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr Karen Horsburgh Neural stem and progenitor cells and the evolution of the cerebral cortex Speaker: Prof Wieland B. Huttner, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany Monday 14 May 2012, 3.45pm Monday 14 May 2012, 4.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr Catherina Becker Role of Lgi proteins in peripheral nervous system myelination and axonal polarization Speaker: Dr. Dies Meijer, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam Friday 18 May 2012, 2.00pm Friday 18 May 2012, 3.00pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Prof Peter Brophy Insulation and inflammation: genetic analysis of myelin and microglia in zebrafish Speaker: Prof. William Talbot, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA Monday 21 May 2012, 11.28am Monday 21 May 2012, 11.28am Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr David Lyons Aβ immunization for Alzheimer’s disease – will it work? Speaker: Prof. James Nicoll, Southampton University Monday 11 June 2012, 3.45pm Monday 11 June 2012, 4.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr Karen Horsburgh A novel epigenetic mechanism in developing neurons Speaker: Dr. Antonella Riccio, University College London Monday 25 June 2012, 3.45pm Monday 25 June 2012, 4.45pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Dr Liliana Minichiello Signalling events guiding leukocytes: from injury to cancer Speaker: Dr. Dirk Sieger Friday 29 June 2012, 12.00pm Friday 29 June 2012, 1.00pm Lecture Theatre B, Chancellor's Building Email host: Prof Peter Brophy **** 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
