Archived events from 2009 Nature and culture in the brain: visualizing language processing No need to book, just turn up. Speaker: Dr Jean Francois Demonet, INSERM, France Pathogenicity of pandemic influenza viruses: Professor Peter Palese, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York City Edinburgh Neuroscience christmas lecture Stem cells offer genuine possibilities for the discovery and delivery of new treatments in neurodegenerative diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, Motor Neurone disease, Parkinson's disease and even Alzheimer's disease. But how much of the present excitement is merely hype? Inaugural Lectures Speaker: Professor Brendan Corcoran, Personal Chair in Veterinary Cardiopulmonary Medicine getBRAINY workshops A getBRAINY workshop for schools, taking place between Nov 2009 - Feb 2010. Encounters at Inspace A series exploring our reaction to our environment Honyman Gillespie Lectures In association with the Lister Post-Graduate Institute, a series of Lectures have been arranged to take place during the winter term. EBRC Seminar Programme September - December 2009 MRC Human Reproductive Sciences Unit Speaker: Dr Siobhan Quenby, Reader/Honorary Consultant, Liverpool Women’s Hospital. Host: Professor Henry Jabbour CVS seminar programme Host: Professor Karen Chapman. Speaker: Dr James Brewer, Centre for Biophotonics, Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde Medical Detectives 2009 A series of lectures, inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, will highlight the University of Edinburgh’s internationally acclaimed medical research and show that keen detective work is still essential for 21st century doctors. This article was published on 2024-09-09