Neuroscience Day 2024
Please note that this event is now closed for registrations.
Programme08.30 Arrival and Registration
Arrival tea/coffee, served in the ground floor reception area
Session I
Chair: Professor Malcolm Macleod, Edinburgh Neuroscience Co-Director
09.15 Welcome remarks from Edinburgh Neuroscience Co-Directors
Professors Cathy Abbott and Malcolm MacLeod
09.25 Flask talks from new Group Leaders
Unlocking spinal cord regeneration across species
Dr Aida Rodrigo Albors, Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Prefrontal-hypothalamic control of innate drivesDr Mahesh Karnani, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Unbalanced protein turnover in neurodevelopmental disorders
Dr Susana Ribeiro dos Louros, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
The role of astrocyte subtypes in brain (dys)function
Dr Philip Hasel, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
09.45 Memory beyond the hippocampus- the hippocampus beyond memory
Professor Andrew Lawrence, School of Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences
10.00 Neurodegenerative Disorders: Mechanisms and Drug Discovery
Dr Kathy Evans, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine
10.15 PhD Student Data Blitz
Chair: Dr Katy Marshall-Phelps, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Phosphodiesterase 7 inhibitors: From pre-clinical to clinical development of future drug for addiction disorders
Adana Keshishyan, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Incomes and outcomes: Socioeconomic status, preterm birth and neurodevelopment
Katie Mckinnon, Centre for Reproductive Health
Understanding the consequence of LRRK2 dysregulation in human stem cell derived astrocytes
Áine Heffernan, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Temporal and regional vulnerability of white matter in Alzheimer’s disease pathology
Lucy Ryan, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Investigating sleep problems and links to mental ill health in autistic children and adolescents
Reesha Zahir, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Spinal cord processing of touch and pain in a rat model of SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency
Katarzyna Mazur, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Are microglia important for the brain response to hypoxia in vivo?
Mila Redzic, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Probing the AMPA receptor – con-ikot-ikot toxin interactions through molecular dynamics simulations and residue interaction network analysis.
Natalia Szlachetka, School of Biological Sciences
10.50 Refreshments & Posters
Session II
11:30 Emerging Stories
Chair: Professor Cathy Abbott, Edinburgh Neuroscience Co-Director
The live human brain tissue research team - using our brains better
Dr Paul Brennan (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences) and Dr Claire Durrant (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences)
DNA methylation signatures of Major Depressive Disorder and antidepressant use
Dr Xueyi Shen, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Diffusion-weighted MR spectroscopy to measure neuroinflammation in depression
Arish Mudra Rakshasa-Loots, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Machine Learning EEG Biomarkers in SYNGAP1 Rodent Models and Patients
Dr Alfredo Gonzalez Sulser, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Treating childhood dementias with stem cell gene therapy
Professor Brian Biggar, Institute for Regeneration and Repair
13.00 Lunch & Posters
13.30: Lunchtime demo: RWD
Session III
Chair: Prof Anna Williams, Centre for Regenerative Medicine
14.15 Shout-outs
Wellcome Institutional Culture Change Fund
Dr Sara Shinton or Alex Peden, Institute for Academic Development
Open Science Framework
Emma Wilson, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
14.30 Compensating and recovering from dendritic spine loss in Alzheimer’s disease
Dr Patricio Opazo, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
Developments in Metabolic Psychiatry
Dr Iain Campbell, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Does brain size affect seizure expression in models of CDKL5 deficiency disorder?
Professor Peter Kind, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
15.30 Refreshments & Posters
Session IV
Chair: Professor Joanna Wardlaw, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
16.15 The Sir Colin Blakemore Memorial Lecture
Brain – vascular interactions in health and disease: genome to phenome
Professor Stéphanie Debette, University of Bordeaux
17.15 Drinks reception
For more information on the day, including speaker bios and poster abstracts, please check out our handbook.
We look forward to welcoming you!