Neuroscience Day 2018 - Programme

Over 300 neuroscientists from students to professors, from basic researchers to clinicans and psychologists

Poster presentations from across the life course

A fantastic opportunity to meet colleagues, make new friends, and start new collaborations

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08.30    Arrival and Registration

Session 1

Chaired by: Professor Siddharthan Chandran, Director, Edinburgh Neuroscience

09.00    Welcome, Prof Siddharthan Chandran, Director, Edinburgh Neuroscience and Director, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

09.05    Neuropsychological assessment and cognitive control in stroke and brain tumour, Dr Sarah MacPherson, Psychology

09.30    Quantitative imaging in neurooncology, Prof Adam Waldman, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

09.55    Genetic therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders, Dr Stuart Cobb, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

10.20    How we can help support researchers, Research Support Office 

10.25    Coffee & Posters

Session 2

Chaired by: Dr Emily Osterweil, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

11.00    Fellows Session

  • Deciphering mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease using C. elegans, Dr Maria Doitsidou, Chancellor's Fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
  • GABAergic Medial Septal Neurones and their role in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Dr Alfredo Gonzalez-Sulser, Epilepsy Research UK  Fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences    
  • Physiological dysfunction in neurons derived from C9ORF72 repeat expansion patients, Dr Matt Livesey, Royal Society of Edinburgh Personal Research Fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
  • Modelling a genetic risk for schizophrenia using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and cerebral organoids, Dr Mandy Johnstone,  Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
  • Information processing speed in people with multiple sclerosis, Dr Peter Connick, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences

12.15    Chronic pain: from sex differences to chemotherapy treatment, Dr Carole Torsney, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

12.40    Lunch & Posters

Session 3

Chaired by:  Professor Cathy Abbott, MRC Institute for Genetics & Molecular Medicine

14.00    Student data blitz session

  • Investigating the role of neuronal translation factor eEF1A2 in epilepsy, intellectual disability and autism, Fiona McLachlan (Institute for Genetics & Molecular Medicine)
  • Neuronal Activity Regulates Astrocyte Transcription and Metabolism, Zoeb Jiwaji (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences)
  • Spectral Clustering reveals a role for the glutamatergic receptor complex in human cognitive abilities, Grant Robertson (Institute for Adaptive and Neural Computation, and Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences)
  • “Living” Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses: Animal Models of Depression, Alexandra Bannach-Brown (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences)

14.30    Tales of inflammation and calcium in the brain, Prof Yannick Crow, Institute for Genetics & Molecular Medicine

14.55    Title to be advised, Prof Cathie Sudlow, Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute

15.20    Tea and Posters 

Session 4 

Chaired by:  Professor David Wyllie, Director, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences

16.00      Annual Distinguished Lecture in Neuroscience 2018

Local Transcriptomes and Proteomes in Neurons, Professor Erin Schuman, Director, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt

17.00    Close of Meeting