Neuroscience Day 2019 - Programme
Over 300 neuroscientists from students to professors, from basic researchers to clinicans and psychologists
Poster presentations from across the life course
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, Professor Siddharthan Chandran, Director, Edinburgh Neuroscience and Director, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
09.05 The genetics of depression, Professor Andrew McIntosh, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
09.30 Vision in action: contextual signals in visual cortex , Dr Nathalie Rochefort, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
09.55 Using zebrafish to study myelinated axons in vivo, Professor David Lyons, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
10.20 Coffee & Posters
Session 2
Chaired by: Professor Tara Spires-Jones, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
10.50 Fellows Session
- Neural circuits for long-term memory storage, Dr Gülşen Sürmeli, Wellcome Trust Sir Henry-Dale Fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
- Facilitating memory persistence in young, ageing and dementia, Dr Szu-Han Wang, Alzheimer's Research UK Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Developing new clinical decision support tools for frequent longitudinal monitoring of chronic disorders: applications in Parkinson’s disease and mental disorders, Dr Thanasis Tsanas, Chancellor’s Fellow, Usher Institute
- Seeking to increase the experimental validity and utility of preclinical stroke research, Dr Emily Sena, Stroke Association Kirby Laing Foundation Senior Lecturer, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
11.50 Functional Neurological Disorders: merging brain and mind, Professor Jon Stone, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
12.15 An overview of neuroscience research at McGill University, Canada, Professor Edward Fon, Professor Derek Bowie and Professor Stefano Stifan, McGill University, Canada
12.40 Lunch & Posters
Session 3
Chaired by: Dr Heather Whalley, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
14.00 Student data blitz session
- What mediates the transmission of prenatal stress signals from mother to foetus? Ms Sze Ying, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
- Astrocytes regulate cortical neuronal Kir expression during development to increase cell excitability, Ms Alison Todd, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
- GABAA Receptor mediated inhibition… without GABA (?!) Mr Nathanael O'Neill, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
- Exploring the effects of CNS hypomyelination on circuit function and behaviour, Ms Megan Madden, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
- Bilingualism and Cognitive Functions, Ms Lihua (Helen) Xia, Psychology
14.30 Cognitive offloading: Why digital memory is bad for your brain, Professor Robert Logie, Psychology
14.55 The UK Dementia Research Institute in Edinburgh, Professor Giles Hardingham, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences and Associate Director, UK Dementia Research Institute
15.20 Tea and Posters
Session 4
Chaired by: Professor David Wyllie, Director, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences
16.00 Annual Distinguished Lecture 2019
Neuronal calcium ion channels in the pain pathway from gene to function, Professor Diane Lipscombe, Professor of Neuroscience, Director of the Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, USA, and President of Society for Neuroscience 2018/19. Supported by the British Neuroscience Association - this talk is open to all to attend, no registration required.
17.00 Drinks reception in Great Hall
18.00 Close of Meeting