Edinburgh Neuroscience Day 2018

External Event - 21st Mar 2018

Edinburgh Neuroscience's Neuroscience Day is an annual day of talks and poster presentations from neuroscientists of all backgrounds at The University of Edinburgh. It is an opportunity for the clinicians, basic researchers and students at Edinburgh to meet and exchange ideas in a fun and informal setting. The day ends with our Annual Distinguished Lecture which, this year will be delivered by Professor Erin Schuman, Director, Max Plank Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurk

Programme:

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    Title to be advised, 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: tbc

11.00    Fellows Session

• Title to be advised, Dr Maria Doitsadou, 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
• Title to be advised, 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 (4 selected abstracts - speakers to be advised)

• PhD student 1
• PhD student 2
• PhD student 3
• PhD student 4

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

Registration:

Registration fees

Registration fees for University of Edinburgh students and staff wanting to attend Neuroscience Day are charged on a sliding scale:

• £50: Principal Investigator/Group Leader
• £35: Postdoctoral researchers and non-group leader research staff
• £15: Postgraduate students
• £0*: MSc by Research in Integrative Neuroscience students
• £0*: BSc Honours students (final year) in the Deanery of Biomedical Sciences (e.g. Neuroscience, Pharmacology, Physiology, Medical Sciences)

*There are a restricted number places for students on these courses. These have been pre-paid by either the MSc programme or the Biomedical Teaching organistation in order to allow students to particiate in Neuroscience Day 2018. Please select the relevant option when registering (we do check who eveyone is and will cancel your booking if you don't qualify!)

Registration is via the University of Edinburgh ePay system: click here to register

For further information please visit https://www.edinburghneuroscience.ed.ac.uk/events/neuroscience-day-2018