Programme Over 300 neuroscientists from students to professors, from basic researchers to clinicians and psychologists Click here to return to the main meeting page08.30 Arrival and RegistrationSession 1Chaired by: Professor Siddharthan Chandran, Director, Edinburgh Neuroscience09.00 Welcome, Prof Siddharthan Chandran, Director, Edinburgh Neuroscience and Director, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences09.05 Neuropsychological assessment and cognitive control in stroke and brain tumour, Dr Sarah MacPherson, Psychology09.30 Quantitative imaging in neurooncology, Prof Adam Waldman, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences09.55 Genetic therapies for neurodevelopmental disorders, Dr Stuart Cobb, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences10.20 How we can help support researchers, Research Support Office 10.25 Coffee & Posters Poster presentations from across the life course Session 2Chaired by: Dr Emily Osterweil, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences11.00 Fellows SessionDeciphering mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease using C. elegans, Dr Maria Doitsidou, Chancellor's Fellow, Centre for Discovery Brain SciencesGABAergic 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 SciencesModelling 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 SciencesInformation processing speed in people with multiple sclerosis, Dr Peter Connick, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences12.15 Chronic pain: from sex differences to chemotherapy treatment, Dr Carole Torsney, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences12.40 Lunch & Posters A fantastic opportunity to meet colleagues, make new friends, and start new collaborations Session 3Chaired by: Professor Cathy Abbott, MRC Institute for Genetics & Molecular Medicine14.00 Student data blitz sessionInvestigating 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 Medicine14.55 Title to be advised, Prof Cathie Sudlow, Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute15.20 Tea and Posters Session 4 Chaired by: Professor David Wyllie, Director, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences16.00 Annual Distinguished Lecture in Neuroscience 2018Local Transcriptomes and Proteomes in Neurons, Professor Erin Schuman, Director, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt17.00 Close of Meeting This article was published on 2024-12-17
