Seminars
The Centre hosts weekly seminars with leading scientists and guest lecturers from all over the world. Below is a list of past seminars.
10/10/24 13:00 Lecture series Post-translational control of neurogenesis
Speaker:
Bassem Hassan, Brain Development Team, The Brain and Spine Institute, Paris
26/9/24 13:00 Lecture series Exploiting altered brain patterns against metastases
Speaker:
Manuel Valiente, National Cancer Research Center, Madrid
13/9/24 13:00 Lecture series Constructing and deconstructing the human nervous system to understand disease
Speaker:
Sergiu Pasca, Stanford University
11/7/24 13:00 Lecture series Principles of Neural Stem Cell Lineage Progression
Speaker:
Simon Hippenmeyer, The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA)
13/6/24 13:00 Lecture series Spinal circuit plasticity for movement adaptation
Speaker:
Aya Takeoka, NERF/VIB, Leuven, Belgium
23/5/24 13:00 Lecture series Mechanisms of development and age-dependent regeneration in the brain
Speaker:
Sumru Bayin, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
9/5/24 13:00 Lecture series Regeneration in the nervous system from the axolotl point of view
Speaker:
Elly Tanaka, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
2/5/24 13:00 Lecture series Mechanisms to medicines in neurodegeneration
Speaker:
Giovanna Malucci, University of Cambridge
25/4/24 13:00 Lecture series Phenotypic cascades in the early development of autism
Speaker:
Emily Jones, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London
18/4/24 13:00 Lecture series A full, dynamic view of neural stem cell quiescence
Speaker:
Noelia Urbán, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
28/3/24 13:00 Lecture series Understanding how neural crest (stem) cells work – a novel dynamic view of fate choice
Speaker:
Robert Kelsh, University of Bath
21/3/24 13:00 Lecture series Non-coding RNA function in neural circuit development and behaviour
Speaker:
Gerhard Schratt, Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience, ETH Zürich
14/3/24 13:00 Lecture series Uncovering mechanisms of brain development and evolution using neural organoids
Speaker:
Madeline Lancaster, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
7/3/24 13:00 Lecture series Connecting the dots: what human cerebellar development can teach us about the origins of associated birth defects
Speaker:
Parthiv Haldipur, Seattle Children's, University of Washington
29/2/24 13:00 Lecture series Reconstructing the wiring diagram of neocortical cell types
Speaker:
Petr Znamenskiy, The Francis Crick Institute
8/2/24 13:00 Lecture series Gene regulatory mechanisms of neocortex development and evolution
Speaker:
Mareike Albert, Dresden University of Technology
25/1/24 13:00 Lecture series Cracking open the black box: connectomics of fly larvae
Speaker:
Albert Cardona, University of Cambridge
18/1/24 13:00 Lecture series Tridimensional analysis of nervous system development and evolution
Speaker:
Alain Chedotal, Institut de la Vision
14/12/23 13:00 Lecture series Understanding how neural crest (stem) cells work – a novel dynamic view of fate choice
Speaker:
Robert Kelsh, Univeristy of Bath
23/11/23 13:00 Lecture series Regulation of Cerebral Cortex Morphogenesis by Migrating Cells - Evo Devo perspectives
Speaker:
Laurent Nguyen, Université de Liège
16/11/23 13:00 Lecture series Unravelling mechanisms of glioblastoma initiation and recurrence through novel somatic mouse models
Speaker:
Simona Parrinello, UCL
9/11/23 16:00 NEUReka! seminar Motor Augmentation: The Brain`s Opportunities Beyond Biological Boundaries
Speaker:
Tamar Makin, Cambridge University
2/11/23 13:00 Lecture series The neuropeptidergic connectome
Speaker:
William Schafer, University of Cambridge
19/10/23 13:00 Lecture series Molecular and functional heterogeneity of neural stem cells across lifespan
Speaker:
Sebastian Jessberger, University of Zurich
29/6/23 13:00 Lecture series Exploring the human condition with single-cell genomic and organoid technologies
Speaker:
Gray Camp, Roche Institute of Translational Bioengineering (ITB)
22/6/23 13:00 Lecture series Circuits for learning, predicting and deciding in Drosophila
Speaker:
Marta Zlatic, Univesity of Cambridge
15/6/23 13:00 Lecture series Mechanisms of multiciliogenesis in the mammalian brain
Speaker:
Nathalie Spassky, Institut de Biologie de I'Ecole Normale Superieure
8/6/23 15:00 NEUReka! seminar Correlated light and electron microscopy reveal recurrent circuit motives in the zebrafish hindbrain visual integrator network
Speaker:
Armin Bahl, University of Konstanz
25/5/23 13:00 Lecture series Development and evolution of neuronal diversity in the insect visual system.
Speaker:
Nikos Konstantinides, Institut Jacques Monod
18/5/23 13:00 Lecture series The timing of splicing: a unifying perspective
Speaker:
Maria Carmo Fonseca, Instituto de Medicina Molecular
27/4/23 13:00 Lecture series Dissecting cellular diversity in the enteric nervous system – from development to circuits
Speaker:
Ulrika Marklund, Karolinska Institutet
20/4/23 13:00 Lecture series Expansion Microscopy for structural cell biology: from centriole architecture to human retinopathies
Speaker:
Virginie Hamel, University Of Geneva
30/3/23 13:00 Lecture series Understanding brain development and regeneration with single-cell technologies
Speaker:
Barbara Treutlein, ETH Zurich
23/3/23 13:00 Lecture series Making a laminated retina: What to become, when to become it and how to move from there?
Speaker:
Caren Norden, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência
22/3/23 10:00 Lecture series MRC CNDD symposium: Imaging through Development MRC CNDD symposium: Imaging through Development
Speaker:
Various speakers, King's College London
9/3/23 13:00 Lecture series Microtubules in Neurodevelopment and Disease
Speaker:
David Keays, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München & University of Cambridge
23/2/23 13:00 Lecture series Multiple memory traces in the hippocampal engram
Speaker:
Flavio Donato, University of Basel
9/2/23 13:00 Lecture series Distinct GABAergic circuits underpin different strategies for sensory information transfer in early postnatal neocortex
Speaker:
Simon Butt, University of Oxford
2/2/23 16:00 NEUReka! seminar Of odour plumes and synchrotrons- structure and function in neural circuits
Speaker:
Andreas Schafer, Francis Crick Institute
26/1/23 13:00 Lecture series Cortical Layers in Context & Learning
Speaker:
Randy Bruno, University of Oxford
19/1/23 13:00 Lecture series
Speaker:
Simona Parrinello
15/12/22 13:00 Lecture series Mechanisms of neuronal diversification and evolution
Speaker:
Nuria Flames, Valencia Biomedicine Institute
8/12/22 13:00 Lecture series Molecular programs for adult brain (re)wiring
Speaker:
Csaba Földy, University of Zurich
1/12/22 16:00 NEUReka! seminar Going into the unknown together: a guitar talk about the importance of emotions in science
Speaker:
Uri Alon, Weizmann Institute, Israel
24/11/22 13:00 Lecture series Circuits for learning, predicting and deciding in Drosophila
Speaker:
Marta Zlatic, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
3/11/22 16:00 NEUReka! seminar Novel homeostatic functions for the pro-inflammatory molecule Galectin-3 in embryonic and adult neurogeneis
Speaker:
Francis Szele, Oxford University
8/9/22 13:00 Lecture series Cytoskeletal regulation of single-cell branching morphogenesis
Speaker:
Sofia J Araújo, University of Barcelona
7/7/22 13:00 Lecture series Vascular instructions during CNS development
Speaker:
Amparo Acker-Palmer, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
16/6/22 13:00 Lecture series tbc
Speaker:
Peter Hacker, Univeristy of Oxford
19/5/22 13:00 Lecture series Control of neural connectivity by synapse-specific cell-surface interactions and downstream signaling’
Speaker:
Joris de Wit, VIB-KU Leuven Center For Brain & Disease Research
12/5/22 13:00 Lecture series Dissecting how internal states shape brain function and nutritional decision
Speaker:
Carlos Ribeiro, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown
21/4/22 16:00 Lecture series Neuron-glial interactions in health and disease: from cognition to cancer
Speaker:
Michelle Monje, Stanford Medicine
20/4/22 13:00 Lecture series Alternative splicing regulatory networks and their roles in nervous system development and disorders
Speaker:
Benjamin Blencowe, University of Toronto
31/3/22 13:00 Lecture series The roles of extracellular vesicles in brain development, function and disease
Speaker:
Hollis Cline, The Scripps Research Institute
17/3/22 13:00 Lecture series Brain region evolution by duplication-and-divergence -- lessons from the cerebellar nuclei
Speaker:
Justus Kebschull, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
10/3/22 13:00 Lecture series A day in the life (and mind) of the larval zebrafish: organization of motivational states in the vertebrate brain
Speaker:
Jennifer Li & Drew Robson, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
3/3/22 13:00 Lecture series Synaptic Logistics: Protein Supply and Demand at Synapses.
Speaker:
Erin Schuman, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
24/2/22 13:00 Lecture series Internal representations of space and gradient navigation in larval zebrafish
Speaker:
Ruben Portugues, Institute of Neuroscience, Technical University of Munich
10/2/22 10:30 Lecture series The embryonic root of adult subventricular neural stem cells
Speaker:
Yukiko Gotoh, The University of Tokyo
27/1/22 13:00 Lecture series The importance of synaptic changes in tau in Alzheimer's disease and cognitive ageing
Speaker:
Tara Spires-Jones, University of Edinburgh
20/1/22 13:00 Lecture series Genomically-aided diagnosis of developmental disorders: Making geneticist feel very stupid
Speaker:
David FitzPatrick, Univeristy of Edinburgh
16/12/21 16:00 Lecture series Understanding the Brain: Does the Nascent Field of Connectomics Help? (or Hurt?)
Speaker:
Jeff Lichtman, Harvard University
9/12/21 13:00 Lecture series Remembering immunity: brain representation of immune states
Speaker:
Asya Rolls, Israel Institute of Technology
25/11/21 13:00 Lecture series Cellular remodeling after spinal cord injury - the impact of distal axonal lesion on upstream cortical networks
Speaker:
Maren Engelhardt, Johannes Kepler University Linz
18/11/21 13:00 Lecture series Dissecting the transcriptional and epigenetic disruptions that underpin glioblastoma
Speaker:
Steven Pollard, University of Edinburgh
11/11/21 13:00 Lecture series Temporal controls over interareal cortical projection neuron fate diversity
Speaker:
Denis Jabaudon, University of Geneva
21/10/21 13:00 Lecture series Lessons learnt from studying apoptosis during C. elegans development
Speaker:
Barbara Conradt
