Craik Club

Flexible mental computations through regulation of cortical dynamics

The host for this talk is Professor Zoë Kourtzi, Department of Psychology

Mehrdad Jazayeri.

Venue to be confirmed.

Tuesday 24 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

ARClub Talks

fNIRS shines a light on early atypical brain responses in autism

Dr Sarah Lloyd-Fox, Co-Investigator and Lead Psychologist on the Brain Imaging for Global Health Study (BRIGHT); Head of NIRS Lab, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 10:30-11:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Personality Neuroscience: looking for the neurological roots of individual differences in behavioural traits

Dr Luca Passamonti (U. of Cambridge, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 12:30-13:30

ARClub Talks

Double talk on Autism genetics

Dr Gokul Ramaswami and Dr Hyejung Won, Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 10:30-11:30

rv254's list

Deficits in axonal transport in ALS and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease models

Giampietro Schiavo - UCL.

James Fawcett Seminar Room, van Geest Building.

Thursday 26 April 2018, 12:00-13:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

What can we learn from the study of brain sulcal variability for mental health and illness

Professor Arnaud Cachia, Professeur en Neurosciences, Université Paris Descartes, Membre Junior, Institut Universitaire de France (spécialité neurosciences).

Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site..

Thursday 26 April 2018, 12:30-13:30

Social and Developmental Psychology (SDP) Seminar Series

Social Representations of Women who Live as Men in Northern Albania

Ellen Robertson, Department of Psychology, Univeristy of Cambridge.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 01 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

ARClub Talks

Altered responses to social chemosignals in autism spectrum disorder

Dr Yaara Shapira, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 10:30-11:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Differential responses to cognitive training: insights from a machine learning approach

Mengya Zhang (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 02 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

rv254's list

TBC

Alex Whitworth, Mitochondrial Biology Unit - University of Cambridge.

VGB.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 12:00-13:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Brain imaging and genetics in autism

Dr Richard Bethlehem, Research Associate, Autism Research Centre.

Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site..

Thursday 03 May 2018, 12:30-13:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Understanding the genetics of autism through the genetics of related traits

Varun Warrier, Autism Research Centre.

Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site..

Thursday 03 May 2018, 13:00-13:30

Chaucer Club

What is sleep’s contribution to the language system?

Gareth Gaskell (U. of York).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Foster Talks

Foster Talk - Cross-talk between circadian clocks, sleep-wake cycles, and metabolic networks

Akhilesh Reddy, Frances Crick Institute, London.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Tracing the Transitions from Pluripotency to Germ Cell Fate with CRISPR Screening

Ufuk Günesdogan, University of Göttingen, Germany.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

Zangwill Club

Simulating word learning, semantic grounding, and oscillatory responses to linguistic items in a neurobiologically constrained model of the cortex

Dr Max Garagnani, Lecturer in Computer Science, Co-Director of the MSc in Computational Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Computing, Goldsmiths, University of London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 04 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Machine Learning @ CUED

Algorithmic Glass Ceiling in Social Networks

Ana Stoica, Columbia University.

Engineering Department, CBL Room BE-438..

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 11:00-12:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Can you live to see a better day? Lifestyle engagement predicts healthy cognitive development in old age (a Cam-CAN study)

Sophia Borgeest (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Craik Club

You don't have to use 'motion energy' to compute velocity: a biologically inspired and implemented motion model

Dr Linda Bowns, Cambridge Computational Biology Institute.

Kenneth Craik Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site.

Wednesday 09 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Pieter du Toit, Principal Clnical Psychologist, Oliver Zangwill Centre for Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Ely.

Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site..

Thursday 10 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Title TBC

Speaker TBC.

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 10 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Self-organization and patterning of sensory organs in Drosophila

François Schweisguth, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

Zangwill Club

Cognitive Gadgets: The Cultural Evolution of Thinking

Professor Cecilia Heyes, All Souls College and Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 11 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Social and Developmental Psychology (SDP) Seminar Series

Beyond crazy: Rationality, irrationality, and conspiracy theory

Professor Robbie Sutton, University of Kent.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site.

Tuesday 15 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Understanding apathy: what happens when the Rev. Bayes plays Angry Birds

Frank Hezemans (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

rv254's list

TBC

George Mentis - Columbia University.

James Fawcett Seminar Room, van Geest Building (formerly 'the library').

Thursday 17 May 2018, 12:00-13:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Professor Shirley Reynolds, Professor of Evidence Based Psychological Therapies, University of Reading.

Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site..

Thursday 17 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Remembering complex events

Chris Bird (U. of Sussex).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Foster Talks

Foster Talk - Localised RNA-based mechanisms underlie neuronal wiring

Professor Christine Holt.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 May 2018, 16:00-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Signals regulating cell fates and cell movements in the vertebrate embryo

Sergei Sokol, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, New York.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

Zangwill Club

Developing memory interference strategies as treatments for addiction and trauma-related symptoms

Dr Sunjeev Kamboj, Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, University College London.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 18 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

ARClub Talks

A longitudinal study on the effect of testosterone and estradiol on empathy and systemizing (EQ-SQ): from amniotic fluid to adolescence.

Tess Beking, PhD Student, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 10:30-11:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Cortical and subcortical organisation of the multiple demand system

Moataz Assem (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 23 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Admissions and early intervention: insights from newer approaches

Dr Matthew Taylor, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Bipolar Disorder, King's College, London.

Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site..

Thursday 24 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Why are we so bad at face recognition?

Mike Burton (U. of York).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 24 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hedgehog signalling in immune cells

Maike de la Roche, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 May 2018, 13:15-13:55

Zangwill Club

Metacognition of internally-generated processes

Dr Elisa Filevich, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 25 May 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Re-thinking cognitive training research

Joe Rennie (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 30 May 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

The structure and function of visual working memory

Paul Bays (U. of Cambridge, Dept of Psychology).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 31 May 2018, 15:30-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Building and Breaking Epithelial tubes: an Optogenetic approach

Clare Buckley, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 June 2018, 13:15-13:55

Zangwill Club

Selectivity and dynamics of human face representations

Professor Rafael Malach, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.

Friday 01 June 2018, 16:30-17:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

Why are patients with Parkinson’s disease and Dementia impulsive – and what can we do about it?

Prof James Rowe (U. of Cambridge, MRC CBU & Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 06 June 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

The neural bases of declarative memory and primary using studies of brain damaged patients

Daniela Montaldi (U. of Manchester) .

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 07 June 2018, 15:30-17:00

ARClub Talks

Self-Other Processes in ASD - the Case of Empathy

Dr Idalmis Santiesteban, ESRC Future Research Leaders Fellow and Affiliate Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 10:30-11:30

Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar Series

The dynamics of functional brain networks: Examining the role of noradrenaline

James Mac Shine (U. of Sydney).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Wednesday 13 June 2018, 12:30-13:30

Chaucer Club

Concept learning as compression

Bradley Love (UCL).

Lecture Theatre, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Chaucer Road.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 15:30-17:00

Foster Talks

Foster Talk - "Integrating structural and functional approaches to decipher AMPA receptor signaling in synaptic transmission and plasticity"

Dr Ingo Greger, MRC-Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 June 2018, 16:00-17:00

rv254's list

TBC

Hardingham Giles - University of Edinburgh.

TBC.

Thursday 21 June 2018, 12:00-13:00

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Professor Louis Appleby, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Manchester; Director of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness.

Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site..

Thursday 21 June 2018, 12:30-13:30

Department of Psychiatry & CPFT Thursday Lunchtime Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Professor Rob Howard, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, University College, London.

Seminar Room, Herchel Smith Building, Forvie Site..

Thursday 28 June 2018, 12:30-13:30

ARClub Talks

Mechanistic insights from genome-wide association studies of reproductive traits

Professor Ken Ong, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge.

Large Meeting Room (groundfloor), Douglas House, 18B, Trumpington Road.

Wednesday 11 July 2018, 10:30-11:30

rv254's list

TBC

Karen Horsburgh - University of Edinburgh.

TBC.

Monday 10 September 2018, 12:00-13:00