Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Axoptosis: Mechanisms for coordinating axonal degeneration”

Professor Leonard A. Levin, McGill University.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 30 June 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“In vivo assessment of synaptic loss in non-AD tauopathies”

Dr Negin Holland, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 23 June 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Inducing mtDNA alterations in mouse dopaminergic neurons to study if and how they contribute to Parkinsons disease like phenotype”

Professor Rudolf Wiesner, University of Cologne.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 16 June 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Sickness behaviour and depression: an updated model of peripheral central immune interactions”

Professor Federico Turkheimer, King's College London.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 09 June 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"The prohibitin proteins in myelination"

Dr Emma Wilson, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 26 May 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE- Where has our research taken us to date?"

Professor Roger Barker, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 19 May 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Can we block axon degeneration in disease?”

Dr Andrea Loreto, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 05 May 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Myelinated axon formation, health and function”

Professor David Lyons, University of Edinburgh.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 07 April 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Myelin's highway to the axon and implications for axonal support”

Professor Julia Edgar, University of Glasgow.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 24 March 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Functional transcriptomics in neurodegenerative disorders”

Dr Roberto Simone, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, UCL.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 17 March 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Beyond proteinopathies, in vivo clinical markers for inflammation and synaptic loss in frontotemporal lobar degeneration”

Dr Maura Malpetti, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 10 March 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Structure-function of the Endoplasmic Reticulum and neuronal de/regeneration

Dr Edward Avezov, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 24 February 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Presynaptic dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders”

Professor Mike Cousin, University of Edinburgh.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 17 February 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Targeting astrocytes to protect the brain in Vascular Cognitive Impairment”

Dr Jill Fowler, University of Edinburgh.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 10 February 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"Fumarate hydratase and cancer: a paradigm of oncometabolism”

Professor Christian Frezza, University Hospital Cologne.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 03 February 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"Targeting axon transport to support axon regeneration in the adult CNS”

Dr Richard Eva, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 27 January 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"Can we improve human nerve regeneration?”

Dr Peter Arthur-Farraj, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 20 January 2022, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Distinctive gene expression distribution in microglia and astrocytes in relation to distance from plaques in NLF knockin mice, where differences are undetectable in bulk RNAseq.”

Introduction by Dr Bryan Serrels, NanoString

Professor Frances Edwards, University College London.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 02 December 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"Prion diseases: risk factors, experimental treatments, and ways to improve care"

Professor Simon Mead, University College London.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 25 November 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"What did organoids do for us? - mechanistic & therapeutic discoveries at single cell resolution in ALS/FTD”

Dr Andras Lakatos, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 18 November 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

The Interplay between Local Protein Synthesis and Axon/NMJ Maintenance and Degeneration in ALS

Professor Eran Perlson, Tel Aviv University.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 11 November 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Passive brain tumour visualisation during surgery using computer vision

Dr Gita Khalili Moghaddam, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 04 November 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"Altered synaptic ingestion by human microglia in Alzheimer's disease"

Dr Makis Tzioras, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 14 October 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Biology in balance: human diploid genome integrity, gene dosage & genomic medicine”

Dr James Lupski, Baylor-Hopkins Center for Mendelian Genomics, Houston, US.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 07 October 2021, 16:00-17:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Facing the impact of dementia globally with a focus on translational studies to reduce risk”

Professor James Vickers, University of Tasmania.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 30 September 2021, 09:00-10:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“B cell diversity in neuroinflammation”

Dr Anne-Katrin Proebstel, University of Basel.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 22 July 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

"Pathogenesis and Prevention of Retinal Detachment"

Martin Snead, Consultant Ophthalmic and Vitreoretinal Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 15 July 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Glucose, Diabetes and the Brain"

Dr Mark Evans, Institute of Metabolic Medicine and Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 08 July 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Truncated tau as a model of human tauopathy”

Professor Diane Hanger, King's College London.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 24 June 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Molecular traits of cell type-specific reactivity in neuroinflammation

Dr Lucas Schirmer, Manheim Center for Translational Neuroscience, Heidelberg University.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 27 May 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Genomically Humanised Mouse Models For ALS Research

Dr Thomas Cunningham, MRC Harwell Institute.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 20 May 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

From mechanisms to treatment, in disorders of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Professor James Rowe, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 06 May 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

The suprachiasmatic body clock: circadian genes, cells and circuits

Dr Michael Hastings, Division of Neurobiology, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 29 April 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

“Chemical genetic approaches for elucidating PARP function in cells”

Dr Michael Cohen, Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health and Science University.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 22 April 2021, 17:00-18:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Dr Michael Cohen, Department of Chemical Physiology and Biochemistry, Oregon Health and Science University.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 22 April 2021, 17:00-18:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Immune/inflammatory mechanisms in stroke

Professor Stuart Allan, University of Manchester.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 18 March 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Mechanisms of distal axon degeneration and neuroprotection in peripheral neuropathies

Ahmet Hoke, Professor of Neurology & Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 04 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Imaging the locus coeruleus in Parkinsonian disorders

Dr Luca Passamonti, Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 25 February 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Perineuronal net (PNN): an exoskeleton for neurons

Dr Jessica Kwok, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 18 February 2021, 12:00-13:00

Clinical Neurosciences Seminars

Human pain channelopathies

Professor David Bennett, Nuffield Dept of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford.

Zoom (link will be given in Abstract).

Thursday 28 January 2021, 12:00-13:00