Save the Date - UCL Neuroscience Symposium 2017
The annual UCL Neuroscience Symposium will take place at the UCL Institute of Education on Friday 16 June 2017. Registration will open in February.
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Neuroscience Careers Network
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Neuroscience Careers Network Mailing List
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 The UCL Neuroscience Careers Network (NCN) provides opportunities for neuroscientists to meet their peers, to share ideas, experience and initiate collaborations. It also provides a platform for careers advice and the dissemination of information regarding jobs, training and funding opportunities.
The NCN is organised by a committee made up of representatives from a variety of departments under the UCL Neuroscience Domain and includes both post-doctoral researchers and PIs.
Subscribe to the mailing list to be the first to hear about events, workshops, job and funding opportunities.
Subscribe here:
https://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/earlycareerneuro
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Special Seminars, Events and Items of Interest
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Accelerating Access to Personalised Medicine
Wednesday 8 March, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
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Join us for an exciting series of talks and discussions that will bring together clinicians and academics to explore the opportunities for precision medicine, the issues that inhibit these being realised and what we need to do to change this for the benefit of patients.
Session one will focus on 'Treatments for neurodegenerative diseases', and includes talks from Professor Sarah Tabrizi, Professor Jonathan Montgomery, Professor Richard Barker OBE, and will be chaired by Professor Gill Bates.
To see the full programme and register for the event, please visit:
https://accelerating-access-to-personalised-medicine.eventbrite.com
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Neurology 2017: leading edge neurology for the practising clinician
30 - 31 March 2017, UCL Institute of Education
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 It is a pleasure to announce the 2017 programme for this annual course, a highlight of the British Neurology calendar. The course is designed for Consultants and senior trainees in neurology and other neuroscience specialties, from the UK, Europe and worldwide, and aims to provide a practical update on the hospital management of neurological diseases. The focus of the course is on everyday neurological practice which will include lectures, video sessions, and a CPC. The course will be didactic, but also entertaining and informative, and will be accompanied by a detailed course book providing extensive background material and papers.
For more information and to book please visit the website
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RIKEN BSI Summer Program 2017
Deadline: February 28 2017
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 'Exploring and Emulating the Brain'
The Summer Program is designed to encourage and further the education of young neuroscientists and emerging researchers as they enter the international neuroscience community. Around 45 international students are typically accepted each year for the Summer Program, which is highly competitive, with only one out of six or seven applicants being selected.
Attendees have wide-ranging academic backgrounds and are usually enrolled in graduate courses, or have recently embarked on postdoctoral research. However, candidates holding other positions are encouraged to apply.
For more information and to apply please visit the website.
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Young Epilepsy Spring Masterclass 2017
26 - 27 April 2017
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 Hosted by Professor Helen Cross OBE, the Prince of Wales’s Chair for Childhood Epilepsy, we are doubly honoured as the Key Note Speech will be given by Professor Patrick Van Bogaert, Paediatric Neurologist at the University of Angers, France.
This meeting will challenge and support delegates to:
- Broaden their knowledge of the role of sleep in the treatment of epilepsy
- Share best practice and diagnostic processes when considering non-epileptic events and
- Offer networks opportunities of peer support with treatment and support for patients and families with difficult diagnoses
For more information and to register, please visit the website.
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Rewired - The Brain, Art and Innovation -
An Evening at the Intersection of Art and Science
Friday 10 March, Royal Geographical Society, London
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 Presenting an evening at the intersection of art and science!
Rewired features leading London-based neuroscience researchers, tech innovators and top artists.
The event aims to raise public awareness of neurological conditions using artistic collaborations and cutting-edge research.
Proceeds help to fund awareness-education, research support and adaptive equipment purchases to help people with brain and spinal cord illnesses.
This event is organised by Movement for Hope in partnership with UCL, the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre, Imanova Ltd, and Alzheimer's Research UK / Dementia Network.
To register for ticket please visit the website.
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Delirium could accelerate dementia-related mental decline
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 When hospitalised, people can become acutely confused and disorientated. This condition, known as delirium, affects a quarter of older patients and new research by UCL and University of Cambridge shows it may have long-lasting consequences, including accelerating the dementia process.
The study, published today in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, is the first to show the multiplying effects of delirium and dementia in these patients.
Episodes of delirium in people who are not known to have dementia, might also reveal dementia at its earliest stages, the research found.
Read more
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Launch of the PHAGO project to explore a new approach for patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease
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 On 1st November 2016 the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) together with an association of industrial partners came together to support PHAGO, an innovative research project devoted to the development of immunomodulatory therapies for Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr Jennifer Pocock and Professor John Hardy (UCL Institute of Neurology) have been awarded £733,000 together with matched industrial funding (in kind) for 5 years.
Read more
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Supporting actors take lead role as our brains age
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 The main changes in our brains as we get older are in the brain cells with a supporting role, called glial cells, British scientists have found.
The surprising finding in a study by researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute is published in the journal Cell Reports.
The researchers also found that the greatest changes in glial cells as we age are in the brain regions most often damaged by neurodegenerative disease, like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
Read more
Image: Ageing brains (courtesy of Jernej Ule)
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New model predicts when people are willing to try new things
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 A new model to predict when people are most likely to try different products has been developed by scientists at UCL and dunnhumby, a customer science company.
The research, published in the inaugural issue of Nature Human Behaviour, could help to direct public health interventions aimed at encouraging healthier choices.
The team analysed anonymous purchase data from over 280,000 shoppers who regularly bought products in six categories: beers, breads, coffees, toilet papers, washing detergents and yogurts. Individual shoppers were represented only by anonymous data-set numbers with no personal or identifiable information.
Read more
Image: Supermarket shelves (Nupur Shad, Flickr)
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Current Funding Opportunities
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L'Oreal UK and Ireland Fellowships for Women in Science
Closing date: 25 January 2017
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 The L'Oréal-UNESCO UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women in Science are awards offered by a partnership between L'Oréal UK & Ireland, the UK National Commission for UNESCO and the Irish National Commission for UNESCO, with the support of the Royal Society, to promote, enhance and encourage the contribution of women pursuing their research careers in the UK or Ireland in the fields of the life and physical sciences.
Five Fellowships will be awarded in 2017 to outstanding women scientists in the early stages of their career to facilitate promising scientific research. The Fellowships are tenable at any UK or Irish university or research institute to support a 12-month period of early career research in any area of life, physical and computer sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Visit the website to find out more.
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Sainsbury Wellcome Centre - Recruiting Group Leaders
Closing date: 29 January 2017
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 The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre invites applications for Group Leaders at the junior level from outstanding, innovative, self-motivated collaborative scientists with backgrounds in neuroscience as well as related physical and biological sciences. We are particularly interested in scientists wishing to extend the boundaries of technological development in areas such as high-density electrophysiological probes, telemetry, optical recording, molecular and genetic tools, new anatomical mapping techniques, and the use of virtual reality and other novel behavioural approaches.
Further information can be found on the website.
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Rosetrees Trust Interdisciplinary Prize 2017
Closing date: 26 January 2017
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 The Rosetrees Trust Interdisciplinary Prize 2017 is an award worth up to £250,000 over 3 years to stimulate collaborative research between Medicine and Engineering. As UCL is only able to submit one application, the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering will be managing the internal selection process. With the aim of developing collaborative studies between researchers in different fields that will result in breakthroughs that have real potential to improve human health.
Full information
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Dunhill Medical Trust Research Training Fellowships
Closing date: 27 January 2017
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 The Dunhill Medical Trust has launched the fifth round of Dunhill Medical Trust Research Training Fellowships scheme, which aims to provide opportunities for talented clinicians and health or social care professionals who would like a future career in research that improves care for older people. Fellowships are intended to be flexible, and may be undertaken on either a 3 year full-time or up to a 6 year part-time basis. The awards may either be in the form of a PhD studentship or granted to experienced professionals who wish to branch into research.
More information
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Child and young adult mental health – the underpinning aetiology of self-harm and eating disorders
Closing date: 31 January 2017
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 The Medical Research Foundation (MRF) and Medical Research Council (MRC) will make available up to £2 million for new high-quality, internationally competitive research partnerships to investigate the underlying bio-psycho-social mechanistic and environmental drivers i.e. the aetiology and underpinning mechanisms of self-harm or of eating disorders in children, adolescents and young adults (up to 25 years).
Full information
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Wyss Centre Neurotech Challenge
Closing date: 1 February 2017
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 Take part in the Wyss Center neurotech innovation challenge - a global competition to find the most disruptive ideas in neural interface technology.
The Wyss Center will provide you with the support and resources to realise your neurotechnology vision. We are looking for ideas that are creative, innovative, and inspiring, and that have the potential to revolutionise the lives of people living with nervous system disorders.
To find out more and to apply visit: http://www.wysscenter.ch/en/neurotech-challenge/
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Stroke Association Project Grant Award
Closing date: 5pm 8 February 2017
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 When applying for our Project Grant, the purpose of the proposed research project must be directly related to stroke illness. Applications in the fields of epidemiology, prevention, diagnosis, imaging, childhood stroke, therapy both medical and surgical, assessment and rehabilitation are particularly welcome. Priorities for funding include research into the prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and long-term care of stroke patients. The majority of funded projects are patient-orientated.
Award amount: Up to £210,000 over up to three or five years
Please see the Stroke Association website for more information and the relevant forms to complete or contact the Research Department at research@stroke.org.uk or call 0207 566 0345.
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FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize 2018
Closing date: 13 February 2017
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 This biennial prize sponsored by Wiley, publishers of EJN, will be given in recognition of outstanding scientific work in any area of neuroscience.
Personal Prize £ 7000
Requirements
Candidates must either be working in a European research institution or be of European origin, if working outside of Europe. Individuals may apply themselves or be nominated by a fellow neuroscientists.
- Age limit is 35 years (at the nomination deadline)
- Award will be presented at the FENS Forum 2018 in Berlin (7 - 11 July 2018).
- Awardee will be required to give a Special Lecture at the Forum and to write a review article for publication in EJN.
To find out more, visit the website.
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UCL Internal Call for Early Career Researchers - Secondment Awards - Now Open
Closing date: 19 February 2017
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 Applications are now invited for internal shortlisting of Early Career Researchers Secondment Awards. Funded through the MRC Proximity to Discovery (PtD) award to UCL, the Translational Research Office (TRO) is offering UCL members of staff the opportunity to second into companies, social enterprises, charities and other non-academic organisations to promote knowledge transfer and build long-term research partnerships.
For more information, please see the information document. To apply please complete the Secondment Application Form and return this, along with the required documents, to Lorna Ravenhill (l.ravenhill@ucl.ac.uk) before the closing date.
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Shionogi Science Programme
Application period: 16 January - 24 February 2017
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 We invite you to submit research proposals to the SHIONOGI Science Program, an international collaboration call for drug discovery. The collaboration research budget will be a maximum of JPY 15 million per year per project for up to three years.
Shionogi has a strong track record in productivity in drug discovery. We generate more than 60% of the development products in our pipeline. The products we are developing include candidate drugs originating from the Shionogi Research Laboratories, those from external seeds, and products derived from collaborative research with academic scientists and biopharmaceutical companies. Our strength is that we do not rely solely on in-house development, and develop drugs that incorporate a wide variety of ideas.
To find out more, please visit the website.
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2017 BMA foundation for medical research grants
Closing date: 3 March 2017
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 The 2017 BMA foundation for medical research grants are now open and we are accepting applications online at bma.org.uk/advice/career/research-grants.
The BMA provide approximately £500,000 of research funding annually, this year across 11 different grants. Funding areas range from heart disease to schizophrenia to the impact of working pressures on the medical profession. Applications are invited from medical practitioners and/or research scientists for research in progress or prospective research.
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JPND Call for Multinational research projects for Pathway Analysis across Neurodegenerative Diseases
Closing date: 6 March 2017
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 JPND is a trans-national initiative that aims to address the growing societal challenge presented by age-related neurodegenerative diseases. It involves research funders from 30 member countries. Spanning biomedical, healthcare and social science research, JPND aims to increase coordinated investment between participating countries in research aimed at finding causes, developing cures, and identifying appropriate ways to care for those with neurodegenerative diseases. MRC is leading on JPND activity for the UK.
For more information and to apply, please visit the website
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Action for A-T Research Grant
Closing date: 3 April 2017
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 Action for A-T, would like to invite medical research applications for research into ataxia-telangiectasia. Applications are invited for high quality research projects that have the potential to lead to treatments and therapies for ataxia-telangiectasia.
We will consider applications from the UK and overseas. All applications will undergo scientific peer review and UK based projects will be prioritised for funding. Researchers who would like to enquire about submitting a grant application should make contact via Research@actionforAT.org. If the proposed research is within Action for A-T’s remit, researchers will be invited to submit a full research grant application and provided with further information.
Guidance for Applicants:
Applications are welcome for project grants of up to 3 years in duration for a maximum award of £100,000.
For funding guidelines and further information, please visit our website.
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Parkinson's UK Career Development Awards
Closing date: 4pm 25 April 2017
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 Our career development award fellowships (CDA) are for talented post-doctoral researchers to lead their own research plans and establish their own research team to make the transition from post-doctoral researcher to independent investigator in research relevant to Parkinson's.
We are proud to be collaborating with the Medical Research Council (MRC) as part of their career development award fellowships (CDA) scheme.
We are focused on finding new and better treatments for Parkinson's, and one day a cure. And we're investing in big ideas that will speed up the research process, and deliver treatments to the people who need them faster.
To find out more and apply, visit the website
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UCL Neuroscience Events and Seminars - January - February 2017
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23 January, 2017 - ICN Seminar Series: Deliberation during preferential choice…how different is it from deliberation during perceptual choice?
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Tim Pleskac, Max Planck Institute, Berlin HOST: Bahador Bahrami All are welcome.
Location: Basement Seminar Room (B10), Alexandra House, 17-19 Queen square, London, WC1N 3AR
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence, rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
25 January, 2017 - CDCN Seminar: Miracle Baby Grows Up! - The next instalment
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Dr Neil Marlow, Professor of Neonatal Medicine, UCL EGA Institute for Women’s Health Abstract: Extreme prematurity has been one of the success stories of medicine over the past 25 years, understanding the altered physiology and pathology that attends birth at extremely low gestations has led to immense strides in survival. The neuropsychiatric consequences of this are now becoming apparent and there is an explosion of work understanding the core deficits that produce these outcomes is now a priority if we are to identify potential therapeutic strategies. The first of the two EPICure studies has been following individuals born in 1995 before 26 weeks of gestation. This was a group who have demonstrated significant psychometric and psychiatric morbidity. The research team have just completed an evaluation of a sample at 19 years of age to introduce recent studies that have started to define the adult outcomes for this group.
Location: Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, Wellcome Trust Building, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
Contact: Maria McHugh, m.mchugh@ucl.ac.uk
25 January, 2017 - Could the biopsychosocial model be right? Evidence for an integrated understanding of psychosis
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Professor Oliver Howes, King's College London
Location: G08 Sir David Davies LT , Roberts Building, Malet Place, London, WC1E 7JE
Contact: Berni Courtney, b.courtney@ucl.ac.uk
25 January, 2017 - Developmental Neurosciences Seminar Series
Time: 14:00- 16:00
Chair: Professor Helen Cross
This quarterly series brings presentations on current research activity within the Developmental Neurosciences Programme. All welcome to attend.
Speakers: Elena Sakkalou, Julie Dumonceaux, Simon Beggs, Georgios Argyropoulos, Winok Lapidaire and Karolin Kramer
Location: Kennedy Lecture Theatre, Wellcome Trust Building, Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH
Contact: Jane Miller, jane.miller@ucl.ac.uk
25 January, 2017 - Introduction to quality improvement
Time: 09:15 - 17:00
This one day session is aimed at anyone interested in learning about the methodology and models UCLPartners use to support quality improvement work, covering all the basics necessary to understand and participate in QI initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to learn the key methodology of quality improvement and how to get started. These workshops are open to all Nurses and Allied Health Professionals working within UCLPartners associated Trusts as well as all non-clinical members of staff. This is also open to Postgraduate trainees and those in the Frontier (SASG) programme.
Location: UCLPartners, 3rd Floor, 170 Tottenham Court Road , London, W1T 7HA
Contact: UCLPartners, contact@uclpartners.com
27 January, 2017 - Brain Meeting: Are temporally resolved non-invasive recordings of human hippocampus possible with new MEG methods?
Time: 15:15 - 16:15
Speaker: Sofie Meyer, UCL
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room , Institute of Neurology, Queen Square House, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG
Contact: ion.fil.brainmeetings@ucl.ac.uk
30 January, 2017 - ICN Seminar Series
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Biyu Jade He, The Neuroscience Institute, New York University Langone Medical Center Title: TBC
Host: Patrick Haggard
Location: Basement Seminar Room (B10), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , 17 Queen Square , London, WC1N 3AZ
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence, rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
1 February, 2017 - ‘Exploring microRNA 134 knockdown as a novel therapeutic in epilepsy’
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Gareth Morris
Host: Institute of Neurology Postdoc Seminar Committee
Venue: Basement Lecture theatre, 33 Queen Square
Further information: ionpostdocsrequest@gmail.com
3 February, 2017 - Brain Meeting
Time: 15:15 - 16:15
Speaker: Christian Lambert, St. Georges, University of London
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room , Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: ion.fil.brainmeetings@ucl.ac.uk
6 February, 2017 - ICN Seminar Series: Action control in information gatherers: insights from smartphone users
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Arko Ghosh, Physiology, Neuroscience, Neurology, University of Zurich Host: Tamar Makin
Location: Basement Seminar Room (B10), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , 17 Queen Square , London, WC1N 3AZ
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence, rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
8 February, 2017 - Barriers and facilitators to accessing mental health services among young people from refugee background: Experience from Australia
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Dr Erminia Colucci, QMUL Centre for Psychiatry Little research has been conducted worldwide on the experiences that children and young people from refugee backgrounds have with mental health services, despite evidence that children and young people from refugee backgrounds have significant vulnerability to the development of mental health problems and to suicidal behaviour and that those with mental ill-health typically underutilise services. Dr Erminia Colucci (MSc Lead and lecturer at QMUL Centre for Psychiatry) will discuss the findings of a project aimed to compare the perspectives of professionals and service users about barriers and facilitators to service access and engagement among young people from refugee backgrounds, which she carried out as the coordinator of the Melbourne Refugee Studies Program at The University of Melbourne (Australia).
Location: Cruciform Building B404 - LT2
Contact: Berni Courtney, b.courtney@ucl.ac.uk
8 February, 2017 - Sharing resources and knowledge in ageing research
Time: 13:00
MRC Prion Unit Departmental Seminar Speaker: Professor Ilaria Bellantuono, Department of Human Metabolism, The University of Sheffield Host: Dr Emmanuel Asante
Location: 2nd Floor Seminar Room, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square House, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Naho Ollason, n.ollason@prion.ucl.ac.uk
9 February, 2017 - Queen Square MS Centre Seminar Series: Microscopic diffusion anisotropy imaging
Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker: Dr Enrico Kaden, Research Associate, Dept of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering Science, UCL
Location: Gilliatt Lecture Theatre, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square House, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Tina Holmes, t.holmes@ucl.ac.uk
10 February, 2017 - SWC Special Lecture: Molecular mechanisms of neurotransmitter release
Speaker: Professor Thomas Südhof, Stanford UniversityFriday 10 February 2017
12:00 – 13:00 GMT
Ground floor Lecture Theatre, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, 25 Howland Street, London W1T 4JG
Booking via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/molecular-mechanisms-of-neurotransmitter-release-thomas-c-sudhof-tickets-31058901009
10 February, 2017 - Brain Meeting
Time: 15:15 - 16:15
Speaker: Aman Saleem, UCL
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room , Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: ion.fil.brainmeetings@ucl.ac.uk
13 February, 2017 - Consulting Skills: Career Development Training for UCL PhD Researchers
Time: 09:00 - 17:30
This intensive course, run in partnership with UCL Innovation and Enterprise and the UCL Doctoral School, is fully-funded and represents a unique opportunity for a UCL PhD Researcher to begin to sketch out their career roadmap and develop a set of transferable business-related skills The importance of building enterprise and transferable skills early into Researcher’s careers never been greater and this course will encourage participants to take their own development to the next level. Participants will learn about the consultancy cycle from UCLC, work in teams to solve real business problems and undertake key-skills sessions from a select group of experienced trainers. Work in teams of Researchers to create a strategic approach to solving a real business dilemma. Visit the business’ premises, gather context and background and construct a plan of action that will come together as the week progresses.
Location: BASE KX - UCL Innovation and Enterprise, 103c Camley Street, London, N1C 4PF
Contact: Oli Pinch, oli.pinch@ucl.ac.uk
13 February, 2017 - ICN Seminar Series: A Supramodal Inhibitory Control Mechanism Suppresses Unwanted Thoughts via GABAergic Inhibition
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Mike Anderson, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge Host: Vincent Walsh
Location: Basement Seminar Room (B10), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , 17 Queen Square , London, WC1N 3AZ
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence, rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
13 February, 2017 - MRC Centre For Neuromuscular Diseases Seminar Series
Time: 17:30 - 18:30
Speaker: Dr. Federica Montanaro, Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, ICH Title: Rediscovering dystrophin: structure/function relationships in skeletal and cardiac muscles
Location: Lower Ground Floot LT, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square House, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Christine Oldfield, cnmd.contact@ucl.ac.uk
14 February, 2017 - ALS Seminar: Switching splicing in Spinal muscular atrophy?
Time: 12:00
Speaker: Francesco Muntoni, Developmental Neurosciences, Institute of Child Health, UCL Host: Elizabeth Fisher This seminar is part of the ALS Seminar Series
Location: 2nd Floor Seminar Room, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square House, Queen Square, WC1N 3BG
Contact: Debbie Hadley, d.hadley@ucl.ac.uk
16 February, 2017 - SWC Seminar Series: Neural Mechanisms for Predicting the Sensory Consequences of Behaviour
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Professor Nathaniel Sawtell, Columbia University
Ground floor Lecture Theatre, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, 25 Howland Street, London W1T 4JG
No need to pre-book, just turn up!
17 February, 2017 - Brain Meeting: A distributed, hierarchical, and recurrent framework for reward-based choice
Time: 15:15 - 16:15
Speaker: Laurence Hunt, UCL
Location: 4th Floor Seminar Room , Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, 12 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG
Contact: ion.fil.brainmeetings@ucl.ac.uk
20 February, 2017 - ICN Seminar Series
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Stefano Palminteri, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris Title: TBC Host: Bahadaor Bahrami
Location: Basement Seminar Room (B10), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , 17 Queen Square , London, WC1N
3AZ
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence, rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
22 February, 2017 - 3rd Digital Behaviour Change Conference 2017
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The UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, in collaboration with the UCL Institute for Digital Health, is delighted to confirm its third behaviour change conference. World-renowned academic experts will be joining key members of the public health and technology sectors for insightful seminars, panel discussions and more across a variety of topics. We will be welcoming submissions for talks, poster sessions, workshops and technology demonstrations from July. More information coming soon!
Location: Senate House, Malet Street, London, WX1E 7HU
Contact: UCL Centre for Behaviour Change, behaviourchange@ucl.ac.uk
22 February, 2017 - Early intervention to reduce the risk of child maltreatment: results of a randomised trial of a nurse-led group intervention
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Professor Jacqueline Barnes - Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck
Location: TBC
Contact: Berni Courtney, b.courtney@ucl.ac.uk
22 February, 2017 - Workshop - Preparing Collaborative Horizon 2020 grants for April 2017 to June 2017 deadlines’
Time: 14:00 - 16:00
UCL European Research and Innovation Office (ERIO) is holding a workshop to provide UCL’s research community with information and advice on how to prepare Horizon 2020 Collaborative proposals with deadlines between April 11th 2017 and June 7th 2017. This includes both single and two stage applications. The workshop will NOT cover guidance on ERC or MSCA fellowship applications. A selection of call topics which may be of interest are: Health. Deadline April 11th 2017: SC1-PM-03-2017: Diagnostic characterisation of rare diseases, SC1-PM-11-2017: Clinical Research on regenerative medicine, SC1-PM-20-2017: Methods research for improved health economics, SC1-HCO-07-2017: Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases prevention & Management of mental disorders For further information regarding the workshop, and to register your interest (please state which call topic you are interested in), please contact Dr Juliet A. Ellis (juliet.ellis@ucl.ac.uk)
Location: Room 712 (7th Floor), Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7NF
Contact: Dr Juliet A. Ellis, juliet.ellis@ucl.ac.uk
27 February, 2017 - ICN Seminar Series: The future of the what and where pathway model for vision
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Speaker: Edward de Haan, Dept of Psychology, University of Amsterdam Host: Patrick Haggard
Location: Basement Seminar Room (B10), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience , 17 Queen Square , London, WC1N 3AZ
Contact: Rosalyn Lawrence, rosalyn.lawrence@ucl.ac.uk
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External Events of Interest
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AIBE Summit
4 February 2017, 9.30am - 5pm, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
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 The AIBE Summit is a conference on artificial intelligence in business & entrepreneurship. It will be the largest event of its kind ever to be held, with a capacity of up to 800 participants.
Our mission is to increase public understanding and intellectual discussion on the implications of AI for the business world, to raise the technological literacy of students, entrepreneurs, and professionals alike, and to recognise London as one of the world’s major digital capitals for the future of AI.
For more information and to book, please visit the website.
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3rd History of Neurology & Psychiatry Symposium
22 - 24 February 2017, Royal College of Surgeons, London
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 The BNPA 2017 – Celebrating 30 Years
Neuropsychiatry: past, present and future – 22nd February 2017
AGM – 23rd and 24th February 2017
For full programme visit the website
Register here
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The Challenge of Chronic Pain
1 - 3 March 2017, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK
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 The second Challenge of Chronic Pain conference will discuss recent discoveries and current challenges in pain research, with a focus on translating basic research insights into new therapies. Advances in our understanding of peripheral and central pain mechanisms, pathways and processes will be highlighted. We will explore the clinical landscape of chronic pain and pain syndromes, the innovative approaches in target validation in animal and human studies, and their translation into novel therapeutic interventions.
This meeting is aimed at scientists, clinicians, and those working in industry or on translational research, interested in understanding chronic pain and improving the process from mechanism to therapy.
Further details
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The British Neuropsychological Society Spring 2017 Meeting
16 - 17 March 2017, 33 Queen Square, London
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 The Freda Newcombe lecture (16th March) will be given by:
Prof. Matthew Lambon-Ralph (Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit (NARU), Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester)
A joint symposium on executive function with the Division of Neuropsychology on the 17th March will feature Prof. Paul Burgess (UCL), Dr Sarah MacPherson (Edinburgh), Dr Fergus Gracey (UEA), and Dr Emmanuelle Volle (Brain and Spine Institute, ICM)
For more information and to register, please visit the website
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29th Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar - 'The Inflamed Brain'
21 March 2017, Robinson College, University of Cambridge
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 Cambridge Neuroscience is delighted to announce that the 29th Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar, 'The Inflamed Brain', is now open for registration. As always, we expect this to be a popular event and delegates are invited to register early to ensure a place.
In addition to the normal poster session, a number of abstracts will be chosen for a data blitz session for early career researchers that will form part of the main programme (quick fire 3-minute presentations). The deadline for abstract submission is March 1st but you are encouraged to submit your abstracts in plenty of time.
All delegates must register using the website form (includes abstract submission option). You will be charged via your Department/Institute (University of Cambridge members only). External delegates must also register and pay using the online payment system.
Please see event website for registration costs, terms and conditions, programme details etc.
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2017 UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference
22 - 23 March 2017, London
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 The 10th UK Neuromuscular Translational Research Conference will be held on Wednesday 22nd & Thursday 23rd March 2017 in London.
Deadline for abstracts Wednesday 14th December 2016. There will be no extensions, due to print deadlines.
Registration is now open. For more details and to register please see the website.
Please contact Christine Oldfield, MRC Centre Senior Administrator, with any queries.
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