Mechanisms of Brain State Control: Joint Meeting of Oxford Neuroscience & Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
9:00 – 9:05 Zoltán Molnár, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Introduction
9:05 – 9:10 Alastair Buchan, Stroke Research, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford The importance of Oxford in Berlin and Berlin in Oxford
9:10 – 10:00 Britta Eickholt, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Neuroscience Research Center – Campus Mitte; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. PTEN-mTOR signalling in brain development and autism
10:00 – 10:50 Timothy Zolnik, Humboldt University, Berlin, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Neuroscience Research Center – Campus Mitte; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Redefining cortical foundations: Unveiling the mysteries of layer 6b
10:50 – 11:15 Coffee/Tea
Special Lecture Sherrington Library (Chaired by Zoltán Molnár)
11:15 – 12:00 Sara Bandiera, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. How do early thalamic innervation shape the development of the cerebral cortex in the human fetal brain?
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch in Sherrington Library
13:30 – 14:00 – Bashir Ahmed Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Correlation between the number of interstitial neurons of the white matter and number of neurons within cortical layers: Histological analyses in postnatal macaque
14:00 – 14:15 – Aasha Meenakshisundaram Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Neuroscience Research Center – Campus Mitte; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin The role of PTEN on the regulation of murine cortical Layer 6b
14:15 – 14:45 – Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford The role of SNARE complex in cortical development
14:45 – 15:00 – Florina Szabó Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. The influence of Chronical Manipulation if Glutamatergic Projection Neurons on Interneurons
15:00 – 15:15 – Marissa Mueller Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Chronically Manipulating Cortical Layer 6b Alters Neuroanatomy and Behaviour
15:15 – 15:30 – Bai Yawen Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Comparisons between Munc13 and Snap25 cKO
15:30 – 15:45 – Gretchen Greene. Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Maturation and Integration of transplanted Neural Progenitor Cells into adult and neonatal rodents
15:45 – 16:00 Tea/Cofee
16:00 – 16:15 Ed Mann, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Effects of a mGluR1 gain-of-function mutation on hippocampal and cortical circuit dynamics
16:15 – 16:30 Fernando Messore Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. An orexin-gated circuit in neocortical layer 6 regulates cortical excitability and anxiety behaviour
16:30 – 16:45 Mohammed Abuelem Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Dopaminergic modulation of Drd1a-Cre+ neuronal network activity in the murine medial prefrontal cortex
16:45 – 17:00 Luana Campos Soares & Mona Barkat Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. 3D Printing approaches to build the human cerebral cortex
17:00 – 18:00 Matthew Larkum, Humboldt University, Berlin, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Neuroscience Research Center – Campus Mitte; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Coupling the state and contents of consciousness
18:15 – 19:00 Drinks reception at St John’s College Bar
Date:
19 March 2024, 9:00 (Tuesday, 10th week, Hilary 2024)
Venue:
Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details:
Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Various Speakers
Organising department:
Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG)
Organiser:
Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
zoltan.molnar@dpag.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Hannah Simm
