Oxford Neurotheory Forum

Oxford Neurotheory Forum is a space to present and discuss recent research in computational neuroscience. The current organising committee is: Jascha Achterberg, Rui Ponte Costa and Rafal Bogacz.

History: This forum was established in 2015 by Tim Vogels, Rui Ponte Costa and Rafal Bogacz. Previous organisers have also included: Andrew Saxe, Friedmann Zenke, Chaitanya Chintaluri, Samuel Liebana Garcia, Ian Cone and Michal Wojcik.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford), Dr Rafal Bogacz (University of Oxford)
Timing: Thursdays at 2:30pm (monthly or more frequently)
Web Address: https://www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/research/oxford-neurotheory
Organising department: Medical Sciences Division

Talks:

Thursday 1 May 2025

Neurotransmitter receptor gradients: gateways for neuromodulation of cortex-wide dynamics during cognition
Date: 1 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Dr Sean Froudist-Walsh (University of Bristol)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Jascha Achterberg (University of Oxford), Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)

Thursday 22 May 2025

Title TBC
Date: 22 May 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Dr Laurence Hunt (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Florence Buchanan Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Jascha Achterberg (University of Oxford), Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Rui Ponte Costa (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 June 2025

Title TBC
Date: 12 June 2025, 15:00 - 16:30
Speaker : Dr Nicol Harper (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Anne Bowtell, Nicole Harris, Jacqueline Pumphrey, Rui Costa, Ian Cone, Jascha Achterberg