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October 2019
Open Access and Open Science: The Insiders’ View
Open Access and Open Science: The Insiders' View Wednesday 9th October, 4 pm at Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology Speakers: John R. Inglis, Co-founder of bioRxiv and medRxiv, Executive Director and Publisher,CSHL Press; Elisa De Ranieri, Editor in Chief, Nature Communications; Sally Rumsey, The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford; Mark Patterson, Executive Director, eLIfe. Panel discussion followed by a drinks reception and pizza! Please contact Marta Blanco Pozo (marta.blancopozo@exeter.ox.ac.uk) if you would like to arrange individual meetings with Jonh R. Inglis.
Find out more »Cortex Club Elections
Cortex Club Elections Tuesday 15th October, at 5.30pm in the Sherrington Room We are RECRUITING for the following open positions: Secretary (University student status required); IT Officer; Social Secretaries (x3); Freshers’ Officer.
Find out more »Envisioning The Reward: Contextual Signals in Mouse Visual Cortex
Envisioning The Reward: Contextual Signals in Mouse Visual Cortex We are delighted to host Dr Nathalie Rochefort, from the University of Edinburgh, on Thursday 31st October at 4pm in the Sherrington Library, Sherrington Building, Parks Road, OX1 3PT. Dr Rochefort will deliver a talk on "Envisioning The Reward: Contextual Signals in Mouse Visual Cortex". If you would like to join us for after-talk pub with the speaker, please sign up at: https://forms.gle/BwQrFqm8thJEDcRUA
Find out more »November 2019
Assessing Cortical Dynamics and Function despite the Subsampling Problem
Assessing Cortical Dynamics and Function despite the Subsampling Problem Dr Viola Priesemann, from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, on Thursday 7th November at 4 pm in the Sherrington Library will be giving a talk on "Assessing Cortical Dynamics and Function despite the Subsampling Problem". All Welcome! If you would like to join us for after-talk pub with the speaker, please sign up at: https://forms.gle/xEidEY6ighdPaYfs8 ABSTRACT: Neural networks, both in the human brain as well as artificial ones,…
Find out more »Circuits for Care – Deconstructing Parental Behavior
Circuits for Care - Deconstructing Parental Behavior On Monday, 11th Nov in Sherrington Library, Dr Johannes Kohl, from the Francis Crick Institute, will give a talk on 'Circuits for care - deconstructing parental behaviour'. If you would like to join us for after-talk pub with the speaker, please sign up at: https://forms.gle/hjpq1cvWSyJZXM399. Abstract: Parenting is essential for the survival and wellbeing of offspring in many species, but we lack a circuit-level understanding of how this social behaviour is orchestrated. Using…
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