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November 2019
Cortex Club Presents: Professor Marcello Massimini
We are excited to welcome Professor Marcello Massimini, from the University of Milan, on Tuesday 19th November, at 4 pm in the Small Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building, Off Parks Road, OX1 3PT. Professor Massimini will be giving a talk on 'OFF-periods, causality and complexity in cortical networks during loss and recovery of Consciousness'. All Welcome! If you would like to attend the talk, please sign up at: https://cortex-club-massimini.eventbrite.co.uk . Abstract: Theoretical neuroscience suggest that consciousness depends on the ability of…
Find out more »Coupling the state and contents of consciousness
On Friday, Nov 22, we have a special lecture as part of the Joint Oxford-Berlin Neuroscience meeting: www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/events/oxford-berlin-symposium. Join us for a talk given by Professor Matthew Larkum on 'Coupling the state and contents of consciousness'.
Find out more »Synaptic proteins guide cortical migration and influence cortex folding
On Thursday, 28th November at 4 pm in the Sherrington Room, we are excited to welcome Dr. Daniel Del Toro, from Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, who will be giving a talk entitled ''Synaptic proteins guide cortical migration and influence cortex folding'. All Welcome! If you would like to join us for after-talk pub with the speaker, please sign up at: https://forms.gle/CprmcTazTWQcxukH9 Abstract: A fundamental question in neuroscience is which mechanisms drive folding of the cerebral cortex. One of the…
Find out more »December 2019
Q&A Lunch with Professor Guillermina Lopez
On Friday 6th December, we are co-hosting with DPAG a Q&A lunch after-talk at 2pm in the Sherrington Library with Professor Guillermina Lopez-Bendito. If you would like to join us for free lunch, please sign up at: https://forms.gle/D3BGrRw5zZNgRWge6 The talk, instead, will be held at 1 pm in the Large Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building, Off Parks Road, OX1 3PT. Title: Clonal Lineage determines the direct conversion of thalamic astrocytes into subtype-specific thalamocortical neurons Abstract: Forced expression of defined transcription factors…
Find out more »Panel Discussion on Sleep: Features and Functions
We are excited to announce our final event of the year! On Wednesday 11th December at 5 pm in the Sherrington Library, in collaboration with the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (CNCB), we are hosting a panel discussion on Sleep: Features and Functions with: Prof. Amita Sehgal, from the University of Pennsylvania; Prof. Penelope Lewis, from the Cardiff University; Dr. Jason Rihel, from University College London; Prof. Stuart Peirson, Group Leader in the Sleep & Circadian Neuroscience Institute, University…
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