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July 2020
Networks thinking themselves
On Friday July 3rd, Prof. Danielle Bassett will be giving a talk on 'Networks thinking themselves'. The talk will be hosted at 4 pm, while at 5.15 pm we will host a virtual pub chat with the speaker. Further details on how to join both sessions will be sent through our mailing list! To join our mailing list, follow the instructions here https://cortexclub.com/join-us/ Abstract: Human learners acquire not only disconnected bits of information, but complex interconnected networks of relational knowledge. The capacity for such learning naturally depends on the architecture of the knowledge network…
Find out more »Machine reasoning in histopathologic image analysis
On Thursday July 9th, Prof. Phedias Diamandis will be giving a talk on ‘Machine reasoning in histopathologic image analysis'. The talk will be hosted at 5.30 pm, while at 6.45 pm we will host a virtual pub chat with the speaker. Further details on how to join both sessions will be sent through our mailing list! To join our mailing list, follow the instructions here https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Find out more »Emergent Scientists Seminar Series: “Neural Coding in the Auditory Cortex”
We are happy to announce the launch of a new format for our "Emergent Scientists Seminar Series". In this renovated format, we will feature online talks by two PhD students at the end of their doctorate or postdocs in their very first years, from Oxford but also any other university, to present their research on a specific topic in Neuroscience. The first “Emergent Scientists Seminar” will be on Friday, 17th July at 4 pm, focused on the Neural Coding in the…
Find out more »How sleep remodels the brain
On the 23rd July, we will host a talk from Professor Gina R. Poe from the University of California, Los Angeles, at 5.30 pm (BST), on “How sleep remodels the brain”. The talk will be followed by a virtual pub chat with the speakers at 6.45pm and everybody is welcome to join. Zoom links will be circulated via the mailing list!
Find out more »Growing Up In Science @Oxford with Dr André Marques-Smith
Have you ever wondered what your advisor struggled with as a graduate student? What they struggle with now? Growing up in science is a conversation series featuring personal narratives of becoming and being a scientist, with a focus on the unspoken challenges of a life in science. Growing up in Science was started in 2014 at New York University and is now worldwide. This article describes the origin and impact of the series. At a typical Growing up in Science event, one faculty member shares their life story,…
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