Thu 02 May 12:00: “On Brains and Vessels: How perivascular fibroblasts contribute to ALS neurodegeneration” In person only. (No recording will be available.)
Abstract not available
In person only. (No recording will be available.)
- Speaker: Sebastian Lewandowski, Karolinska Institutet
- Thursday 02 May 2024, 12:00-13:00
- Venue: Seminar Room, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Forvie Site.
- Series: Clinical Neurosciences Seminars; organiser: Louise Massara.
Mon 29 Apr 16:15: Egocentric and allocentric representations in cortical structures
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Michael Hasselmo, Boston University, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Monday 29 April 2024, 16:15-18:00
- Venue: Hodgkin-Huxley Seminar Room.
- Series: Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience; organiser: jk727.
Thu 25 Apr 16:00: Eating and Walking - how cells manage their energy budget during migration and invasion
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Laura Machesky, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge
- Thursday 25 April 2024, 16:00-17:00
- Venue: Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.
- Series: Foster Talks; organiser: er454.
Wed 01 May 11:30: Perceptual decision-making in autism: From neurochemistry to cognition
Our brains evaluate sensory information from the environment and use it to guide behaviour. This shapes how we interact with the world and ultimately, our physical and mental well-being. Understanding the mechanisms of perceptual decision-making is of relevance for neurodiverse populations such as autistic individuals. Here I present findings from experimental psychology, computational modelling, and brain imaging (including ultra-high-resolution Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy) that show a) the behavioural similarities and differences between autistic and non-autistic adults during perceptual decision-making, and b) the relationships between neurotransmitters, autistic traits, and perceptual choice in adults. By integrating novel computational modelling approaches with classic task paradigms, this line of research helps bridge the gaps between neurochemistry and cognition and offers new insights into the cognitive neuroscience of autism.
- Speaker: Nazia Jassim, University of Cambridge
- Wednesday 01 May 2024, 11:30-12:30
- Venue: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81268825017?pwd=dndNSE9selNDTktIUGNNejZKZDFVUT09 .
- Series: ARClub Talks; organiser: Simon Braschi.
Fri 10 May 13:00: Multi-tissue tectonics enable self-assembly of the vertebrate body axis
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Benjamin Steventon, Department of Genetics
- Friday 10 May 2024, 13:00-14:00
- Venue: Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.
- Series: Developmental Biology Seminar Series; organiser: Theresa Gross-Thebing.
Fri 03 May 13:00: An ancient regulatory network sets the position of the forebrain in chordates
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Elia Benito-Gutierrez, Department of Zoology/Genentech
- Friday 03 May 2024, 13:00-14:00
- Venue: Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.
- Series: Developmental Biology Seminar Series; organiser: Theresa Gross-Thebing.
Fri 26 Apr 13:00: Differential tissue deformability underlies fluid pressure driven shape divergence of the embryonic brain and spinal cord
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Susannah McLaren, Gurdon Institute
- Friday 26 April 2024, 13:00-14:00
- Venue: Biffen Theater- Please subscribe to mailing list for link.
- Series: Developmental Biology Seminar Series; organiser: Theresa Gross-Thebing.
Wed 01 May 11:30: Perceptual decision-making in autism: From neurochemistry to cognition
Our brains evaluate sensory information from the environment and using it to guide behaviour. This shapes how we interact with the world and ultimately, our physical and mental well-being. Understanding the mechanisms of perceptual decision-making is of relevance for neurodiverse populations such as autistic individuals. Here I present findings from experimental psychology, computational modelling, and brain imaging (including ultra-high-resolution Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy) that show a) the behavioural similarities and differences between autistic and non-autistic adults during perceptual decision-making, and b) the relationships between neurotransmitters, autistic traits, and perceptual choice in adults. By integrating novel computational modelling approaches with classic task paradigms, this line of research helps bridge the gaps between neurochemistry and cognition and offers new insights into the cognitive neuroscience of autism.
- Speaker: Nazia Jassim, University of Cambridge
- Wednesday 01 May 2024, 11:30-12:30
- Venue: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81268825017?pwd=dndNSE9selNDTktIUGNNejZKZDFVUT09 .
- Series: ARClub Talks; organiser: Simon Braschi.
Thu 02 May 12:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Sebastian Lewandowski, Karolinska Institutet
- Thursday 02 May 2024, 12:00-13:00
- Venue: Seminar Room, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Forvie Site.
- Series: Clinical Neurosciences Seminars; organiser: Louise Massara.
Mon 17 Jun 12:30: FSL-MRS as an alternative to MRspa for 1H MRS processing
Abstract: TBC
Venue: MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09
- Speaker: Speaker to be confirmed
- Monday 17 June 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.
- Series: CBU Monday Methods Meeting; organiser: Dace Apšvalka.
Mon 29 Apr 12:50: Brain age prediction using diffusion MRI data
Abstract: James Bacon is an MS Physics student at the University of Cambridge. He will present the work from his summer internship where he worked on brain age prediction using diffusion MRI data.
The talk will start at ~12:50 following a MEG project presentation which starts at 12:30.
Venue: MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09
- Speaker: James Bacon (University of Cambridge)
- Monday 29 April 2024, 12:50-13:30
- Venue: MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.
- Series: CBU Monday Methods Meeting; organiser: Dace Apšvalka.
Mon 20 May 12:30: ISMRM highlights
Abstract: Attendees of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) conference will share and discuss the most significant advancements and research findings presented.
Venue: MRC CBU West Wing Seminar Room and Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82385113580?pwd=RmxIUmphQW9Ud1JBby9nTDQzR0NRdz09
- Speaker: Multiple
- Monday 20 May 2024, 12:30-13:30
- Venue: MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge.
- Series: CBU Monday Methods Meeting; organiser: Dace Apšvalka.
Wed 24 Apr 15:00: Social and political change in diverse societies: Insights from largescale panel studies
Largescale panel studies, with stratified, random samples of a nation’s population, are relatively rare in the psychological literature. By measuring change at multiple levels over long periods of time, these studies can tell us about the relationship between individuals and the societies in which they live. This includes (1) how features of the social structure, such as inequality or deprivation, affect people and (2) how people affect the social structure (via their policy preferences and political behaviour). I will review recent research on these two key elements of societal functioning – structural effects and structural change – from two panels in very different contexts. The first is a 13-wave longitudinal study of around 20,000 New Zealanders. The second is a 3-wave study of around 160,000 people in India. I will also introduce a new panel from the UK, where we invite 500,000 people randomly sampled from the electoral register to participate in survey of social and political attitudes annually over five years. This research programme demonstrates how largescale panel data can inform theory and policy, by telling us more about how people change, and how they change their societies.
The talk is open to the public.
- Speaker: Nikhil Sengupta (University of Kent)
- Wednesday 24 April 2024, 15:00-16:00
- Venue: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.
- Series: Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS); organiser: Yara Kyrychenko.
Tue 11 Jun 09:30: Child Development Forum Easter II
Speakers TBA
Child Development Forum are a series of talks bringing together researchers of infant, child and adolescent development across the University of Cambridge.
Talks are termly, and usually held at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (Chaucer Road).
Join the mailing list to kept up-to-date, and sign up to give a talk:
https://lists.cam.ac.uk/sympa/info/ucam-childdevforum
This talk is part of the Child Development Forum (CDF) series.
- Speaker: Abigail Agyemang (Psychology), Irena Tetkovic (Psychiatry), Keith Liang (Psychology)
- Tuesday 11 June 2024, 09:30-11:00
- Venue: Old Cavendish Psychology Ground Floor Seminar Room.
- Series: Child Development Forum (CDF); organiser: Giacomo.
Thu 09 May 16:00: Behavioural and mechanical heterogeneities underpin cell migration essential for mouse anterior patterning
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Shankar Srinivas, Professor of Developmental Biology in the Department of Physiology Anatomy & Genetics at the University of Oxford, based at the Institute for Developmental and Regenerative Medicine.
- Thursday 09 May 2024, 16:00-17:00
- Venue: Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology builiding, Downing Site CB2 3EG.
- Series: Foster Talks; organiser: er454.
Fri 17 May 16:30: The Cognitive Biology of Language The host for this talk is Jeff Dalley
The cognitive revolution in the middle of the last century has transformed the ways in which we study the human mind. Curiously, when it comes to language there is a growing behaviourist trend, where it is regarded as an acquired skill, not unlike the way in which Large Language Models (LLMs) work. In contrast, linguists in the Generative Grammar tradition consider the faculty of language to be a computational system within the mind, part of the human biological endowment. This means that biological aspects of language, in particular evolution, development, and (neural) mechanisms, are open to investigation. I will discuss recent work on ‘comparative linguistics’, particularly the behavioural, neural and cognitive parallels between human language and birdsong, and what we can and cannot conclude from it. The current behaviourist view of language has led to the rapid rise of LLMs, although these AI models are actually not about language at all. Natural language appears to be unique to the human mind, and has no parallels either in animal or artificial intelligence.
The host for this talk is Jeff Dalley
- Speaker: Professor Johan Bolhuis, Utrecht University
- Friday 17 May 2024, 16:30-18:00
- Venue: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology.
- Series: Zangwill Club; organiser: John Mollon.
Wed 24 Apr 15:00: Social and political change in diverse societies: Insights from largescale panel studies
Largescale panel studies, with stratified, random samples of a nation’s population, are relatively rare in the psychological literature. By measuring change at multiple levels over long periods of time, these studies can tell us about the relationship between individuals and the societies in which they live. This includes (1) how features of the social structure, such as inequality or deprivation, affect people and (2) how people affect the social structure (via their policy preferences and political behaviour). I will review recent research on these two key elements of societal functioning – structural effects and structural change – from two panels in very different contexts. The first is a 13-wave longitudinal study of around 20,000 New Zealanders. The second is a 3-wave study of around 160,000 people in India. I will also introduce a new panel from the UK, where we invite 500,000 people randomly sampled from the electoral register to participate in survey of social and political attitudes annually over five years. This research programme demonstrates how largescale panel data can inform theory and policy, by telling us more about how people change, and how they change their societies.
- Speaker: Nikhil Sengupta (University of Kent)
- Wednesday 24 April 2024, 15:00-16:00
- Venue: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.
- Series: Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS); organiser: Yara Kyrychenko.
Wed 24 Apr 15:00: Title to be confirmed
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Speaker to be confirmed
- Wednesday 24 April 2024, 15:00-16:00
- Venue: Ground Floor Lecture Theatre, Department of Psychology, Downing Site, Cambridge.
- Series: Social Psychology Seminar Series (SPSS); organiser: Yara Kyrychenko.
Thu 11 Apr 12:00: “Translational applications of human brain charts: from clinical to population neuroscience” The talk is in-person only and a recording is not available.
Abstract not available
The talk is in-person only and a recording is not available.
- Speaker: Dr Richard Bethlehem, University of Cambridge
- Thursday 11 April 2024, 12:00-13:00
- Venue: Seminar Room, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Forvie Site.
- Series: Clinical Neurosciences Seminars; organiser: Louise Massara.
Thu 11 Apr 12:00: “Translational applications of human brain charts: from clinical to population neuroscience”
Abstract not available
- Speaker: Dr Richard Bethlehem, University of Cambridge
- Thursday 11 April 2024, 12:00-13:00
- Venue: Seminar Room, John van Geest Centre for Brain Repair, Forvie Site.
- Series: Clinical Neurosciences Seminars; organiser: Louise Massara.