Neuroscience Seminars section

23 May 2012 : Dissecting the central stress response using site-specific genetic manipulation in adult mice

On Wednesday 23 May 2012, Dr Alon Chen from the Department of Neurobiology Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel., will speak on the subject of Dissecting the central stress response using site-specific genetic manipulation in adult mice...

4 April 2012 Whole-field polarisation vision in crustaceans

  On Wednesday 04 April 2012, Dr Martin How, of the Sensory Neurobiology Laboratory within the Queensland Brain Institute, will speak on the subject of whole-field polarisation vision in crustaceans as part of the Institute's regular ...

The impact of cannabis use on cognitive functioning and brain structure

  On Wednesday 28 March, Professor Murat Yucel, of the Centre for Youth Mental Health, Melbourne Neuropsychiatry within The University of Melbourne, will present as part of QBI's regular Neuroscience Seminar series.  ...

22 March 2012 Disruptions in a mouse model of ALS

  On Thursday 22 March, Shyuan Ngo will speak on the subject of 'Disruptions to GH/IGF-1 in the SOD1G93A mouse model of ALS'.   While Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is thought of as a purely neurologi...

14 March 2012 Brain processes underlying the planning and perception of actions

On Wednesday 14 March 2012, QBI's own Associate Professor Ross Cunnington will speak about the brain processes underlying the planning and perception of actions.   He says our voluntary movements are alway...

29 February 2012 Genomic and transcriptomic applications based on NextGen Sequencing

Dr Qiongyi Zhao, of the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will speak on 'Genomic and transcriptomic applications based on NextGen Sequencing' this week as part of QBI's regular Neuroscience Seminar series....

22 Feb 2012 Creating the cortex: mechanisms of cortical development

  On Wednesday 22 February, QBI's Clare Giacomantonio will speak on the subject of 'Creating the cortex: mechanisms of corticol development' as part of QBI's regular Neuroscience Seminar series.  

You are what your mother eats

  On Wednesday, 15 February 2012, Dr Christine Jasoni, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Otago, New Zealand, will speak on the effects of maternal diet on fetal hypothalamic circuitry development, as pa...

The natural history of Alzheimer’s disease: strategies for diagnosis and therapy

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Imaging epileptogenesis

On Wednesday 26 October 2011, Professor David Reutens, Director of the Centre for Advanced Imaging within The University of Queensland, will speak on the subject of 'Imaging epileptogenesis' as part of QBI's regular seminar series.

Highlights in the making and breaking of the neuromotor system

  Associate Professor Peter Noakes, of the School of Biomedical Sciences and Queensland Brain Institute, will speak on the subject of 'highlights in the making and breaking of the neuromotor system' on Wednesday 19 October as part of ...

Neurite development and regeneration in C. elegans neurons

  On Wednesday 12 October 2011, Dr Massimo Hilliard, of QBI's Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, will speak on the subject of neurite development and regeneration in C. elegans neurons.  Neurons exhi...

Regulation of autophagic trafficking in neurons: clues to a novel neurodegenerative pathway

On Wednesday 21 September 2011, Dr Sally Martin, of the Neuronal Trafficking Laboratory within the Queensland Brain Institute, will speak on the 'regulation of autophagic trafficking in neurons: clues to a novel neurodegenerative pathway'.

Language, time, and the lopsided brain

  Professor Michael Corballis, of the Department of Psychology within the The University of Auckland, New Zealand, will speak on the subject of 'Language, time and the lopsided brain' as part of QBI's regular Neuroscience Seminar seri...

Fear, synaptic plasticity and the amygdala

  QBI's Professor Pankaj Sah will speak on the 'fear, synaptic plasticity and the amygdala' on Wednesday 31 August as part of QBI's regular neuroscience seminar series.   The amygdala is a part of the brai...

Food for thought: how the growth of Drosophila CNS is spared under nutrient restriction

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Biology of olfactory ensheathing cells in CNS regeneration

    On Thursday 4 August, Professor Cheng He, of the Institute of Neuroscience and MOE Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, within the Neuroscience Research...

Corollary Discharge Abnormalities in Patients with Schizophrenia

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Some building blocks for motion vision

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Modelling cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia in developmental vitamin D-deficient rats

On Wednesday 06 July 2011, Dr Tom Burne, Adjunct Senior Research Fellow with the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research and the Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland, will speak on the subject of modelling the cogni...

Epigenetic mechanisms associated with vulnerability and resilience to psychiatric disease

  Epigenetic mechanisms associated with vulnerability and resilience to psychiatric disease will be the subject of a presentation by Dr Kevin Dudley, of the Psychiatric Epigenomics Laboratory within the Queensland Brain Institute at T...

Parietal control of attention, saccadic remapping and audiovisual integration: Insights from human brain stimulation studies

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Physical exercise activates endogenous neural stem cells in the aged brain

On Wednesday 18 May, Dr Daniel Blackmore of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) will speak on how physical exercise activates endogenous neural stem cells in the aged brain, as part of QBI's ongoing Neuroscience Seminar series. &...

Converging mechanisms for stress and diabetes in the regulation of hippocampal plasticity

Multiple organ systems are adversely affected by diabetes, including the brain, which undergoes changes that may increase the risk of cognitive decline. As part of QBI's regular Neuroscience Seminar series, Dr Alexis Stranahan, Assistant Pr...

The Role of Nuclear Factor One (NFI) in Cortical Development

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The medial intercalated cells of the mouse amygdala

On Wednesday 20 April, Ms Cornelia Strobel, who works in the Synaptic Plasticity Laboratory of the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) , will speak on the subject of the medial intercalated cells of the mouse amygdala.

This neuroscience se...

Transcriptional control of CNS myelination

On Wednesday 6 April, Dr Ben Emery, of the Centre for Neuroscience and Howard Florey Institute at the University of Melbourne, will speak on the subject of 'transcriptional control of CNS myelination'. Myelination of the nervous system ...

Modular Reinforcement Learning as a Model of Embodied Cognition

On Wednesday 23 March 2011, Professor Dana H. Ballard, of the Department of Computer Sciences University of Texas at Austin, will speak on 'Modular Reinforcement Learning as a Model of Embodied Cognition', as part of QBI's regular neuroscienc...

The ethics of 'brain gain'

On Wednesday 09 March 2011, QBI will host a seminar on the ethical and social implications of proposals to allow normal adults to use neuropharmaceutical drugs to enhance cognitive functioning or replace recreational drugs. The speaker ...

Neurocomputational principles of animal navigation

Date: Wednesday 02 March 2011 Time: 12:00 - 1:00PM Speaker: Dr Allen Cheung, Research Fellow, Thinking Systems Queensland Brain Institute, and School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering The University of Queensland

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