Education

Neuroscience seminar series - Spring 2012

On selected Fridays, at 14:00
Neuroscience Center, Cultivator II (Viikinkaari 4), Seminar room B105
Coordinator: Ulla Lahtinen, ulla.lahtinen(at)helsinki.fi

 

12.1.

Note on Thursday at 14:00, Biomedicum Helsinki, Lecture Hall 1
James R. Lupski (Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA)
Copy Number Variation (CNV) in Evolution and Disease
Host: Anna-Elina Lehesjoki
20.1.

Kenneth Lundström (PanTherapeutics, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Alphavirus Vectors in Neuroscience and Gene Therapy
Host: Mart Saarma
10.2.

Mahesh Karnani (Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge)
Amino acid sensing by arousal-regulating orexin neurons
Host: Kai Kaila
17.2.

Patricia Seja (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany)
Cell-type specific disruption of KCC2 expression in cerebellar neurons: effects on
neuronal signaling and on learning
Host: Kai Kaila
13.3. Note on Tuesday at 14:00, Biocenter 2, Auditorium 2041
Patrik Ernfors (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
Mechanisms of cell type diversification in the sensory lineage
Host: Eero Castren
3.5.

Note on Thursday at 13:00
Alicia Hidalgo (School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, UK)
A gene network underlying central nervous system repair
Host: Tapio Heino
4.5.

Wolfgang Klimesch (University of Salzburg, Austria)
The complex reactivity of alpha oscillations and its cognitive function
Host: Satu Palva
11.5.

Markus Siegel (University of Tubingen, Germany)
Oscillatory cortical networks during perceptual decision-making
Host: Satu Palva
1.6. Note at 13:00 in Biocenter 3, Lecture Hall 2402
Laszlo Vutskits (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Impact of general anesthetics on neural circuitry development during the brain growth spurt
Host: Kai Kaila

 

Note at 14:00 in Biocenter 3, Lecture Hall 2402
Alexandre Dayer (Geneva Medical Center, Switzerland)
Role of serotonin in neuronal migration
Host: Eero Castren
8.6. Zhaolin Hua (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China)
v-SNARE composition distinguishes synaptic vesicle pools
Host: Li Tian