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Seminar Program 2009

Seminars are held on Fridays at 3:30 pm (Finkel Lecture Theatre, John Curtin School of Medical Research), ANU.
Please direct any enquiries to the seminar convenors Dr Brendan O'Brien (email) or Dr Clarke Raymond, tel. (02) 6125 3968 or e-mail.
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Upcoming Seminars

Nov 20 Prof. Pankaj Sah
Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland.
Excitatory synapses in the basolateral and central amygdala
Nov 25

WEDNESDAY 10:00-12:00

Prof. Mutsuo Nuriya
Dept. Pharmacology, Keio University, School of Medicine
Imaging membrane potential dynamics in fine structures using the second harmonic generation imaging
Nov 27 Dr Romina Palermo
School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT


Prior Seminars

Special seminar
Jan 23

Dr Richardson Lećo
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Modulation of gamma oscillations by the M-current.
Feb 20 Dr Nicolas Cherbuin
Centre for Mental Health Research and Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, ANU
Cognition, health, and brain structure: an epidemiological perspective.
Feb 27 Dr Mic Cavazzini
Dept of Pharmacology, Oxford University, UK
Dynamics of presynaptic actin //
Ca2+ and the neuronal lysosome.
Mar 6 Social - 4:30 pm
Mar 13 Prof David Chalmers
Centre for Consciousness, Research School of Social Sciences, ANU 
What is a neural correlate of consciousness?
Mar 20 Dr Sam Solomon
School of Medical Sciences & Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, NSW
Mechanisms regulating contrast sensitivity in the primate visual system.
Note - Thursday
Mar 26
Prof George Augustine
Dept of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Centre, NC, USA
A positive feedback signaling loop required for cerebellar long-term synaptic depression.
Mar 26-27Speakers will include:
Tim Bayne (Philosophy, Oxford),
David Chalmers (Philosophy, ANU),
Jakob Hohwy (Philosophy, Monash),
Levin Kuhlmann (Neuroengineering, Melbourne),
Neil Levy (Philosophy, Melbourne/Oxford),
Peter McCullagh (John Curtin School of Medical Research, ANU),
David Reutens (Queensland Brain Institute).
CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE VEGETATIVE STATE

The ANU Centre for Consciousness will hold a workshop on "Consciousness and the Vegetative State" on March 26-27, 2009. The conference will be held in the National Europe Centre on Liversidge St, from Thursday morning through Friday afternoon.

contact: Di Crosse to register
Mar 27 *** KIOLOA MEETING ***
Apr 3 Dr Geoff Drew
Pain Management Research Institute, University of Sydney, NSW
Regulation of endocannabinoid signalling in the midbrain: implications for analgesia.
Apr 10 *** GOOD FRIDAY ***
Note - Thursday
Apr 16
Prof Russell Foster
Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford, UK
Light, Clocks and Sleep: Mouse Models to Man.
Apr 24 Dr Bruno van Swinderen
Queensland Brain Institute, QLD
Attention and timing in the fly brain.
Note - Monday
May 4
Prof Matthew Larkum
Dept of Physiology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Dendritic recordings in freely moving animals.
May 8
Dr Steve Petrou
Howard Florey Institute & University of Melbourne, VIC
Epileptogenesis in familial epilepsy: are there convergent mechanisms?
May 15 Dr James Bourne
Monash University, VIC
Evolution and development of the visual cortex: An insight into regenerative medicine.
Note - Wednesday
Robertson Seminar Room
May 20, 2-3 PM
Prof Shigang He
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
Form, function and development of ganglion cells in the mouse retina.
May 22 Dr Andrew Coward
Dept of Computer Science, ANU
The hippocampal system as the Cortical Resource Manager: a model connecting psychology, anatomy and physiology.
May 29 *** JCSMR OPEN DAY ***
Jun 5 Prof Gary Housley
Dept of Physiology & Translational Neuroscience Facility, University of NSW
Noise-induced temporary threshold shift - an otoprotective mechanism.
Jun 12 Dr Erica Fletcher
University of Melbourne, VIC
The role of purines in retinal degeneration.
Jun 19 Prof Malcolm Horne
Howard Florey Institute & University of Melbourne, VIC
How do dyskinesias occur in Parkinson's Disease?
Jun 26 A/Prof Guy Wallis
University of Queensland, QLD
How we represent and learn to recognise visually acquired objects
WINTER BREAK * * * * * *
Aug 7 Prof Seong-Seng Tan
Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne, VIC
The function of Ndfip1 protein in development and disease.
Aug 14 *** No Seminar ***
Aug 21 Prof Mac Christie
Brain & Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, NSW
Plasticity in opioid receptor signalling in central neurons.
Aug 28 *** ACEVS Retreat ***
Sep 4 Dr Stephanie Wolfle
Blood Vessel Laboratory, JCSMR & Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, ANU
Nonlinear relationship between hyperpolarisation and relaxation enables long distance propagation of vasodilation in vivo.
Sep 11 *** EIN Meeting ***
Sep 18 Dr Josh van Kleef
Visual Sciences, Research School of Biology & Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, ANU
Visual-based flight stabilisation in dragonflies
Sep 25 Prof Bernard Balleine
Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, NSW.
Choice and decision-making in the cortico-striatal network.
Oct 2 Prof. Algis Vingrys
University of Melbourne, VIC
Challenging retinal ganglion cell physiology
Oct 9 A/Prof. John Bekkers
Cerebral Cortex Group, JCSMR & Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, ANU.
Cortical circuits for processing odours
Oct 16 *** SFN ***
Oct 23 Ivana Kuo
Blood Vessel Laboratory, JCSMR & Eccles Institute of Neuroscience, ANU
Calcium channels in cerebral vessels- more than one subtype?
Oct 30 Prof. Paul Martin
National Vision Institute of Australia
Tracing pathways for colour vision in primates
Nov 6 Ulrike Siebeck
University of Queensland, QLD
UV communication in reef fish
Nov 13

INNOVATIONS THEATRE , Innovations Building, 124

Prof. Ryszard Maleszka
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Neuro-epigenomics of honey bees: a new science of brain and behaviour