February 2010 - Seminars
Date: 1st February
Place: CUBRIC seminar room, Park Place
Time: 12.10pm
Speaker: Dr Nicholas Walsh ( University of Cambridge)
Title: Towards a cognitive neuroscience of behavioural flexibility to overcome environmental challenges.
Weblink: http://cubric.psych.cf.ac.uk/cubric-seminar-series
Date: 5th February
Place: 6th Floor seminar room, New Life Sciences Building, Biosciences 3
Time: 1pm
Speaker: Dr Jan Born (University of Lubeck, Germany)
Title: The role of slow wave sleep for memory consolidation
Weblink: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/newsandevents/events/neuroscienceseminarseries/index.html
Date: 10th February
Place: Room 0.05, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Maindy Road
Time: 1pm
Speaker: Dr Charareh Pourzand (Bath University)
Title: Caged-iron chelators: a novel approach for skin protection
(A topic which could also have considerable applications in any conditions related with iron overload and impaired iron metabolism such as in neurodegenerative diseases.)
Weblink: http://www.cf.ac.uk/optom/research/researchseminars/current/spring-2010.html
Date: 11th February
Place: Radiology Seminar Room, School of Medicine, Heath Park
Time: 2.30-4.30pm
Speaker: Student presentations, Chair: Dr Tom Hughes
Research Area: Nerve and Muscle - Path
Date: 11th February
Place: School of Psychology, Tower Building
Time: 4-5pm
Speaker:
Title: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Mental Health and Implications for Diagnosis
Date: 12th February
Place: 6th Floor Seminar Room, New Life Sciences Building, School of Biosciences
Time: 1pm
Speaker: Professor Peter Achemann (Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Title: Slow Oscillations and Sleep Homeostasis
Weblink: http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/biosi/newsandevents/events/neuroscienceseminarseries/index.html
Date: 17th February
Place: Room 0.05, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Maindy Road
Time: 1pm
Speaker: Mr Steve Martin
Title: A scientific Approach to Yes - The role of Social Influence in Optometry (and home)
Weblink: http://www.cf.ac.uk/optom/research/researchseminars/current/spring-2010.html
Date: 18th February
Place: Radiology Seminar Room, School of Medicine, Heath Park
Time: 2.30-4.30pm
Chair: Dr Neil Robertson
Research Area: Neurology
Date: 22nd February
Place: UG16, Henry Wellcome Building, School of Medicine, University Hospital Wales
Time: 12pm
Speaker: Professor Chris Ponting (Oxford University)
Title: Linking CNV genes to phenotypes in learning disability and autism.
Date: 22nd February
Place: CUBRIC Seminar room, Park Place
Time: 12.10pm
Speaker: Dr Ilias Tachtsidis (University College London)
Weblink: http://cubric.psych.cf.ac.uk/cubric-seminar-series
Date: 24th February
Place: Room 0.05, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Maindy Road
Time: 1pm
Speaker: Professor Gordon Dutton (Glasgow and Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow Caledonian University)
Title: Cerebral visual impairment in children; is it being under diagnosed
Weblink: http://www.cf.ac.uk/optom/research/researchseminars/current/spring-2010.html
Date: 25th February
Place: Radiology Seminar Room, School of Medicine, Heath Park
Time: 2.30-4.30pm
Speaker: Dr Nikos Evangelou
Title: New Developments in Multiple Sclerosis