The PDN Foster talks is a seminar series that involves high profile internal and external speakers, who are experts in fields relevant to research interests in the Department.
We welcome people from the wider scientific community of Cambridge University as well as from within the Department to join us for these seminars. The talks are aimed for a broad audience, from all career stages, undergraduates to PIs.
This seminar series also provides an invaluable opportunity for staff and students to discuss with the guest speaker both before and after the talk, and often helps to foster collaborations.
All talks will take place in the Hodgkin Huxley seminar room, Physiology Building, at 4:00 pm.
Calendar
| Date | Speaker | Hosted by |
| 11 October 2018 |
Nathalie Rochefort, Sir Henry Dale Fellow and Chancellor’s Fellow at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh Decoding the visual cortex |
Elisa Galliano |
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Robin Lovell-Badge, The Francis Crick Institute, London
Tipping the balance and regulatory processes during sex determination
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Madeline Lancaster, MRC-LMB Neuronal connectivity and functional output in cerebral organoids |
Sarah Bray |
| 22 November 2018 |
Tara L. White, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, USA
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Susan Jones |
| 6 December 2018 |
Fredrik Lanner, Karolinska Institute Mapping human pluripotency during pre- and peri-implantation development using single cell transcriptional analysis |
Thorsten Bovoriak |
| 17 January 2019 |
Andy Copp, University College, London Neural progenitors and neural tube defects |
Guy |
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James Briscoe, The Francis Crick Institute, London The molecular and cellular logic of spinal cord formation |
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| 14 February 2019 |
Robin Franklin, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Adult CNS progenitors: reversing the ravages of ageing
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| 28 February 2019 |
Kate Ellacott, University of Exeter Medical School |
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| 22 March 2019 |
SPECIAL TALK - Steve Wilson, University College, London
From 4PM to 5PM at the Physiology Lecture Theatre as part of the PDN Symposium 2019 |
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| 28 March 2019 |
Elke Ober, University of Copenhagen |
Clare Baker |
| 2 May 2019 |
Christiana Ruhrberg, University College, London An early hematopoietic progenitor contributes endothelial cells to organ vasculature |
Golnar Kolahgar |
| 16 May 2019 |
Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri, PDN Regulating needs: Exploring the role of insulin-like growth factor-2 in materno-fetal resource allocation and its importance for development, physiology and disease |
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