9:00 – 9:05 Zoltán Molnár, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Introduction

9:05 – 9:10 Alastair Buchan, Stroke Research, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford The importance of Oxford in Berlin and Berlin in Oxford

9:10 – 10:00 Britta Eickholt, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Neuroscience Research Center – Campus Mitte; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin. PTEN-mTOR signalling in brain development and autism

10:00 – 10:50 Timothy Zolnik, Humboldt University, Berlin, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Neuroscience Research Center – Campus Mitte; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Redefining cortical foundations: Unveiling the mysteries of layer 6b

10:50 – 11:15 Coffee/Tea

Special Lecture Sherrington Library (Chaired by Zoltán Molnár)
11:15 – 12:00 Sara Bandiera, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. How do early thalamic innervation shape the development of the cerebral cortex in the human fetal brain?

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch in Sherrington Library

13:30 – 14:00 – Bashir Ahmed Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford Correlation between the number of interstitial neurons of the white matter and number of neurons within cortical layers: Histological analyses in postnatal macaque

14:00 – 14:15 – Aasha Meenakshisundaram Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Neuroscience Research Center – Campus Mitte; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin The role of PTEN on the regulation of murine cortical Layer 6b

14:15 – 14:45 – Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford The role of SNARE complex in cortical development

14:45 – 15:00 – Florina Szabó Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. The influence of Chronical Manipulation if Glutamatergic Projection Neurons on Interneurons

15:00 – 15:15 – Marissa Mueller Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Chronically Manipulating Cortical Layer 6b Alters Neuroanatomy and Behaviour

15:15 – 15:30 – Bai Yawen Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Comparisons between Munc13 and Snap25 cKO

15:30 – 15:45 – Gretchen Greene. Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Maturation and Integration of transplanted Neural Progenitor Cells into adult and neonatal rodents

15:45 – 16:00 Tea/Cofee

16:00 – 16:15 Ed Mann, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Effects of a mGluR1 gain-of-function mutation on hippocampal and cortical circuit dynamics

16:15 – 16:30 Fernando Messore Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. An orexin-gated circuit in neocortical layer 6 regulates cortical excitability and anxiety behaviour

16:30 – 16:45 Mohammed Abuelem Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. Dopaminergic modulation of Drd1a-Cre+ neuronal network activity in the murine medial prefrontal cortex

16:45 – 17:00 Luana Campos Soares & Mona Barkat Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford. 3D Printing approaches to build the human cerebral cortex

17:00 – 18:00 Matthew Larkum, Humboldt University, Berlin, Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Neuroscience Research Center – Campus Mitte; Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Coupling the state and contents of consciousness

18:15 – 19:00 Drinks reception at St John’s College Bar