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Name: Dr John Davis
Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute
http://oxford-ddi.alzheimersresearchuk.org/
Events this person is hosting:
Monday 6 November 2017
Synaptic and immune system changes in the brains of mice with rising amyloid beta. Can we improve mouse models for Alzheimer's disease?
Date: 6 November 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Frances Edwards (University College London (UCL))
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser:
Keely Jones (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Thursday 14 February 2019
Mapping Synaptic Contacts: From Dendrites to the Axon Initial Segment
Date: 14 February 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Juan Burrone (King's College London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Thursday 11 April 2019
Discovery and characterisation of new lipid mediators of innate immunity generated by circulating blood cells
Date: 11 April 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Valerie O'Donnell (Cardiff University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Thursday 27 June 2019
Human stem cell models for Alzheimer's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia
Date: 27 June 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Selina Wray (UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Thursday 10 October 2019
Modelling Microglia to Understand Neurodegeneration and Aging
Date: 10 October 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor David Brown (University of Bath)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Thursday 21 November 2019
More than Bystanders in Dementia—Understanding What Microglia Do
Date: 21 November 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Soyon Hong (UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Events this person is organising:
Wednesday 13 December 2017
Synapse degeneration and recovery: a role of Wnt signalling in Alzheimer’s disease
Date: 13 December 2017, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Patricia Salinas (UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
Friday 19 January 2018
Microglia in neurodegeneration
Date: 19 January 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Professor Guy Brown (University of Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 8 February 2018
PINK1/Parkin and mitochondrial markers
Date: 8 February 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr David Komander (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 22 March 2018
AMPK - a drug target in diabetes, cancer, and even neurodegenerative diseases – too good to be true?
Date: 22 March 2018, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker
:
Professor Grahame Hardie (University of Dundee)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 April 2018
The Cellular Face of Alzheimer's Disease
Date: 17 April 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Bart De Strooper (UK Dementia Research Institute, UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organiser:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 15 May 2018
Understanding the role of the novel TLDc proteins in neurodegeneration
Date: 15 May 2018, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker
:
Mattea Finelli (University of Oxford)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar room
Organiser:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 5 June 2018
Two surprises in canonical Wnt signalling
Date: 5 June 2018, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Professor Trevor Dale (Cardiff University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room (basement)
Organiser:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
Wednesday 9 January 2019
Aggregation of tau and alpha-synuclein: towards a therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases
Date: 9 January 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Maria Grazia Spillantini FRS (Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute),
Elena Di Daniel, Head of Biology (Oxford Drug Discovery Institute, University of Oxford)
Host:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford)
Thursday 14 February 2019
Mapping Synaptic Contacts: From Dendrites to the Axon Initial Segment
Date: 14 February 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Juan Burrone (King's College London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Monday 11 March 2019
ABAD or a good drug target for Alzheimer’s disease?
Date: 11 March 2019, 13:30 - 15:00
Speaker
:
Dr Laura Aitken (University of St Andrews)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 11 April 2019
Discovery and characterisation of new lipid mediators of innate immunity generated by circulating blood cells
Date: 11 April 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor Valerie O'Donnell (Cardiff University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Thursday 10 October 2019
Modelling Microglia to Understand Neurodegeneration and Aging
Date: 10 October 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Professor David Brown (University of Bath)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Thursday 21 November 2019
More than Bystanders in Dementia—Understanding What Microglia Do
Date: 21 November 2019, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker
:
Dr Soyon Hong (UCL)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organisers:
Kate Humphrey (University of Oxford),
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
Host:
Dr John Davis (Alzheimer’s Research UK Oxford Drug Discovery Institute)
