Name: Cortex Club
University of Oxford
http://cortexclub.com/

Events this person is hosting:

Thursday 2 November 2017 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Is non-invasive brain stimulation in danger of becoming a pseudo-science?
Date: 2 November 2017, 16:30 - 17:30 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Professor John Rothwell (UCL)
Venue: Henry Wellcome Building of Gene Function, off South Parks Road OX1 3QB
Venue Details: Seminar Room (Can access via Sherrington Building, DPAG)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Thursday 7 December 2017 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Neuropeptides that Regulate Sleep in Zebrafish
Date: 7 December 2017, 16:30 - 17:30 (Thursday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Dr. Jason Rihel (UCL)
Venue: Henry Wellcome Building of Gene Function, off South Parks Road OX1 3QB
Venue Details: OCGF Seminar Room (accessible from DPAG)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 23 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Clocks, Sleep and Light – Signalling pathways to new therapeutics
Date: 23 January 2018, 16:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Professor Russell Foster (Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and The Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 6 March 2018 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Advanced Neuroimaging of Pain, Analgesia and Anaesthesia Induced Altered States of Consciousness
Date: 6 March 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Professor Irene Tracey (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theater
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 April 2018 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Functional specificity of excitatory and inhibitory connections in neocortex
Date: 27 April 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 1st week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Professor Sonja Hofer (Universität Basel/ UCL)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Sally Collins (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 October 2018 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Cooperation: a social strategy?
Date: 1 October 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Wei Song Ong (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: Biology South Parks Road, South Parks Road OX1 3RB
Venue Details: Room SO10
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 October 2018 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Movement-related activity dominates cortex during sensory-guided decision making
Date: 19 October 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Anne Churchland (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 26 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Decision-making Symposium
Date: 26 February 2019, 9:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 March 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Attention: Hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) might be important after all!
Date: 1 March 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor David Bannerman (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 May 2019 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Engineering brain activity patterns for therapeutics of disorders
Date: 3 May 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 1st week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Yanik (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Cortex Club (University of Oxford), Professor Kristine Krug (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 11 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Circuits for care - deconstructing parental behaviour
Date: 11 November 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Johannes Kohl (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: in Sherrington Building, Sherrington Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Raffaele Sarnataro, Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 19 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

OFF-periods, causality and complexity in cortical networks during loss and recovery of Consciousness
Date: 19 November 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Marcello Massimini (University of Milan)
Venue Details: in Sherrington Building, Sherrington Road OX13PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Raffaele Sarnataro, Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 November 2021 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

GABA and gamma: Studying motor plasticity in vivo
Date: 12 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr Charlotte Stagg (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 November 2021 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The role of the lOFC in inferring reference points
Date: 22 November 2021, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr. Christine Constantinople (NYU)
Venue Details: Zoom link will be sent out via the Cortex Club mailing list
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 23 November 2021 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Cortical-amygdala circuitry in reward learning and decision making
Date: 23 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr. Kate Wassum (UCLA)
Venue Details: Zoom link will be sent out via the Cortex Club mailing list
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 7 December 2021 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Serial dependencies in visual perception: How does our brain use the past to predict the future?
Date: 7 December 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr. Matthias Fritsche (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 12 January 2022 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

From bench to clinic - Translating fundamental neuroscience into real-life healthcare practices, and developing nationally recognised life science companies with Dr. D'Arcy
Date: 12 January 2022, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 0th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr. Ryan D' Arcy (HealthTech Connex)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 19 January 2022 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

A bright future for the tree shrew in neuroscience research
Date: 19 January 2022, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 1st week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr. Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 February 2022 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Neural circuits for novel choices and for choice speed and accuracy changes in macaques
Date: 4 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr. Alessandro Bongioanni (University of Oxford, Experimental Psychology)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Theater. If you cannot enter the front of the Sherrington Building please email antaramaj16@gmail.com and we will come and open the doors.
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 8 February 2022 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Functional Analysis of ASD Risk Genes in Zebrafish
Date: 8 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr. Ellen Hoffman (Yale School of Medicine)
Venue Details: Zoom link will be sent via mailing list
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 February 2022 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Effects of pathological Tau on hippocampal neuronal activity and spatial memory in ageing mice
Date: 11 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 4th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Tim Viney (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Theater; If you cannot enter Sherrington Building, please email antaramaj16@gmail.com and we will send someone to open the front doors for you.
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 28 February 2022 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Emerging Treatment Options in Psychiatry
Date: 28 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 7th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Erik Wong (The University of British Columbia)
Venue Details: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6369428611 Meeting ID: 636 942 8611
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 March 2022 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Myelin optimizes speed and synchrony of neocortical circuit activity
Date: 18 March 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 9th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Maarten Kole (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Theater
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 June 2022 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Neuronal representations of learned categories in mouse visual and higher cortical areas
Date: 22 June 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker : Dr Pieter Goldstein (Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Munich, Germany)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 October 2022 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Hippocampus 2.0: Hebbian multisensory memory
Date: 10 October 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 2 November 2022 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Detecting covert decision dynamics from neural population recordings in primate motor cortex
Date: 2 November 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Professor William Newsome (Stanford University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 23 November 2022 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Cellular and synaptic microcircuit principles of the human cortical layer 2-3
Date: 23 November 2022, 16:30 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Yangfan Peng (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library (Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 8 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

A unique coding of memories in the human brain
Date: 8 February 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Prof Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (The University of Leicester)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Friday 27 October 2017 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

From cases and controls to dimensional psychiatry: novel methods for understanding the neurobiology of mental health
Date: 27 October 2017, 16:00 - 17:30 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Dr. Claire Gillan (Trinity College Dublin )
Venue: ,
Venue Details: Gelder Room
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 2 November 2017 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Is non-invasive brain stimulation in danger of becoming a pseudo-science?
Date: 2 November 2017, 16:30 - 17:30 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Professor John Rothwell (UCL)
Venue: Henry Wellcome Building of Gene Function, off South Parks Road OX1 3QB
Venue Details: Seminar Room (Can access via Sherrington Building, DPAG)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 November 2017 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Paribas or Bury Pa? – Age-related changes in the neural representations of voice onset time in the inferior colliculus
Date: 22 November 2017, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Dr. Edward Bartlett (Purdue University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Room
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 December 2017 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Neuropeptides that Regulate Sleep in Zebrafish
Date: 7 December 2017, 16:30 - 17:30 (Thursday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Dr. Jason Rihel (UCL)
Venue: Henry Wellcome Building of Gene Function, off South Parks Road OX1 3QB
Venue Details: OCGF Seminar Room (accessible from DPAG)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 23 January 2018 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Clocks, Sleep and Light – Signalling pathways to new therapeutics
Date: 23 January 2018, 16:30 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Professor Russell Foster (Head of the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology and The Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 6 March 2018 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Advanced Neuroimaging of Pain, Analgesia and Anaesthesia Induced Altered States of Consciousness
Date: 6 March 2018, 16:30 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 8th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Professor Irene Tracey (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theater
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 October 2018 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Cooperation: a social strategy?
Date: 1 October 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Wei Song Ong (University of Pennsylvania)
Venue: Biology South Parks Road, South Parks Road OX1 3RB
Venue Details: Room SO10
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Thursday 11 October 2018 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Behind the scenes at Nature journals
Date: 11 October 2018, 16:00 - 17:15 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Leonie Welberg (Nature Neuroscience)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: large lecture theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 October 2018 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Q&A Lunch - Prof. Frank Sengpiel, Cardiff University
Date: 12 October 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Frank Sengpiel (Cardiff University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 16 October 2018 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Neural circuits underlying motor skill learning and execution
Date: 16 October 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof. Bence Ölveczky (Harvard University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 October 2018 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Q&A Lunch - Dr Tara Keck (University College London)
Date: 19 October 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Tara Keck (University College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Movement-related activity dominates cortex during sensory-guided decision making
Date: 19 October 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Anne Churchland (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 October 2018 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

A computational and neural model for happiness
Date: 22 October 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Robb Rutledge (University College London)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 29 October 2018 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Cognitive ontogeny in health and disease: a story of right communication
Date: 29 October 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof. Ileana Hanganu-Opatz (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 15 November 2018 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Combining mGRASP and Optogenetics for High-Resolution Functional Mapping of Descending Cortical Projections
Date: 15 November 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Paul Chadderton (Imperial College London & Bristol University)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: large lecture theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The neural fingerprints of the missing hand
Date: 22 November 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr Tamar Makin (University College London)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 November 2018 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Q&A Lunch - Prof. Andrew Parker (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Date: 23 November 2018, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Andrew Parker (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 26 November 2018 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Oxmas Lecture: Henry Marsh - “Is Brain Surgery Difficult?”
Date: 26 November 2018, 17:00 - 18:30 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Dr. Henry Marsh
Venue: University College, High Street OX1 4BH
Venue Details: Swire Seminar room
Organisers: University College Science Society (University of Oxford), Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 5 December 2018 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Brain-scale neural circuits for visual motion processing in zebrafish
Date: 5 December 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Eva Naumann (Duke University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Monday 10 December 2018 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The price of being awake and the function of sleep: synaptic homeostasis
Date: 10 December 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Chiara Cirelli (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: large lecture theatre
Organisers: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 December 2018 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Prof Giulio Tononi, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Date: 11 December 2018, 12:00 - 13:00 (Tuesday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Prof Giulio Tononi (University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Organisers: Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 17 January 2019 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

The Somnostat: Neuronal Machinery for Balancing Sleep Need and Sleep
Date: 17 January 2019, 16:15 - 17:30 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Gero Miesenboeck (University of Oxford)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: lecture theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 February 2019 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Technical workshop on the function and utility of two-photon microscopy in neuroscience
Date: 5 February 2019, 15:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Adam Packer (University of Oxford)
Venue: Henry Wellcome Building of Gene Function, off South Parks Road OX1 3QB
Venue Details: OCGF seminar room
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Tuesday 12 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Molecular mechanisms of cortical interneuron diversity and plasticity
Date: 12 February 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Oscar Marin (MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 26 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Decision-making Symposium
Date: 26 February 2019, 9:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 March 2019 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Principles of Science Writing that Can Help Your Science
Date: 15 March 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 9th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Grace Lindsay
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Thursday 18 April 2019 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

The Dynamic Memory Connectome
Date: 18 April 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, -1st week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof Ann-Shyn Chiang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Friday 26 April 2019 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

Contextualised auditory processing in subcortical circuits
Date: 26 April 2019, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 0th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Michael Lohse (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Monday 29 April 2019 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Sensory History in Perceptual Decision Making and Working Memory Tasks
Date: 29 April 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 1st week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Athena Akrami (UCL)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 May 2019 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Engineering brain activity patterns for therapeutics of disorders
Date: 3 May 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 1st week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Yanik (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Cortex Club (University of Oxford), Professor Kristine Krug (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Q&A Lunch - Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Yanik (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich)
Date: 3 May 2019, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 1st week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Mehmet Fatih Yanik (Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH Zurich)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Cortex Club Birthday - Cognitive control mechanisms in brain disorders
Date: 7 May 2019, 15:30 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker s: Prof Zoltan Molnar (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford), Dr Abhishek Banerjee (NARSAD Young Investigator, Brain Research Institute, University of Zürich), Dr Dennis Kätzel (Assistant Professor of Neurophysiology, Institute for Applied Physiology, Medical Faculty, Ulm University, Germany)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Q&A Lunch - Professor Jacqueline Gottlieb (The Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University)
Date: 10 May 2019, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Jacqueline Gottlieb (Department of Neuroscience, The Kavli Institute for Brain Science, The Zuckerman Institute for Mind Brain and Behavior, Columbia University, New York)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 May 2019 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Deep learning tools for pose estimation in the laboratory
Date: 13 May 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Mackenzie Mathis (Harvard University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small lecture theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Wednesday 22 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Understanding the brain’s model of the external world
Date: 22 May 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof Loren Frank (UCSF)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Friday 24 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Q&A lunch with Prof. Gareth Leng
Date: 24 May 2019, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Gareth Leng (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The Univerity of Edinburgh)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 May 2019 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Population Codes, Behavior, and Hierarchical Sparse Coding: an Unsupervised Learning Approach and its Connections to Artificial Neural Networks
Date: 31 May 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof Demba Ba (Harvard University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Friday 7 June 2019 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Linking Memories Across Time
Date: 7 June 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof Denise Cai (Mount Sinai - New York)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Monday 10 June 2019 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Dendritic mechanisms for somatosensory perception
Date: 10 June 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Naoya Takahashi (Humboldt University of Berlin)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small lecture theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Thursday 13 June 2019 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Seeing and deciding
Date: 13 June 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Kristine Krug (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Monday 17 June 2019 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

The emergence of time, place, and shape across layer of primary somatosensory cortex
Date: 17 June 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof Samuel Andrew Hires (University of Southern California)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Raffaele Sarnataro

Tuesday 16 July 2019 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

High-speed optical imaging and microscopy of whole-brain activity
Date: 16 July 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 12th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Prof Elizabeth Hillman (Columbia University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Room
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tai-Ying Lee

Wednesday 9 October 2019 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Open Access and Open Science: the Insiders's View
Date: 9 October 2019, 16:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker s: Dr John R Inglis (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Dr Mark Patterson (eLife), Dr Elisa de Ranieri (Nature Communications, Springer Nature), Sally Rumsey (Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Marta Blanco Pozo (University of Oxford), Raffaele Sarnataro

Open Access and Open Science: The Insiders’ View
Date: 9 October 2019, 16:00 - 21:00 (Wednesday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 31 October 2019 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Envisioning the reward: contextual signals in mouse visual cortex
Date: 31 October 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Nathalie Rochefort (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: 2nd floor Sherrington Building
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Paula Kaanders (University of Oxford)

Thursday 7 November 2019 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Assessing Cortical Dynamics and Function despite the Subsampling Problem
Date: 7 November 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Prof Viola Priesemann (Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 11 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Circuits for care - deconstructing parental behaviour
Date: 11 November 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Johannes Kohl (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: in Sherrington Building, Sherrington Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Raffaele Sarnataro, Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 19 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

OFF-periods, causality and complexity in cortical networks during loss and recovery of Consciousness
Date: 19 November 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Marcello Massimini (University of Milan)
Venue Details: in Sherrington Building, Sherrington Road OX13PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Raffaele Sarnataro, Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Thursday 28 November 2019 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Synaptic proteins guide cortical migration and influence cortex folding
Date: 28 November 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr. Daniel del Toro (Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany and University of Barcelona, Spain.)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Room
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 11 December 2019 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Panel discussion on "Sleep: Features and Functions"
Date: 11 December 2019, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker s: Amita Sehgal (University of Pennsylvania), Prof. Penelope Lewis (University of Cardiff), Dr Jason Rihel (UCL), Professor Stuart Peirson (Associate Professor in the Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Second floor, Sherrington Building
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Katerina Christodoulou (University of Oxford), Raffaele Sarnataro

Tuesday 21 January 2020 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

What happens to neuronal circuits in Alzheimer’s Disease?
Date: 21 January 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 1st week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Dr Marc Busche (UCL)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Room (second floor)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Raffaele Sarnataro

Tuesday 28 January 2020 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Imaging mRNA localisation in memory-relevant neurons of the Drosophila brain
Date: 28 January 2020, 12:00 - 13:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Dr Jessica Mitchell (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Room, second floor Sherrington Building
Organisers: Raffaele Sarnataro, Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Raffaele Sarnataro

Friday 7 February 2020 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Using Enhancer-Driven Gene Expression (EDGE) to Study the Circuitry of Memory
Date: 7 February 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Clifford Kentros (Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Trondheim, Norway)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 February 2020 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Optical dissection of the thalamocortical circuits underlying the processing of sensory information in the mouse somatosensory system
Date: 11 February 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Dr Tommaso Fellin (Italian Institute of Technology)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Second floor, Sherrington Building
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Raffaele Sarnataro

Thursday 27 February 2020 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Algorithms for learning in the mammalian neocortex
Date: 27 February 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Alison Barth (Carnegie Mellon University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 March 2020 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Coordinated cerebellar dynamics during goal-directed behaviour
Date: 9 March 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 8th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Dr Dimitar Kostadinov (University College London)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Room
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 9 April 2020 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Q&A with Prof. Yael Niv: Model-based predictions for dopamine
Date: 9 April 2020, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, -2nd week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Professor Yael Niv (Princeton University)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 April 2020 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

Cell Fate Determination in the Retina
Date: 20 April 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 0th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Constance Cepko (Harvard Medical School)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the informal Q&A will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Raffaele Sarnataro

Thursday 30 April 2020 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

A paradoxical kind of sleep in Drosophila melanogaster
Date: 30 April 2020, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Bruno van Swinderen (University of Queensland)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the informal Q&A will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Raffaele Sarnataro

Thursday 21 May 2020 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Dragons, Sleep, and the Claustrum
Date: 21 May 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Dr Lorenz Fenk (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Jasper E. Hunt (University of Oxford)

Thursday 28 May 2020 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Novel mechanisms of neurogenesis and neural repair
Date: 28 May 2020, 14:00 - 15:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Magdalena Götz (LMU Department of Physiological Genomics Helmholz Center Munich, Institute Stem Cell Research)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com) Please, note that this talk is accessible only to members of the University of Oxford. Please register in advance here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pdu2rqDwsG93MYXuHFgpeHYN357ItVUpD using an Oxford email address. On the day of the talk, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about how to join the meeting. The platform will be Zoom.
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Raffaele Sarnataro

Thursday 4 June 2020 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

High precision coding in visual cortex
Date: 4 June 2020, 14:30 - 15:30 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Dr Carsen Stringer (HHMI Janelia Research Campus)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 11 June 2020 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Striatal circuits for reward learning and decision-making
Date: 11 June 2020, 17:30 - 18:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Ilana Witten (Princeton University)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 23 June 2020 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Mini-symposium on the Neuroscience of Cognitive Development
Date: 23 June 2020, 14:00 - 15:30 (Tuesday, 9th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker s: Professor Gaia Scerif (University of Oxford), Prof. Kirsten Donald (University of Cape Town)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Ilenia Salaris (University of Oxford), Eran Shorer (University of Cape Town), Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 June 2020 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Hippocampal disinhibitory circuits: cell types, connectivity and function
Date: 25 June 2020, 17:30 - 18:30 (Thursday, 9th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Lisa Topolnik (Université Laval)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Naroa Ibarra Aizpurua (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 30 June 2020 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Cortical population coding of consumption decisions
Date: 30 June 2020, 16:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 10th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Donald B. Katz (Brandeis University)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Jasper E. Hunt (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 July 2020 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Networks thinking themselves
Date: 3 July 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 10th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Danielle S. Bassett (University of Pennsylvania & the Santa Fe Institute)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 9 July 2020 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

Machine reasoning in histopathologic image analysis
Date: 9 July 2020, 17:30 - 18:30 (Thursday, 11th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Phedias Diamandis (University of Toronto)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 July 2020 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

Neural coding in the auditory cortex - Emergent Scientists Seminar Series
Date: 17 July 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 12th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker s: Aleksandar Ivanov (University of Oxford), Dr Jennifer Lawlor (Johns Hopkins University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Baltimore)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Marta Blanco Pozo (University of Oxford), Raffaele Sarnataro

Thursday 23 July 2020 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

How sleep remodels the brain
Date: 23 July 2020, 17:30 - 18:30 (Thursday, 13th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Gina Poe (University of California, Los Angeles)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the talk and the virtual "pub chat" will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Raffaele Sarnataro

Friday 31 July 2020 (14th Week, Trinity Term)

Growing up in Science @Oxford
Date: 31 July 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 14th week, Trinity 2020)
Speaker : Dr Andrè Marques-Smith (CoMind)
Venue Details: Online talk - Details on how to join the event will be released via our mailing list (info on how to subscribe on https://cortexclub.com)
Organisers: Atika Syeda (University of Oxford), Aleksandar Ivanov (University of Oxford), Marta Blanco Pozo (University of Oxford), Raffaele Sarnataro, Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Atika Syeda (University of Oxford), Aleksandar Ivanov (University of Oxford)

Thursday 15 October 2020 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Basal ganglia output pathways for selection amongst incompatible actions
Date: 15 October 2020, 14:00 - 15:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Dr Bernardo Sabatini (Harvard University)
Venue Details: Details on how to join will be distributed on the Cortex Club mailing list. Details on how to join at https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 20 October 2020 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Emergent scientists discuss Alzheimer's disease
Date: 20 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker s: Christiana Bjørkli (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), Dr Siddharth Ramanan (University of Cambridge)
Venue Details: Details on how to join will be distributed on the Cortex Club mailing list. Details on how to subscribe at https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Jasper E. Hunt (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 October 2020 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Protein Synthesis at Neuronal Synapses
Date: 27 October 2020, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Prof Dr Erin Schuman (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research)
Venue Details: Details on how to join will be distributed on the Cortex Club mailing list. Details on how to subscribe at https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Thursday 29 October 2020 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Consciousness and Fear
Date: 29 October 2020, 18:00 - 19:30 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Dr. Hakwan Lau (University of California, Los Angeles)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 10 November 2020 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Panel discussion: Practical advice for reproducibility in neuroscience
Date: 10 November 2020, 17:00 - 18:15 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker s: Dr Dorothy Bishop (University of Oxford), Dr Verena Heise (University of Oxford), Dr Russ Poldrack (Stanford University), Dr Guillaume Rousselet (University of Glasgow)
Venue Details: Details on how to join will be distributed on the Cortex Club mailing list. Details on how to subscribe at https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford), Jasper E. Hunt (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 2 December 2020 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Axonal transport in ageing and neurodegenerative disease
Date: 2 December 2020, 16:00 - 17:15 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Dr Simon Bullock (Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK)
Venue Details: Held on Zoom
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 December 2020 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Growing up in Science event with Prof Mark Humphries
Date: 4 December 2020, 15:00 - 16:15 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Prof. Mark Humphries (University of Nottingham)
Venue Details: Held on Zoom
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 December 2020 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Combinatorial Creatures: Cortical plasticity within and across lifetimes
Date: 10 December 2020, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2020)
Speaker : Prof Leah Krubitzer (Center for Neuroscience and Department of Psychology, University of California, Davis, California, USA)
Venue Details: Details on how to join will be distributed on the Cortex Club mailing list. Details on how to subscribe at https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford), Jasper E. Hunt (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 2 February 2021 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Growing up in Science featuring Ashley Juavinett
Date: 2 February 2021, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Ashley Juavinett (UC San Diego)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Gemma Gothard (University of Oxford), Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 9 February 2021 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Oxford University Cortex club presents Dr Peyman Golshani: Seminar on New imaging tools to decipher neural network dysfunction underlying cognitive deficits in epilepsy.
Date: 9 February 2021, 17:00 - 18:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Dr Peyman Golshani (UCLA)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 17 February 2021 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Dr. Matthew Lennon: A History of Self-Experimentation in Neuroscience
Date: 17 February 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Dr Matthew Lennon (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford), Jasper E. Hunt (University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Dyslexia, Rhythm, Language and the Developing Brain
Date: 25 February 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Dr Usha Goswami (Centre for Neuroscience in Education University of Cambridge)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 19 May 2021 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Sleep circuitry: linking homeostasis, sedation and stress
Date: 19 May 2021, 16:30 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Professor William Wisden MA PhD FRSB FMedSci (Dept. Life Sciences, Imperial College London)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom. Sign up at https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Monday 24 May 2021 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Cortex club emergent scientist seminar series
Date: 24 May 2021, 17:30 - 18:30 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker
Venue Details: Online via Zoom. Details circulated to cortex club mailing list subscribers. Subscribe here: https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Thursday 3 June 2021 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

A journey around octopus ‘plasticity’, research on its cognitive capagilities and possible future avenues
Date: 3 June 2021, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker
Venue Details: Online via Zoom.Details will be sent to subscribers of the Cortex club mailing list. Sign up here https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

A journey around octopus ‘plasticity’, research on its cognitive capagilities and possible future avenues
Date: 3 June 2021, 17:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2021)
Speaker : Dr Graziano Fiorito (Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Napoli, Italy)
Venue Details: Online via Zoom.Details will be sent to subscribers of the Cortex club mailing list. Sign up here https://cortexclub.com/join-us/
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Tara Diviney (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 November 2021 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

GABA and gamma: Studying motor plasticity in vivo
Date: 12 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr Charlotte Stagg (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 November 2021 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The role of the lOFC in inferring reference points
Date: 22 November 2021, 15:00 - 16:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr. Christine Constantinople (NYU)
Venue Details: Zoom link will be sent out via the Cortex Club mailing list
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 23 November 2021 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Cortical-amygdala circuitry in reward learning and decision making
Date: 23 November 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr. Kate Wassum (UCLA)
Venue Details: Zoom link will be sent out via the Cortex Club mailing list
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 1 December 2021 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Using large scale physiology to study the functional organization and dynamics of the mouse visual cortex
Date: 1 December 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker
Venue Details: Zoom link will be sent out via the Cortex Club mailing list
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 December 2021 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Serial dependencies in visual perception: How does our brain use the past to predict the future?
Date: 7 December 2021, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2021)
Speaker : Dr. Matthias Fritsche (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 12 January 2022 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

From bench to clinic - Translating fundamental neuroscience into real-life healthcare practices, and developing nationally recognised life science companies with Dr. D'Arcy
Date: 12 January 2022, 17:30 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 0th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr. Ryan D' Arcy (HealthTech Connex)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 19 January 2022 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

A bright future for the tree shrew in neuroscience research
Date: 19 January 2022, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 1st week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr. Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 February 2022 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Neural circuits for novel choices and for choice speed and accuracy changes in macaques
Date: 4 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr. Alessandro Bongioanni (University of Oxford, Experimental Psychology)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Theater. If you cannot enter the front of the Sherrington Building please email antaramaj16@gmail.com and we will come and open the doors.
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 8 February 2022 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Functional Analysis of ASD Risk Genes in Zebrafish
Date: 8 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr. Ellen Hoffman (Yale School of Medicine)
Venue Details: Zoom link will be sent via mailing list
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 11 February 2022 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Effects of pathological Tau on hippocampal neuronal activity and spatial memory in ageing mice
Date: 11 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 4th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Tim Viney (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Theater; If you cannot enter Sherrington Building, please email antaramaj16@gmail.com and we will send someone to open the front doors for you.
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 28 February 2022 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Emerging Treatment Options in Psychiatry
Date: 28 February 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 7th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Erik Wong (The University of British Columbia)
Venue Details: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6369428611 Meeting ID: 636 942 8611
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 March 2022 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Myelin optimizes speed and synchrony of neocortical circuit activity
Date: 18 March 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 9th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Dr Maarten Kole (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Theater
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 April 2022 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

Exosome-mediated intercellular signaling in the brain
Date: 1 April 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 11th week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Professor Hollis Cline (Scripps Institute)
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 April 2022 (-2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Visual processing in active behaviours
Date: 5 April 2022, 16:00 - 17:15 (Tuesday, -2nd week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker : Dr Aman Saleem (University College London)
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 31 May 2022 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

The Many (Cortical) Layers of Touch
Date: 31 May 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker : Randy M. Bruno, Ph.D. (Dept. of Neuroscience, Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 22 June 2022 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Neuronal representations of learned categories in mouse visual and higher cortical areas
Date: 22 June 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Trinity 2022)
Speaker : Dr Pieter Goldstein (Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Munich, Germany)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 October 2022 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Hippocampus 2.0: Hebbian multisensory memory
Date: 10 October 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 2 November 2022 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Detecting covert decision dynamics from neural population recordings in primate motor cortex
Date: 2 November 2022, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Professor William Newsome (Stanford University)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 23 November 2022 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Cellular and synaptic microcircuit principles of the human cortical layer 2-3
Date: 23 November 2022, 16:30 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Yangfan Peng (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library (Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics)
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 8 February 2023 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

A unique coding of memories in the human brain
Date: 8 February 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Prof Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (The University of Leicester)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Blakemore Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)

Monday 13 February 2023 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Distinct and Dynamic Growth Cone vs. Soma RNA and Local Translational Regulation in Cerebral Cortex Projection Neurons.
Date: 13 February 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 5th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Professor Jeffrey D. Macklis (Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, and Center for Brain Science, Harvard University)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics; Sherrington Building
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 22 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Probing economic decision preferences in mice
Date: 22 February 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 6th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Dr Chunyu Ann Duan (Sainsbury Wellcome Centre)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 February 2023 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Computational analysis of microcircuit mechanisms supporting hippocampal dynamics
Date: 24 February 2023, 15:00 - 16:00 (Friday, 6th week, Hilary 2023)
Speaker : Andrea Navas-Olive
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 3 May 2023 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Flexible neuronal mitochondrial dynamics control sleep
Date: 3 May 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Raffaele Sarnataro (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Room, Sherrington Building
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Oana Puicar (University of Oxford)

Flexible neuronal mitochondrial dynamics control sleep
Date: 3 May 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Room
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 17 May 2023 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Neural Circuits of Kinship Behaviour
Date: 17 May 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Ann Clemens (The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 7 June 2023 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

The MAST Proteins in Neurodevelopment and Disease
Date: 7 June 2023, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 1 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Egocentric and allocentric representations in cortical structures
Date: 1 May 2024, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Michael Hasselmo (Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University)
Venue: Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road OX1 3QT
Venue Details: David Smith Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Cortex Club (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Tim Viney (Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford)