Tuesday 24 january at 16-17 hours
CSCA lecture by Robert Goldstone (Indiana University)
Title : "Mathematical reasoning as a literally physical symbol system"
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Location : Plantage Muidergracht 22-24, P2.27
Monday 23 january at 12-13 hours
SILS-CNS lecture by Marie Orre (NIN-KNAW)
Title : "The activity of the immunoproteasome is increased in plaque associated glia in APPswe/PS1dE9 AD mice"
Location : Science Park, C1.112
Friday 20 january at 15-16 hours
CSCA-NMP lecture by Rufin van Rullen (Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse)
Title : "Periodic operations of the brain"
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Location : Roetersstraat 15, A404
Wednesday 11 january at 13-14 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture by Joost Maier, Brandeis University
Title : "Neural and behavioral integration of naturalistic multimodal stimuli "
Location : Science Park, A1.04
Monday 9 january at 12-13 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture by Silviu Rusu
Title : "Effects of corticosterone treatment on hippocampal and OFC function "
Location : Science Park, C1.112
Monday 12 december at 12-13 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture by Ming Zhou
Title : "Regulation of Synaptic Function and Structure by Tau and GSK3-beta"
Location : Science Park, C1.112
Monday 21 november at 12-13 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture by Lars van der Heide
Title : "TGF-beta signaling in midbrain dopaminergic neuronal development "
Location : Science Park, A1.110
Wednesday 26 october
Cognitive Science Center Amsterdam organizes a Symposium to celebrate its 10th anniversary
Location : Plantage Muidergracht 12 more
Monday 24 october at 12-13 hrs
SIL-CNS lecture by Elly Hol
Title : "Reactive and neurogenic astrocytes in health and disease
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Location : Science Park, C1.112
Friday 17 october at 12-13 hrs
Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland symposium
Title :
Epilepsy : State of the Art
Location : Heemstede
Friday 14 october 2011 at 16.00
"Surprise" borrel tgv het 25-jarig ambtsjubileum van Chris Wijs
Wednesday 12 october 2011 at 10.30-11.00hrs
Thursday 6 october 2011 at 16 hrs
Some new research lines at SILS will be presented :
Yelena Budovskaya : Developmental drift: a new mechanism of aging in C. elegans
Marten Smidt : A Pitx3 regulatory network in subset specification of mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neurons
Chair for the seminar will be Martijn Bekker, will be followed by drinks in the SILS common room as usual
Location : in C1.110
Wednesday 5 october 2011 at 16 hrs
ONWA public lecture by Jan Born (Tübingen)
Title : "Sleep's contribution to memory"
Location : NIN Conference Room , Meibergdreef 47, Amsterdam
Hosts : Francesco Battaglia and Matt Self
Tuesday 27 september 2011 at 14-15 hrs
SILS Lecture by Guido Faas, UCLA Neurology in Los Angeles
Title : Binding Kinetics of Calcium Binding Proteins
Location : Science Park, C1.112
Host : Wytse Wadman
Tuesday 20 september 2011 at 16:00 hrs
CSCA Lecture by Kees Stam, Clinical Neurophysiology, VU, Amsterdam
Title : Characterization of resting-state functional connectivity in the brain: A complex networks perspective
Location : Euclides gebouw, Plantage Muidergracht 22-24, P2.27
Thursday 8 september 2011 at 16:00 in Room G2.10
SILS seminars Linda Holtman and Martijs Jonker
Linda Holtman (CNS) : Brain inflammation in temporal lobe epilepsy
Martijs Jonker (MAD) : Temporal and spatial dynamics in (transcript)omics experimentation
followed by SILS PhD/PD Council drinks in the SILS common room
Thursday 1 september 2011 (9.15-17 h)
SILS-CNS Research Day
Location : C0.110
Friday 8 july 2011 15h
SILS-CNS seminar Joost Heeroma, Dept of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London
Title : Lentiviral expression of Kv1.1 as potential therapy for focal neocortical epilepsy
Location : A1.04
Monday 4 july 2011 12 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture by Amelia Koe, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne
Title : Early life stress as an influence on limbic epileptogenesis
Host : Carlos Fitzsimons
Location : A1.110
Thursday 30 june - 1 july 2011
CSCA Symposium on Impulsivity and Inhibition Frijda lecture by Adele Diamond
Title : Development, neurochemical modulation, and environmental interventions to improve inhibition of thought and action
Location : M1.01, Plantage Muidergracht 12, Amsterdam
Register before June 15 via the website
Monday 28 june 2011 12 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture by Jeroen Bos
Title : Rat Robot : Spatial representation of multi-modal, three-dimensional dynamic agents
Location : A1.110
Wednesday 16 june 2011 16.00 hs
CSCA lecture by Michael Frank, Brown Univerity
Title : Frontal control over basal ganglia in reinforcement learning
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Location : A4.04, Roetersstraat 15, Amsterdam
14 june 2011 16.00 hs
CSCA lecture by Lynn Nadel, Ohio State University, USA
Title : Hippocampus, memory, and context
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Location : Hall G2.10, Science Park 508, Amsterdam
Friday 10 june 2011
SILS Research Day
Keynote lecture by Steven Kuschner (Erasmus,Rotterdam)
Title : "Principles of neuronal competition and selection during learning"
Location : C1.110
6-7 june 2011 Motivation & Vison Symposium, by NIN-KNAW, UvA and NWO
Information and registration : A.F.Eekhof (a) uva.nl
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Location : Room D1.112, Science Park 904
Thursday 26 may 2011 14 hrs
Thesis defence by Ming Zhou, SILS-CNS Hormones and Brain function
Promotor : prof dr M. Joëls
Title : "Stress, emotional learning and AMPA receptors,from behavior to molecule"
Location : Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam
Monday 23 may 2011 12 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture by Eva Naninck
Title : Direct and enduring effects of chronic early life stress on neurogenesis and cognition
Location : A1.110
Friday 13 may 2011 16-17 hrs
SILS lectures by Jeroen Jansen (Biosystems Data Analysis)
Henrique Cabral (Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience)
Title (1) : The photographer and the greenhouse: a metaphor
Title (2) : Hippocampal coding of navigation strategies
Location : C1.110 Followed by drinks in SILS common room at 17.00 hs
Hosts : SILS PhD/PD Council
Wednesday 20 april 2011 16-17 hrs
Swammerdam lecture : Mark Bear Picower Institute for Learning and Memory,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cambridge USA
Title : Fulfilling the promise of molecular medicine in a developmental brain disorder
Host : Eleonora Aronica
Location : Room C1.110, Science Park 904
Monday 18 april 2011 12-13 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture : Henrique Cabral
Title : Hippocampal coding of navigation strategies in normal and CA1 NMDAR1 KO mice
Location : C1.112
Tuesday 5 april 2011 14.00 hrs
Thesis defence of Felisa van Hasselt SILS-CNS Hormones and Brain function
Title : Individual differences in maternal care as predictor for phenotypic variation later in life
Promotor : prof dr M. Joëls
Location : Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam
Monday 28 march 2011 12-13 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture : Femke den Boon
Title : The CB2 receptor in the PFC
Location : C1.112
Wednesday 23 march 2011 16-17 hrs
CSCA lecture by Anil Seth, Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science (SCCS), Sussex University, UK
Title : Measuring consciousness: from behaviour to neurophysiology
more info
Location : Lecture hall P2.27, Plantage Muidergracht 24, Amsterdam
The CSCA lecture is followed by informal drinks.
Monday 21 march 2011 13-14 hrs
SILS lecture : Luc Gentet, Laboratory of Sensory Processing EPFL, Lausanne
Title : Layer 2/3 Martinotti cells act as an "on-switch" in mouse somatosensory cortex in vivo
Host: Cyriel Pennartz
Location : D1.114
Monday 14 march 2011 12-13 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture : Harm Krugers
Title : Hormonal Regulation of AMPA receptor function
Location : C1.112
Monday 28 february 2011 15-17 hrs
CSCA double lecture by Elke U. Weber and Eric Johnson, Center for Decision Sciences, Columbia University
Title 1 : When do we want it? Now! A Query Theory and Neuroscience Account
Title 2 : Its not easy being green: psychological barriers to sustainable decisions
Location : Lecture hall M1.03, Plantage Muidergracht 12, Amsterdam
The CSCA lecture is followed by informal drinks.
Wednesday 23 february 2011 16-17 hrs
CSCA lecture by Rainer Goebel, Maastricht Brain Imaging Centre
Title : Decoding fMRI brain activity patterns in real-time : From basic research to clinical applications
Location : Lecture hall P2.27, Plantage Muidergracht 24, Amsterdam
The CSCA lecture is followed by informal drinks.
Monday 14 february 2011 12-13 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture : Taco Werkman
Title : 5-HT receptor-mediated modulation of (auto-)inhibition of midbrain dopamine neurons
Location : A1.04
Monday 31 january 2011 13-14 hrs
SILS-CNS lecture : Ming Zhou
Title : Targeting Mineralocorticoid Receptors facilitates reduction of Contextual Fear
Location : A1.104
Thursday 6 january 2011 15.15 hrs
New Year's drinks preceded by two SILS SEMINARS
presented by : Aniko Korosi (Hormones and Brain Function)
"Early-life events program vulnerability to stress-related disorders and age related cognitive decline"
and
Laura Zonia (Plant Physiology) :
"The role of osmotic pressure in cell signaling, growth and function"
Location : Auditorium C0.110
You are all cordially invited to attend these seminars, which are the beginning of a new series of SILS SEMINARS
Friday 17 december 2010 12.00 hrs
Thesis defence of Willem Huijbers SILS-CNS Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
Title : "Episodic memory and the role of the brain's default-mode network"
Promotor : prof dr C. Pennartz
Location : Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam
Wednesday 15 december 2010 16-17 hrs
CSCA lecture and Christmas drinks, Harm Krugers, SILS-CNS
Title : Hippocampal plasticity in a mouse model of Fragile-X mental retardation
Location : P2.27, Plantage Muidergracht 24, Amsterdam
This lecture is followed by CSCA Christmas drinks, to which you are cordially invited!
Wednesday 15 december 2010 12.00 hrs
Thesis defence of Laura Smit-Rigter SILS-CNS Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology
Title : "The role of the serotonin 5-HT3 receptor in cortical development"
Promotor : prof dr W.Wadman
Location : Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam
Thursday 9 december 2010 17.00 hrs
all PhD students and PDs of SILS are invited for
by SILS PhD Council
Location : SILS lounge, 3rd floor, Science Park
Monday 6 december 2010 12-13 hrs
Tara Arbab, SILS-CNS
Title : Hippocampal plasticity in a mouse model of Fragile-X mental retardation
Location : room A1.10, Science Park
Monday 6 december 2010 9-10.15 hrs
FNWI Faculteitscolloquium info
Location : room C1.10, Science Park
Tuesday 26 october 2010 13-14 hrs
Conrado Bosman Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen
Title : is neuronal coherence a mechanism of visual selective attention
Location : room A1.06, Science Park
Friday 22 october 2010 13-14 hrs
Roman Yasenkov Neurofysiologie Lab, Universiteit Leiden
Title : unknown
Location : room A1.08, Science Park
Thursday 21 october 2010 13-14 hrs
Joris van Geneugden Neurofysiologie Lab, Universiteit Leuven
Title : Action representation by macaque visual temporal cortical neurons
Location : room A1.06, Science Park
Wednesday 20 october 2010 15.30-16.30 hrs
Edvard Moser Kavli institute for Systems Neuroscience, NTNU, Trondheim
Grid cells, place cells, and the brain's representation of space or
the ability to find one's way depends on the brain's ability
Location : P2.27 in Plantage Muidergracht 24
Wednesday 20 october 2010 11-12 hrs
Eric Maris Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour , Nijmegen
Title : Neuronal information processing by structured phase heterogeneity
Location : room A1.04, Science Park
zaterdag 9 oktober Open Dag Science Park Amsterdam info
Thursday 30 sep Opening and Symposium of the Spinoza Center for Neuroimaging
The new Spinoza Center will be a collaboration of AMC,NIN,UvA,VUmc and KNAW
Location : Roetersstraat 15, zaal A, Amsterdam, 9:00-16:00 hrs
Ceremony & Drinks, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129, Amsterdam, 16:15 – 17:00 hrs
info
Monday 27 aug 2010 (12-13 hrs)
SILS-CNS lecture : Pu Hu
Title : Rapid recovery of chronic corticosterone induced reductions in neurogenesis
Location : C1.110
Wednesday 22 september 2010 16.00 - 17.00
CSCA Lecture Hans van Dongen
First lecture in the CSCA Lecture Series 2010-2011 will be held by Hans van Dongen,
assistant director
of the sleep and performance research center at Washington State University
Location : P2.27, Plantage Muidergracht 24
Tuesday, 21 September 2010 at 13.00h
Marten Smidt, Rudolf Magnus Institute, Utrecht
Title : Molecular coding in developmental neurobiology
Location : C4.172-B
Tuesday 14 september 2010
CSCA Symposium Brain and Cognition
The official kick-off meeting of the university research priority program
Brain and Cognition
of the University of Amsterdam is held on September 14, 2010
more info
invitation
Location : Plantage Muidergracht 24
Wednesday 25 aug 2010 (10-16 h)
SILS-CNS Research Day
Location : C1.110
Tuesday 24 aug 2010 (12.30 h)
SILS-CNS Lecture by Aniko Korosi
Title : Resilience to stress-related disorders as a result
of augmented maternal care
involves reduced excitation onto CRH
expressing neurons in the hypothalamus
Location : A1.04
3-7 july 2010
FENS Forum of European Neuroscience in RAI Convention Centre more info
2 july 2010 (14:30 -15:30 h)
Verity Brown, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
Title : What do a train and a rat have in common?
Pitfalls and challenges in behavioral cognitive neuroscience
Host : Cyriel Pennartz
Location : Room A.110, Sciencepark 904
1 - 3 july 2010
Synapse Symposium in NEMO more info
29 june -2 july 2010
NIN-KNAW Summerschool : Slow brain oscillations of sleep, resting state and vigilance more info
Friday 2 july 2010 (13-14)
SILS lecture Pavel Itskov, SISSA - International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste
Title : Hippocampal representation of touch-guided behavior in rats :
persistent
and independent traces of stimulus and reward location
Location : C1.112
Friday 4 june 2010 (12.00)
Thesis defense of Charlotte Oomen, SILS-CNS Hormones and Brain function
Title : "Shaping the brain through experience"
Promotor : prof dr M. Joëls
Location : Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal, Amsterdam
Thursday 3 june 2010
5th SILS-research day Theme : System Biology
Location : Big Lecture Hall C1.110
Tuesday 1 june 2010 (10-11)
SILS lecture Corette Wieringa, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Title : Imaging inhibitory synapses in brain slices
Location : C1.110
Friday 21 may 2010 (13.30-17.00)
KNAW Cognition Lecture 2010 by Pierre Jacob Institut Jean Nicod, CNRS/ENS, Paris
Location : Trippenhuis Kloveniersburgwal, Amsterdam info
Monday 17 may 2010 (12-13)
SILS-CNS Seminar Carlos Fitzsimons
Title : Reversal of aberrant neurogenesis by micro-RNAs and
glucocorticoids and the relevance for treatment of epilepsy
Location : C1.112
Monday 10 may 2010 (12-13)
SILS-CNS Seminar Pieter Goltstein
Title : Direction tuning in mouse V1 after visual conditioning, shown by
two-photon calcium imaging in vivo
Location : C1.112
Tuesday 27 april 2010 (15-16)
Swammerdam Lecture : Karim Nader McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Title : Exploiting the dynamic nature of memory for therapeutic purposes
Host : Francesco Battaglia
Location : Colloquium room, NIN, Meibergdreef 47, Amsterdam-ZO
Friday 23 april 2010 (16-17)
SILS-CNS Seminar Carien Lansink, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
Title : Different flavors of dopamine :
simultaneously measuring rapid accumbal dopamine
transmission and neuronal activity during ongoing behavior and sleep
Host : Cyriel Pennartz
Location : C1.112
Monday 19 april 2010 (12-13)
SILS-CNS Seminar Yoav Noam
Title : Regulation of HCN channel trafficking and surface expression: cellular mechanisms,
activity-dependence, and physiological implications
Location : C1.112
Wednesday 14 april 2010 (10.00)
Thesis defense of Eunjeong Lee, SILS-CNS
Title : "Neural coding Of attention and attentional set shifting
in the rat mPfc"
Location : Aula der Universiteit, Spui, Amsterdam
invitation
Tuesday 23 march 2010 (15-16)
Sara Aton, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylviana
Title : "Mechanisms for sleep-dependent consolidation of plasticity in the developing visual cortex"
Host : Cyriel Pennartz
Location : Room A1.04, Sciencepark 904
Wednesday 17 march 2010 (16-17)
Björn Kampa, Department of Neurophysiology, Brain Research Institute
University of Zürich
Title : "Imaging cortical network activity during natural vision"
Host : Cyriel Pennartz
Location : Room A1.10, Sciencepark 904
15-16 March 2010 NEURAD Symposium
Update on Alzheimers disease : from fundamental mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities
Location : Trippenhuis, Kloveniersburgwal, Amsterdam more info
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