SfN Newsletter – Week 45

Dear Singapore Brain Researchers,

Please see the list of the upcoming events below. The newly added talks and updates are in green.

As usual, if you are aware of any new events, please forward them to me (if urgent), or post them to the SfN website.

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NUS Medicine: Professor Edward Koo’s Farewell Symposium
Venue: NUS, Centre for Translational Medicine (map), MD6, Level 1 LT-35
Date: 13 December 2019,
Time: 12.00 – 18.00


A*Star: Structural basis of molecular modulation of human cannabinoid receptors
Speaker: Prof Liu Zhijie (ShanghaiTech University)
Host: Prof Song Haiwei
Venue: Biopolis, Proteos Building (map), IMCB Seminar Room 3-46, Level 3
Date: 18 December 2019, Wednesday
Time: 11.00 – 12.00


LKCMedicine Neuroscience Seminars: How amyloid and cerebrovascular burden influence brain network degeneration in preclinical and prodromal dementia: A longitudinal perspective
Speaker: Associate Prof Helen Zhou (Duke-NUS)
Host: George Augustine
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Seminar Room, Level 2
Date: 3 January 2020, Friday
Time: 16.00 – 17.00


International Conference on Biomolecular Engineering – Asia Edition
Venue: Copthorne Kings Hotel, Singapore
Dates: 7-9 January 2020


NUS Physiology: Nuclear receptor Nurr1 based research on the pathogenesis and therapy for Parkinson’s disease
Speaker: Prof Weidong Le (Sichuan Academy of Medical Science)
Venue: NUS, Auditorium, Level 1, Clinical Research Centre, Block MD 11 (map)
Host: Prof Shen Han-Ming
Date: 22 January 2020, Wednesday
Time: 13.00


IBRO-RIKEN CBS Summer Program 2020: How brains make decisions: Cognitive, Emotive and Societal Factors
Registration deadline: 31 January, 2020
Intern Course: June 18 – August 21, 2020
Lecture Course: June 22 – 26, 2020


LKCMedicine Neuroscience Seminars: Mechanisms of dendrite pruning of nociceptive sensory neurons in drosophila
Speaker: Senior PI Fengwei Yu (TLL)
Host: Jia Nee Foo
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Seminar Room, Level 2
Date: 7 February 2020, Friday
Time: 16.00 – 17.00


LKCMedicine Neuroscience Seminars: Cognition and the cerebellum: From bedside to bench
Speaker: Annabel Chen (NTU)
Host: Anna Barron
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Seminar Room, Level 2
Date: 6 March 2020, Friday
Time: 16.00 – 17.00


LKCMedicine Neuroscience Seminars: Modeling brain disorders using human neurons and minibrains
Speaker: Assoc. Prof Shawn Je (Duke-NUS)
Host: Sarah Langley
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Seminar Room, Level 2
Date: 3 April 2020, Friday
Time: 16.00 – 17.00


LKCMedicine Neuroscience Seminars: Reversing hallmark metabolic defects in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Speaker: Assist. Prof Shiyan Ng (IMCB, A*STAR)
Host: Christine Cheung
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Seminar Room, Level 2
Date: 8 May 2020, Friday
Time: 16.00 – 17.00


LKCMedicine Neuroscience Seminars: Role of RNA editing of Cav1.3 channels in learning and memory
Speaker: Prof Tuck Wah Soong (NUS)
Host: George Augustine
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Seminar Room, Level 2
Date: 5 June 2020, Friday
Time: 16.00 – 17.00


Asia-Pacific Society for Neurohttps://cbs.riken.jp/en/summer/2020.htmlchemistry
Plenary Speakers: George Augustine, Schuichi Koizumi, and Eng Lo
Venue: Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre
Dates: 20 – 22 July 2020