Unit Science Day, Winter 2018

18 December 2018

Attendees at the MRC BNDU’s Science Day in winter 2018.

The Unit held its eighth Science Day on Friday 14th December 2018. Unpublished work and future research projects were the focus of discussion, and Unit members and visitors enthusiastically took the chance to offer the constructive criticism that is vital for nurturing collaborative, world-leading research.

There were 16 short talks and poster presentations, almost all of which were given by the Unit’s early-career scientists. Attendees were also treated to a Special Lecture by Professor Andrew Jackson of the University of Newcastle, in which he gave a discerning account of how local field potential dynamics can be exploited for neural interfaces.

Unit Director Professor Peter Brown commented “Another excellent Science Day. It was great to see how the Unit’s researchers are using their foresight and ingenuity to push back the frontiers of clinical, experimental and computational neuroscience.”

Unit postdoctoral scientist Flavie Torrecillos discusses the results of her latest clinical research on the corticospinal system.

Unit scientist Rahul Shah (centre) takes the opportunity to ask questions at the winter Science Day 2018.

Unit student Maaike van Swieten answers audience questions about her use of computational models to probe the influence of physiological state on brain function.

Unit student Charlie Clarke-Williams explains the benefits of large-scale electrophysiological recordings for assessing network dynamics in the brain.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Helen Barron considers audience comments after her talk on the neuronal basis of model-based inference.

Unit student Luke Bryden talks the audience through his new studies on the functional properties of midbrain dopaminergic neurons.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Colin McNamara answers audience questions after presenting his latest research on closed-loop stimulation of the Parkinsonian brain.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Mohamady El-Gaby sheds new light on the encoding of space and behavioural contingencies in the brain.

Unit scientist Gerd Tinkhauser elaborates his latest clinical research on the neural basis of movement disorders.

The audience gives enthusiastic feedback to presenters at the winter Science Day 2018.

Unit scientist and new Group Leader Tim Denison expands on his scientific vision for brain-machine interface technology.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Flavie Torrecillos discusses the results of her latest clinical research on the corticospinal system.

Unit scientist Rahul Shah (centre) takes the opportunity to ask questions at the winter Science Day 2018.

Unit student Maaike van Swieten answers audience questions about her use of computational models to probe the influence of physiological state on brain function.

Unit student Charlie Clarke-Williams explains the benefits of large-scale electrophysiological recordings for assessing network dynamics in the brain.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Helen Barron considers audience comments after her talk on the neuronal basis of model-based inference.

Unit student Luke Bryden talks the audience through his new studies on the functional properties of midbrain dopaminergic neurons.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Colin McNamara answers audience questions after presenting his latest research on closed-loop stimulation of the Parkinsonian brain.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Mohamady El-Gaby sheds new light on the encoding of space and behavioural contingencies in the brain.

Unit scientist Gerd Tinkhauser elaborates his latest clinical research on the neural basis of movement disorders.

The audience gives enthusiastic feedback to presenters at the winter Science Day 2018.

Unit scientist and new Group Leader Tim Denison expands on his scientific vision for brain-machine interface technology.