Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site


2012-03-29 16:40: The joined physiologies of hypoxic response and nitric oxide homeostasis: perspectives on inflammation, metastasis, and hypertension (Professor Randall S. Johnson, Physiological Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge)

2013-07-26 17:00: “The neuroscience of drug addiction and related disorders” (Trevor Robbins,  Dept. of Psychology and Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge)

2013-08-07 17:00: “The Molecular basis of pain” ( Peter McNaughton, Dept. Pharmacology, University of Cambridge)

2019-03-22 16:00: SPECIAL FOSTER TALK . Breaking symmetry in the brain - from genes to circuits and behaviour (Steve Wilson, University College, London)

2019-05-16 16:00: Regulating needs: Exploring the role of insulin-like growth factor-2 in materno-fetal resource allocation and its importance for development, physiology and disease (Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri)

2019-10-17 16:00: Adult CNS progenitors: reversing the ravages of ageing (Robin Franklin, WT-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)

2019-11-07 16:00: The amazing world of the GnRH neuron (Allan Herbison, PDN Department, Cambridge)

2019-11-14 16:00: Activin signaling and the regulation of Drosophila metabolism, body size and appendage scaling (Michael O'Connor, University of Minnesota)

2019-11-21 16:00: Context-specific Wnt Signalling in Embryonic Development and Heart Muscle Differentiation (Stefan Hoppler, University of Aberdeen)

2019-12-05 16:00: Thalamic Calcium waves regulate the development & plasticity of sensory cortical maps (Guillermina Lopez Bendito, Institute of Neuroscience, Alicante)

2020-01-16 16:00: Mechanics of epithelial migration, growth and folding (Xavier Trepat, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia)

2020-01-23 16:00:  Skeletal muscle and its role in challenging perceptions of human ageing (Steve Harridge, King's College London)

2020-02-06 16:00: Adhesion and cytoskeleton dynamics in cell migration and pluripotency (Johanna Ivaska, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Finland)

2020-02-27 16:00: Formation and activation of ovarian follicles using germline stem cells (Evelyn Telfer, University of Edinburgh, UK)

2020-03-12 16:00: 3D Genomics in development and disease (Stefan Mundlos, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany)

2020-04-30 16:00: The role of sensory inputs in generating and sustaining cognitive maps (Francesca Cacucci, UCL)

2020-05-07 16:00: Mechanisms of lineage specification in human embryos (Kathy Niakan, Francis Crick Institute, London)

2020-05-14 16:00: Mechanobiology of cell shape control (Ewa Paluch, PDN Department, Cambridge)

2021-10-12 19:30: Simulating Cosmic Dawn (Dr. Harley Katz, University of Oxford)