MRC-CBU, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge


2013-01-18 12:00: The dynamics of lexical access during language production: A swinging lexical network account (Prof. Rasha Abdel Rahman (Humboldt University, Berlin))

2015-01-27 10:00: Representational Similarity Analysis Methods Day  (Nikolaus Kriegeskorte (CBU), Hamed Nilli (Oxford University), Alexander Walther (CBU) and Joern Diedrichsen (UCL))

2020-02-06 13:00: The Generalizability Crisis (Dr Amy Orben)

2023-11-13 12:30: A primer on relating Age, Brain and Cognition: As easy as “ABC”?  (Rik Henson (MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit))

2023-11-27 12:30: Brain geometry and dynamics (James Pang (Monash University))

2023-12-04 09:30: Methods In Cognitive Neuroscience Day (Multiple)

2024-02-05 12:30: BOLD & Non-BOLD Contrasts in Human fMRI (Sriranga Kashya (Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto))

2024-02-19 12:30: Resting State fMRI & Recent Advances (Marta Bianciardi (Harvard University))

2024-03-04 12:30: Harnessing Visual Studio Code for Your Research (Máté Aller & Dace Apšvalka, MRC CBU)

2024-03-18 12:30: Studies with Single Subjects or Large Numbers of Volunteers - Why, & How? (Wietske van der Zwaag (Spinoza Centre for Neuroimaging, Amsterdam))

2024-04-15 12:30: fMRI vs. Electrophysiology in Humans  (Patricia Figueiredo (Institute for Systems and Robotics, Lisbon) )

2024-04-22 12:30: Handling missingness in cognitive variables using multiple imputation (Peter Watson (MRC CBU))

2024-04-29 12:50: Brain age prediction using diffusion MRI data (James Bacon (University of Cambridge))

2024-05-20 12:30: ISMRM highlights  (Multiple)

2024-06-03 12:30: Advances in fMRI Data Acquisition Techniques (Benedikt Poser (Maastricht University))

2024-06-10 12:30: Preregistration: When great ideas meet reality (can we avoid the hiccups?)  (Roni Tibon (University of Nottingham))

2024-07-08 12:30: Estimating across-site PAC, delays, and complex network properties under source mixing (Stefan Haufe (Technical University of Berlin))

2024-07-15 12:30: Therapeutic ultrasound to treat and modulate against brain diseases (Sophie Morse (Imperial College London))

2024-07-22 12:30: FSL-MRS as an alternative to MRspa for 1H MRS processing (Carina Graf)

2024-10-21 12:30: Determining the direction of communication between the hippocampus and neocortex with layer-specific fMRI. (Oliver Warrington (UCL) )

2024-11-18 12:30: How to version control your scientific code using Git and GitHub (Máté Aller (CBU))

2024-12-02 09:00: Cognitive Neuroscience Methods Day (Multiple)

2025-01-27 12:30: Detectability and cortical depth dependence of stimulus-driven high-frequency BOLD oscillations in the human primary somatosensory and motor cortex (Dr Shota Hodono, Donders Center for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, Netherlands.)

2025-02-03 12:30: Rethinking Academic Recruitment: Exploring the Potential of Narrative CVs  (Dr Noam Tal-Perry, Research Strategy Office & Bennett Institute for Public Policy, UK)

2025-02-10 12:30: Revealing the Spatial Pattern of Brain Hemodynamic Sensitivity to Healthy Aging through Sparse Dynamic Causal Model (Dr Giorgia Baron, Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Italy.)

2025-02-24 12:30: Playing with dice: two unusual use cases for experimental randomisation in fMRI (Dr Matan Mazor, University of Oxford, UK)

2025-03-03 12:30: Probabilistic Functional Modes: population-informed individual specific modelling of brain networks (Rezvan Farahibozorg, University of Oxford, UK)

2025-03-17 12:30: Model-free and model-based methods for estimating neural timescales (Roxana Zeraati, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany)

2025-03-24 12:30: Principles of intensive human neuroimaging (Dr. Eline Kupers, CMRR, University of Minnesota, United States.)

2025-03-31 12:30: Artefacts in MEG data  (Dr Golan Karvat & Dr Olaf Hauk, MRC CBU, Cambridge, UK)

2025-04-14 12:30: Analysing electrophysiology data with osl-ephys (Dr Mats van Es, University of Oxford, UK )

2025-06-02 12:30: Brain Digital Twins for Neurological Disorders (Dr. Nitin Williams, Department of Neuroscience & Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University, Finland)

2025-06-09 12:30: Robust and replicable effects of ageing on resting state brain electrophysiology measured with MEG (Dr. Andrew Quinn, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK)

2025-06-23 12:30: How to reduce the carbon footprint of your research computing (Dr Nick Souter, School of Psychology, University of Sussex, UK)

2025-07-21 12:30: Gentle introduction to causal inference and estimation of causal effects in the wild (Dr Yordan Raykov, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, UK)

2025-09-29 12:30: Relating age, brain and cognition: As easy as ABC! (Rik Henson, MRC CBU, Cambridge, UK.)

2025-11-17 12:30: How to version control your scientific code using Git and GitHub (Máté Aller (CBU))

2025-11-24 09:00: Cambridge Methods In Cognitive Neuroscience Day (multiple)

2025-12-08 12:30: An Introduction to Psychtoolbox  (Celia Foster (CBU))

2026-02-02 12:30: Efficient fMRI design for activations and patterns (Rik Henson, MRC CBU, Cambridge, UK.)

2026-02-09 12:30: Leveraging large-scale datasets in boutique MEG studies (Chetan Gohil, University of Oxford, UK.)

2026-02-16 12:30: BOLD signal changes can oppose oxygen metabolism across the human cortex (Samira M. Epp, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen, Germany)

2026-03-02 12:30: Brain age prediction and early neurodegeneration detection using contrastive learning on brain biomechanics (Jakob Träuble, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge)

2026-03-09 12:30: MNE-RSA: Representational Similarity Analysis on EEG and MEG data (Marijn van Vliet, Aalto University, Finland)

2026-03-23 12:30: A hitchhiker’s guide to information theoretical measures in psychology (Niels Van Santen, Ghent University, NL)

2026-03-30 12:50: Data-Driven Approaches for Addressing Head Motion Bias in Structural MRI Brain Morphometry (Ruben Klinger, Technical University of Munich)