SfN Newsletter – Week 44

• Flyer and more details
• Registration
• Event webpage

Symposium on Metabolomics and Circadian Rhythm
Venue: NUS, Center for Life Sciences (CeLS), Auditorium
Dates: 25 – 26 November 2019, Monday – Tuesday

• Event website
• Program
• Registration (deadline: 1 November, Friday)

TLL: Fat-brain relay: How fat hormones signal nutrient state to the brain
Speaker: Dr Akhila Rajan (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, US)
Venue: NUS, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (map), Auditorium, Level 1
Date: 26 November 2019, Tuesday
Time: 16.00

• Poster

LKC Medicine: New era of imaging brain metabolism
Speaker: Prof Fahmeed Hyder
Host: Prof Lim Kah Leong
Venue: NTU Novena, Headquarters Building, LKC Medicine (map), Seminar Room, Level 2
Date: 27 November 2019, Wednesday
Time: 11.00 – 12.00

• Registration

Duke-NUS NBD: Fat-brain relay: How fat hormones signal nutrient state to the brain
Speaker: Dr Akhila Rajan (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, US)
Venue: Duke-NUS (directions), Meeting Room 7C, Level 7
Date: 28 November 2019, Thursday
Time: 13.00 – 14.00

• Details

LKC Medicine: OncomiR-138: A therapeutic target for malignant gliomas
Speaker: Assoc Prof Prabha Sampath
Host: Prof Maurice van Steensel
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Conference Room 7-1, Level 7
Date: 28 November 2019, Thursday
Time: 16.00 – 17.00

• Registration

TLL: Genetic screens provide into Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disease mechanisms
Speaker: Dr Aaron D. Gitler (TLL)
Venue: NUS, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory (map), Auditorium, Level 1
Date: 28 November 2019, Thursday
Time: 16.00

• Flyer

LKC Medicine: Brainstem mechanisms for motor recovery and spasticity after stroke
Speaker: Prof Sheng Li
Host: Prof Lim Kah Leong
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Flexispace, Level 20
Date: 29 November 2019, Friday
Time: 14.30 – 15.30

• Registration

LKCMedicine Neuroscience Seminars: Identification of early AD biomarkers and disease mechanisms using a proteomics approach
Speaker: Assistant Prof John Chua (NUS)
Host: Toh Hean Ch’ng
Venue: NTU Novena, Clinical Science Building, LKC Medicine (map), Seminar Room, Level 2
Date: 6 December 2019, Friday
Time: 16.00 – 17.00

• Details

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

• Flyer
• Registration

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

• Poster & event listing
• Details TBA

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 Jan 2020, Wednesday
Time: 13.00

• Flyer

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

• Event website

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

• Poster & event listing
• Details TBA

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

• Poster & event listing
• Details TBA

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

• Poster & event listing
• Details TBA

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

• Poster & event listing
• Details TBA

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

• Poster & event listing
• Details TBA

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

• Call for proposals (deadline: Nov 30, 2019)
• See event website for further info