CBR scientists and visiting speakers are committed to disseminating ground-breaking science as it happens.
The CBR has been visited by expert international neuroscientists which you can
view here. You can find out more information about our upcoming talks on the
Brain Week page.
Rescuing acute stroke
Professor Stephen Davis MB BS, MD, FRACP, FRCP (Edin)
Thursday 03 February 2011
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Owen G Glenn Building, Auckland Business
School, University of Auckland 12 Grafton Road Auckland
Parking: $5 for underground parking at the Business School, disabled parking by
lifts with lifts easily accessible on all floors.
Professor Stephen Davis is Professor of
Neurology at the University of Melbourne and Director of Neurosciences at the
Melbourne Brain Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Professor Davis will
talk about recent therapeutic advances that are changing the way acute stroke is
managed around the world. These advances are based on the concept that ‘time is
brain’ – underlining the urgency of stroke recognition and treatment. This
lecture is hosted by the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand.
Poster for Professor Stephen Davis lecture(1.1MB PDF)
The origins of vocal learning and the paradox of new neurons
Professor Fernando Nottebohm PhD
Wednesday 9 February 2011
Owen G Glenn Building, Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland.
Parking: $5 for underground parking at the Business School, disabled parking by
lifts with lifts easily accessible on all floors.
Professor Nottebohm is the Head of the Laboratory of Animal Behaviour at
Rockefeller University. Over the years, he has studied the ontogeny and
evolution of vocal learning, pioneered in songbirds the description of brain
pathways - the “song system” - that make learning and production of song
possible, and showed for the first time that new neurons are incorporated into
this system. The world-wide study of neurogenesis takes its origin from this
discovery. This lecture is hosted by the
Department of Anatomy with Radiology.
Strategies for new therapies in neurodegenerative disorders
Professor Anne Young MD, PhD
Friday 11 February 2011
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Auditorium, Owen G Glenn Building, Auckland Business
School, 12 Grafton Road, Auckland.
Parking: $5 for underground parking at the Business School, disabled parking by
lifts with lifts easily accessible on all floors.
Professor Anne Young is the Head of the
Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical
School in the USA. Her talk will focus on neurodegenerative diseases and how
aging, genetics and environment all contribute to the underlying process. New
experimental approaches give hope for the development of effective therapies for
these devastating diseases in the future. This lecture is hosted by the
Freemasons of New Zealand Roskill Foundation.
Poster for Professor Anne Young lecture(750.1KB PDF)
