30 April 2013
Matt Jones has just been appointed to a WT panel of experts
Elek Molnar has been invited to be an “Expert Panel member for European Commission call FP7: 2.2.1-4 “Patho-Physiology and Therapy of Epilepsy and Epileptiform Disorders”. Elek is also a Member of FWO (Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek: Research Foundation – Flanders) Interdisciplinary Expert Panel, Brussels.
eBiolabs is one of three teaching initiatives short-listed for the Teaching Excellence Award in the Guardian University Awards 2013: Congratulations to all those involved, let’s hope for more good news as the winner will be announced on February 27th
http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/2012/dec/17/university-awards-shortlist.
The strength and depth of Bristol Neuroscience was on display at the recent British Neuroscience Association meeting at the Barbican Centre in London.
Richard Apps, Zafar Bashir, Graham Collingridge, Stella Koutsikou, Stafford Lightman, Seth Love, Jack Mellor and Hans Reul all chaired symposia with diverse themes ranging from neurodegenerative diseases, through synaptic plasticity, to cerebellar function. Members of Bristol Neuroscience presented over 40 posters and those invited to speak in symposia included: Michael Ashby, James Hodge, Paul Howard-Jones, Matthew Jones, Stella Koutsikou, Stafford Lightman, Celine Nicolas, Hans Reul, Daniel Robert, Emma Robinson and Arturas Volianskis joining an array of national and international speakers.
See http://www.bristol.ac.uk/neuroscience/events/diary/2013/101353.html for a report.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnx3/broadcasts/2013/03
Andy James:
Andy James and his collaborators are in the news this month for their work on atrial arrhythmias.
See press release for full details.
