A seminar hosted by the Bristol Neuroscience Research Network with support from the British Neuroscience Association

Organisers: Dr Paul Anastasiades (Bristol Medical School) and Dr Seán Froudist-Walsh (School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology)

Gero Miesenboeck is Waynflete Professor of Physiology and Director of the Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at the UNiversity of Oxford. The Miesenböck group studies how the brain makes choices. We investigate how neurons represent and distinguish the available alternatives; how options are valued on the basis of instinct or remembered experience; how decisions evolve toward commitment; and how commitment leads to action.

All of this work is done in fruit flies, where it is possible to gain detailed insight into molecular, cellular, and physiological mechanisms of brain function that relate directly to human health.

ALL WELCOME

To book a 1:1 with the speaker, please contact Paul Anastasiades. Note there are limited slots available and they will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Early Career Researchers: Journal Club and lunch with the Speaker special!

The day before the talk BN will be hosting a journal club aimed at Early Career Researchers who will spend 1-2 hours exploring and discussing one of the speaker's publications. Participants of the journal club are then invited to have lunch with the speaker the day of the seminar. Spaces are strictly limited! If you are an ECR, and would like to take part, please contact Sean Froudist-Walsh <sean.froudist-walsh@bristol.ac.uk> with your expression of interest.