Learn from the latest webinars about newly released neuroscience research and advances in experimental techniques. Topics include research news in neuroscience, neurology, psychology, brain science and cognitive sciences.
DATE: March 5, 2019TIME: 10:00am PSTSingle cell analysis, starting with the earliest low parameter fluorescent experiments, helped define the major cell subsets of human ce...
DATE: February 27, 2019TIME: 8:00am PST Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) can form any tissue or cell in the body, and are the ideal starting material to manufacture...
Date: February 7, 2019Time: 8:00am PST, 11:00am EST Modern microscopes are becoming increasingly complex instruments enabling registration of image sets far beyon...
DATE: November 15, 2018TIME: 10:00am PT, 1:00pm ET Multiplex fluorescence immunohistochemistry offers a window into the biology of human disease, enabling the ana...
DATE: November 13,2018TIME: 3:00pm CET, 7:30pm IST, 06:00am PST The assessment of cell health and cellular responses after experimental manipulation continue to be a very important...
DATE: November 7, 2018TIME: 8:00PM PSTExosomes have been shown to have significant roles in cancer including disease progression acting in the tumor micro-environment, metasta...
DATE: November 7, 2018TIME: 7:00AM PDTExosomes have been shown to have significant roles in cancer including disease progression acting in the tumor micro-environment, metastasis a...
DATE: August 9, 2018TIME: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Current exon-level arrays and NGS techniques for CNV detection are plagued with a high number of false-positive...
DATE: June 7, 2018TIME: 07:00AM PDT, 4:00PM CESTIn this webinar, Prof. Greetje Vande Velde will give an overview of her work, which involves lung and brain infections. Dr Vande Ve...
Immunohistochemistry protocols, which utilize antibodies to visualize proteins in tissue sections, have many steps that need optimized to prevent non-specific background effects, artifacts, o...
DATE: April 27, 2018TIME: 10:00am PST, 1:00pm ESTGlioblastoma (GBM) and Medulloblastoma (MB) are the most common adult and paediatric brain tumours, both of which can have devastating c...
DATE: April 17, 2018TIME: 8:00AM PST, 11:00AM ESTRecently, much research has focused on obtaining 3D brain organoids in an attempt to better recapitulate brain development and function...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex group of individually rare neurological conditions with genetic and non-genetic causes. Despite the strong genetic component of ASD, it has been ve...
Cortical plasticity is the neural mechanism by which the cerebrum adapts itself to its environment, while at the same time making it vulnerable to impoverished sensory or developmental experi...
Determining the copy number of SMN1 and SMN2 genes is notoriously difficult due to the high level of homology between the two genes. These genes, that are associated with spinal muscular atro...
In consciousness studies, a longstanding controversy concerns whether activity in the prefrontal cortical (PFC) region of the brain is necessary to evoke conscious experiences. Similarly, the...
The study of rare, neurological disorder and the development of effect treatments can pose many unique challenges. A paucity of scientists working on these disorders often limits forward prog...
Machine learning approaches to pattern discovery in protein-protein interaction networks of Huntington’s disease brain and model organisms are revealing novel connections of the disease...
The inability of neurons to regenerate damaged axons within the CNS has dire consequences for victims of traumatic or ischemic brain injury and multiple neurodegenerative diseases. Like other...
Monitoring protein biomarkers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) has been highly beneficial to understanding disease progression. While several...
General anesthesia is a drug-induced, reversible condition comprised of five behavioral states: unconsciousness, amnesia (loss of memory), analgesia (loss of pain sensation), akinesia (immobi...
How does a low-level sensory representation rise into conscious awareness? What determines whether higher-order cortical areas have access to the representational content in sensory regions?...