Name: Professor Zoltan Molnar
DPAG, University of Oxford

Events this person is speaking at:

Tuesday 12 May 2015 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

History of Understanding of the Cerebral Cortex
Date: 12 May 2015, 13:30 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford), Prof Richard Brown (Dalhousie University), Professor Lorenzo Lorusso (Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust, Brescia Italy), Professor Colin Blakemore (Centre for the Study of the Senses School of Advanced Study, University of London), Professor Marco Piccolino (Italian Institute of Neurosciences University of Ferrara, Italy), Dr Damion Young (University of Oxford), Dr Tom Quick (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford), Professor Gordon M Shepherd (Department of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine), Silke Ackermann (Museum of the History of Science), Professor Pietro Corsi (University of Oxford)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 25 June 2015 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Translational neuroscience of the developing cerebral cortex
Date: 25 June 2015, 13:00 - 14:00 (Thursday, 9th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: John Radcliffe West Wing and Children's Hospital, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Seminar Rooms A/B, Level 6
Organiser: Jacqueline Pumphrey (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 8 November 2016 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The earliest cortical circuits and cognitive disorders
Date: 8 November 2016, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2016)
Speaker : Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue: Warneford Hospital, Headington OX3 7JX
Venue Details: Seminar Room, University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford
Organiser: Tracy Lindsey
Hosts: TBA

Events this person is hosting:

Tuesday 12 May 2015 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

History of Understanding of the Cerebral Cortex
Date: 12 May 2015, 13:30 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford), Prof Richard Brown (Dalhousie University), Professor Lorenzo Lorusso (Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust, Brescia Italy), Professor Colin Blakemore (Centre for the Study of the Senses School of Advanced Study, University of London), Professor Marco Piccolino (Italian Institute of Neurosciences University of Ferrara, Italy), Dr Damion Young (University of Oxford), Dr Tom Quick (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford), Professor Gordon M Shepherd (Department of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine), Silke Ackermann (Museum of the History of Science), Professor Pietro Corsi (University of Oxford)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 May 2015 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Development and Evolution of Neocortical Projection Systems
Date: 15 May 2015, 15:00 - 16:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Professor Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD (Departments of Neurobiology, Genetics and Psychiatry, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine )
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 12 June 2015 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Professor Oscar Marin, KCL : 'Molecular regulation of cortical interneuron diversity and plasticity'
Date: 12 June 2015, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Professor Oscar Marin (MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, ground floor
Organiser: Sarah Noujaim (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 19 June 2015 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Building a Nanoscale Bushy Cell Connectome: Wiring Diagrams, Big Data Challenges and Hearing In Silico
Date: 19 June 2015, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Dr George Spirou (Director, Center of Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: In the Small Lecture Theatre, 2nd floor
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 28 August 2015 (18th Week, Trinity Term)

The impact of phrenology in Edinburgh, past, present and future
Date: 28 August 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 18th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Professor David J Price (Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road, OX1 3QX
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 10 September 2015 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

Understanding how alterations in cortical circuitry modify behavioral outputs
Date: 10 September 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 20th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Prof Angelique Bordey, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology (Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, USA)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 18 September 2015 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

The role of the subplate layer in radial neuronal migration and cortical
Date: 18 September 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 21st week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Chiaki Ohtaka-Maruyama, PhD (Department of Brain Development and Neural Regeneration, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 October 2015 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Novel behavioural phenotypes in the Neuroligin-3 genetic mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Date: 16 October 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Emma Burrows PhD (Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne )
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 29 October 2015 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Astrocyte roles in CNS injury and disease
Date: 29 October 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof Michael Sofroniew, MD PhD (Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 November 2015 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Guest Speaker: Professor Jean Rossier - ‘Cortical fast-spiking parvalbumin interneurons enwrapped in the perineuronal net express the metallopeptidases Adamts8, Adamts15 and Neprilysin’
Date: 6 November 2015, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Professor Jean Rossier (INSERM, Hôpital St Anne, Paris)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, DPAG Sherrington Building, OX1 3PT
Organiser: Sarah Noujaim (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 25 April 2016 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Just how smart are dolphins and whales in reality? Challenging an ingrained sciento-social preconception
Date: 25 April 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 1st week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Dr Pual Manger (University of the Witwatersrand)
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 15 June 2016 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Moving beyond injury: Prenatal hypoxia ischemia diffusely disrupts cerebral development via neuronal dysmaturation
Date: 15 June 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Stephen A. Back, M.D., Ph.D (Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Clyde and Elda Munson Professor of Pediatric Research)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 June 2017 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

GUEST SPEAKER - Professor Giampietro Schiavo, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL-Institute of Neurology : ‘Basal lamina components as determinants of the uptake and axonal transport of pathogens and growth factors’
Date: 16 June 2017, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Professor Giampietro Schiavo (Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL-Institute of Neurology)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: DPAG, Large Lecture Theatre, Sherrington Building, off South Parks and Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PT - 01865 272500
Organiser: Sarah Noujaim (University of Oxford, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 March 2018 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Forebrain development in health and disease
Date: 16 March 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 (Friday, 9th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Professor David Price (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Isabella Renehan (Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Deciphering SP8 regulative network for cortical development
Date: 16 March 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 9th week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : Ugo Borello (University of Lyon)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Isabella Renehan (Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 16 April 2018 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

Studying the function and connectivity of neural networks in zebrafish brain
Date: 16 April 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 0th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Professor Emre Yaksi (Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norway)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Isabella Renehan (Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 31 May 2018 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Pavlov in America: The influence of Pavlov on Lashley and Hebb
Date: 31 May 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Prof Richard Brown (Dalhousie University)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organisers: TBA
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 June 2018 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Dynamic post-transcriptional events shaping development of the cerebral cortex
Date: 8 June 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Professor Debbie Silver (Duke Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC, USA)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 19 June 2018 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Structural Basis for Centrifugal Regulation of the Olfactory Bulb ~individual labeling and correlated Laser and volume/high-voltage EM microscopies~
Date: 19 June 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 9th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Professor Kazunori Toida MD, PhD (Kawasaki Medical School)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Isabella Renehan (Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford), Shuichi Hayashi (DPAG, University of Oxford)

DEVELOPMENTAL LINK BETWEEN FETAL AND ADULT LEYDIG CELLS
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 19 June 2018, 16:00 - 16:45 (Tuesday, 9th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Yuichi Shima MD PhD (Kawasaki Medical School, Japan)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Isabella Renehan (Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Hosts: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford), Shuichi Hayashi (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 25 June 2018 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Mechanisms Generating Cell-Type Diversity in Cerebral Cortex
Date: 25 June 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 10th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Simon Hippenmeyer, PhD (Institute of Science and Technology Austria)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Isabella Renehan (Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 7 December 2018 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Development of the human insula
Date: 7 December 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Gundela Meyer (Department of Anatomy, Pathological Anatomy and Histology Universidad de La Laguna ULL)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 23 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Using zebrafish to study myelinated axons in vivo
Date: 23 January 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor David Lyons (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 27 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Adhesion-dependent modulation of signalling in neural differentiation, axon guidance and medulloblastoma
Date: 27 February 2019, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Andrew Furley (Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 March 2019 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Mitochondrial dysfunction in neonatal brain injury
Date: 8 March 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 8th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Claire Thorton (King’s College London.)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 2 April 2019 (12th Week, Hilary Term)

Impact of neuroinflammation on brain development in premature infants
Date: 2 April 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 12th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Pierre Gressens MD PhD (Inserm U1141 and Université Paris Diderot, Paris & Centre for the Developing Brain, KCL, London)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 May 2019 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Music, reward and clinical applications
Date: 28 May 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr. Noèlia Martínez-Molina (Department of Psychology and Logopedics Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 1 August 2019 (14th Week, Trinity Term)

Developmental brain disorders caused by Zika virus
Date: 1 August 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 14th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Assistant Professor Patricia Pestana Garcez, PhD (Neuroplasticity Lab, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 17 October 2019 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Schizophrenia as a disease of brain energy metabolism: The promise of therapeutic ketosis
Date: 17 October 2019, 14:00 - 15:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Zoltán Sarnyai, M.D, Ph.D. (Lady Davis Visiting Professor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Professor of Pharmacology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia )
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 13 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mutual exclusive interactions between typical absence and limbic epilepsy
Date: 13 November 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Filiz Onat (Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Joint Meeting of Oxford Neuroscience & Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
Date: 22 November 2019, 9:00 - 19:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre (second floor)
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Architectural principles in central mammalian synapses
Date: 22 November 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Christian Rosenmund ( Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurophysiology, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2019 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Clonal lineage determines the direct conversion of thalamic astrocytes into subtype-specific thalamocortical neurons
Date: 6 December 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Guillermina López-Bendito (Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain )
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 26 February 2021 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Excitatory neurons of the cortex: similarities and variations
Date: 26 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 6th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Dr Rajeevan Narayanan Therpurakal (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Venue Details: This seminar will be held on Microsoft Teams. Please email hod-pa@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details and the link to join.
Organisers: Professor Duncan Sparrow (DPAG, University of Oxford), Dr Natalie Connor-Robson (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 March 2021 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of neuronal circuit development and maturation
Date: 4 March 2021, 14:30 - 15:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Taro Kitazawa, Ph.D. (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)
Venue Details: This seminar will be held on Microsoft Teams. Please email hod-pa@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details and the link to join.
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Events this person is organising:

Tuesday 12 May 2015 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

History of Understanding of the Cerebral Cortex
Date: 12 May 2015, 13:30 - 19:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker s: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford), Prof Richard Brown (Dalhousie University), Professor Lorenzo Lorusso (Mellino Mellini Hospital Trust, Brescia Italy), Professor Colin Blakemore (Centre for the Study of the Senses School of Advanced Study, University of London), Professor Marco Piccolino (Italian Institute of Neurosciences University of Ferrara, Italy), Dr Damion Young (University of Oxford), Dr Tom Quick (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford), Professor Gordon M Shepherd (Department of Neurobiology, Yale School of Medicine), Silke Ackermann (Museum of the History of Science), Professor Pietro Corsi (University of Oxford)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 May 2015 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Development and Evolution of Neocortical Projection Systems
Date: 15 May 2015, 15:00 - 16:00 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Professor Nenad Sestan, MD, PhD (Departments of Neurobiology, Genetics and Psychiatry, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine )
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 19 June 2015 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Building a Nanoscale Bushy Cell Connectome: Wiring Diagrams, Big Data Challenges and Hearing In Silico
Date: 19 June 2015, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Dr George Spirou (Director, Center of Neuroscience, West Virginia University School of Medicine)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: In the Small Lecture Theatre, 2nd floor
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 28 August 2015 (18th Week, Trinity Term)

The impact of phrenology in Edinburgh, past, present and future
Date: 28 August 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 18th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Professor David J Price (Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road, OX1 3QX
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 10 September 2015 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

Understanding how alterations in cortical circuitry modify behavioral outputs
Date: 10 September 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 20th week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Prof Angelique Bordey, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology (Neurosurgery, Yale School of Medicine, USA)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 18 September 2015 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

The role of the subplate layer in radial neuronal migration and cortical
Date: 18 September 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 21st week, Trinity 2015)
Speaker : Chiaki Ohtaka-Maruyama, PhD (Department of Brain Development and Neural Regeneration, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 October 2015 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Novel behavioural phenotypes in the Neuroligin-3 genetic mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder
Date: 16 October 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Emma Burrows PhD (Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne )
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 29 October 2015 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Astrocyte roles in CNS injury and disease
Date: 29 October 2015, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2015)
Speaker : Prof Michael Sofroniew, MD PhD (Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 25 April 2016 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Just how smart are dolphins and whales in reality? Challenging an ingrained sciento-social preconception
Date: 25 April 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 1st week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Dr Pual Manger (University of the Witwatersrand)
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 4 May 2016 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Thalamocortical Interactions
Date: 4 May 2016, 14:00 - 17:30 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker s: Professor Andrew King (University of Oxford), Professor Zoltan Molnar (University of Oxford ), Dr Tim Vogels, Dr Holly Bridge (University of Oxford ), Professor Simon Butt (University of Oxford ), Miss Jacqui Stacey (University of Oxford ), Dr Anna Hoerder Suabedissen (University of Oxford), Dr Louise Upton (University of Oxford), Mr Michael Lohse (University of Oxford), Mr Sebastian Vásquez-López, Dr Tommas Ellender (University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Library, DPAG
Organisers: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford), Professor Andrew King (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Andrew King (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 24 May 2016 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Advanced Cell Culture Technology for Generation of In Vivo-like Tissue Models
Date: 24 May 2016, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 31 May 2016 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

The Evolution of Cortical Development
Date: 31 May 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Dr André M. Goffinet (Institute of Neuroscience)
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 15 June 2016 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Moving beyond injury: Prenatal hypoxia ischemia diffusely disrupts cerebral development via neuronal dysmaturation
Date: 15 June 2016, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Stephen A. Back, M.D., Ph.D (Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, Oregon Health & Science University, Clyde and Elda Munson Professor of Pediatric Research)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 June 2016 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Offspring phenotypes influenced by paternal environmental factors
Date: 22 June 2016, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 9th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 July 2016 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

Gene-environment interactions mediating experience-dependent plasticity in the healthy and diseased brain
Date: 8 July 2016, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 11th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Professor Tony Hannan
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 22 August 2016 (18th Week, Trinity Term)

Molecular and cellular basis of a neuro-developmental disorder caused by SYNGAP1 haploinsufficiency
Date: 22 August 2016, 11:00 - 12:00 (Monday, 18th week, Trinity 2016)
Speaker : Martin Berryer PhD (Department of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre, Le Gros Clark Building, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 March 2017 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

Synaptic Organization of the Olfactory Bulb; individual labeling and correlated Laser-volume EM microscopy, from one neuron to circuit.
Date: 21 March 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 10th week, Hilary 2017)
Speaker : Professor Kazunori Toida MD, PhD (Kawasaki Medical School)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 July 2017 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

One rule to fold them all: The developmental implications of a simple universal model for cortical morphology
Date: 14 July 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 12th week, Trinity 2017)
Speaker : Professor Bruno Coelho Cesar Mota (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 2 October 2017 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Synaptic transmission from subplate neurons controls radial migration of neocortical neurons
Date: 2 October 2017, 16:00 - 17:00 (Monday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Speaker : Chiaki Ohtaka-Maruyama PhD (Department of Brain Development and Neural Regeneration)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Zoltan Molnar (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 30 January 2018 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Primary cilium, a remote control of neuronal growth and connectivity in the developing brain
Date: 30 January 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2018)
Speaker : ES Anton (Univ of North Carolina)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 June 2018 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Dynamic post-transcriptional events shaping development of the cerebral cortex
Date: 8 June 2018, 16:00 - 17:00 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2018)
Speaker : Professor Debbie Silver (Duke Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC, USA)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 7 December 2018 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Development of the human insula
Date: 7 December 2018, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2018)
Speaker : Professor Gundela Meyer (Department of Anatomy, Pathological Anatomy and Histology Universidad de La Laguna ULL)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 23 January 2019 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Using zebrafish to study myelinated axons in vivo
Date: 23 January 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor David Lyons (Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Le Gros Clark Building, off South Parks Road OX1 3QX
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 14 February 2019 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

“Autism and Perception” Pedagogy, behaviour and cognitive development
Date: 14 February 2019, 16:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Robert Kaddouch (Ecole Kaddouch & Music Paris)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: Garden Quad Auditorium
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 27 February 2019 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Adhesion-dependent modulation of signalling in neural differentiation, axon guidance and medulloblastoma
Date: 27 February 2019, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 7th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Andrew Furley (Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 March 2019 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Mitochondrial dysfunction in neonatal brain injury
Date: 8 March 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 8th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Claire Thorton (King’s College London.)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 2 April 2019 (12th Week, Hilary Term)

Impact of neuroinflammation on brain development in premature infants
Date: 2 April 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Tuesday, 12th week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Pierre Gressens MD PhD (Inserm U1141 and Université Paris Diderot, Paris & Centre for the Developing Brain, KCL, London)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Tuesday 28 May 2019 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Music, reward and clinical applications
Date: 28 May 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr. Noèlia Martínez-Molina (Department of Psychology and Logopedics Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 1 August 2019 (14th Week, Trinity Term)

Developmental brain disorders caused by Zika virus
Date: 1 August 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Thursday, 14th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Assistant Professor Patricia Pestana Garcez, PhD (Neuroplasticity Lab, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 17 October 2019 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Schizophrenia as a disease of brain energy metabolism: The promise of therapeutic ketosis
Date: 17 October 2019, 14:00 - 15:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Zoltán Sarnyai, M.D, Ph.D. (Lady Davis Visiting Professor, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Professor of Pharmacology, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia )
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 13 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mutual exclusive interactions between typical absence and limbic epilepsy
Date: 13 November 2019, 16:00 - 17:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Filiz Onat (Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Joint Meeting of Oxford Neuroscience & Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
Date: 22 November 2019, 9:00 - 19:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Small Lecture Theatre (second floor)
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Architectural principles in central mammalian synapses
Date: 22 November 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Prof. Dr. Christian Rosenmund ( Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Neurophysiology, NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence)
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2019 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Clonal lineage determines the direct conversion of thalamic astrocytes into subtype-specific thalamocortical neurons
Date: 6 December 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Guillermina López-Bendito (Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UMH-CSIC), Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain )
Venue: Sherrington Building, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Large Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Thursday 4 March 2021 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Epigenetic and transcriptional regulation of neuronal circuit development and maturation
Date: 4 March 2021, 14:30 - 15:30 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2021)
Speaker : Taro Kitazawa, Ph.D. (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research)
Venue Details: This seminar will be held on Microsoft Teams. Please email hod-pa@dpag.ox.ac.uk for more details and the link to join.
Organiser: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar (DPAG, University of Oxford)