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Release of chemical transmitters from cell bodies and dendrites of nerve cells

19 - 20 January 2015 09:00 - 17:00

Scientific discussion meeting organised by Professor John Nicholls FRS and Professor Francisco F De-Miguel

Event Details

Recent experiments have shown that cell bodies and dendrites of neurons can liberate transmitter molecules.  In this discussion the mechanism of such release will be compared with that occurring in presynaptic terminals, glial cells and endocrine cells. A major focus will concern the way in which release from cell bodies influences essential functions of the central nervous system.

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Attending this event

This event is intended for researchers in relevant fields and is free to attend. There are a limited number of places and registration is essential. An optional lunch is offered and should be booked during registration (all major credit cards accepted).

This meeting is immediately followed by a related, two-day satellite meeting, Present and future of the study of extrasynaptic neurotransmission at the Royal Society at Chicheley Hall, home of the Kavli Royal Society International Centre.

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Organisers

  • Professor John Nicholls FRS, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy

    John Nicholls (FRS) is a Professor of neurobiology at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste. He obtained a medical degree from Charing Cross Hospital and a PhD under the supervision of Sir Bernard Katz at University College London. Before moving to SISSA he worked at University College, Oxford, Harvard, Yale, and Stanford and at the Biocenter in Basel. With Stephen Kuffler, he studied the properties of neuroglial cells and wrote the first edition of “From Neuron to Brain”. His experiments deal with synaptic transmission, and with regeneration of the nervous system after injury, which he studied first in an invertebrate, the leech, and then in immature mammalian spinal cord.  He now studies neural mechanisms that give rise to the rhythm of respiration. He has given courses in neurobiology at the Marine Biological Laboratory Woods Hole and Cold Spring Harbor, and in universities throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America.
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    Professor Francisco F De Miguel, National Autonomous University of Mexico

    Francisco F. De-Miguel is a Professor of Neurosciences at the Institute for Cellular Physiology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He studied Biology at UNAM, followed by a Masters Degree and a PhD in Neurosciences, both at CINVESTAV, also in Mexico. Later he worked as postdoctoral fellow under the supervision of John G. Nicholls FRS in the Biocenter of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He has studied nerve and synapse regeneration, and the cell physiology and biophysics of neurotransmitter release from the cell body and from synapses using individually dissected and cultured neurons of the leech Hirudo. In addition to his research work, he been Director of the Laboratories for Science Education in High Schools since 2004 and is the Coordinator of the Brain and Art Project, also at UNAM, since 2011. In addition to numerous Visiting Professorships (Europe, Latin America and the US), he has directed or participated in more than 100 courses in neurobiology for graduate, undergraduate and high school students and professors in México, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Spain and the United States.