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Present and future of the study of extrasynaptic neurotransmission

21 - 22 January 2015 09:00 - 17:00

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

Event details

Since this will be the first meeting in this field in the UK, discussion sessions will focus on general and comparative mechanisms of release, experimental and analytical tools, and the search for effects and timing of extrasynaptic neurotransmission on the nervous system. Since the terminology in the field is confusing, the definition of general terms will be discussed. This meeting will also foster collaborations between individuals and groups.

Attending this event

This is a residential conference, which allows for increased discussion and networking. It is free to attend, however participants need to cover their accommodation costs if required.

Enquiries: Contact the events team

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.