BrainModes: Meeting on the role of neuronal oscillations in neurological disorders

University of Bristol, 10th - 12th December 2009

BrainModes is an international meeting designed to bring together scientists from theoretical, experimental and clinical disciplines within the Neurosciences to explore the role of oscillations in brain function. This year's focus will be the role of oscillations in neurological disorders with the emphasis on the following four areas:

• Epilepsy
• Movement Disorders
• Neuroendocrine Malfunction
• Neurodegenerative Disease

Within each theme there will be a blend of talks from world leading experts spanning the different disciplines, with ample time available for informal discussions and interactions. As part of our ongoing commitment to the development of young scientists in this exciting area of research, the first day of the workshop will be devoted to introductory talks on some of the commonly used theoretical and experimental methodologies.

The meeting is organized by the Bristol Centre for Applied Nonlinear Mathematics. Further the London Mathematical Society has provided 5 bursaries towards the costs of attending the conference for UK based Ph.D. students whose research area is predominately mathematical. To apply for one of these bursaries, which consists of a full fee waiver plus &#163 100 towards travel and subsistence, please arrange for your supervisor to contact J.R.Terry@bristol.ac.uk with a letter of support, outlining the mathematical content of your Ph.D. and how attendance at the workshop will be of benefit to your career development.

In line with the open nature of the meeting, we encourage people at all stages of their career to submit posters on their research related to the above themes, which will be displayed throughout the workshop. A "science cafe" style event, enabling members of the public to engage with participants of the meeting to promote research in the area of epilepsy is being organized as part of the conference.

Organisers

• John Terry (Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol)
• Petra Ritter (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin)
• Andreas Daffertshofer (Research Institute Move, VU University, Amsterdam)
• Michael Breakspear (Queensland Institute of Medical Research)

Invited speakers

• Training Day
  • Karl Friston (University College London)
  • Jochen Kaiser (Frankfurt)
  • Michael Breakspear (Queensland Institute of Medical Research)
  • Petra Ritter (Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Berlin)
  • Andreas Daffertshofer (Research Institute MOVE, VU University, Amsterdam)
• Epilepsy
  • Marcio Moraes (UF MG, Brazil)
  • Mark Richardson (King's College London)
  • Ed Dudek (Utah)
  • Rodrigo Quian-Quiroga (Leicester)
• Movement Disorders
  • Peter Brown (University College London)
  • Mark Baker (Newcastle)
  • Peter Magill (Oxford)
• Neuroendocrine Malfunction
  • Stafford Lightman (Bristol)
  • Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova (Bristol)
  • Gareth Leng (Edinburgh)
  • Gerald Lincoln (Edinburgh)
• Neurodegenrative Disorders
  • Klaas Enno-Stephan (Zurich)
  • Matt Jones (Bristol)
  • Albert Goldbeter (Brussels)
  • Peter Uhlhaas (Frankfurt)

Confirmed Participants

• Mohit Adhikari (Bristol)
• William Alderson (Bristol)
• Parham Aram (Sheffield)
• Peter Ashwin (Exeter)
• Andrew Bagshaw (Birmingham)
• Gerold Baier (Manchester)
• Mark Baker (Newcastle)
• Ullrich Bartsch (Bristol)
• Robert Becker (Charite)
• Oscar Benjamin (Bristol)
• Rafal Bogacz (Bristol)
• Michael Breakspear (QIMR)
• Peter Brennan (Bristol)
• Peter Brown (UCL)
• Quentin Caudron (Warwick)
• Robin Cao (Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon)
• Richard Clement (UCL)
• Stephen Coombes (Nottingham)
• Thomas Corcoron (Sussex)
• Andreas Daffertshofer (Research Institute MOVE, VU University, Amsterdam)
• Matthieu Descroches (Bristol)
• Valentina Doria (Imperial College London)
• Ivana Drobnjak (UCL)
• Ed Dudek (Utah)
• Dean Freestone (Melbourne)
• Karl Friston (UCL)
• Stephen Gin (Warwick)
• Albert Goldbeter (Brussels)
• Marc Goodfellow (Manchester)
• Elizabeth Hartfield (Bristol)
• Ashwani Jha (UCL)
• Matt Jones (Bristol)
• Jochen Kaiser (Frankfurt)
• Linda Katona (Oxford)
• Damian Lapray (Oxford)
• Gareth Leng (Edinburgh)
• Emilia Leszkowicz (Bristol)
• Stafford Lightman (Bristol)
• Gerald Lincoln (Edinburgh)
• Reinoud Maex (Bristol)
• Peter Magill (Oxford)
• Frank Marten (Bristol)
• Marcio Moraes (UFMG)
• David McGonigle (Cardiff)
• Rosalyn Moran (UCL)
• Alejo Nevado-Holgado (Bristol)
• Amir Omidvarnia (Birmingham)
• Angela Onslow (Bristol)
• Dirk Ostwald (Birmingham)
• Dimitrios Pinostis (UCL)
• Mark Richardson (KCL)
• Petra Ritter (Charite, University Medicine, Berlin)
• Roman Rodionov (UCL)
• Serafim Rodrigues (CNRS)
• David Rollings (Birmingham)
• Christian Rummel (Bern)
• Caroline Sandford (UCL)
• Helmut Schmidt (Nottingham)
• Francesca Spiga (Bristol)
• Antanas Spokas (Goldsmiths College)
• Klaas-Enno Stephan (Zurich)
• Peter Taylor (Manchester)
• John Terry (Bristol)
• Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova (Bristol)
• Peter Uhlhaas (Frankfurt)
• Jamie Walker (Bristol)
• Shouyan Wang (Southampton)
• Fumiaki Yoshida (UCL)