Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience and Cork NeuroScience Group present  Prof. William Gray Professor of Functional Neurosurgery Institute of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences Cardiff University

“Learning to forget! Stem cells and new neurons in temporal lobe epilepsy”

Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, College Road, University College Cork.  Room G06. 5.00pm Thursday, 24^th May 2012.

Professor John F. Cryan was a receipient of one of UCC’s Awards in recognition of Research Commercialisation 2011 in a ceremony organised by Technology Transfer Office on 27th March.

Prof. Cryan shares the award with Prof. Ted Dinan (Psychiatry) for their work on developing probiotic-based strategies to treat anxiety disorders.
John is pictured  (centre), receiving the award from the President of UCC Michael Murphy.

It would be wonderful to attribute our penchant for addictive damaging activities, such as overeating, smoking cigarettes or binge drinking, wholly on our genetic make up. Then we could really blame our parents for everything. All current research suggests, however, that a variety of factors influence an individual’s propensity for compulsive behaviour.

Professor John F. Cryan, Head of the Dept. Anatomy & Neuroscience and PI in the Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre has recently been awarded key research funding under the European Commission's Framework Programme 7 (FP7) Health initiative to understand the neural basis of compulsive behaviour.

Guest Lectures Clinical Neurosciences programme CUH Present:

Prof.  Tamas Revesz, Queen Square Brain Bank, University College London Institute of Neurology.  

"Brain Biopsy in dementia: clinical indications and a diagnostic approach ’’

Monday 13th February,  Main Lecture Theatre,  Cork University Hospital, 12 noon

and

Tuesday 14th February, Main Lecture Theatre,   Cork University Hospital,  5 pm   

Congratulations to Tara Foley, on receiving her MSc at the Spring Conferring Ceremony held 29th March.

Also conferred were members of the Cryan Lab Richard O’Connor and Caroline Browne both who received  PhD degrees and Riccardo Pizzo who was awarded an MSc.

Pictures Graduates Tara Foley and below Richard O’Connor with UCC President Michael Murphy.