[CTN] a few upcoming talks

[Matthijs van der Meer]

As announced previously, the CTN hosts Peter Shizgal on Tuesday Oct 
25th. It is one of a veritable bonanza of exciting talks over the next 
few days:

1. David Laibson, Professor of Economics, Harvard University

"Self-control and Commitment"

David Laibson (AB Harvard, MSc LSE and PhD MIT) is a professor of 
economics at Harvard University, where he has taught since 1994. His 
research focuses on macroeconomics, intertemporal choice, behavioral 
economics and neuroeconomics. He is best known for developing new models 
of intertemporal choice in which agents are not time consistent; they 
use longer-run commitment devices like RRSPs or housing equity to 
control short-run impulses to spend their wealth. At Harvard he teaches 
a popular undergraduate class on psychology and economics, as well 
graduate courses in macroeconomics and behavioral economics.

http://www.economics.uwaterloo.ca/Seminar-Fall2011.html

Friday, October 21, 2011, 3:30 - 5:00 pm in Hagey Hall 1102

2. L. Stan Leung (Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, 
The University of Western Ontario, London, ON)

Title of Seminar:  "Phase, place and plasticity: tales of theta 
oscillations in the hippocampus"
Time:  12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
Location:  B1-266 (Dean's Conference Room, Biology)
[Host: Dr. M. van der Meer]

Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 12:30pm - 1:30pm

3. Dr. Adrian Bird (2011 Canada Gairdner International Laureate, The 
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, 
Edinburgh, UK)

Since 2001, the Gairdner Foundation has seen world-renowned scientists 
fan out across the country to give a series of inspirational lectures to 
students. The lectures aim to encourage you to consider entering science 
programs and eventually undertake careers in either science or medicine.

Public Lecture
Title of Lecture: "A scientific journey: From blue skies research to 
neurological disease"
Time: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Humanities Theatre

Date:
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 10:30am - 11:30am

Scientific Lecture
Title of Lecture:  "CpG Signalling in health and disease"
Time:  2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Location:  Humanities Theatre

Date:
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 2:00pm - 3:00pm