Welcome to the Nansen Neuroscience Lectures 2022. This years topic is aging. The event is held on Nansen’s birthday and is part of a celebration of Nansen’s contribution to neuroscience.
Watch the lecture:
Programme
- 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee and refreshments – mingling
- 11:00 – 11:03 Opening
- Lise Øvreås, President of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
- 11:03 – 11:06 Introduction
- Linda Hildegard Bergersen, University of Oslo
- 11:06 – 11:46 Lecture: «The benefits of exercise for brain function» Henriette van Praag, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter FL, USA
- 11:46 – 12:00 Discussion and questions from the audience
- Moderated by Jon Storm-Mathisen
- 12:03 – 12:06 Introduction
- Linda Hildegard Bergersen, University of Oslo
- 12:06 – 12:46 Lecture: “What causes ageing? Lessons from The Worm”
- David Gems, UCL Division of Biosciences, London, UK
- 12:46 – 13:00 Discussion and questions from the audience
- Moderated by Jon Storm-Mathisen
- 13:00 – 13:30 Coffee and refreshments – Informal discussions
Henriette van Praag, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter FL, USA and David Gems, UCL Division of Biosciences, London, UK.
Nansen’s Doctoral Thesis on the central nervous system comprised most types of invertebrate and vertebrate animals (among our own phylum, the chordates , he focused on the Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa). (Foto: Johan v.d. Fehr. Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen.)
Organized by Jon Storm-Mathisen (Photo: Eirik Furu Baardsen / DNVA) and Linda H. Bergersen, (Photo: UiO)
