The 2025 Summer Term Cardiac Function Seminar series talks will be back Thursday 22nd May 2025 when we will be welcoming Professor Alexander Gourine, University College London.
Talk Title: Central nervous mechanisms controlling the heart during exercise
Talk Time: 12:30 – 13:30 UK time
Location: Hybrid Meeting (Hybrid – online Via Teams and Meeting room 427/428 4th Floor ICTEM, Hammersmith Campus, Du Cane Road W12 0NN
Short Bio:
Dr Gourine joined the UCL Department of Physiology as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in 2000. He was awarded the Physiological Society’s Wellcome Trust Prize in 2004 for his contribution to understanding the mechanisms underlying the chemosensory control of breathing. In 2006, Dr Gourine was awarded the Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Sciences (renewed in 2011 and 2016). He is currently a Professor of Physiology within the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology (NPP). His research focuses on the central nervous control of circulation and breathing, and the physiological mechanisms that regulate cerebral blood flow and maintain the brain metabolic homeostasis.
Talk Description:
The presentation will discuss the role of the brain mechanisms controlling the heart during exercise, focusing on the autonomic nervous system.
PLEASE NOTE THIS TALK WILL NOT BE RECORDED DUE TO NEW UNPLISHED DATA BEING SHARED – PLEASE ALSO ENSURE NO RECORDING IS MADE DURING THE TALK FROM OTHER DEVICES.
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The Cardiac Function Seminar Team
(Prof. Thomas Brand, Natasha Richmond)
