Seminars
Wednesday 19th May 2010, Mile End
Programme:
- 5-5.20pm: “Optimal Network Measurement and Possible Medical Applications” By Dr John Schormans
- 5.20-5.30pm: Discussion
- 5.30-5.50pm: ‘Axons don’t think, they only ax’. Peripheral mechanisms that allow us to sense tissue damage. By Dr Mark Baker
- 5.50-6pm: Discussion
- 6-7pm: Refreshments
Speakers:
Dr John Schormans, Senior Lecturer, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Dr John Schormans research interest includes: Broadband packet networks including IP and ATM, accelerated simulation, queueing theory, packet level measurements, traffic control and network performance.
Email: john.schormans@elec.qmul.ac.uk
Dr Mark Baker, Lecturer, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science.
Following his PhD studies on the hippocampus in St Andrews , Mark Baker became interested in the supposedly simple elegance of axons, and their function in health and disease. During the period 1984-2000 he spent two post-docs with Hugh Bostock at the Institute of Neurology studying the function and pharmacology of axonal ion channels. This included working on his own axons, with percutaneous stimulation and motor-unit recording. Within this period he also spent 3 years in industry, at Pfizer UK , and 3 years in the lab of J. Murdoch Ritchie at Yale, where he contributed to characterizing the potassium channels expressed in Schwann cells using neurotoxins. From 2000 to 2005, Mark was a member of John Wood's molecular nociception group at UCL and studied the effects of Na + channel gene knock-out or mutation on damage sensing neurones, using patch-clamp techniques.
Email: m.d.baker@qmul.ac.uk
