The History of Neuroscience Public Lecture

Neuroscience in Liverpool: Origins and Ramifications
Wednesday, 2nd April 2025, 6.30 - 8.00pm BST, The Liverpool Medical Institute

Speaker:
Dr. Andrew Larner

Andrew J Larner, MD, FRCP, (UK), is a Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Brain Repair & Rehabilitation at the Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK and was previously a Consultant Neurologist at the Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Liverpool, UK. He has a particular interest in dementia and cognitive disorders.

When:
Wednesday, 2nd April 2025

  • 6:30 PM: Welcome Drink
  • 7:00–8:00 PM: Lecture

Where:
The Liverpool Medical Institute

Overview:

The British Neuroscience Association Meeting in Liverpool in April 2025 will provide many opportunities to learn about exciting developments in the field of neuroscience and forge new ideas and collaborations for future research.  It also presents an opportunity for retrospection, to consider the history of neuroscience research in Liverpool which dates back at least 150 years.  In this personal view, the work of two late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century researchers, Richard Caton and Charles Sherrington, perhaps the earliest neuroscientists working in Liverpool, will be considered, along with the ramifications of their work as it was disseminated locally, nationally and internationally.

Don’t miss this captivating lecture highlighting Liverpool's contributions to neuroscience and their broader impacts.