23.3.2023 Talk, 2023 Biannual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, USA, Symposium on Developmental Neuroscience. Title: Emotional development in childhood and adolescence, the potential of dietary interventions for enhancing well-being.
6.12.2022 Talk, 6th Biennial PAi Conference, Symposium on Psychobiotics and the Gut. Title: Using prebiotic interventions improve anxiety and well-being in children, adolescent and adults.
15.11.2022 Talk, Beneficial Microbes Conference, Amsterdam. Title: Anxiolytic effects of a prebiotic in healthy females.
10.02.2022 Talk, Goldsmiths, University of London. Title: Anxiolytic effects of a prebiotic in healthy females are associated with reduced negative bias and increases in ‘helpful’ bacteria in the gut.
26.01.2022 Wellcome Trust Mental Health Frontiers Meeting: Navigating new pathways to intervening early in anxiety, depression and psychosis. Research showcase and plenary discussion: Gut-brain axis.
15.06.2021 Webinar organised by Yakult Science: Exploring the Latest Research into the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Clinical Practice. Title: The Role of the microbiome-gut-brain axis in brain development and mental health.
10.03.2021 Webinar organised by FrieslandCampina: Raising healthy, smart and happy kids during the COVID-19 pandemic. Title: The role of nutrients in neurocognitive development.
14.01.2020 Symposium, University of Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands. Topic: Extremely shy and genetically close. Title: Realtime fMRI-based neurofeedback in (subclinical) anxiety.
09.12.2019 Symposium chair and talk at the annual Real-time functional imaging and neurofeedback conference, Maastricht. The Netherlands. Topic: How to hit a moving target: What the developing brain can tell us about target selection in real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback. Title: Functional connectivity-based NF of emotion regulation networks in adolescence.
15.11.2019 Talk, Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, London, UK. Title: Developmental changes in social cognitive abilities in childhood and adolescence.
11.11.2019 Talk, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK. Title: The effect of gut microbiome diversity on emotion regulation abilities and mental health.
28.10.2019 Talk, Sagol Brain Institute, University of Tel Aviv, Israel. Title: Functional connectivity-based neurofeedback training of emotion regulation networks in the developing brain.
20.06.2019 Talk, Conference on Developmental Changes in Paediatric Neurodisability, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Title: Development in childhood and adolescence- from brain to behaviour and back.
28.03.2019 Talk, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, USA. Title: Real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback and the developing brain.
31.10.2018 Talk, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. Title: The role of the microbiota-gut-brain axis in brain development and mental health.
12.12.2017 Talk, Birkbeck College, London. Title: Using fMRI-based neurofeedback to train emotion-regulation networks in adolescents.
17.10.2017 Talk, Annual Meeting, Braintrain Consortium, Leipzig, Germany. Title: Functional connectivity-based neurofeedback and the developing brain.
11.10.2017 Talk, World Congress of Psychiatry, Berlin, Germany. Title: Using neurofeedback to train emotion-regulation networks in high-anxious adolescents.
19.05.2017 Talk, Society for Biological Psychiatry, San Diego, USA. Title: FMRI-based neurofeedback under the microscope.
04.01.2017 University of Surrey, ExciTeS 2017,Discussion round with K. Zajacova. Title: Road map through the glass ceiling: teaching students to self-guide towards achieving better grades.
28.09.2016 Opening keynote address, Project meeting 'Unge med erhvervet hjerneskade, helping young people with acquired brain injury'. Aalborg, Denmark. Title: The developing brain in childhood and adolescence
09.02.2016 Talk, University of Sussex, School of Psychology, Brighton. Title: Plasticity and excitability in the developing brain
02.02.2016 Talk, University of Birmingham, Department of Psychology, Birmingham. Title: Cortical excitability and plasticity in developing brain networks during childhood and adolescence
26.01.2016 Talk, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Title: Neuro-cognitive development in adolescence: the case of social functioning
22.11.2016 Talk 2 Ur Brain Symposium Tel Aviv, Israel. Title: FMRI-based neurofeedback and the developing emotion network
11.11.2015 One-day workshop, Organization for Childneuropsychologist, Copenhagen, Denmark. Title:The social brain in adolescence
16.10.2015 Talk, University of Sheffield. Department of Psychology, Sheffield. Title: Investigating cortical excitability and plasticity in developing brain networks during childhood and adolescence
18.09.2015 Talk, Flux Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands. Title: FMRI-based neurofeedback and the developing emotion network
18.10.2014 Keynote address 3rd International Congress on Borderline Personality Disorder, European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, Rome, Italy. Title:Neuro-cognitive development during childhood and adolescence
18.06.2014 Talk, Summer school: ‘What faces can reveal about social and cognitive processes, Milan, Italy. Title: Face processing abilities: a model for studying brain development during childhood and adolescence
02.04.2014 Talk, ESRC workshop: ‘'Mechanisms of social perception in adolescence, Goldsmiths College, London. Title: Face processing in childhood and adolescence.
28.11.2013 Talk, Annual Congress, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Psychiatrie, Psychotherapie, Psychosomatik und Nervenheilkunde, Berlin, Germany. Title: Combining real-time fMRI neurofeedback and cognitive training in adolescence
23.05.2013 Talk, 5th European Meeting on Human Fear Conditioning, Affligem, Belgium. Title: Trait anxiety levels modulate threat-learning during adolescence
18.01.2013 Opening keynote address, Annual retreat, Centre for Mental Health, Freudenstadt, Germany. Title: Neurocognitive development during childhood and adolescence
08.09.2011 One-day seminar for the Danish Psychological Society, Copenhagen, Denmark. Title: The social brain in adolescence.
27.03.2011 Keynote lecture, BioVision 2011, Lyon, France. Title: The social brain during adolescence.
09.03.2011 Talk, University of Reading, Department of Psychology, Reading. Title: The developing social brain
23.02.2011 Talk, Brunel University, Uxbridge. Title: The developing social brain: the case of face processing
8.12.2010 Talk, The Hebrew University, Department of Psychology, Jerusalem, Israel. Title: The developing social brain: childhood through adolescence
17.11.2010 Talk, University of Oxford, Department of Psychology, Oxford. Title: Pinpointing the emerging cortical networks for face processing from childhood through adulthood
19.10.2010 Talk, University of York, Department of Psychology, York. Title: The developing social brain: the case of face processing
14.05.2010 Talk, Section of Development and Affective Neuroscience, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Title: Emerging patterns of cortical specialisation: the case of face processing
09.-11.09.2009 Symposium organised for the BPS Developmental Section Conference, University of Nottingham. Title: Becoming a face expert: developmental evidence for the emergence of face-processing abilities in infants, children and young chicks
19.5.2009 Workshop for Developmental Neuroimaging, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Title: Developmental trajectories of cortical specialisation: the case of face processing.
31.10.2008 University of Salzburg, Department of Psychology, Salzburg, Austria. Title: Cortical specialisation for face processing skills
17.09.2008 Talk, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Institute for Child Health, University College London, London. Title: Developing a cortex specialised for face perception: an fMRI study
01.09.2008 Talk, BPS Developmental Section Conference, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford. Title: The emergence of face specialised cortical areas: An fMRI study
18.07.2003 Talk, University of Würzburg, Arbeitskreis Bildgebung und EEG in der Psychiatrie (AKBE) Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Würzburg, Germany. Title: P300 Generation - Towards the Localisation of the Categorizational Network
Selected public engagement with science work
22.06.2021 Webinar, Coram: Therapeutic innovations- delivering approaches below threshold at CAHMS. Title: The role of the microbiome gut-brain axis in development and mental health.
09.03.2021 Webinar, British Council France. Title: Becoming ourselves while navigating change: The developing social brain in adolescence
08.12.2020 Mental Elf podcast and blogpost on the efficacy of probiotics and prebiotics in youth anxiety, based on the commissioned work by the Wellcome Trust (link here)
08.12.2020 Podcast on the role of the gut microbiome in mental health, with Dr Andre Groeneveld, Director of Innovation, FrieslandCampina, The Netherlands
22.05.2019 Scientific advisor for Wellcome Trust-funded workshop at the Museum for Modern Art Oxford with vulnerable youth
15.03.2019 Public engagement with science event at Waveley Abbey School, Surrey to celebrate Brain awareness week
26.05. 2017 Teacher training session, Haberdashers Aske's School for Boys and Girls, Elstree. Title: Development in childhood and adolescence- from brain to behaviour and back.
31.01.2017 Public lecture, Cafe Scientifique, Bradfield College, Bradfield. Title: Is youth wasted on the young?
09.01.2017 Teacher training session, St Catherine's School, Bramley. Title: The developing social brain in childhood and adolescence: challenges and opportunities.
23.02.2016 Opening keynote address, GSA Deputy Heads & Senior Leaders Conference. Nottingham. Title: The developing social brain in childhood and adolescence
27.09.2015 Names Not Numbers, Panel Discussion, Oxford. Title: Understanding Generation Z
20.04.2015 - 24.04.2015 Participant in ‘I’m a scientist, get me out of here’, funded by the Wellcome Trust and the National Science Foundation.
01.01.2002 Talk, Ben-Gurion University, Department of Behavioural Sciences, Beer- Sheva, Israel. Title: P300 and Working Memory - Investigating Retrieval Activity with ERP and fMRI