Everything you wanted to know about the vagus nerve, but were afraid to ask

Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.

This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.

Event Schedule:

6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open

7pm Lecuture Starts

7.45pm Q&A

8pm Talk Concludes

8.30pm Event Closes.

*Please arrive close to 6.30pm

A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.

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Everything you wanted to know about the vagus nerve, but were afraid to ask
The vagus nerve is having a cultural moment, from bookshops to wellness blogs, everyone seems to be talking about how to “reset” or “train” it. Well, what do we really know, and what is just hype? In this talk Prof Vaughan Macefield will talk about how he developed the approach of performing direct microelectrode recordings from the human vagus nerve.

Delving into what has been learned so far and what more there is to uncover. Yoga mats will not be required.

Your Speaker:

Vaughan is a leading human neurophysiologist who has spent his career uncovering how our nerves keep the body running. After completing his PhD in respiratory neurophysiology, he trained in labs across Australia, Sweden and the US before holding senior research and teaching roles in Sydney, Western Sydney University and Dubai.

Vaughan is internationally recognised for his pioneering work using tiny microelectrodes to record signals from single nerve fibres in awake people, a technique that has revealed how our nerves control functions like blood pressure, touch and pain. Most recently, he achieved the first-ever recordings from the human vagus nerve using ultrasound-guided microneurography.

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Harlow, 447 Church Street, Richmond, Australia

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