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Open Funding Calls from Alzheimer's Society - Project grants and PhD studentships
Alzheimer's Society funds research into all forms of dementia and across the spectrum of cause, care, cure, diagnosis and prevention of dementia.
Posted on Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Free Expert Witness Training
Cambridge Enterprise is delighted to be offering a free one day training course on courtroom skills for expert witnesses. Practice and develop your courtroom skills and evidence giving technique.
Posted on Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Cambridge Neuroscientist Dr John Coates publishes new book on the biology of risk taking
In this book Coates sketches out a universal biology of risk taking. Under the pressure of risk our biology transforms us into different people, a transformation Coates, drawing on an old French expression, calls The Hour Between Dog and Wolf.
Posted on Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Professor Barbara Sahakian discusses the future of drug development for Mental Illness
In any given year, nearly 40% of the population in 30 European countries is affected by Mental Illness. In a Comment article in Nature, Professor Barbara Sahakian and Thomas Insel describe what the next decade of drug development should like.
Posted on Monday 26 March, 2012
Resarch Staff Newsletter, May 2012
The Research Staff Newsletter (May 2012) gives information about training and development opportunities that may be of interest to all research staff.
Posted on Monday 14 May, 2012
The Cambridge University Well-Being Institute is delighted to make two announcements.
The Cambridge University Well-Being Institute is delighted to announce a further screening of 'HAPPY' and details of its upcoming seminars in May and July.
Posted on Monday 14 May, 2012
Congratulations to Cambridge Neuroscientist, Professor Daniel Wolpert on his election to Fellowship of the Royal Society.
A professor in the Department of Engineering, Daniel examines computational models and uses simple behavioural experiments to describe and predict how the brain solves problems related to action.
Posted on Monday 14 May, 2012
Professor Trevor Robbins in interview with The Psychologist
In an interview with Jon Sutton from The Psychologist, Cambridge Neuroscientist Professor Trevor Robbins talks research, the relationship between biology and psychology and what gets him up in the morning.
Posted on Thursday 10 May, 2012
First annual Francis Crick Memorial Conference, Churchill College, Cambridge July 7th 2012
The First Annual Francis Crick Memorial Conference, focusing on "Consciousness in Humans and Non-Human Animals", aims to provide a purely data-driven perspective on the neural correlates of consciousness. Cambridge Scientist Professor Stephen Hawking will be giving in a talk with Dr Philip Lowe of NeuroVigil Inc on the neural correlates of intended movement and speech.
Posted on Tuesday 17 April, 2012
Shine On You Crazy Diamond
Cambridge neuroscientists will be among the members of the innovative educational charity ‘Squeaky Gate’ joining a Pink Floyd tribute band to celebrate the transforming power of music.
Posted on Wednesday 9 May, 2012
The economy of brain network organisation
In a recent review in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Cambridge Neuroscientist Professor Ed Bullmore and his collaborator Olaf Spoons (Indiana University) propose that brain network organization is the result of an economical trade-off between the physical cost of the network and the adaptive value of its topology.
Posted on Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Professor Karen Steel is one of two European neuroscientists awarded the € 1 million BRAIN PRIZE 2012
The Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation announced that The Brain Prize 2012 is jointly awarded to Christine Petit and Karen Steel: ‘for their unique, world-leading contributions to our understanding of the genetic regulation of the development and functioning of the ear, and for elucidating the causes of many of the hundreds of inherited forms of deafness’.
Posted on Wednesday 4 April, 2012
SfN Launches ‘BrainFacts.org’
The Society for Neuroscience has launched BrainFacts.org - an authoritative source of information about the brain and nervous system for the public. The site is a public information initiative of The Kavli Foundation, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, and the Society for Neuroscience, all leading global nonprofit organizations working to advance brain research. Cambridge Neuroscientist Professor Trevor Robbins is a member of the International Editorial board.
Posted on Tuesday 8 May, 2012
News and opportunities from Edinburgh Neuroscience
Details of the Henderson Scholarships for summer vacation work, and two distance learning courses, one on Neuroimaging and another on Cognitive Ageing Research Methods for medical scientists.
Posted on Friday 11 May, 2012
Cambridge Neuroscientist Dr Amy Milton will discuss 'Erasing Memories' at Skeptics in the Pub in May
Cambridge Neuroscientist Dr Amy Milton is a lecturer based in the Department of Experimental Psychology. She will be appearing at Skeptics in the Pub on Tuesday, May 29th at 7pm at The Maypole Pub in Cambridge
Posted on Thursday 10 May, 2012
FENS: Introduction course to Stereology for Neuroscientists - July 12-13th, 2012
The goal of the workshop is to teach a small group of research scientists how to design, supervise, and critically evaluate stereological studies of the nervous system.
Posted on Thursday 10 May, 2012
Molecular Neurology and Therapeutics (A Wellcome Trust Course): 7-14 July 2012
Application deadline has been extended to 14th May, 2012. This intensive, discussion-based course offers a unique opportunity to learn the latest concepts and methodologies associated with the study of human neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, stroke, and ataxias.
Posted on Wednesday 9 May, 2012
60 Years of Hodgkin and Huxley
There will be a meeting in Cambridge on July 12-13th, 2012 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the original publication of the Hodgkin and Huxley model of the action potential for which they won the Nobel prize. The congress will be held at Trinity College, Cambridge and in part in the Physiology Labs building, academic homes for the original research.
Posted on Wednesday 9 May, 2012
Chronic cocaine use may speed up ageing of brain
New research by Cambridge Neuroscientists suggests that chronic cocaine abuse accelerates the process of brain ageing. The study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, found that age-related loss of grey matter in the brain is greater in people who are dependent on cocaine than in the healthy population.
Posted on Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Initial positive results indicate that new gene therapy could revolutionise treatment for Parkinson’s disease
A story has appeared on Sky News on April 12th on Oxford BioMedica’s innovative gene-based treatment for Parkinson’s disease. The programme, which was broadcast ahead of Parkinson’s Awareness Week starting on 16 April, includes interviews with Sheila Roy, a patient who has been treated with ProSavin® and Cambridge Neuroscientist Dr Philip Buttery, a clinician at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
Posted on Friday 13 April, 2012
The 4th Cardiff Annual Summer School in Brain Disorder Research 2-5th July 2012
The School is aimed at clinical trainees and non-clinical scientists (MSc, PhD, Post Doc) who are interested in moving into the field of Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics or those who want an introduction to cutting edge research in brain diseases. The closing date for applications is Friday, 27th April 2012.
Posted on Wednesday 18 April, 2012
Wiring the Brain
Cambridge Neuroscientists have created a simple new model of the human brain, which reproduces the statistics of its complex network organization.
Posted on Friday 13 April, 2012
Turing's 100th Birthday Party at King's College, Cambridge, 15-16th June 2012
You are invited to Turing's 100th birthday party at King's College, Cambridge on 15-16th June 2012
Posted on Wednesday 11 April, 2012
“Understanding Excess” at the Cambridge Science Festival
“Understanding excess” was a neuropsychiatry seminar hosted by the University of Cambridge on the 14th of March 2012, as part of the Cambridge Science Festival.
Posted on Wednesday 11 April, 2012
Postdoctoral Neuroscience Opportunities in Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary
2 Neuroscience Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr V. Wee Yong at the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary in Canada.
Posted on Tuesday 10 April, 2012
University of Cambridge CamPain network
Cambridge Neuroscientists working on pain receive £3m in funding and have formed a cross-departmental, cross-disciplinary collaborative CamPain network.
Posted on Tuesday 10 April, 2012
The 2012 MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award
The 2012 MRC Max Perutz Science Writing Award, in partnership with Metro, will open on 1 May. The deadline for entries is Friday 8 June.
Posted on Tuesday 10 April, 2012
BNA 1 day meeting on Bioengineering and neuronal remodelling - July 5th, 2012
This one-day meeting will focus on advances in biomedicine aimed at repairing peripheral nerves and spinal cord. There will be eight high profile speakers and opportunities for early-career scientists to present their work
Posted on Wednesday 4 April, 2012
Call for information on International collaborations held by members of Cambridge Neuroscience
The International Strategy Office is trying to gauge the extent of international collaborations held by members of Cambridge Neuroscience. Please contact me with a brief statement of any major collaborations that you have giving information on countries involved, nature of research etc.
Posted on Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Report from a very successful Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar
Cambridge Neuroscientist, Miss Kate McAllister reports on the very successful recent Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar. The daylong symposium, with the theme ’Translational Neuroscience’ was held on 20th March, with feedback suggesting it was one of the most successful seminars to date with over 440 registered delegates in attendance.
Posted on Monday 2 April, 2012
Cambridge Neuroscience Public Lecture: Light, clocks and sleep: the discovery of a new photoreceptor within the eye
Professor Russell Foster looks at how new research into photoreceptive cells in the retina that regulate a broad range of behaviour and physiology has redefined our understanding of vision and the nature of blindness. This talk is available here.
Posted on Monday 26 March, 2012
Registration for "The Striatum" is now open - Thursday, 24th May 2012
This meeting brings together six leading world experts spanning key facets of the striatum, including anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and computational modeling to share the latest data and insights.
Posted on Tuesday 3 April, 2012
Professor John Duncan wins prestigious Heineken Award for Cognitive Neuroscience
Cambridge Neuroscientist Professor John Duncan, Assistant Director of the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, has been awarded the prestigious Heineken Award for Cognitive Science for his work in establishing the links between cognitive function and neural mechanisms.
Posted on Monday 26 March, 2012
Professor Barry Everitt wins FENS EJN award
Many congratulations to Barry Everitt on his FENS EJN Award 2012 in recognition of outstanding scientific work in all areas of neuroscience. The FENS-EJN Award is sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell (publishers of EJN). It will be presented at the 2012 FENS Forum in Barcelona (July 14-18, 2012).
Posted on Friday 23 March, 2012
University of Cambridge and University of Kentucky Launch Research Collaboration
University of Cambridge and University of Kentucky have launched a collaboration in applying RNA nanotechnologies to solve some of the world’s most pressing inflammatory neurological syndromes.
Posted on Friday 9 March, 2012
Positions available for Programme Leaders in new MRC LMB building
Coinciding with the move of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) into a new state-of-the-art research building in October 2012, the Division of Neurobiology wishes to recruit talented Programme Leaders interested in developing an independent programme of research.
Posted on Thursday 8 March, 2012
1 year post-doc position in Neurobiology at Bristol University
This is an interdisciplinary project for one year which is supported by the Waterloo foundation. The applicant will work in well-equipped and modern laboratories in the Musculoskeletal Research Unit at Southmead Hospital and in the MRC Centre for synaptic plasticity at Bristol University. Enquires can be made to Dr Patrick Case and Professor Jeremy Henley.
Posted on Friday 24 February, 2012
Human cerebral cortex development from pluripotent stem cells to functional excitatory synapses
Cambridge scientists have created cerebral cortex cells to ‘recreate’ Alzheimer’s disease in the lab
Posted on Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Transplanted neural stem/precursor cells instruct phagocytes and reduce secondary tissue damage in the injured spinal cord
Cambridge scientists working at the Brain Repair Centre and Stem Cell Initiative have investigated the therapeutic plasticity of neural stem cells after their implantation into the injured spinal cord.
Posted on Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Abnormal Brain Structure Implicated in Stimulant Drug Addiction
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to neuroscientists led by Dr Karen Ersche.
Posted on Tuesday 7 February, 2012
8th FENS Forum of Neuroscience - Barcelona, 14th-18th July, 2012
EARLY REGISTRATION AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSION EXTENDED TO FEBRUARY 12TH!
Posted on Tuesday 1 November, 2011
Cognitive Enhancers: 22nd Neuropharmacology Conference
Cognitive Enhancers: 22nd Neuropharmacology Conference. Official Satellite to the 2012 Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. Hilton Riverside, New Orleans, LA, USA - 11-12 October 2012
Posted on Thursday 26 January, 2012
Research grant application deadlines
If you are intending to submit a research grant application early in the new year, please take note of the following deadlines.
Posted on Monday 19 December, 2011
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