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British Neuroscience Association Meeting
The 20th National Meeting, The Adelphi, Liverpool, 19-22th April, 2009
Bursary application deadline: 28th February, 2009
The scientific programme is an exciting and topical array of seven world-class plenary speakers, 20 symposia and over 50 themed poster sessions. To register for this meeting, and for more information, please click here
Posted on Monday 15 December, 2008
Cambridge Clinical Neuroscience and Mental Health symposium
29th-30th September 2009, at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.
Posted on Friday 7 November, 2008
Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience
19th March, 9.00 - 8.00 pm, William Harvey Lecture Theatre, Addenbrooke's Site.
The seminar will showcase the innovative technologies and cutting edge approaches that are being developed across Cambridge to improve our understanding of the nervous system.
Registration for this event has now closed.
Posted on Tuesday 21 October, 2008
Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in Neuroscience
19th March, 9.00 - 8.00 pm, William Harvey Lecture Theatre, Addenbrooke's Site.
The seminar will showcase the innovative technologies and cutting edge approaches that are being developed across Cambridge to improve our understanding of the nervous system.
Registration for this event has now closed and the venue is at full capacity. Those who wish to be added to the reserve delegate list should e.mail: cnseminars2009@googlemail.com.
Posted on Tuesday 21 October, 2008
Research Assessment Exercise Results, 2008
The University of Cambridge is placed as the top academic research institution in the UK, with particular strengths in the Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences.
Announced December 18th 2008.
Posted on Monday 22 December, 2008
Calling for applications for the E G Fearnsides Scholarship, University of Cambridge
The E G Fearnsides Scholarship Committee of Management invite applications for 2009/10 for funding for a one-year research degree in the area of clinical research on organic diseases of the nervous system.
Deadline for applications: 30th January 2009
Posted on Wednesday 3 December, 2008
Medical Research Council Ph.D Studentships available at Cambridge
Two Ph.D Studentships are available at the Department of Experimental Psychology, and one Ph.D Studentship is available at the MRC/Wellcome Trust Behavioural and Clinical Neurosciences Institute.
Closing date for application: 1st February 2009.
For more information please click on the links above.
Posted on Friday 19 December, 2008
Ph.D Studentships available at the Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge
The Department of Psychiatry, at the University of Cambridge, invites applications from outstanding individuals - including recent graduates and current NHS staff - to compete for six fully funded PhD Studentships in Applied Mental Health Research.
Closing date for application: 22nd January 2009
Posted on Wednesday 17 December, 2008
The Michaelmas Term 2008 Neuroscience Seminar Series
Michaelmas Term 2008 brings with it an outstanding series of Cambridge Neuroscience Seminars.
For details on all Neuroscience Talks please click here.
To download posters for the individual Seminar Series please read the full article.
Posted on Tuesday 23 September, 2008
BBSRC funded CASE PhD Studentship in the Department of Zoology, Cambridge
This project offers the opportunity to use a new type of a Selective Illumination Microscope for calcium imaging in neuroscience.
Closing Date for application: 15th December 2008. For more information please click here
Posted on Thursday 11 December, 2008
The submissions deadline for the CamBridgeSens Innovation Competition is midnight Monday, 15 December 2008.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to win up to £5000 in research cash to fund your ingenious innovative research idea! For additional information, please click on the link.
Posted on Monday 8 December, 2008
Meeting Announcement: Advancing Years: Current Research in Cognitive Aging & Dementia - a Multi-disciplinary Approach.
This free meeting is being held on the 25th February, 2009 at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, to explore the basic to clinical dementia research taking place in and around Edinburgh, and discuss future directions in the field.
For further details, including online registration, please click here. To download the poster for the event please click here.
Posted on Monday 8 December, 2008
As members of Cambridge Neuroscience we have the unique opportunity to provide feedback on a website that is being developed to help foster collaborations between academia and industry and help to strengthen the UK translational neuroscience landscape.
Please e.mail coordinator@neuroscience.cam.ac.uk to arrange access to this website. You can either provide feedback by e.mail, or by attending the website discussion and development session on Wednesday, 10th December, Department of Experimental Psychology Computer Suite, 3.00 - 4.30 pm.
Posted on Sunday 7 December, 2008
Cambridge Neuroscientist awarded a prize in recognition of her highly cited original research article
Congratulations go to Danielle Turner, from the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, Cambridge, who was awarded a prize at the Psychopharmacology editorial board meeting in November, in recognition of her 2003 paper entitled the 'Cognitive enhancing effects of modafinil in healthy volunteers'.
Posted on Tuesday 25 November, 2008
A strong Cambridge Neuroscience presence at Society for Neuroscience, 2008
Cambridge Neuroscience was well represented at the 38th annual Society for Neuroscience meeting, 15th - 19th November 2008, Washington DC. Christine Holt delivered a special developmental lecture, Mike Bate delivered the Fred Kavli Distinguished International Scientist Lecture whilst Joff Lee and Amy Milton presented at the reconsolidation mini symposium.
For more information about Society for Neuroscience please follow the link.
Posted on Monday 17 November, 2008
Axonal degeneration and repair: plasticity and stem cells meeting
Marie Curie AXREGEN Training Network Meeting, 9th - 10th December 2008, Cambridge.
Fifty places are available. Graduate students and postdocs are particularly encouraged to apply.
Posted on Monday 17 November, 2008
Risky decision-making essential to entrepreneurialism
A team of Cambridge Neuroscientists, led by Professor Barbara Sahakian, found that entrepreneurs are riskier decision-makers than their managerial counterparts. Additionally, the type of decision-making essential to the entrepreneurial process may be possible to teach or enhanced in the future by pharmaceuticals.
Research published in Nature, 12th November, 2008
Posted on Friday 14 November, 2008
Student wins two essay awards (October 2008)
Congratulations to Alejandro Vicente-Grabovetsky, a second year PhD student at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, who recently won two awards for his essay writing skills.
For more information please click here, and scroll down.
Posted on Tuesday 11 November, 2008
Feedback from the Cambridge Networks and Neuroscience Symposium, 23rd Oct 2008
The Kaetsu Centre reached close to full capacity, with over 100 people attending, from over 30 different Departments and Institutes across the University.
Posted on Thursday 30 October, 2008
Do animals ponder the past and contemplate the future?
Research from Cambridge Neuroscientists, Professor Nicky Clayton and Professor Anthony Dickinson, features in the New Scientist Chrono-creature investigative special, 4th November, 2008.
Posted on Wednesday 5 November, 2008
Focus on Neuroscience Feature in Nature
On the 13th November 2008, Naturejobs will be publishing a Focus on
Neuroscience Feature.
Posted on Tuesday 4 November, 2008
Research Fellowship Posts Available at the University of Cardiff
Application deadline - 14th November 2008. Please follow the link for more information.
Posted on Tuesday 4 November, 2008
Announcing the "Stochastic Models of Behaviour" Workshop
Saturday, 13th December 2008 (Saturday) at NIPS, Vancouver & Whistler, Canada.
Posted on Monday 27 October, 2008
Networks & Neuroscience Symposium - 23rd October 2008
Kaetsu Centre, New Hall College, Cambridge 9.00-6.30pm
Exploring theoretical and analytical approaches to network analysis and their application to neuroscience.
The event is free of charge to Cambridge researchers with lunch provided and an evening wine reception available for attendees.
Posted on Monday 25 August, 2008
Ex Cambridge Graduate shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2008
Roger Tsien, a Cambridge Graduate, now working at the University of California, San Diego, has been jointly awarded the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2008.
Posted on Friday 10 October, 2008
Congratulations to Graduate Student Molly Crockett
Molly Crockett was, on the 24th September, awarded the Wellcome Trust and New Scientist Essay Competition 2008 runner up prize for her essay entitled 'The Chemistry of Choice: How serotonin affects decision-making'.
Posted on Monday 13 October, 2008
Announcing the Publication of 'The Neurobiology of Addiction,'
A Royal Society Publication: Informing the Science of the Future
Organised and Edited by Cambridge Neuroscientists Professor Trevor Robbins and Professor Barry Everitt and Professor David Nutt from the University of Bristol.
Posted on Tuesday 7 October, 2008
Trends in Psychiatric Genetics Meeting, 17th-22nd February, 2009, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA.
Please refer to their website and poster (PDF) for further information.
Posted on Wednesday 8 October, 2008
The Francis Crick Lecture in Neuroscience for 2008: tonight at 8.00pm
Dr. Nigel Unwin, from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge will be presenting:
'Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptor and structural basis of fast synaptic
transmission'
Time: 8pm, Thursday October 2nd Venue: Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Genome Campus, Hinxton
This lecture is open to all.
Posted on Thursday 2 October, 2008
Professor Eric Taylor explores 'Impulsiveness and its pathology'
Paykel Lecture - 12th Sept 2008, 6.00 pm at the William Harvey Lecture Theatre, School of Clinical Medicine, Addenbrooke's Site. Wine reception to follow.
Posted on Monday 18 August, 2008
Introduction to the News Media: 1-5pm, 29th Sept 2008 at the Royal Institution, London.
Free places for scientists to learn about how the UK news media works. Registration required.
Posted on Thursday 11 September, 2008
Launching the Cambridge Initiative for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering
One-day meeting on the 13th of October 2008 at Magdalene College. For program and registration details please click here
Posted on Monday 8 September, 2008
Young Neuroscientists' Day - 22nd October 2008 at Cardiff University
The Young Neuroscientists' Day 2008 is for UK researchers in the early stages of their career with an interest in neuroscience.
Posted on Monday 18 August, 2008
‘Erasing’ drug-associated memories may stop drug addiction relapses
The team of Cambridge Neuroscientists, led by Professor Barry Everitt, were able to reduce drug-seeking behaviours in rats by blocking a brain chemical receptor important to learning and memory during the recall of drug-associated memories.
The findings were reported in the The Journal of Neuroscience, 13th Aug 2008.
Posted on Thursday 14 August, 2008
Hot papers in psychiatry and psychology 2006-2008
Cambridge Neuroscientists grab the number one 'hot paper' spot.
Posted on Monday 11 August, 2008
Glaxosmithkline teams up with Cambridge to deliver new medicines
GSK has signed its first agreement with the University of Cambridge, which will dedicate a team of academic experts in both neuroscience and metabolic disorders, to develop a novel centrally-acting agent with therapeutic potential for obesity and addictive disorders.
For more information please click here.
Posted on Wednesday 30 July, 2008
From Genes to Cognition in Autism
The Autism Research Centre (ARC), University of Cambridge, will be hosting:
The Autism Neuroscience Conference: from genes to cognition in autism.
6-7th October 2008,
Royal Society, London, UK.
For more information please click here.
Posted on Tuesday 29 July, 2008
Cambridge Neuroscientists make a BAP scoop!
Cambridge Neuroscientists win multiple awards at the British Association of Psychopharmacology (BAP) summer meeting, held in Harrogate, on the 20th-23rd July 2008.
Winners include:
Dr Phil Corlett, Dr. Garry Honey and Prof. Paul Fletcher for their insightful research article entitled 'From prediction error to psychosis: ketamine as a pharmacological model of delusions'
and Prof. Pradeep Nathan who was awarded the prestigious Wyeth Clinical Psychopharmacology Award for his research into cognitive function and Alzheimer's disease.
Posted on Wednesday 23 July, 2008
Molecular biology gets wikified
Crowdsourcing comes to biology databases.
For more information click on the NatureNews link.
Posted on Wednesday 23 July, 2008
Developmental Neuroscience Seminar
Dr Suresh Jesuthasan, from the Temasek Lifesciences Laboratory, Singapore, will be presenting
‘Schreck! Or Innate Fear in the Zebrafish’
on Monday 28th July 2008, 1.00 pm at the Bryan Matthew’s Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site. All welcome.
Posted on Tuesday 22 July, 2008
Recruiting Cambridge Neuroscientists to assist with undergraduate workshops and practicals
An opportunity to recruit undergraduates for their Lent Term project, and to recruit potential future Ph.D. students!
Posted on Monday 21 July, 2008
Neuroscience Part II Examination Results, 2008
We are delighted to announce the Undergraduate Neuroscience Part II Examination Results:
Out of 30 candidates for Honours, there were an outstanding 7 in First class, 18 in class 2.1, and 5 in class 2.2.
Particular congratulations go to Miss Audrey Lee (Queens College), who received the Cambridge Neuroscience prize for the highest mark overall, and to Miss Sinead Boughey (St. Edmunds College) who received the Trends in Neurosciences prize for the best project.
Posted on Tuesday 24 June, 2008
Cambridge Neuroscientists discover brain markers which predict vulnerability to drug induced psychosis.
New research findings, from the University of Cambridge, may help to develop early intervention strategies and to tailor treatments for patients with schizophrenia.
Findings were reported in the Journal of Neuroscience, 18th June 2008
Posted on Wednesday 18 June, 2008
High impulsivity predicts the switch to compulsive cocaine-taking
Cambridge Neuroscientists have found impulsivity, a trait often associated with addicts’ behaviour, predicts whether casual drug use will lead to compulsive drug use.
Their findings were reported in Science, 6th June 2008
Posted on Wednesday 11 June, 2008
Cambridge Neuroscientists explore the role of serotonin in decision-making behaviour
New research, from neuroscientists working at the University of Cambridge, suggests that the neurotransmitter serotonin plays a critical role in regulating emotions such as aggression during social decision-making.
Their research was published on-line in Science, 5th June 2008.
Posted on Friday 6 June, 2008
Cambridge Neuroscientist, Dr. Jeff Dalley to give a Dana Centre lecture on addiction
Emminant neuroscientist, Dr. Jeff Dalley asked to deliver a public engagement lecture on addiction at the Dana Centre, London, 7 pm, Tuesday 27th May 2008.
Posted on Friday 23 May, 2008
National Brain Science Writing Prize. Application deadline - 30th June 2008
Do you have a passion for brains? Could you write a newspaper-style article celebrating the amazing world of brain science?
If your answers are yes, then enter the National Brian Science Writing competition. First prize £250 and article publication in the BBC Focus magazine and the BNA quarterly magazine.
Posted on Wednesday 11 June, 2008
Three Cambridge Neuroscience members elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences
Professor Ed Bullmore, Professor Barry Everitt and Dr. Michael Hastings have been recognised for excellence in medical science with their election to the Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
They will be officially admitted to the Academy in a ceremony in June 2008
Posted on Friday 30 May, 2008
A brain research meeting: abstract deadline 30th May 2008
A Brain Research Meeting: Stress, Coping and Disease, 13-14 November, 2008. Arlington, VA, USA. Abstract deadline 30th May 2008
Posted on Wednesday 28 May, 2008
Laboratory Demonstrating Course - 29th May 2008
The course looks at understanding the role of practical class demonstrators and learning effective methods for teaching small groups in a lab.
29th May 2008, 10.00am-1.00pm at the Clinical School
Posted on Friday 23 May, 2008
Marie Curie PhD positions available at Cambridge. Application deadline - 30th June 2008
The Department of Clinical Neurosciences has been awarded a Marie Curie Training network grant to focus on the general topic of axonal degeneration and regeneration.
Posted on Thursday 1 May, 2008
Professor Mike Stratton elected to the Royal Society, 16th May 2008
Mike Stratton, Deputy Director and Joint Head of the Cancer Genome Project at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society
Posted on Tuesday 20 May, 2008
Cambridge Bioethics Seminar, 6th June 2008
Open to Grad students and Post-docs only.
Posted on Tuesday 13 May, 2008
CamGrid Meeting: High Throughput Computing in Science, 25th June 2008
A meeting illustrating the ways high-throughput computing is being used in science in Cambridge.
Posted on Tuesday 13 May, 2008
Symposium in Advancing Parkinson's Research
A two day conference dedicated to Parkinson's Research, 3-4 November 2008, York UK
Bursaries available for PhD students and Post Docs
Posted on Wednesday 7 May, 2008
Scientific Leadership Course: 24-27 June in Cambridge
The Prestigious Scientific Leadership course (The Art of Leadership - fewer conflicts, more results) comes to Cambridge.
The course is for scientific team leaders / principal investigators.
Posted on Thursday 8 May, 2008
Frontiers in the degenerative dementias: toward new opportunities in treatment
Date: Monday-Tuesday 9-10 June 2008
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine
Organiser: Society Conferences
Posted on Thursday 24 April, 2008
Wellcome Trust Masterclass in Motor Neuron Disease - May 2008
British Neuroscience Association student members and post-docs are invited to apply for stipends to attend the Wellcome Trust Masterclass entitled: Controversies in Motor Neuron Disease Research and Practice, hosted by the BNA at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Great Park, 21st-23rd May, 2008, and coordinated by Kevin Talbot (Oxford) and Ammar Al-Chalabi (King’s College, London).
Posted on Monday 18 February, 2008
Cold Spring Harbour - Schizophrenia Workshop - June 2008
This workshop will provide students with the most current understanding of the molecular, cellular and neural systems underlying the disturbances in brain function in these devastating illnesses.
Posted on Sunday 17 February, 2008
SCAMPS 2008 -
The Sanger-Cambridge PhD Symposium (SCAMPS) is an annual symposium in Cambridge that brings together the students in the many institutes and departments within the Graduate School of Life Sciences. SCAMPS will be held at the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre in Hinxton on April 15th, 2008.
Posted on Thursday 7 February, 2008
Routledge Lecture in Philosophy
Biologically evolved intelligence makes the most of brain, body, and world. This talk looks at the resulting messiness, and highlights some pros, cons, and (both methodological and metaphysical) complexities
Posted on Tuesday 29 January, 2008
Brain Repair Spring School - April 2008 - Department of Clinical Neurosciences
The Department of Clinical Neurosciences is holding its annual Brain Repair Spring School on 1 to 3 April 2008 at Corpus Christi College, Trumpington Street, Cambridge.
The closing date for meeting registration and/or submission of the abstract form is Monday 3 March 2008.
Posted on Monday 21 January, 2008
Royal Society Science Discussion Meeting “Neurobiology of addiction: New vistas”
This meeting will bring together U.K. and international experts to debate the nature and extent of addiction, as well as its causes and consequences, including treatment. Organised by Barry Everitt, David Nutt and Trevor Robbins.
Posted on Tuesday 8 January, 2008
Brain Development Symposium - May 2008
Following the success of this year's Brain Development meeting, Abcam is pleased to announce a follow-up symposium to be held over two days in May 2008. Early registration ends on the 17th of March.
Posted on Monday 7 January, 2008
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