News archiveLatest newsCambridge-Fudan Cognitive Neuroscience seminar | November 24Nov 19, 2020 Below the details for the next Cambridge Cognitive Neuroscience seminar, to be held online on November 24th at 8 am GMT (4 pm Beijing time) 'Frontal lobe function and the psychopathology of everyday life' with Professor Trevor RobbinsNov 19, 2020 #LivefromLucy in conjunction with Connections: 'Frontal lobe function and the psychopathology of everyday life' with Professor Trevor Robbins Cambridge New Therapeutics Forum - November eventNov 16, 2020 The purpose of the CamNTF is to promote interactions between scientists from academia & industry in order to improve opportunities for biotechnology research and development. How and why to commercialise your hearing researchNov 16, 2020 The Medicines Discovery Catapult are running a series of webinars to explore the emerging hearing medicines landscape. Introduction to diagnostic and device regulation in the UK, EU and USNov 16, 2020 Are you keen to see your approach make a difference, but daunted by the prospect of obtaining regulatory approval? 2 x Research Associate or Assistant positions in Cognitive Computational NeuroimagingOct 29, 2020 Exciting opportunity to work with Prof Zoe Kourtzi at the Adaptive Brain Lab. East of England Global Health ConferenceOct 21, 2020 Join us online for two half – day sessions, bringing together an interdisciplinary panel of guest speakers and experts in the field of global health. The theme is collaboration for impact. Observatory of Human-Machine Collaboration pump priming callOct 9, 2020 The OHMC is soliciting proposals of small equipment for the use in collaborative research in the areas of Human-Machine Collaboration. The climate crisis is a health crisis: how can innovation help?Oct 6, 2020 Please see below for information about Innovation Forum Cambridge’s next free webinar on the climate crisis. Gene therapy: success and affordabilityOct 6, 2020 Is gene therapy the next big thing? Are we already in the midst of a revolution? The Cambridge Language Sciences Annual SymposiumOct 6, 2020 This virtual meeting will take place on 17 November 2020. Postdocs of Cambridge Society - webinarOct 6, 2020 If you are a Cambridge postdoc and would like to learn more about how to commercialise the outcomes of your research, including protecting your intellectual property, or disclosing your inventions to the University; Cambridge Enterprise will be holding this webinar to explain how it‘s done and how they can help. Development i-Teams- help use Cambridge ideas in the developing worldOct 6, 2020 The course will run online at 7pm UK time on Tuesday evenings from October 20th to November 24th, with approximately 4 hours of individual work needed each week. A License to Tick-off the Box: Female Representation in Top Management and Organisational Diversity PriorityOct 6, 2020 In memory of Sucheta Nadkarni, the Judge Business School are delighted to invite you to the inaugural Sucheta Nadkarni Research Seminar, which will be given by Lionel Paolella. Launch meeting: Physics in Life and MedicineOct 6, 2020 This interdisciplinary meeting will introduce the new ambitions of the network, and host funders and speakers from a diversity of related disciplines, invited panellists will help direct and answer questions. Isaac Newton Trust / Wellcome Trust ISSF / University of Cambridge Joint Research Grants SchemeOct 6, 2020 This scheme is aimed at newly independent principal investigators. The primary aim of the scheme is to provide support for newly appointed individuals to allow them to develop projects which will lead to a full application for external funding. Brain Injury Technologies Think Tank 2020Oct 6, 2020 Be part of the Brain Injury Technologies Think Tank (BITT) to look into how artificial intelligence and robotics have the potential to revolutionise medicine. Postdoc Business Plan Competition – Grand Finale 2020Oct 6, 2020 Supported by the Entrepreneurial Postdocs of Cambridge and Taylor Vinters, watch six postdoc finalists pitch (online) to a panel of expert judges for a chance to win up to £20,000 investment in their business idea. Stem Cells UK ConferenceOct 6, 2020 The MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, working together with the London Stem Cell Network and the Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh, are organising the second Stem Cells UK meeting, to be held online on 23rd November 2020. Save the date: AstraZeneca and University of Cambridge joint virtual Science Symposium.Oct 6, 2020 Join the first ever joint science symposium between AstraZeneca and the University of Cambridge. Tech-Know Tuesdays speaker invitationJul 29, 2020 The team are looking for speakers for the next term of talks and would love to hear from anyone with a story to tell about a new technology they are working with. Postdoctoral Scientist - Neurobiology - Dr Michael HastingsJul 27, 2020 This is a three-year training and development position for a Postdoctoral Scientist who has recently completed their doctoral studies, is moving into a new research discipline or has limited experience of key transferable skills. Global Future Council (GFC) Fellows for the 2020-2021 - open to Post DocsJul 27, 2020 GFC Fellows are postdoctoral scholars at leading universities who are disposed with a future-looking and systems-oriented mindset. Open Science Conference 2020Jul 27, 2020 As part of the BNA's credibility in neuroscience project, they have teamed up with the Brainbox Initiative to deliver an online event aiming to promote and establish open science in non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroimaging by sharing current practices. BNA - NOMINATIONS FOR PRESIDENT-ELECTJul 27, 2020 Any member of the BNA can nominate an individual to become President-Elect. Thank you from CamBRAIN!Jul 27, 2020 We would like to thank all of those who participated in the Virtual Journal Club events during Lent and Easter terms. How to apply to IMAGINE IF! Global competition and pre-accelerator programJul 27, 2020 Do you have a great scientific idea and want to bring it to commercial reality? Do you want to benefit from expert mentoring, professional training and support, international networking opportunities, exposure to investors and more...? Improving Student Mental Health: A population-level approachJul 27, 2020 Join us for our virtual conference, as we develop the concept of a population-based, whole-university approach to student mental health. Mindful of AI: Language, Technology and Mental HealthJul 27, 2020 This two-day virtual interdisciplinary workshop brings together a diverse group of researchers from academia, industry and government, with specialisms in many different disciplines, to discuss the different effects, both positive and negative, that AI-based communications technologies are currently having, and will have, on mental health and well-being. Study shows how our brains remain active during familiar, repetitive tasksJul 27, 2020 New research, based on earlier results in mice, suggests that our brains are never at rest, even when we are not learning anything about the world around us. Antibody designed to recognise pathogens of Alzheimer’s diseaseJul 27, 2020 Researchers have found a way to design an antibody that can identify the toxic particles that destroy healthy brain cells – a potential advance in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. AI successfully used to identify different types of brain injuriesJul 27, 2020 Researchers have developed an AI algorithm that can detect and identify different types of brain injuries. Problematic smartphone use linked to poorer grades, alcohol misuse and more sexual partnersJul 27, 2020 The researchers found that one in five (20%) of survey respondents reported problematic smartphone use. Neurodegeneration Challenge Network (NDCN) online forum - WebinarJul 27, 2020 The second webinar of the Neurodegeneration Challenge Network (NDCN)will be held on Thursday, 30th July. Webinar | Advances in cellular reprogramming: from stem cells to printed tissuesJun 26, 2020 Join this webinar hosted by Mark Kotter's start-up, Bit Bio, where he and Professor Hagan Bayley from Oxford University will discuss how the lab's approach to cellular reprogramming is being used to generate reliable cell models for CNS research, including Hagan's innovative 3d cell printing technology. Webinar series | Pushing the limits of scaleJun 26, 2020 This online seminar series from Miltenyi Biotec will provide an inside view into light sheet fluorescence microscopy technologies for high-resolution imaging of large sample volumes. Graduate Studentship Award - Deadline July 15Jun 26, 2020 Within the framework of this formal collaboration, we invite applications for competitive Graduate Studentship Awards to support students working in one of two areas: 1) Nervous System Development, Homeostasis, Degeneration and Repair, and 2) Autism and Related Neurodevelopmental Conditions. The International Neuroethics Society (INS) - Call for essaysJun 26, 2020 The International Neuroethics Society (INS) and the International Youth Neuroscience Association (IYNA) are pleased to announce a call for submissions for the Neuroethics Essay Contest in 2020. EPSRC Strategic Advisory Teams - Membership Vacancies (Funder deadline 31 July 2020)Jun 26, 2020 The Engineering and Physical Sciences Council (EPSRC) is welcoming applications for membership of its Strategic Advisory Teams (SATs). Pre-Announcement: EPSRC Research Software Engineer Fellowships (provisional internal deadline 14 July 2020)Jun 26, 2020 The EPSRC has announced that the EPSRC Research Software Engineer (RSE) Fellowships will run this Summer. Restricted call: NIHR Second Call for Global Health Research Units (internal deadline 20 July 2020)Jun 26, 2020 The NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) is inviting Universities to submit applications to the NIHR Global Health call, supporting applied health research and the strengthening of research capacity and sustainability, for the direct benefit of people in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Restricted call: British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships 2020 (internal deadline 4th September 2020)Jun 26, 2020 The British Academy has informed us that the Postdoctoral Fellowships call will run again this year. The Academy has indicated that it is likely there will be no changes to the scheme. Open Life Science Mentorship programmeJun 26, 2020 The Open Life Science program helps early stage researchers and potential academic leaders in becoming Open Science ambassadors. Neurocourses UK - Online Neuroanatomy CoursesJun 26, 2020 Pre-register for the online version of our famous Human Brain Anatomy Course and get access to the Limbic Brain Anatomy Course. Register by 30th June 2020. COVID-19 & Mental Health Workshop | 7 July 2020Jun 26, 2020 Cambridge Neuroscience, CATS, and the Public Health@Cambridge Network are bringing together researchers across the University tackling mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in an interactive workshop. Postdoc Neuroscience Network Virtual Panel Discussions | 16-17 July 2020Jun 26, 2020 The Cambridge Neuroscience Postdoc Neuroscience Network Virtual Panel Discussions will take place Thursday 16 July (10am-12pm) and Friday 17 July (2-5pm). Registration is open now. Restricted call: BBSRC Strategic Longer and Larger grants: Frontier bioscienceMay 18, 2020 Applications are welcome for cutting edge, innovative and ambitious research across all biological scales, including multi-scale approaches. Proposals must be over £2 million and can be up to five years in duration. Restricted call: ESRC New Investigator Grants (internal deadline 15th June 2020)May 7, 2020 This scheme is suitable for early career researchers who have yet to make the transition to be an independent researcher. Online survey: How are you feeling during the Covid-19 pandemic?Apr 29, 2020 The goal of this research (from work in Cambridge and Munich) is to inform regulations and communication in future crises. The Cambridge Innovation Forum is Recruiting!Apr 14, 2020 The Innovation Forum predominantly consists of graduate students, whose passion and specialisms include Biotech, Data science, Pharma, Policy, Med-tech and Clean-tech sectors. Funding Call: RAEng Research Chairs and Senior Research FellowshipsApr 14, 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering has announced the Research Chairs and Senior Research Fellowships call. Call For Collaboration For Development Of AI Support For COVID-19 Diagnosis And PrognosisApr 9, 2020 Call for collaboration for development of AI support for COVID-19 diagnosis and prognosis from imaging and clinical data, University of Cambridge, UK. COVID-19 funding calls - listApr 9, 2020 There are numerous external COVID19 funding calls open for clinical trials, development of new therapeutics, development of diagnostic testing and other research. Launch of Internal funding call: COVID-19 rapid response grantsApr 9, 2020 The University’s institutional grants for translational research and impact acceleration have come together to launch this COVID-19 rapid response cross-disciplinary funding scheme. Rapid Mapping of Regional Academic Expertise and Capacity to Support the COVID-19 ResponseApr 9, 2020 The East of England Population Health Research Hub are conducting a rapid mapping to understand what academic skills are available regionally to support the COVID-19 response. Internal Funding - Wellcome Trust Developing Concept Fund and Medical Research Council Confidence in ConceptApr 9, 2020 The WT Developing Concept Fund and MRC Confidence in Concept calls for internal pump-priming funding are now open. Postdoc Business Plan Competition 2020Apr 9, 2020 This year's competition, sponsored by Taylor Vinters will be open for entry from Wednesday 29th April. To support you during the process, CE is hosting a number of online sessions, which will assist you in your application. Cambridge to spearhead £20million alliance to map spread of COVID-19 coronavirusApr 9, 2020 The University of Cambridge is to take a leading role in a major national effort to help understand and control the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). 150 scientists from new institute join Cambridge fight against COVID-19Apr 9, 2020 Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID) is integrated with the NHS both locally, through Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and nationally, in particular through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) BioResource. Cambridge Fighting COVIDApr 9, 2020 Each episode includes an update on the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, and a review of the latest developments in SARS-CoV-2 biomedical research and experimental medicine. FENS Forum 2020: We are going virtual!Apr 9, 2020 As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the FENS Forum 2020 will be held entirely virtually. Join CamBRAIN at the Virtual Journal ClubApr 9, 2020 Join members of CamBRAIN for future interactive virtual journal clubs. UKRI - Get funding for ideas that address COVID-19Apr 6, 2020 Proposals are invited for short-term projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. Cambridge-China COVID-19 Collaboration (4C) AppealApr 6, 2020 Sadaf Farooqi and Toni Vidal Puig are asking for your help with an Appeal they have launched to obtain high quality Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for frontline staff in the NHS. Create a video for the University communityApr 6, 2020 The University Communications office warmly invites all members of the University to share a video-message with the University community. Internal funding opportunity: GCRF QR 2020-21Apr 3, 2020 A wide range of initiatives compliant with the UKRI Official Development Assistance (ODA) guidelines to promote the economic development and welfare of ODA eligible countries will be supported. The Evelyn Trust - Rapid response to challenge of COVID-19Apr 3, 2020 To help with the rapid response to COVID-19, the Evelyn Trust has made an urgent call for projects that could contribute to the national and local effort. Urgent call for modellers to support epidemic modellingMar 30, 2020 The Royal Society is coordinating a call for Rapid Assistance in Modelling the Pandemic (RAMP). FENS-EJN image competitionMar 13, 2020 FENS and EJN are launching an image competition for the new FENS website. Overall winning image will also feature as the cover image on an EJN issue. Send your images! Neurocomputation & AI in NeuroscienceMar 5, 2020 There are limited places available for this exciting meeting that will take place in Downing College in March. CANCELLED - Volunteers wanted!Mar 2, 2020 Would you like to gain some public engagement experience at this year's Science Festival? POSTPONED: Cambridge Imaging Festival (CIF) 2020Feb 25, 2020 The 2020 (3rd) Cambridge Imaging Festival (CIF) will take place on Tuesday 19 May 2020, 9am-6pm Social Science Impact Conference_30 March 2020Feb 21, 2020 The ESRC IAA Steering Group warmly invites all social scientists interested in knowledge exchange, impact, and research engagement beyond the university environment to the inaugural Social Science Impact Conference. Charles Warlow Prize by the British Association of Stroke PhysiciansFeb 21, 2020 Congratulations to Nicholas Evans (Medicine) who has been awarded the prestigious Charles Warlow Prize by the British Association of Stroke Physicians. 1907 Trailblazer Award - Neuroscience & Mental HealthFeb 21, 2020 This new early career neuroscience and mental health research prize ($120,000 USD) targets step-change, transformational proposals that might be harder to fund through standard means. Funding: 2020 CDKL5 Program of Excellence Pilot Grant ProgramFeb 19, 2020 The Orphan Disease Center(ODC) at the University of Pennsylvania in collaboration with the LouLou Foundation is pleased to announce the 2020 CDKL5 Program of Excellence Pilot Grant Program. Deadline 6th March 2020. Funding: Ferblanc Applications for 2020 grants are now welcomed.Feb 19, 2020 The deadline is 5pm Friday 13th March 2020. Decisions will be made by early May. The Cambridge Spring School 2020: Lessons from Neural Injury 1st – 3rd April 2020Feb 19, 2020 Welcome back to the Cambridge Spring School, organised by the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Cambridge! This year’s event ‘Lessons from Neural Injury’, will explore what can be learned about disease mechanisms from clinical or experimental injury. Brain events at the Cambridge Science Festival - Week 2!Feb 19, 2020 Researchers at the Cambridge Science Festival reveal latest insights into the brain in 37 different events - check out all of the events happening in week 2 of the Science Festival. Call for Forum Press Office Assistants at FENS 2020 (stipend)Feb 19, 2020 Are you an early career neuroscientist, with a keen interest in science communications? We are looking for 3 Voluntary Press Office Assistants to ensure the smooth running of the Forum Press Centre. Application deadline: 16 March 2020. MathWorks at University of Cambridge: Machine & Deep Learning Workshop SeriesFeb 19, 2020 Join Mathworks for a workshop series on Machine and Deep Learning in MATLAB - starts today! Brain events at the Cambridge Science Festival - Week 1!Feb 19, 2020 Researchers at the Cambridge Science Festival reveal latest insights into the brain in 37 different events. CANCELLED - MEGUK 2020 - Cambridge 6-7 April 2020Feb 19, 2020 The MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit is pleased to announce that the next MEGUK conference will be held in Cambridge (Magdalene College) on the 6-7 April 2020. POSTPONED - Cambridge Neuroscience Theme Development workshops - Registration now open!Feb 19, 2020 Cambridge Neuroscience is in the process of developing key themes cutting across discovery and translational research to represent Cambridge Neuroscience and showcase the highly collaborative and integrative character of our research community. Please have your say and join the workshops throughout Lent term. FENS Forum 2020: it's time to submit your abstract!Feb 13, 2020 There's less than a week left to submit your abstract and save on registration before the 18 February deadline! BNA2021: Submit your proposals now! - Extended until April 22nd!Feb 6, 2020 In April 2021, the British Neuroscience Association will host its fifth Festival of Neuroscience, this time taking neuroscience to the seaside in Brighton, UK. BNA Industry & Academia SymposiumFeb 6, 2020 When Industry Meets Academia: Sir Mene Pangalos on improving translation in neuroscience. The BNA 2021 Festival of Neuroscience call for submissions is now open!Jan 24, 2020 In April 2021, in partnership with the UK Dementia Research Institute, and a plethora of partners societies, the British Neuroscience Association will host its fifth Festival of Neuroscience, this time taking neuroscience to the seaside in Brighton, UK. Breakthrough Prize in Life SciencesJan 14, 2020 Three prizes will be awarded in any area in basic or medical life sciences, and one prize will specifically recognize advances in Parkinson’s disease or other neurological disorders. Rosetrees Trust 2020 Enterprise FellowshipsJan 14, 2020 Rosetrees Trust has announced the launch of the 2020 nationwide Enterprise Fellowship Scheme. Awards are up to £180,000 over three years for Biomedical Research. Wellcome Diversity and Inclusion funding eventJan 14, 2020 Members of the Wellcome Diversity and Inclusion team will be coming to Cambridge on Tuesday 21 January 2020 to talk to researchers. APPLY FOR A FENS TRAVEL GRANTJan 14, 2020 In association with the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), Proteintech is offering 4 x £500 travel grants to attend the 2020 FENS Forum meeting in Glasgow, UK. The Royal Society Funding Visit – University of Cambridge, 28th of January 2020Jan 14, 2020 The Royal Society Grants Team is visiting the University of Cambridge on the 28h of January 2020.
EPSRC Visit Presentation and Q&A with John HandJan 14, 2020 John Hand, Head of the Physical Sciences Theme at the EPSRC, is visiting Cambridge to present to the research community the purpose, aims and funding schemes available within EPSRC Physical Sciences. UK-Japan Neuroscience Symposium 2020Jan 14, 2020 This meeting will bring together leading neuroscientists from the UK and Japan to explore exciting new techniques in Neuroscience and ways in which new technologies can be applied to solving some of the most pressing health issues of our time such as dementia and mental health conditions. Latest newsYou are viewing the news archive. Read the latest news |