News archiveLatest newsResearch Assessment Exercise Results, 2008Dec 22, 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. Medical Research Council Ph.D Studentships available at CambridgeDec 19, 2008 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. Ph.D Studentships available at the Department of Psychiatry, CambridgeDec 17, 2008 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 British Neuroscience Association MeetingDec 15, 2008 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 BBSRC funded CASE PhD Studentship in the Department of Zoology, CambridgeDec 11, 2008 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 Meeting Announcement: Advancing Years: Current Research in Cognitive Aging & Dementia - a Multi-disciplinary Approach.Dec 8, 2008 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. The submissions deadline for the CamBridgeSens Innovation Competition is midnight Monday, 15 December 2008.Dec 8, 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. 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.Dec 7, 2008 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. Calling for applications for the E G Fearnsides Scholarship, University of CambridgeDec 3, 2008 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 Cambridge Neuroscientist awarded a prize in recognition of her highly cited original research articleNov 25, 2008 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'. Axonal degeneration and repair: plasticity and stem cells meetingNov 17, 2008 Marie Curie AXREGEN Training Network Meeting, 9th - 10th December 2008, Cambridge. Fifty places are available. Graduate students and postdocs are particularly encouraged to apply. A strong Cambridge Neuroscience presence at Society for Neuroscience, 2008Nov 17, 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. Risky decision-making essential to entrepreneurialismNov 14, 2008 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 Student wins two essay awards (October 2008)Nov 11, 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. Cambridge Clinical Neuroscience and Mental Health symposiumNov 7, 2008 29th-30th September 2009, at the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge. Do animals ponder the past and contemplate the future?Nov 5, 2008 Research from Cambridge Neuroscientists, Professor Nicky Clayton and Professor Anthony Dickinson, features in the New Scientist Chrono-creature investigative special, 4th November, 2008. Research Fellowship Posts Available at the University of CardiffNov 4, 2008 Application deadline - 14th November 2008. Please follow the link for more information. Focus on Neuroscience Feature in NatureNov 4, 2008 On the 13th November 2008, Naturejobs will be publishing a Focus on Feedback from the Cambridge Networks and Neuroscience Symposium, 23rd Oct 2008Oct 30, 2008 The Kaetsu Centre reached close to full capacity, with over 100 people attending, from over 30 different Departments and Institutes across the University. Announcing the "Stochastic Models of Behaviour" WorkshopOct 27, 2008 Saturday, 13th December 2008 (Saturday) at NIPS, Vancouver & Whistler, Canada. Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in NeuroscienceOct 21, 2008 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. Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar: New Approaches in NeuroscienceOct 21, 2008 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. Congratulations to Graduate Student Molly CrockettOct 13, 2008 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'. Ex Cambridge Graduate shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2008Oct 10, 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. Trends in Psychiatric Genetics Meeting, 17th-22nd February, 2009, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA.Oct 8, 2008 Please refer to their website and poster (PDF) for further information. Announcing the Publication of 'The Neurobiology of Addiction,'Oct 7, 2008 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. The Francis Crick Lecture in Neuroscience for 2008: tonight at 8.00pmOct 2, 2008 Dr. Nigel Unwin, from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge will be presenting: 'Nicotinic Acetylcholine receptor and structural basis of fast synaptic Time: 8pm, Thursday October 2nd Venue: Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, Genome Campus, Hinxton The Michaelmas Term 2008 Neuroscience Seminar SeriesSep 23, 2008 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. Introduction to the News Media: 1-5pm, 29th Sept 2008 at the Royal Institution, London.Sep 11, 2008 Free places for scientists to learn about how the UK news media works. Registration required. Launching the Cambridge Initiative for Musculoskeletal Tissue EngineeringSep 8, 2008 One-day meeting on the 13th of October 2008 at Magdalene College. For program and registration details please click here Networks & Neuroscience Symposium - 23rd October 2008Aug 25, 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. Young Neuroscientists' Day - 22nd October 2008 at Cardiff UniversityAug 18, 2008 The Young Neuroscientists' Day 2008 is for UK researchers in the early stages of their career with an interest in neuroscience. Professor Eric Taylor explores 'Impulsiveness and its pathology'Aug 18, 2008 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. ‘Erasing’ drug-associated memories may stop drug addiction relapsesAug 14, 2008 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. Hot papers in psychiatry and psychology 2006-2008Aug 11, 2008 Cambridge Neuroscientists grab the number one 'hot paper' spot. Glaxosmithkline teams up with Cambridge to deliver new medicinesJul 30, 2008 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. From Genes to Cognition in AutismJul 29, 2008 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, Molecular biology gets wikifiedJul 23, 2008 Crowdsourcing comes to biology databases. For more information click on the NatureNews link. Cambridge Neuroscientists make a BAP scoop!Jul 23, 2008 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. Developmental Neuroscience SeminarJul 22, 2008 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. Recruiting Cambridge Neuroscientists to assist with undergraduate workshops and practicalsJul 21, 2008 An opportunity to recruit undergraduates for their Lent Term project, and to recruit potential future Ph.D. students! Neuroscience Part II Examination Results, 2008Jun 24, 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. Cambridge Neuroscientists discover brain markers which predict vulnerability to drug induced psychosis.Jun 18, 2008 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 National Brain Science Writing Prize. Application deadline - 30th June 2008Jun 11, 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. High impulsivity predicts the switch to compulsive cocaine-takingJun 11, 2008 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 Cambridge Neuroscientists explore the role of serotonin in decision-making behaviourJun 6, 2008 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. Three Cambridge Neuroscience members elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical SciencesMay 30, 2008 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 A brain research meeting: abstract deadline 30th May 2008May 28, 2008 A Brain Research Meeting: Stress, Coping and Disease, 13-14 November, 2008. Arlington, VA, USA. Abstract deadline 30th May 2008 Laboratory Demonstrating Course - 29th May 2008May 23, 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 Cambridge Neuroscientist, Dr. Jeff Dalley to give a Dana Centre lecture on addictionMay 23, 2008 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. Professor Mike Stratton elected to the Royal Society, 16th May 2008May 20, 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 CamGrid Meeting: High Throughput Computing in Science, 25th June 2008May 13, 2008 A meeting illustrating the ways high-throughput computing is being used in science in Cambridge. Scientific Leadership Course: 24-27 June in CambridgeMay 8, 2008 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. Symposium in Advancing Parkinson's ResearchMay 7, 2008 A two day conference dedicated to Parkinson's Research, 3-4 November 2008, York UK Bursaries available for PhD students and Post Docs Marie Curie PhD positions available at Cambridge. Application deadline - 30th June 2008May 1, 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. Frontiers in the degenerative dementias: toward new opportunities in treatmentApr 24, 2008 Date: Monday-Tuesday 9-10 June 2008 Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine Organiser: Society Conferences Wellcome Trust Masterclass in Motor Neuron Disease - May 2008Feb 18, 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). Cold Spring Harbour - Schizophrenia Workshop - June 2008Feb 17, 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. SCAMPS 2008 -Feb 7, 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. Routledge Lecture in PhilosophyJan 29, 2008 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 Brain Repair Spring School - April 2008 - Department of Clinical NeurosciencesJan 21, 2008 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. Royal Society Science Discussion Meeting “Neurobiology of addiction: New vistas”Jan 8, 2008 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. Brain Development Symposium - May 2008Jan 7, 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. Latest newsYou are viewing the news archive. Read the latest news |