Cambridge Neuroscience

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Welcome to Cambridge Neuroscience; a virtual Interdisciplinary Research Centre connecting researchers across the University of Cambridge and affiliated Institutes. Our mission is to build networks, foster collaborations and support the University’s mission which is to contribute to society through the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence.

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Neurons, Circuits and Networks

The Social Brain

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Beyond the Neuron

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Brains and Machines

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Adaptive Brain Computations

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Lifelong Brain Development and Brain Ageing

Cambridge has a strong tradition in neuroscience having been host to the first analyses of neural signalling in the 1930s, determined the mechanisms of neuronal firing in the 1950s, and heralded some of the early theoretical approaches to the functions of neural circuitry in the 1960s. Neuroscience continues to grow at Cambridge, with an impressive record of achievement in multi-disciplinary research.

LATEST NEWS

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Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows rapid improvement for depression

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Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ is behind long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms

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Mental Health Overhaul

09/10/2024

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First map of every neuron in an adult fly brain complete

09/10/2024

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Cambridge joins forces with ARIA to fast-track radical new technologies to revolutionise brain health

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Cambridge is uniquely placed to meet the challenges of neuroscience in the future and there is no doubt that the Cambridge Neuroscience initiative will meet these needs and fulfil its expectations.

Our key strength in Cambridge Neuroscience remains our people: first class researchers from a wide range of backgrounds and expertise working in everything from biomedicine and maths, to psychiatry and philosophy, education, engineering and economics.

UPCOMING SEMINARS

20-11-2024 11:30:00

Social reward response as a lens to examine autism in and outside the lab

21-11-2024 11:00:00

Post-hoc tests, multiple comparisons, contrasts and handling interactions

(Graduate Programme in Cognitive and Brain Sciences)

21-11-2024 14:00:00

Reactivation in the human brain connects the past with the present

UPCOMING EVENTS

Apr 8, 2025

CNS2025: Expanding the Horizons of Brain Research

You are invited to attend the 35th annual Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar – CNS2025: ‘Expanding the Horizons of Brain Research’ on Tuesday April 8th 2025 at Queens’ College. CNS2025 will be

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CORE THEMES

Neuroscience at Cambridge can be conceptualised in terms of six core themes. These groupings extend beyond the boundaries of traditional Departmental structures, providing an important focus for neuroscience research, and enabling the sharing of methodologies, technologies and conceptual issues. Connections and overlap exist between all the five core themes, highlighting the inter-disciplinarity of Cambridge Neuroscience.

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Neurons, Circuits and Networks

The Social Brain

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Beyond the Neuron

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Brains and Machines

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Adaptive Brain Computations

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Lifelong Brain Development and Brain Ageing

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Training

Postgraduate Training

Cambridge provides a stimulating and supportive environment for Postgraduate Students. There is a carefully monitored research supervision system, and a wealth of seminars and other research-oriented teaching available to students.

Undergraduate Neuroscience

Cambridge has excellent opportunities for those wishing to embark on a career in neuroscience. A major route into neuroscience for most undergraduates is through the Natural Sciences Tripos degree course.

MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience

The MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience is a stand-alone postgraduate course in neuroscience offering both taught and research components.

Join our CamBRAIN Society

CamBRAIN: The Cambridge Neuroscience Society is a young-investigators society at the University of Cambridge, dedicated to uniting all neuroscientists.

Postdoc Neuroscience Network

PNN: The purpose of the ‘Postdoc Neuroscience Network’ (PNN) is to directly support interdisciplinary research, collaboration, knowledge transfer…