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Jun 6, 2025
Category: Funding, Public Engagment
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Public Engagement Starter Fund

The Public Engagement Starter Fund is an exciting opportunity for University of Cambridge researchers to apply for small grants to undertake innovative public engagement with research activities. Applications to…

Jun 6, 2025
Category: Funding
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Restricted Call: Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships 2024-25, Round 3 (internal deadline: 25th June 2025)

Restricted Call: Royal Society Wolfson Fellowships 2024-25, Round 3 (internal deadline: 25th June 2025) We are pleased to announce that Round 3 of the Royal Society’s 2024-25 Wolfson…

Jun 6, 2025
Category: Volunteer
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Research Participants Wanted (£10/hr) – Optimising Breathing Protocols for Virtual Reality Based-Biofeedback

The Health Neuroscience Lab in the Dept. of Psychiatry is looking for paid volunteers to take part in the study “Optimising Breathing Protocols for Virtual Reality Based-Biofeedback”. Participation will require you…

May 22, 2025
Category: Funding, Research
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MPhil in Basic & Translational Neuroscience 2025/26 – Call for Projects Now Open!

The Cambridge Neuroscience MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience has accepted its 9th cohort of students due to start in October 2025. The course has proved very successful in its…

May 16, 2025
Category: Uncategorized
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Forget chatbots: research suggests reading can help combat loneliness and boost the brain

Loneliness has become such a widespread problem that Silicon Valley billionaires are now highlighting it to market AI companions, with Mark Zuckerberg recently stating “the average American has fewer than three…

May 16, 2025
Category: Funding
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Restricted call: ESRC New Investigator Grants

Restricted call: ESRC New Investigator Grants  (internal selection deadline Midday, Friday 20 Jun 2025) The ESRC have announced their New Investigator Grant…

May 16, 2025
Category: Funding
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Applications are open for Policy Innovation Fund 2025

Applications are now open for Policy Innovation Fund 2025 CSaP is now inviting applications for next round of Policy Innovation Fund (PIF). In collaboration with the University’s Research Strategy Office, PIF…

May 16, 2025
Category: Awards & External Networks
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Simons Foundation Launches Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience – with Máté Lengyel

The Simons Collaboration on Ecological Neuroscience (SCENE) is a 10-year program that will support projects aimed at uncovering how opportunities for action offered by the world shape representations in the…

May 2, 2025
Category: Funding
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The Edward Mallen Prize for Mental Health Research – Call open!

The Edward Mallen Prize for Mental Health Research The Edward Mallen Prize for Mental Health Research is a £20,000 prize funded by the MindEd Trust and supported by the…

Apr 22, 2025
Category: Uncategorized
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CNS2025: Expanding the Horizons of Brain Research – Thank you and Photos!

Thank you sincerely to all involved in CNS2025: Expanding the Horizons of Brain Research! CNS2025 Photo Album!…

Mar 12, 2025
Category: Research
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Scientists identify genes that make humans and Labradors more likely to become obese

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over-ridden with a strict diet and exercise…

Mar 12, 2025
Category: Research
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Chronic diseases misdiagnosed as psychosomatic can lead to long term damage

A ‘chasm of misunderstanding and miscommunication’ is often experienced between clinicians and patients, leading to autoimmune diseases such as lupus and vasculitis being wrongly diagnosed as psychiatric or psychosomatic conditions,…

Feb 19, 2025
Category: Public Engagment
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Halting the progress of Multiple Sclerosis – A Naked Scientists Podcast Special

In this edition of The Naked Scientists, they are looking into multiple sclerosis, following the progression of the condition from relapses to neurodegeneration, asking, can we halt the disease in…

Feb 12, 2025
Category: Research
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Map of brain’s appetite centre could enable new treatments for obesity and diabetes

Scientists have created the most detailed map to date of the human hypothalamus, a crucial brain region that regulates body weight, appetite, sleep, and stress. “HYPOMAP…

Feb 5, 2025
Category: Awards & External Networks, Public Engagment
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Cambridge Neuroscience honoured with Collaboration award

From helping to inoculate the public against misinformation to tackling air pollution in rapidly urbanising African cities, researchers from across the University of Cambridge were honoured at the Cambridge Awards…

Feb 5, 2025
Category: Public Engagment, Research
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‘Brain Boost’ Book Launch

Congratulations to Professor Barbara Sahakian and Dr Christelle Langley (pictured below bottom right) on the launch of their recent book, Brain Boost – Healthier…

Feb 4, 2025
Category: Research
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Antibiotics, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication linked to reduced risk of dementia

Antibiotics, antivirals, vaccinations and anti-inflammatory medication are associated with reduced risk of dementia, according to new research that looked at health data from over 130 million individuals.

Jan 24, 2025
Category: Research, Translational Engagement
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Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease.

Cambridge researchers are developing implants that could help repair the brain pathways damaged by Parkinson’s disease. “Our ultimate goal is to create precise brain therapies that…

Jan 15, 2025
Category: Research
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Boost your life in 2025: Top tips for a healthier body and mind from Cambridge experts

Five Cambridge experts share their top tips on ways to boost your body and mind, backed up by their own research…

Jan 15, 2025
Category: Uncategorized
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Loneliness linked to higher risk of heart disease and stroke and susceptibility to infection

Interactions with friends and family may keep us healthy because they boost our immune system and reduce our risk of diseases such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes,…

Jan 7, 2025
Category: Research
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Sex differences in brain structure present at birth

Sex differences in brain structure are present from birth, research from the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge has shown. “We know there are differences in…

Dec 20, 2024
Category: Public Engagment
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Great Lives – Dr Hannah Critchlow picks Professor Colin Blakemore – BBC Sounds

Dr Hannah Critchlow discusses Professor Colin Blakemore in BBCs Great Lives Listen Here Professor Colin Blakemore was a famous communicator…

Dec 20, 2024
Category: Awards & External Networks
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Andrea Luppi wins second science innovation prize in less than a month

An Italian early-career researcher at St John’s College has been recognised by his home country for his work in neuroscience. Dr Andrea Luppi, a Research Fellow, has…

Dec 4, 2024
Category: Research
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3D human brain organoid neuronal network analysis strategies

A collaborative work between Harvard University and Cambridge Neuroscience PIs, including Andras Lakatos, Madeline Lancaster, Stephen Eglen, and Ole Paulsen, was published in…

Nov 5, 2024
Category: Research
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Glaucoma drug shows promise against neurodegenerative diseases, animal studies suggest

A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which causes various forms…

Nov 5, 2024
Category: Awards & External Networks
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Congratulations to Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on BACN Award

Congratulations to Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on winning the 2025 British Association for Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN)…

Oct 30, 2024
Category: Research
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Magnetic field applied to both sides of brain shows rapid improvement for depression

A type of therapy that involves applying a magnetic field to both sides of the brain has been shown to be effective at rapidly treating depression in patients for whom…

Oct 9, 2024
Category: Research
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Ultra-powered MRI scans show damage to brain’s ‘control centre’ is behind long-lasting Covid-19 symptoms

Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests. Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see…

Oct 9, 2024
Category: Research
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Mental Health Overhaul

Every other person will experience a mental health difficulty at some point in their life. The causes are complex, but treatment options are not – and in half of patients…

Oct 9, 2024
Category: Research
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First map of every neuron in an adult fly brain complete

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 million connections between them has been produced for a fruit fly. Brain…

Oct 9, 2024
Category: Commercial engagement, Professional Development, Research, Training, Translational Engagement
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Cambridge joins forces with ARIA to fast-track radical new technologies to revolutionise brain health

Image credit: Bioelectronics Laboratory, University of Cambridge A major consortium from across the Cambridge life sciences, technology and business worlds has announced a multi-million-pound, three-year collaboration with…

Oct 2, 2024
Category: CamBRAIN, Funding, Professional Development, Training
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Parkinson’s UK Early Career Funding

The Cambridge Branch of Parkinson’s UK has launched a new  funding initiative to support early career researchers (particularly PhD students and researchers in their first post-doc position) attend an international…

Sep 17, 2024
Category: CamBRAIN, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing, Public Engagment, Training
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From Zimbabwe to Cambridge: Discussing Mental Health Research and Advocacy

In this In Conversation Podcast for the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Clara Faria is joined by Tanatswa Chikaura, a mental health researcher and advocate, Founder and…

Sep 17, 2024
Category: Commercial engagement, Funding, Translational Engagement
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ARIA Roadshow invitation – Tuesday 24th September

ARIA is an R&D funding agency, funding teams of scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of what is technologically or scientifically possible. ARIA was…

Aug 20, 2024
Category: Research
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What’s going on in our brains when we plan?

Study uncovers how the brain simulates possible future actions by drawing from our stored memories. In pausing to think before making an important decision, we may imagine the potential outcomes…

Aug 5, 2024
Category: Awards & External Networks, CamBRAIN, Research
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Create or Update your Cam Neuro Profile!

Why not take 5 minute to update (or create) your Cambridge Neuroscience profile  Why bother updating? The more details that are included in your profile improves the website’s…

Nov 23, 2023
Category: Awards & External Networks, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Wellbeing
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ALBA-FKNE Diversity Prize – nominations open

With this Diversity prize, The ALBA Network and the The FENS-Kavli Scholars wish to highlight a scientist that has made outstanding contributions to promoting equality and diversity in…

Sep 21, 2023
Category: Funding, Translational Engagement
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Internal Funding Opportunity: Future of Therapeutics

The Wellcome Trust has awarded the University of Cambridge an Institutional Translation Partnership Award (iTPA). Funding of up to £20,000 is available for projects in the remit of the Future of…

Sep 21, 2023
Category: Volunteer
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Sign up for a brain stimulation – brain imaging study

The Adaptive Brain Lab in the Department of Psychology is looking for participants to join their study. Earn up to £160-170 from this six-session brain stimulation MRI study. It will involve three two-hour MRI scans at Addenbrooke’s,…

Sep 21, 2023
Category: Research
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Experts call for urgent mental health support for people living with long term autoimmune diseases

More than half of patients with auto-immune conditions experience mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety, yet the majority are rarely or never asked in clinic about mental health…

Sep 21, 2023
Category: Research
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Brain’s ‘appetite control centre’ different in people who are overweight or living with obesity

Cambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of people who are overweight and people with…

Sep 21, 2023
Category: Research
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Reduced grey matter in frontal lobes linked to teenage smoking and nicotine addiction

Findings may demonstrate a brain and behavioural basis for how nicotine addiction is initiated and then takes hold in early life, say scientists. Levels of grey matter in two parts…

Sep 21, 2023
Category: Research
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Largest genetic study of brain structure identifies how the brain is organised

The largest ever study of the genetics of the brain – encompassing some 36,000 brain scans – has identified more than 4,000 genetic variants linked to brain structure. The results…

Sep 21, 2023
Category: Research
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Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all

The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests. Researchers…

Aug 31, 2023
Category: CamBRAIN
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About CamBRAIN

CamBRAIN, or the Cambridge University Neuroscience Society, is dedicated to bringing together student and early careers researchers with an interest in neuroscience across the university. Our committee of postgrad/postdoc scientists…

Aug 31, 2023
Category: CamBRAIN
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Neurotalks blog

Taking place on the second Tuesday of every month, Neurotalks are essentially a cross between Pint of Science-like talk evenings and classic society socials. The aim is simple: bring together…

Aug 31, 2023
Category: CamBRAIN
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Build a camBRAIN blog

A highlight of the CamBRAIN year is undoubtedly the Cambridge Festival. Each year this sees around 30 volunteers from departments across the university deliver our interactive event Build a CamBRAIN…

Aug 31, 2023
Category: CamBRAIN
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How to sci-comm as a student

Sci-comm is a word we hear a lot. Most postgrad courses have some built in training, and the Twitterverse dictionary surely cites #scicomm and #outreach as some of the most…

Jun 22, 2023
Category: Awards & External Networks, Funding, Open science and reproducibility
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BNA credibility bursaries

The BNA is able to offer support to students and early-career members to help them attend meetings where they can gain knowledge and skills to help make their research as…