Researchers find that babies don’t begin to process phonetic information reliably until seven months old which they say is too late to form the foundation of language.
26 June 2023 at Christ’s College, Cambridge In June 2023, CSaP organised a Policy Workshop in partnership with the Cambridge Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Research Centre and the Department…
We are searching for the UK’s next best Science Communicator. Are you an early career scientist (now including social sciences), technologist, engineer or mathematician, are passionate about STEM, and would…
Cambridge scientists have grown small blood vessel-like models in the lab and used them to show how damage to the scaffolding that supports these vessels can cause them to leak,…
An international team has shown that the injection of a type of stem cell into the brains of patients living with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is safe, well tolerated and…
The School of Biological Sciences is pleased to invite applications for three new Professor posts, available from October 2024: Professor of Integrative and Systems Neuroscience Professor of Evolutionary Networks Professor…
Open to Principal Investigators, or ECRs with a PI as co-applicant, employed by the collegiate University and working within a department with project proposals within the …
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…
Contrary to the commonly-held view, the brain does not have the ability to rewire itself to compensate for the loss of sight, an amputation or stroke, for example, say scientists…
Cambridge scientists have shown that placing physical constraints on an artificially-intelligent system – in much the same way that the human brain has to develop and operate within physical and…
Funding for impact is available in the EPSRC subject area. Now OPEN: EPSRC IAA Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship Scheme 2024. The EPSRC IAA Knowledge Mobilisation Fellowship Scheme aims…
The entire neuropeptide signalling network of a whole animal, the nematode worm C. elegans, has been mapped for the first time Conceptual graphic illustrating the diffusion of neuropeptides between…
Catch up on CNS 2023: Interdisciplinary Insights on the Future of Dementia Research On September 26th 2023, we welcomed more than 300 delegates to Robinson College for our annual meeting,…
Professor James Rowe is looking for a new Clinical Research Associate (Clinical Fellow) to join the vibrant team at the Cambridge Centre for Frontotemporal Dementia. The Centre…
Octopuses! In this week’s ‘The Infinite Monkey Cage’ BBC podcast, Brian Cox and Robin Ince uncover the mysterious and alien-like lives of octopuses with the help of comedian Russel…
Pre-Announcement – Restricted call: MRC/ESRC Adolescent Health Study call for study sites (Indicative internal deadline: early February 2024) Details for the full application stage of this scheme are not yet…
Researchers have developed a new way of improving diagnosis of bipolar disorder that uses a simple blood test to identify biomarkers associated with the condition. …
Autistic people have higher rates of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body and are more likely to have complex health needs, according to a study led by researchers…
Researchers have developed a method to identify new targets for human disease, including neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. “The discovery of protein phase separation opens…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nature is now offering Registered Reports in the field of cognitive neuroscience and in the behavioural and social sciences. In the future, the publisher plans to extend this…
In April 2023, the BNA held its International Festival of Neuroscience, and Credibility was the topic of the opening plenary – with talks from Russ Poldrack, Saloni Krishnan, Madeline Lancaster and Mike Ashby.
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…
This is a recurrent call. The next round will open in June and another one is expected in January 2024. Who can apply: Principal Investigators. Postdoc Researchers with PIs as…
This funding is awarded to the University on an annual basis. If the funding is available, calls will likely open in December 2023/January 2024. Who can apply: Technicians at all…
Smart drugs do motivate people, but the added effort can lead to “erratic thinking”, adversely affecting above-average performers, according to researchers. Our results suggest that these drugs don’t actually make…
This highly coveted biennial award has been given to Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly (Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science), for his outstanding research into the link between obesity and Type 2…
In 2021, the BNA responded to a Parliamentary inquiry on reproducibility in research, where we highlighted the need for action to strengthen the overall system, support research careers, and…
The Brain Prize 2023 is awarded for critical insights into the molecular mechanisms of brain development and plasticity. Receiving the Brain Prize is an honour beyond my wildest dreams…It’s an…
Researchers have developed a new type of neural implant that could restore limb function to amputees and others who have lost the use of their arms or legs. In a…
Researchers have built the first ever map showing every single neuron and how they’re wired together in the brain of the fruit fly larva. Now we can start gaining a…
Professor Barry Everitt has been elected a lifetime Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science…
The first study to show that delivering information at the natural tempo of our neural pulses accelerates our ability to learn. Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly…
Scientists have worked out why common anti-depressants cause around a half of users to feel emotionally ‘blunted’. In a study published today, they show that the drugs affect reinforcement learning,…
