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Mar 23, 2023
Category: Archive, Awards & External Networks
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Cambridge scientist Professor Christine Holt wins world’s top neuroscience award

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…

Mar 22, 2023
Category: Archive, Research
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‘Biohybrid’ device could restore function in paralysed limbs

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…

Mar 10, 2023
Category: Archive, Research
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First wiring map of insect brain complete

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…

Feb 7, 2023
Category: Archive, Funding, Translational Engagement
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Funding, Events and Opportunities – CATS newsletter

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Internal Funding Opportunity: Future of Therapeutics The Wellcome has awarded Cambridge University an Institutional Translation Partnership Award (iTPA). Funding of up to £20,000 is available for projects in…

Feb 6, 2023
Category: Archive, Funding
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Restricted call: ESRC New Investigator Grants (internal deadline: 5pm Monday, 20 March 2023)

The ESRC have announced their New Investigator Grant scheme. This scheme is suitable for early career researchers who have yet to make the transition to be an…

Feb 6, 2023
Category: Archive, Funding
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Brain Research UK – Project grant call now open!

Our 2023 project grant call is now open! Brain Research UK are pleased to invite preliminary project grant applications under the following three themes:…

Jan 31, 2023
Category: Archive, Awards & External Networks
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Professor Barry Everitt FRS FMedSci elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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…

Jan 31, 2023
Category: Archive, Research
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Tuning into brainwave rhythms speeds up learning in adults

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…

Jan 23, 2023
Category: Archive, Research
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Scientists explain emotional ‘blunting’ caused by common antidepressants

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,…

Jan 17, 2023
Category: Archive, Funding, Translational Engagement
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Launch of the 2023 Milner Consortium Call

The Milner Therapeutics Consortium is excited to announce its third call for research proposals, which is now open! The deadline for applications is 24th March 2023. Our pharma partners in…