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Jun 6, 2023
Category: Archive, Awards & External Networks
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2023 OU Health Harold Hamm International Prize for Biomedical Research in Diabetes

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…

May 16, 2023
Category: Archive, Funding
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Restricted Call: UKRI Population Health Improvement Network (internal deadline: 1 June 2023)

The UKRI recently opened a call for a network of UKRI Population Health Improvement Research Clusters. This call offers funding to lead a group of interdisciplinary researchers,…

May 16, 2023
Category: Archive, Funding
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Restricted call: ESRC New Investigator Grants (internal selection deadline: 5pm Monday, 23 June 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…

May 11, 2023
Category: Archive, Open science and reproducibility
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Reproducibility in research: recommendations and key findings from report announced

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…

Apr 27, 2023
Category: Archive, Volunteer
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Summer CAMP Supervisors needed

Last year, a group of postgrads from Psychiatry, Psychology, and the CBU put on Summer CAMP (Cambridge Access to Mental Health & Psychology), a widening participation summer programme at the…

Apr 27, 2023
Category: Archive, Funding, Postdoc Neuroscience Network
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International Alliance of Research Universities – Early-Career Collaboration Grants

Applications are now open for the International Alliance of Research Universities’ Early-Career Collaboration Grants. The International Alliance of Research Universities (IARU) is a network of 11 of some of the…

Apr 27, 2023
Category: Archive, Funding
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Current Funding Opportunities Available

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES MRC ITTP PhD Studentship Call Deadline for applications: Friday 21 July MRC ITTP PhD studentships are administered and funded through the MRC Toxicology Unit with the aim of…

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…