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Innovation

Nurturing translation and tech transfer

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Our mission

Discovering how the brain gives rise to behaviour

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TRANSFORMATIVE TRAINING

Creating future leaders in neuroscience

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RESEARCH CULTURE

Interdisciplinary collaboration on the brain

SWC Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series 2025/26 winners announced

The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre is delighted to announce the winners of our 2025/26 Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series (ENSS). Now in its eighth year, the ENSS continues to spotlight early-career researchers who are advancing the field of systems neuroscience.

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Professor Tiago Branco receives Wellcome Discovery Award

Professor Tiago Branco has secured a Wellcome Discovery Award to support a bold and ambitious seven-year research programme at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre. With this funding, the Branco Lab will investigate how the brain sets sensitivity to threat, and how both genetics and experience shape this threshold. By uncovering the mechanisms of threat sensitivity in the brain, the research could pave the way for new therapeutic targets for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Teaching, learning and the joy of discovery at BrainCamp Kosovo

Created by Dr Egzona Morina, a former PhD Student at SWC, BrainCamp brings neuroscience education to high school and undergraduate students in Kosovo. We spoke to two of the SWC volunteer teachers about their passion for neuroscience and what the experience taught them.

Will we ever understand the brain? 12 leading neuroscientists reflect

We asked 12 leading neuroscientists to reflect on our understanding of the brain. We asked; will we ever truly understand the brain? How would we know if we had, and how long might it take to get there? While most suggest that a complete understanding may remain forever out of reach, they contemplate the nature of the question and the reasons for their own endeavours.

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Why join SWC?

Career development is personal, and it can look different for different people. As SWC expands there are lots of opportunities to become involved and carve out a meaningful career path with us. We’re proud to be a place where talent is recognised and developed.

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SWC Seminar: Volatile working memory representations crystalize with practice

Dr Peyman Golshani

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SWC Seminar: Competition in brain development and a novel approach to neural coding

Dr Michael Stryker

https://strykerlab.ucsf.edu/

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Dr Carl Schoonover and Dr Andrew Fink

Dr Carl Schoonover and Dr Andrew Fink

Allen Institute and Northwestern University