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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

Imagining the future: exploring the role of hippocampal replay

Researchers from SWC, University of Oxford and Stanford University, set out to understand how humans and animals can learn very quickly to respond appropriately in new situations and environments by relying on previous experience. They hypothesised that building maps, instead of experiencing them state by state, could be the answer.

An example hippocampal neuron that obtains a new place response after first firing in replay.

‘Build a Brain’ course empowers next generation at London AI Campus

The ‘Build a Brain’ course equips students with the knowledge, equipment and tools to build their own robot, learning about everything from electrons to AI along the way. Their robot is modelled on the ultimate black box – the brain.

Photo of staff students at Build a Brain project finale, London AI Campus. Credit: Camden Learning

From holiday to histology: fostering global knowledge exchange

During a personal trip to Ghana, SWC Histology Research Scientist Jessica Broni-Tabi visited Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) to support histology training, share insights from SWC, and foster academic exchange. Her visit reconnected former colleagues, inspired students, and opened opportunities for future collaboration

Approaching a career crossroads in light of our values

What brought you into science and academia? What made you stay? SWC Research Fellow Jasmine Reggiani explores careers and values in academia.

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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.

Group Floor Lecture Theatre

SWC Seminar: Genetic and molecular mechanisms underlying the development, function and evolution of cortical circuits from mice to humans

Dr Franck Polleux

Columbia University

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre

SWC Seminar: Thinking and doing

Ground Floor Lecture Theatre

Film Screening and Panel Discussion

The Magic of Chaos

A documentary about brain injury