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Our mission

Discovering how the brain gives rise to behaviour

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RESEARCH CULTURE

Interdisciplinary collaboration on the brain

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Research News

Dr Athena Akrami selected for ERC Consolidator Grant

We are delighted to announce that Athena Akrami, SWC Group Leader, has been selected by the European Research Council (ERC) to receive a Consolidator Grant. The award of €2 million over five years will enable Athena to continue to pursue her long-term research endeavours.

23 November 2023
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Exploring individual variability in cognitive behaviour

Have you ever wondered how your brain adapts to different situations, such as driving on the left or right side of the road depending on the country you are in? Do our brains solve these context-dependent tasks in the same way or is there individual variability? Dr Marino Pagan recently gave a seminar at SWC on his work uncovering the neural sources of individual variability in cognitive behaviour. Read the Q&A.

27 November 2023
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Understanding crowd behaviour: have we learned from Covid-19?

“One of the most stupid debates in psychology, is the nature-nurture debate,” Professor Stephen Reicher said as he opened the 2023 SWC Lecture. In this Q&A, he details what first sparked his interest in crowd behaviour and his experiences from the Bristol riots in 1980 through to the Covid-19 pandemic. He touches on the importance of leaders and the implications of his research for society.

22 November 2023
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Public Engagement

From scratch to dispatch: growing an accessible neuroscience programme for adolescents

Built upon the principles of increasing accessibility, excitement, and career prospects in science for adolescent students from the Greater London area, the Neuronauts programme kicked off its second year in electric fashion.

9 November 2023

Why join SWC for your PhD?

Receive world-class training in systems neuroscience through our fully-funded 4-year PhD programme. Join our supportive and collaborative environment with close links to the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit. Watch the video as our current SWC PhD students share their experience.

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Events & Seminars

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Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series: How are reaches to spatial targets learned? A mouse model to dissect sensorimotor control of forelimb reaches
By:
Dr Alice Mosberger
Columbia University
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Jan
12:00
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Ground Floor Seminar Room
Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series: A neural code for remote location during active vision in birds
By:
Dr Heather Payne
Columbia University
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09:00
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17:00
Group Floor Lecture Theatre
BNA Careers and Talent Recruitment Fair
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British Neuroscience Association,
BNA
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