Research News

Dr Chunyu Ann Duan awarded ERC Starting Grant

SWC Group Leader Dr Chunyu Ann Duan has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant of €1.5 million over five years. The proposal selected for funding will cover research on decision-making in a social context.

22 November 2022
Multiple mice engaging in competitive interactions during social foraging
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Reflecting causality in synaptic changes

In a SWC Seminar, Professor Alison Barth shared her work exploring synaptic changes in the brain during association learning. In this Q&A, she touches on how she came to research the topic, most surprising findings, methodology, and more.

30 November 2022
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SWC celebrates inaugural year of In2research programme

The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre at UCL was delighted to host a celebration event to mark the successful completion of the first year of the new STEM programme, In2research, from social mobility charity In2scienceUK. The event celebrated the achievements of the 50 talented participants in the 2021/22 cohort and gave thanks to partners, supporters and volunteers, who were integral to the success of the inaugural year of the programme.

22 November 2022
In2research student wins award at celebration event at SWC
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Unearthing episodic memory through studying food-caching birds

In a recent seminar at SWC, Assistant Professor Dmitriy Aronov shared his research studying the relationship between hippocampal activity and episodic memory in the black-capped chickadee, a specialist food-caching bird that stores food items at concealed locations and uses memories to retrieve their caches later in time.

16 November 2022
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