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Discovering how the brain gives rise to behaviour

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RESEARCH CULTURE

Interdisciplinary collaboration on the brain

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TRANSFORMATIVE TRAINING

Creating future leaders in neuroscience

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Public Engagement

The Origins of Culture: Archaeological evidence for the emergence of modern human behaviour

Professor Alice Roberts will deliver the fourth SWC Lecture on 6 December 2019

20 November 2019

Blog

Sepiedeh Keshavarzi on the Role of the Retrosplenial Cortex in Navigation

SWC Senior Research Fellow Dr Sepiedeh Keshavarzi presents her research into how the brain helps animals keep track of their own motion, which is crucial for successful navigation.

20 November 2019

Blog

Jess Cardin Says It's a Good Time to Be a Systems Neuroscientist

Dr Cardin sat down with the SWC's Sarah Olesen to discuss how lab work evolves and the importance of perseverance.

24 October 2019

Blog

We collaborated on an open-source microscope. It could save researchers hundreds of hours and thousands of pounds.

19 September 2019

Discovering how the brain gives rise to behaviour

How does the brain allow us to think, feel, see, smell, hear, laugh and love? By bringing together world-leading experimental and computational neuroscientists, the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre's mission is to explain how activity in brain circuits gives rise to thoughts, sensations, memories and actions.

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