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Associate Professor Andrew Saxe named a 2023 Blavatnik Awards in the UK Finalist in Life Sciences

Joint SWC/GCNU Group Leader Associate Professor Andrew Saxe has been named a 2023 Blavatnik Awards in the UK Finalist in Life Sciences. Dr Saxe was nominated for his fundamental contributions to the study of deep neural networks, which provide insight into representation learning—the method by which systems discover and organise knowledge—in artificial and natural systems.

18 January 2023
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Motor learning: understanding the role of cell types and cell states

In the second Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series (ENSS) talk of 2022, Dr Lina Marcela Carmona outlined her work exploring potential mechanisms that could mediate motor learning in mice. In this Q&A, she shares her experience with the SWC ENSS initiative, her key findings so far and the next steps for her research.

16 January 2023
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Targeting neuronal cell types for repair

How does understanding the visual system and applying that understanding to treat its disorders come hand-in-hand in a research lab? Professor Botond Roska recently gave a SWC seminar on neuronal cell-type based medicine for visual dysfunction repair.

12 January 2023
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Switching between egocentric and allocentric coordinates

In a recent SWC Seminar, Dr Andrew Alexander shared his research on the role of the brain’s association cortices in transformations between allocentric and egocentric coordinate systems. In this Q&A, he discusses how he got interested in researching this topic, some of his key findings, and the next steps.

10 January 2023
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