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Newly Discovered ‘Shelter-Direction Cells’ Unlock the Mysteries of Escape

The latest preprint from the Branco Lab at the SWC expands scientists’ understanding of the neuronal mechanisms that guide escape when faced with imminent threat.

Four Neuroscientists on Their Biggest Questions About the Brain

The speakers of the SWC's 2019 Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series tell us how they got where they are—and where they want to go next.

Klara Olofsdotter Otis Wins Active Student Partnership Award

The SWC's PhD Programme Coordinator was recognised with a Student Choice Award at UCL's 2020 Education Awards.

FabLabs engineers Del Halpin and Simon Townsend receive the new milling machine at the SWC

The SWC’s Latest Investment Is a Lean, Mean Milling Machine

A new addition to the SWC fabrication laboratories will accelerate innovation

Two Teams Take Home Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Health and Engagement Award at Big Bang Competition Finals

The winning projects use teamwork and novel approaches to solve two of society’s stickiest challenges.

A single slice of the 3D image showing the detected cells (white dots) and the brain divided into regions (coloured sections).

Cellfinder: Harnessing the power of deep learning to map the brain

The latest tool developed at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre can be adapted to different types of data—and it's simple enough that anyone could use it.

Six things to do while you can’t do anything else

It’s perhaps more important now than ever to keep the scientific conversation going. Here's how to be sure science stays centre stage.

Brain sketch with neurons

Brain Awareness Week: 12 ways to become a neuroscientist

The week of March 16-22 marks Brain Awareness Week, a global campaign to celebrate the wonders of the brain and the value of brain research for society. To highlight just how many paths there are to neuroscience we sat down with 12 people working in the field to found out what drew them to it and what made them stay.

SWC Seminars Temporarily Cancelled

Due to travel restrictions, and out of an abundance of caution regarding the spread of COVID-19, the SWC has made the choice to

Escape Decision Neurons - Mouse Midbrain

Masters of Escape: Investigating the neural circuits for survival

Escape behaviour is hard-wired into the neural pathways of a species, but neuroscientists remain unsure of exactly how it works. At the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre we’re trying to figure it out.

By Oriol Pavon Arocas

24 February 2020

In Conversation: Laure Rondi-Reig and Tom Otis discuss the cerebellum

When Dr Rondi-Reig started her PhD, the idea that cerebellum played a role in spatial cognition was a hard sell. A lot has changed since then.

13 February 2020

Dr Ann Clemens is looking for the neural mechanisms of kinship

Ties that Bind: Dr Ann Clemens is looking for the neural mechanisms of kinship

27 January 2020