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Equipping artificial intelligence with motivation

We know that algorithms can be exceptional at solving individual tasks when given specific goals, such as winning a game of chess, but one thing they currently lack is intrinsic motivation.

20 January 2021

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Announcing the Speakers of the 2020 Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series

Five early career neuroscientists will speak at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre about exciting discoveries in movement, learning, memory and maternal behaviour

Instinct and learning: two sides of the same coin

A new preprint from the SWC examines how instincts and learning work together to generate effective spatial navigation in mice.

10 September 2020

New Postdoctoral Fellowship Fosters International Collaboration

The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center are delighted to announce a new collaborative postdoctoral fellowship at the intersection of experiment and theory.

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.

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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.