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Leading primatologist, Professor Frans de Waal, captivates audience at SWC Annual Lecture 2017

5 December 2017

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Neuropixels probes could revolutionise neuroscience

The Neuropixels probes will allow scientists to simultaneously record from more individual neurons than ever before.

8 November 2017

Synapses in the brain mirror the structure of the visual world

Scientists have discovered why our brain might be so good at perceiving edges and contours. Neurons that respond to different parts of elongated edges are connected and thus exchange information.

Actual Living Technician

Here at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre we are celebrating the exciting and integral roles of technicians with #ActualLivingTechnician!

SWC wins Project of the Year

The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour has been awarded the Project of the Year at the 2017 RICS Awards in London. The winners were announced at a dinner held at the Marriott, Grosvenor Square on 24 May 2017.

Representation

Instinctive defensive behaviour relies on computational processes and is not just a reflex

John O'Keefe joins UK Scientific Advisory Council for Blavatnik Awards

The Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, a US-based awards programme established by the Blavatnik Family Foundation in 2007, is expanding to the UK, a move that will bring over £10 million of inward investment to the UK scientific community.

Brain Stencils

SWC celebrates Brain Awareness Week

Peter Dayan wins world's biggest prize for neuroscience

Professor Peter Dayan, Director of the Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, based here in the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, has been jointly awarded the 2017 Brain Prize

Neural Architects: The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre from Idea to Reality

A book that gives the behind-the-scenes account of how the SWC was designed and created is being launched next month.

23 January 2017

Keeping your behaviours in check

Scientists identify the physical connection through which the prefrontal cortex inhibits instinctive behaviours.

10 January 2017

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Nusrat Patel wins award

28 November 2016