Cambridge Neuroscience

Four pivotal ages in your brain's development revealed in new scientific study Brain scans on thousands of people reveal the dramatic shifts the brain goes through between birth and death.

New @mrccbu.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social study by Alexa Mousley, Richard Bethlehem, Fang-Cheng Yeh & @duncanastle.bsky.social shows four pivotal ages during brain development

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📣 Don't miss out on this FREE, F2F, open event to learn more about paediatric research in big data, child mental health & childhood rare disease!
📣 20 Nov | Hexagon Room, CUH
📣 Talks 4pm & 6pm
📣 Poster exhibition & refreshments 5pm - 6pm
📣 Book: bit.ly/47EIvhV
📣 All Welcome!
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk

Dr Luppi named a Rising Star in Neuroscience🌟Congratulations! 🎉

We are excited to announce #COGNESTIC 2026 @mrccbu.bsky.social in Cambridge, between 14-25 Sep 2026. Our 2-week summer school provides training in state-of-the-art methods for open neuroimaging analysis and great opportunities for professional networking:
www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/events/cogne...

📢 Calling @cpft-nhs.bsky.social psychologists to join our #Research team!
We're offering a 1 year, part-time internal secondment for a #psychologist to bring more research opportunities to people in our psychological services and help colleagues grow their skills:
➡️ www.cpft.nhs.uk/latest-vacan...

Skyline of Madison, WI

🚨I am looking for a POSTDOC, LAB MANAGER/TECH and GRAD STUDENTS to join my new lab in beautiful Madison, WI.
We study how our brains perceive and represent the physical world around us using behavioral, computational, and neuroimaging methods.
paulunlab.psych.wisc.edu
#VisionScience #NeuroSkyence

Celebrating Excellence in Neuroscience Leadership: Dr Kate Baker Wins Leading Researcher of the Year

We are proud to congratulate kbgenesbrains.bsky.social, Co-Editor-in-Chief of our society #Journal Brain and #Neuroscience Advances, who has been awarded the @womeninneurouk.bsky.social Leading Researcher of the Year Award for #Cognition and #Neurodevelopment.

www.bna.org.uk/resource/dr-...

🚀 We're hiring !

🕵️ Seeking a postdoc to study the development & individual-level organization of brain circuits supporting (in)flexible behavior in psychiatric populations.

🧠 Precision functional mapping, fMRI, normative modelling

Details 👉 tinyurl.com/3h8tcv2e

🗓️ Apply by Dec 10! Please RT 🙌

Call for Painhack Projects

Submit your Painhack project for the 2026 World Congress on Pain in Bangkok, Thailand. During the Painhack, interdisciplinary teams will collaborate to develop new ideas and methods to address key challenges in pain research and management. Submission Deadline: 21 November. bit.ly/4nB9tM7

SfN 2025 Art of Neuroscience Full list of Exhibitors

Here's the lineup of #sfn25 artist exhibitors all on one page

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! Wed, 1st of April 2026 for the annual Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar #CNS2026 🧠
📍Queen's College, Cambridge, UK

An exciting programme is under way✍️🤩

🔔Stay tuned for further updates!

See the last year's event details here:
CNS2025 lnkd.in/eSKxr7Df

‘Disease in a dish’ study of progressive MS finds critical role for unusual type of brain cell - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Scientists have identified an unusual type of brain cell that may play a vital role in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS), likely contributing to the persistent inflammation characteristic of the dis...

🚨Scientists have identified a rare brain cell that may drive inflammation in progressive multiple sclerosis (MS)
🔎This important discovery could pave the way for more effective therapies
🔗 For more info: bit.ly/48xJvW1
@cuh.nhs.uk @camneuro.bsky.social @camneurodept.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

Mapping Open Science in Neuroscience - A collaborative initiative with FORRT @forrt.bsky.social

ReproducibiliTea Bordeaux Team invites you to contribute to this project!

More details:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Please share.

A big thank you to Professor Carol Brayne for giving our A.V. Hill Lecture on 'Reflections on dementia research and ageing societies' on Monday. @camneuro.bsky.social @darwincollegecam.bsky.social

A common neural signature between genetic and environmental risk for mental illness - Translational Psychiatry Translational Psychiatry - A common neural signature between genetic and environmental risk for mental illness

TWCF grantee @duncanastle.bsky.social at @camneuro.bsky.social has discovered a common neural signature in a large developmental sample drawn from the ABCD cohort that suggests a gene-environment correlation within the brain in the development of mental illness.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This work is now out in Nature Communications! 🎉

Computational signatures of uncertainty are reflected in motor cortex excitatory neurochemistry: www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-64702-6

Huge thanks to our amazing team! @beckyneuro.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social @camneuro.bsky.social

Cambridge NeuroWorks - NeuroTech Unconference · Luma Join the unconference shaping the future of neurotech - no panels, no passive listening, just bold ideas, real conversations, and the people actually building…

Register now for next week's Cambridge NeuroWorks NeuroTech Unconference and contribute to shaping the future of neurotechnology 🧠🚀

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Join us for a Free, In-Person, Open Event highlighting Translational Research in infants, children and young people
🗓️Thurs 20th Nov
📍Frank Lee Centre,CUH
⏲️Talks 4-5pm or 6-7pm
📊Poster exhibition & refreshments
Book via: bit.ly/CYPafterEve
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @dphpc.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social

Postgraduate application information evening 2025 Join Cambridge Neuroscience and CamBRAIN for an evening of fun and networking, while you learn all about the Postgradyate Application and Admissions process…

Interested in postgrad neuroscience opportunities?🧠

Join us next week 28th Oct for an evening of fun and networking, while you learn all about the postgraduate application and admissions process. Open to all - Cambridge and beyond!

Register for free now: neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/camneuro-eve...

🚨 Last week to apply for the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowships!
@cpft-nhs.bsky.social staff with great ideas for technology to transform brain & #MentalHealth care can bid for support to turn them into reality.
Check the guidance & apply here by Monday 13 October:
➡️ cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes

Depression linked to presence of immune cells in the brain’s protective layer Immune cells released from bone marrow in the skull in response to chronic stress and adversity could play a key role in symptoms of depression and anxiety,

Can mood disorders be driven by inflammation?

Published today in @natcomms.nature.com, @staceykigar.bsky.social & colleagues found that chronic stress may release immune cells from bone marrow in the skull, potentially contributing to depression.

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Fellowship Programme - Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship programme Cambridge NeuroWorks is proud to introduce the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme, offering two transformative fellowship streams …

📢 Deadline for Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship extended till 13th Oct 2025!

12 fellowship awards available, ~£117k each, for individuals from any sector in the UK or globally, with ideas at any stage to advance treatments for neurological conditions 🧠💡

Info: cambridgeneuroworks.org/programmes/f...

📢 Deadline THIS Wednesday 1st October for the expression of interest for the Cambridge NeuroWorks Fellowship Programme! This is a fantastic opportunity for innovators from UK and globally who aspire to revolutionise neurotechnology🧠🚀

Apply on the Connect: Health Tech platform: lnkd.in/efPc-cfj

Hope for MS patients as Cambridge trial suggests drug combination may repair nerve damage  - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Early findings from a clinical trial in Cambridge suggest a combination of metformin, a diabetes drug, and clemastine, an antihistamine, can help repair myelin – the protective coating around nerves, ...

📢 New hope for MS patients as Cambridge trial suggests drug combination may repair nerve damage
📢 Findings reveal diabetes drug and antihistamine can help repair myelin
To find out more >> bit.ly/4nR5b3E
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @camneuro.bsky.social
@cuhpartners.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social

Session Six featured fantastic talks by Prof. Vendeuscolo from the Dept. of Chemistry @cam.ac.uk, Prof. Peruzzotti-Jametti from the Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences @cam.ac.uk, and the Andrew Huxley Plenary Lecture by our special guest Prof. Studer from the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY
#CNS2025

Session Five featured exciting talks on neurostimulation, neuromedical devices and Huntingdon's Disease from Prof. Voon from Dept. of Psychiatry, Prof. Malliaras from Dept. of Engineering @cam.ac.uk, Prof. Cattaneo visiting from the University of Milan, and Prof. Denison visiting from @ox.ac.uk

🤔No plans this eve? Join in to listen to an exciting discussion panel!👇

Day 2 of the 'Interventions & Recovery' conference has begun with fantastic talks from Dr Arseni from @cellbiol-mrclmb.bsky.social, Dr Karatt-Vellatt from Maxion Therapeutis, Prof Shaw from IoPPN @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social, and Dr Scott from the Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences @cam.ac.uk

TODAY Join us for a Public Panel discussion on Current & Future Treatments for Dementia, featuring experts in the field 🧠

No need to register - just come along and spread the word! 📢

📍West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
🗓️11th Sep 5pm-6:30pm BST
neuroscience.cam.ac.uk

Sponsored by Beckman Coulter

The last session of Day 1 featured exceptional talks by Prof. Liston from the Dept. of Pathology at @cam.ac.uk, Prof. Bance from the Dept. of Clinical Neurosciences at @cam.ac.uk, and the Alan Hodgkin Plenary Lecture delivered by our special guest Prof. Arnsten from the Yale University!