@sainsburywellcome.bsky.social
The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre aims to discover the fundamental principles of how the brain drives behaviour. Based at UCL, funded by Gatsby and Wellcome. https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/
@brainglobe.infoReposted by @sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialAn atlas for the Danionella cerebrum fish has been added to BrainGlobe!
Read more in the blog: brainglobe.info/blog/danione...
Take a look at the atlas with Neuroglancer: neuroglancer-demo.appspot.com#!https://bra...
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialThinking of applying for a PhD?
Join us for an in-person PhD Application Info Panel. Current students will share their experiences, offer tips for navigating the application process, and answer your questions.
📆 13 October, 6 PM
📍 25 Howland Street, W1T 4JG
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialWhat makes our PhD programme unique?
🤖 Boot Camp
🔬 Access to advanced facilities
🤝 Interdisciplinary collaboration with global experts
💰 £30.8k tax-free stipend
Apply by 9 November:
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialA decade of whole-brain imaging, now used by labs around the world.
BrainSaw turns 10: www.sainsburywellcome.org/blog/35-pape...
@raacampbell.comReposted by @sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialPreprint is out! Our BakingTray software turns a 2-photon microscope into a serial-section tomography system for automated whole-organ imaging. ~€35k to convert an existing scope. 11 systems worldwide, >7,000 samples at SWC alone #neuroskyence #microscopy www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialAt SWC, we’re asking bold questions. We’re striving to understand how the brain gives rise to behaviour.
Join us for your PhD!
🎓 World-class training in systems neuroscience
💰 Fully funded 4-year programme
Apply by 9 Nov ⬇️
@sandra-neuro.bsky.socialReposted by @sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialCall for abstracts - early career researchers for IWNC 2027 If you want to join us April 2027 in Austria and present your work with a symposium talk, submit an abstract until Oct 31st! All details and the conference program below :) See you there!
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialCongratulations to @samuel-liebana.bsky.social, (@saxelab.bsky.social, @gatsbyucl.bsky.social) on receiving a @wellcometrust.bsky.social Early-Career Award! 🎉
The 5-year award will fund his research into how brains, both biological and artificial, learn.
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@ucllifesciences.bsky.socialReposted by @sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialHow do organs communicate across the body? A new Nature study from @gatsbyucl.bsky.social and collaborators used WHOLISTIC to reveal previously unknown body-wide cellular circuits in living vertebrates.
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialEarly Career Researchers: Apply to present at the 2027 Winter Neuroscience Conference in Sölden, Austria.
Deadline 31 Oct: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Conference information: www.swc.ucl.ac.uk/winterneuros...
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@gatsbyucl.bsky.socialReposted by @sainsburywellcome.bsky.social🙋Are you interested in bridging theory & experiments?
Applications are open for 2027 entry to the Gatsby Unit & SWC joint PhD programme.
Join us and be part of a vibrant research community!
💰 Fully-funded 4-year programme
ℹ️ www.ucl.ac.uk/life-science...
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialApplications are now open for the SWC Systems Neuroscience PhD Programme.
Join us in London!
🎓 World-class neuroscience training
💰 Fully funded 4-year programme
🖥️Close links to @gatsbyucl.bsky.social
Apply by 9 Nov: www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialIn-person tickets have sold out, but you can still join us online for this year's symposium, 'What can neuroscience teach us about the mind?' ⤵️
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/student-sy...
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialResearch Technician Ryan Cini features in a new book - Scientists Making a Difference! The book profiles scientists working in a variety of roles, and showcases the many routes into a career in science 🥳 Check it out: www.scientists-making-a-difference.com @gatsbyed.bsky.social
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialIn-person tickets have sold out, but you can still register to join us online tomorrow ⤵️
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialFollowing her recent SWC seminar, Dr Panayiota Poirazi @yiotapoirazi.bsky.social (@imbb-forth.bsky.social) answers our questions on dendritic computation, from place cell formation to flexible learning, and what it means for how we understand the brain.
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialDelighted to support the recent Computational Neuroscience and Machine Learning in Africa (CaMinA) @trendcamina.bsky.social course. The programme brought training for 25 students and faculty members from across Africa to Dedan Kimathi University this summer 🙌
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialGreat to see SWC's Professor Tiago Branco in The Scientist! In the feature, he reflects on how his research has expanded from studying single neurons to mapping the brain circuits that drive escape and survival.
Read the article: www.the-scientist.com/then-and-now...
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialWe're hiring a Head of FabLab (Fabrications Laboratory) to lead our state-of-the-art facility and a highly skilled team, delivering enabling technologies and tools for novel scientific research.
Closes: 20 Sept
Details & apply:
sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/...
@sainsburywellcome.bsky.socialHow does sleep consolidate muscle memories?
New research from @mstephensonjones.bsky.social lab & @gatsbyucl.bsky.social in @natneuro.nature.com reveals that motor-skill memories are replayed in the striatum during sleep, independently of the hippocampus.
