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Welcome Daniel Suckling
Mr Daniel Suckling was born on 18 January 2011 at just over nine pounds. We would like to take the opportunity to congratulate the father (John) and mother (Anna) on their latest arrival. The post...
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Welcome Julie Tait
Dr Roger and Dr Yalan Tait had a baby girl at 1.30am Tuesday the 3rd of May. Both mother and daughter are fine. Julie is their second child and sister to Jonathan. The BMU will like to take this...
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Launch of the Cambridge Networks Network (CNN)
Ed Bullmore was one of five speakers at the launch of the Cambridge Networks Network (CNN) – a forum bringing together academics from various departments and institutes around Cambridge who share an...
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Dr Ronan’s work featured on Wellcome Trust blog
Lisa Ronan and Paul Fletcher’s work on the brain’s intrinsic curvature was in the spotlight this week. Read all about it on the Wellcome Trust blog: Craters, blisters and Pringles: Do small...
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Dr Ronan’s work wins jounral prize
Lisa Ronan’s work on Intrinsic Curvature won the 2012 Hojjat Adeli Award for Outstanding Contribution in Neural Systems: http://www.worldscinet.com/ijns/ The post Dr Ronan’s work wins jounral prize...
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Dr Ersche’s research featured on the BBC
Karen Ersche’s research on addiction received widespread attention. (Hint: Type ‘Ersche abnormal brain’ on your favorite search engine). The article is K.D. Ersche; P.S. Jones; G.B. Williams; A.J....
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Dr Rubinov elected Junior Research Fellow at Churchill College
Congratulations to Mika Rubinov on winning a prestigious 3-year stipendiary Fellowship at Churchill College. Mika will be working at the Brain Mapping Unit for the duration of the fellowship. The...
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Welcome Eleanor Turton
Welcome to Miss Eleanor Turton who was born on 22rd March. We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the parents, Abigail and Tom Turton. The post Welcome Eleanor Turton appeared first on...
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Abnormal brain structure implicated in stimulant drug addiction
Abstract Addiction to drugs is a major contemporary public health issue, characterized by maladaptive behavior to obtain and consume an increasing amount of drugs at the expense of the individual’s...
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Prof Bullmore opens Cambridge Networks Day 2012
The first Cambridge Networks Day took place on the 18th of May 2012 at the Sainsbury Laboratory and was made possible by the kind support of the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute (BCNI)...
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NSPN project receives Wellcome Trust Strategic Award
NSPN (NeuroScience in Psychiatry Network) is a new venture from University College London and the University of Cambridge, which launched in November 2012. The chief investigator is Prof Ian Goodyear...
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Dr Achard’s work on coma in the press
Sophie Achard recently spent 4 months at the BMU (where she did her postdoc before taking up her current position as a CNRS research fellow inGrenoble) to finish off her innovative work on brain...
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BMU and BCNI at the Cambridge Science Festival
The BMU and BCNI will be organizing several events for the public as part of the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival. Watch this space! Note that, this year, the science festival also coincides with Brain...
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Smart Pills, Anyone?
Would you take tablets to boost your brain function? The BMU is helping organize an interactive session debating the controversial subject of cognitive enhancers, the science of them and their ethical...
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Focusing on ADHD
Poor concentration, hyperactivity and impulsivity are common in people with ADHD. These symptoms may be distressing and cause difficulties in daily life, but what causes them? How can they best be...
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Focusing on ADHD – follow-up
Many thanks to all those attending the Focusing on ADHD event which took place on the 14th of March as part of the 2013 Cambridge Science Festival. Dure to popular demand, we have created this page...
View ArticleCambridge Network Day 2013
The second Cambridge Networks Day took place on the 7th of May 2013 at the Sainsbury Laboratory and brought together 150 academics from a wide range departments in Cambridge (as well as some delegates...
View ArticleDr Petra Vértes awarded MRC Fellowship
Dr Petra Vértes has recently been awarded a Fellowship by the Medical Research Council to extend her current work on modelling the development of complex brain networks. Dr Vértes completed both her...
View ArticleDr Hisham Ziauddeen and Prof Paul Fletcher win a Wellcome Trust Development...
Congratulations to Dr Hisham Ziauddeen and Prof Paul Fletcher who have been given a Wellcome Trust Development Award grant to develop a comedy play for radio about food addiction and the translation of...
View ArticleCocaine and infectious diseases
A new study led by Dr Karen Ersche may help explain why regular cocaine users are more likely to contract an infectious disease than those with no history of drug addiction. The research was recently...
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