Sainsbury Wellcome Centre

The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre aims to discover the fundamental principles of how the brain drives behaviour. Based at UCL, funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Wellcome.

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2026-03-06 14:17:08 UTC

This British Science Week, check out our free neuroscience teaching resources, including lesson plans, videos, career profiles and activities!
https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/resources-teachers
#BritishScienceWeek #STEM #Education #Teaching
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2025-08-28 07:21:46 UTC

Congratulations to Professor @nprofile…kvjn on receiving a Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship 🎉
The 10-year core funding will allow his lab at @nprofile…s68z and NDCN Oxford to investigate the mechanistic basis of intelligence.
https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/research-news/professor-tim-behrens-awarded-prestigious-faraday-discovery-fellowship
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2025-08-20 08:49:11 UTC

Leading neuroscientists share their top tips to optimise learning: teach, sleep, repeat!
https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/neuroscience-learning-12-tips-optimise-your-brain
With insights from past SWC seminar speakers: Tessa Montague, Andreas Lüthi, Blaise Agüera y Arcas, Jianhua ‘JC’ Cang, Hannah Payne, William Wisen, Vikaas Sohal, Dominic Evans, Steve Chang, David Robbe, @nprofile…9z4l, Sami El-Boustani, Linda Wilbrecht, Jan Gründemann, @nprofile…2y3f, Kishore Kuchibhotla, Florian Mormann, Lauren Orefice, @nprofile…lctt
Illustration by Gil Costa and Joana Carvalho
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2025-08-06 08:44:00 UTC

12 leading neuroscientists tackle a big question: Will we ever understand the brain?
Their reflections span philosophy, complexity, and the limits of scientific explanation.
https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/will-we-ever-understand-brain-12-leading-neuroscientists-reflect
With insights from past SWC seminar speakers: Peter Dayan, Julia Harris, Mark Walton, Emily Murphy, Botond Roska, Megha Sehgal, Martin Munz, Teresa Guillamón Vivancos, Pieter Goltstein, Arjun Bharioke, Ehud Ahissar, Dileep George
Illustration by Gil Costa and Joana Carvalho
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2025-06-25 08:56:52 UTC

SWC Seminar speaker Richard Mooney (Duke University School of Medicine) shares his journey from classical guitar to auditory research, and what birdsong teaches us about learning ⤵️
https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/qa/music-neuroscience-decoding-brain-through-birdsong
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2025-06-18 06:41:10 UTC

Dr Alicia Izquierdo (@nprofile…c4m4), UCLA, studies how animals weigh reward, cost and risk - and what that tells us about flexible decision-making in the brain.
She spoke to us during her recent visit to SWC.
Read the full interview ⬇️
https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/qa/weighing-risk-reward-and-uncertainty-one-decision-time
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2025-06-05 07:50:28 UTC

Calling all neuroscience postdocs!
Come and share your work with the London neuroscience community. No CVs, publication records or recommendation letters needed.
Learn more about SWC’s Emerging Neuroscientists Seminar Series and apply by 10 July:
https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/content/emerging-neuroscientists-seminar-series-enss
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2025-04-03 12:29:51 UTC

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@nprofile…xm42 Thanks for flagging - the blog post has now been corrected.

2025-04-02 08:28:38 UTC

New study explores how hippocampal replay helps construct future behaviour by combining past experiences like building blocks.
Learn more on our blog: https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/imagining-future-exploring-role-hippocampal-replay
Or read the paper ‘Constructing future behavior in the hippocampal formation through composition and replay’ from Jacob Bakermans‬, Joseph Warren, James Whittington, Tim Behrens in Nature Neuroscience:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-025-01908-3
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2025-02-11 13:00:47 UTC

In celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we asked some of the incredible women at SWC and @nprofile…jfsa to reflect on their experiences and perspectives on being women in science.
Read more ⬇️
https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/international-day-women-and-girls-science
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