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Understanding neuronal growth
12/12/24
Laura Andreae awarded new Leverhulme Trust funding
LIDo PhD programme renewed offering more than 130 studentships
27/11/24
Bioscience given government boost
Maria Conde-Dusman receives Wellcome Early Career Award
14/11/24
New work funded on early life sensory experience
Manipulating a morphogen in space and time
12/11/24
Anthony Graham and Malcolm Logan awarded BBSRC grant
CDN welcomes Professor Emily Jones
29/10/24
Emily Jones moves to King’s
Laura Andreae receives Louise Hanson Marshall Special Recognition Award
19/09/24
Award for promotion of women in neuroscience
RNA in axons, dendrites, synapses, and beyond
09/09/24
New review from Richard Taylor and alumnus Nikolas Nikolaou
Juan Burrone and Ivo Lieberam awarded MRC Programme Grant
12/08/24
Grant awarded to investigate novel potential strategy for ALS rescue
Beatriz Rico receives prestigious Wellcome Award
10/07/24
£4m grant for understanding human inhibitory circuit development
Dr Nicolás Marichal receives an award
23/05/24
Dr Nicolás Marichal receives Emerging Leadership Fellowship Award from Epilepsy Research Institute UK
EPNA 2023
25/01/24
Dr Ana Dorrego-Rivas receives 'Excellent Paper in Neuroscience Award'
King's Engaged Researcher Award for Early Career Researcher.
16/01/24
Phoebe Reynolds receives KERA Award
New research cluster to decode developmental disorders
01/01/24
UKRI funds initiative to unravel genetic bases
The Epilepsy Research Institute Launch at 10 Downing Street
25/10/23
Professor Juan Burrone appointed Co-Lead for the Epilepsy Research Institute
Dr Rita Sousa-Nunes receives a grant
19/10/23
Brain Research UK awards research grant to Sousa-Nunes Laboratory to investigate “Neural tumour anachronism”
Dr Ana Dorrego-Rivas receives an award
19/09/23
Wellcome Early-Career Award given to Dr Ana Dorrego-Rivas (Grubb Lab)
The Centre for Developmental Neurobiology Scientific Retreat 2023
14/09/23
The 1st CDN Scientific Retreat
Dr Adil Khan receives £3.44 million Wellcome Career Development Award
07/09/23
Dr Adil Khan awarded the Career Development Award
Major new award for innovative RNA research on neurological disorders
23/07/23
Wellcome Trust funds pioneering new programme
Professor Corinne Houart appointed IoPPN Vice Dean Research
17/07/23
Professor Corinne Houart has been appointed IoPPN Vice Dean Research
CDN Away Day 2023
24/06/23
The centre's annual Away Day for 2023 took place on 23rd June
Congratulations to Professor Richard Wingate on the publication of his book
01/05/23
"The Story of the Brain in 10 and ½ Cells"
Professor Oscar Marín receives the FENS-EJN Prize
28/04/23
Prestigious prize in recognition of his outstanding scientific work in neuroscience.
Oscar Marín receives 2023 ECNP Neuropsychopharmacology Award
20/04/23
Prestigious prize in recognition of contributions to the field
Two new group leaders to join the CDN
20/10/22
Laura Pellegrini & Dimitar Kostadinov win major awards
Robert Hindges appointed Managing Director of the CDN
17/10/22
Reorganisation of management at the Centre
Oscar Marín elected Fellow of the Royal Society
11/05/22
Election in recognition of influential discoveries
Credible Neuroscience
13/04/22
Matt Grubb awarded BNA Researcher Credibility Prize
New EMBO Members from CDN
08/06/21
Prof Houart and Prof Rico elected EMBO Members
Benedikt Berninger awarded ERC Advanced Grant
22/04/21
Unleashing the potential of engineered neurogenesis for brain repair
NeuroAgenda launches
25/03/21
Celebrating International Women's Day 2021
Prof Houart receives Investigator Award
17/09/20
A Wellcome success: prestigious programme grant awarded to Corinne Houart
We don’t need to fix women to become leaders
19/08/20
Prof Corinne Houart, on women in leadership
2020 Fellows of Academy of Medical Sciences
13/05/20
Oscar Marín nominated as new Fellow
Beatriz Rico awarded ERC Advanced Grant
31/03/20
Grant awarded to investigate effects of early sensory environment
CDN FOXG1 syndrome research featured on podcast
09/03/20
The Naked Scientists interview Hannah Bruce about her work
Oscar Marín receives Remedios Caro Almela Award
18/10/19
Prize awarded in recognition of outstanding work in developmental neurobiology
Global Climate Strike
20/09/19
Climate change is happening
Science and the future of Franco-British relations
21/08/19
Clémence Bernard nominated as Young Leader for Franco-British Council
Katie Long joins Centre as a new investigator
12/06/19
New group leader in development of human neocortex
Fly Lab
14/02/19
New programme launched to champion the next generation of fly scientists
“Brexit is bad for science”
19/12/18
Brexit could have devastating consequences for UK science say leading researchers
Can we build ourselves a better brain?
23/10/18
Top neuroscientists discuss the potential to upgrade our brains
Understanding the effect of sex in autism
27/09/18
Researchers discuss new findings that may help us understand sex differences in autism
The FENS-Kavli winter symposium reviewed
31/08/18
Dr Laura Andreae gives her perspective on the symposium spanning current research on chronic pain, demyelinating disease, Alzheimer’s disease and autism spectrum disorder
Editors’ Choice: Self-sustained seizure inhibition
24/08/18
Dr Laura Andreae’s review describes hope for treatment-resistant focal epilepsy.
Autism pathogenesis linked to
SHANK3
24/08/18
Initial findings from the Andreae lab show
SHANK3
mRNA expression varies during development and in ASD-associated
SHANK3
heterozygosity.
Houart lab wins BBSRC grant.
08/08/18
Professor Corinne Houart has been awarded funding to study the impact of temporal regulation of signalling centres on brain complexity.
Oscar Marín awarded ERC Advanced Grant
09/04/18
The project will investigate the role of interneurons in the functional specialisation of neocortical areas
Celebrating British Science Week!
28/03/18
Our Glow in the Dark Science roadshow went to visit three primary schools.
Emilia Favuzzi: winner of the Beddington medal
19/02/18
Emilia Favuzzi awarded the 2018 Beddington medal
Welcome to two new labs!
02/02/18
Welcome to Adil Khan and Benedikt Berninger labs
Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow
01/12/17
Congratulations to Clare Buckley who has been awarded a Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship
Anthony Graham awarded BBSRC grant
15/11/17
The funding will support research on the development of the pharyngeal pouches and clefts.
Developmental neurobiology: from worms to mammals
01/08/17
This June, the centre hosted the 5th edition of the EMBO practical workshop
Second edition of the DevNeuro Academy!
31/07/17
The Centre’s flagship Widening Participation project brought 20 students for a two week research placement
Global Engagement - King's Worldwide
31/07/17
Darren, Juan, Martin, Anthony and Richard will visit the National Centre for Biological Sciences in India
Silver award for a sustainable lab!
27/07/17
Our Centre has achieved a silver award for laboratory sustainability
Paride Antinucci awarded Tadion Rideal Prize
26/07/17
Another prize for Paride Antinucci!
Robert Hindges awarded Leverhulme Trust grant
20/07/17
The funding will support research on the molecular diversity of specific synaptic interactions
New Mentoring Programme for Postdocs
03/07/17
The CDN, Randall Division and Wolfson CARD launch new cross-departmental mentoring programme
CDN researchers score a BBSRC Grants Hat-trick
03/07/17
Jon Clarke, Robert Hindges and Eugene Makeyev awarded three BBSRC Research Grants
2017 Centre Away Day
26/06/17
The CDN celebrated its annual Away Day with all members of staff on 9 June
2017 Elsevier Outstanding PhD Thesis Prize
19/06/17
CDN alumnus Dr Paride Antinucci awarded prize
University of Suffolk students visit CDN
30/05/17
Final year BSc (Hons) Bioscience students visit the CDN and Guy's Campus research facilities
Camilla Larsen BBSRC New Investigator Award
11/04/17
The funding will support research on the neural pathway underlying chemotaxis in the fruit fly
Brain Awareness Week Science Café!
06/04/17
Zombie neurons and the dark network!
Celebrating British Science Week!
22/03/17
Our Glow in the Dark Science roadshow went to visit Tower Bridge Primary School.
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
01/02/17
Camilla Iannone has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship!
NC3Rs Training Fellowship
30/01/17
Mark Rigby has been awarded a NC3Rs Postdoctoral Training Fellowship!
Matthew Grubb awarded ERC Consolidator Grant
16/01/17
The funding will support research on the functional role of new neurons in the adult brain.
Martin Meyer New Wellcome Investigator Award
12/01/17
The funding will support research on visual encoding by neuronal populations.
Laura Andreae awarded NARSAD Young Investigator Grant
14/10/16
The project aims to lay the foundations for drug treatments of autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
Dev Neuro Academy 2017
22/09/16
We're busy preparing the second edition of Dev Neuro Academy. If you want to know what it is all about, see our video!
Beatriz Rico New Wellcome Investigator Award
02/09/16
The funding will support pioneering research into specific neural network assembly and organisation.
Laura Andreae awarded BBSRC Research Grant
01/09/16
The project will examine the role of neurotransmitter release in synapse formation.
First edition of the DevNeuro Academy!
19/07/16
The Centre’s flagship Widening Participation project brought 17 sixth-form students for a two week research placement
Starting new traditions: Centre Away Day
27/06/16
The CDN celebrated its first Away Day with all members of staff on 17 June, in Hertfordshire.
Leverhulme Trust grant awarded to Matt Grubb
03/05/16
Matt Grubb has been awarded a Research Grant from the Leverhulme Trust
Celebrating British Science Week!
15/04/16
Our Glow in the Dark Science roadshow went to visit three primary schools. Over 200 pupils got ‘their hands dirty’ in a series of activities around the use of fluorescence in modern biomedical sciences.
Great turn-up for our special BAW event!
14/04/16
More than 50 people came to the Cittie of Yorke for our special Brain Awareness Week - Science Café!
Scientific Advisory Board visit
12/04/16
The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) visited the CDN for two days on April 11-12, 2016.
MRC grant awarded to Ivo Lieberam
29/03/16
Ivo Lieberam and Andrew Lowe have been awarded a Research Grant from the Medical Research Council (MRC)
IRP Research Grant awarded to Matt Grubb
18/03/16
Matt Grubb has been awarded a Research Grant from the International Foundation for Research in Paraplegia (IRP).
Professor Corinne Houart recognised with an award
14/03/16
Corinne Houart has been recognised at the annual Medical Research Council event, Suffrage Science.
Marie-Curie Fellowship
01/03/16
Fong Kuan Wong has been awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship!
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship
05/01/16
Kinga Bercsenyi has been awarded a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her research on interneuron apoptosis during development.
EMBO Long-Term Fellowships
05/01/16
Fong Kuan Wong & Patricia Gordon have been awarded an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship.
KHP Challenge Fund Grant
30/11/15
Richard Wingate has been awarded a King's Health Partners Research and Development Challenge Fund.
PhD students and postdocs take on editor role
04/11/15
PhD students from the MRC CDN produce an issue of The Biochemist
In2scienceuk students experience what's it like to be a scientist
04/11/15
KCL hosts In2Science UK project students
UC Irvine undergraduate summer research experience
11/09/15
This summer the MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology continued a 22 year old tradition of hosting students from the USA as part of the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) program.
Cortical Interneurons in Health and Disease
07/09/15
This June, the 2015 EMBO workshop in Mallorca brought scholars together to discuss the latest advances on cortical interneurons.
Hands-on Developmental Neurobiology
04/09/15
Over two weeks in June / July, the centre hosted the 4th EMBO course in Developmental Neurobiology.
KCL @ Technopop: glowing days of outreach and public engagement
01/09/15
Over three days in July, the centre put on displays at Tecnopop in Brixton, a free festival of science for young people.
Postgraduate Research Symposium 2015
08/07/15
On July 7, over 250 staff and students attended the 6th Postgraduate Research Symposium.
Undergraduate visit
15/06/15
Students from the University Campus Suffolk (UCS), Ipswich, visited the centre to discover for themselves what a career in neuroscience is really like.
Andrew Lowe receives Wellcome Seed Award
12/06/15
Andrew Lowe has been successful in obtaining one of the Wellcome Trust's new research seed awards for developing a novel approach in the investigation and cataloguing of functional topography in zebrafish vision.
Brilliant Club pupils visit the centre
18/05/15
Elisa Galliano from the centre has been working as a tutor for The Brilliant Club, delivering university style tutorials on learning and memory to a group of pupils from Lampton School as part of King's widening participation initiative.
Radio Interview - neuromuscular disease
18/05/15
Today at 18:32 GMT (7:30pm UK time) on the BBC World Service, Dr. Ivo Lieberam (KCL) and Professor Linda Greensmith (UCL) discuss the potential role of optogenetics in therapies for neuronal diseases.
Prof Marín awarded prize
17/04/15
Prof Marín awarded Prix Roger De Spoelberch
MRC grant for inter-disciplinary team
28/03/13
The MRC has awarded a grant of £830,000 to Dr Albert Basson.
