Congratulations to Sofia Carozza from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, who has received a commendation for her article, titled ‘shining a light on childhood adversity’, submitted to the MRC’s 2021 Max Perutz Science Writing Award. The award aims to encourage and recognise outstanding written communication by MRC PhD students. Sofia said “I’m really […]

The MRC CBU are delighted to announce that Dr Amy Orben has been appointed as a Programme Leader Track Scientist (PLT) at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) and will be taking up her new role from 1 November 2021.  Amy and her team will be working on a cross-cutting research programme […]

On behalf of the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Cambridge, we are delighted to announce that Dr Camilla Nord has been appointed as a new Programme Leader Track Scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit (MRC CBU) from 15 October 2021. Camilla will lead the new Mental Health Neuroscience Programme at the […]

The Jacobs Foundation has awarded a five-year, nearly $11 million grant to the University of California, Irvine for the creation of a collaborative network to help tailor digital technologies for children. Connecting the EdTech Research EcoSystem  (CERES) will bring together global leaders in computer science, psychology, neuroscience, education and educational technology in pursuit of this […]

Researchers, from the MRC CBU, University of Cambridge, found that the part of the brain which interprets physical signals from the body behaves differently in people with a range of mental health disorders, suggesting that it could be a target for future treatments. The researchers studied ‘interoception’ – the ability to sense internal conditions in […]

  Researchers from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, have identified two subgroups of adolescents who self-harm and have shown that it is possible to predict those individuals at greatest risk almost a decade before they begin self-harming. The researchers found that while sleep problems and low self-esteem were common risk […]