Background
Supporting cutting-edge fundamental research in Neuroscience
The projects in our experimental research portfolio share a common goal – to understand the anatomical and functional development and operation of neural circuits that underlie behaviour. By funding innovative new models and ideas, we’re helping expedite the development of new treatments for functional neurological disorders.
Centre for Theoretical Neuroscience at Columbia University
Since 2005 we have supported a range of neuroscience at Columbia University in New York through new faculty recruitment, grants for innovative research projects, and the forging of links with other institutes for international collaboration.
Neuropixels silicon probes
As part of an international consortium we funded the development of the first version of Neuropixels, an advanced neural recording probe for research applications in animals.
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour
We partnered with Wellcome to establish a new neuroscience research institute. Here scientists are using state-of-the-art techniques and theoretical models to investigate how circuits in the brain process information to create neural representations and guide behaviour.
Stanford Programmes for Autism Research
We are supporting Professor Karl Deisseroth at Stanford University in the USA to discover the mechanisms of autism brain dynamics with a view to proposing treatment for neurological disorders.
Theoretical Neuroscience at Hebrew University
We are supporting research at this centre in Israel to advance our understanding of the principles of dynamics and function in the cortex, and helping the centre foster collaborations with other institutes in the UK and the USA with overlapping interests.