General updates – DoBS Staff Blog

Dr Abidemi Otaiku Named touchNEUROLOGY Future Leader 2026

17 July 2026

Dr Abidemi Otaiku (Department of Brain Sciences and UK Dementia Research Institute) has been named a touchNEUROLOGY Future Leader 2026, selected by his peers as one of the neurologists shaping the future of research into sleep, dreaming and brain health.

A day to celebrate early-career science: The 2026 PhD Showcase

17 June 2026

On Monday 1 June, PhD students gathered on the 12th floor of the Michael Uren Building at the White City campus for this year’s PhD Showcase – a day built around sciences, posters, presentations and friendly competition.

Dr Marco Brancaccio joins the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms

29 May 2026

General updates

Dr Marco Brancaccio was elected to the Board of Directors of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR) in May 2026. The SRBR is a leading international scientific society in the field of chronobiology, the study of biological rhythms.

Join us for two social events in June

27 May 2026

The Department of Brain Sciences has two networking events coming up – make sure to join us.

Brain Sciences researchers named among the most noteworthy at ESOC 2026

7 May 2026

A study, led by Dr Dexter Penn and co-authored by Professor Alastair Web, has been selected as one of the most noteworthy pieces of work presented at the European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC) 2026, one of the world’s leading gatherings of stroke researchers and clinicians.

New awards in ageing research – Vivensa Academy Excellence Awards

27 April 2026

Two new funding opportunities are now available to early- and mid-career researchers working in ageing research.

2026 London and Paris Marathon charitable runs

23 April 2026

General updates

This Sunday, two of our colleagues are taking on the 2026 London Marathon, and both are running with a purpose beyond the finish line. Also running for dementia research, Professor Paresh Malhotra ran the Schneider Electric Paris Marathon on 12 April, raising funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK.

Notes from the Vatican

Department of Brain Sciences Communications

6 February 2024

General updates

Recently Professor David Nutt from the Centre for Psychedelic Research was invited to speak at the Prontifical Academy of Science meeting on neurostimulation technologies for human wellbeing at the Vatican. In this article he talks about his visit, the other talks he heard at the meeting and the Vatican as a conference venue.

A co-design project and early evaluation of a mobile app (Imaginator) supporting young people with self-harm

Department of Brain Sciences Communications

17 February 2022

Rachel Rodrigues, Research Postgraduate in the Division of Psychiatry, explains how a new NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) grant will support the development of a mobile app for young people with lived experience of self-harm. (more…)

FORWARDS: New study to support detoxification from methadone in opiate dependence

Department of Brain Sciences Communications

17 February 2022

Dr Louise Paterson explains the background and aims of the recently-launched FORWARDS study, which is now open for recruitment. (more…)