Unit Science Day, Summer 2017

3 July 2017

Attendees at the BNDU’s Science Day in summer 2017.

The Unit held its fifth Science Day on Friday 30th June 2017. Ongoing and future research projects were the focus of discussion, and Unit members and visitors eagerly took the opportunity to give the constructive feedback that is needed to support collaboration and to foster cutting-edge research.

There were 14 short talks and 9 poster presentations, most of which were given by the Unit’s early-career scientists. Unit Director Professor Peter Brown commented “Another fantastic day of science, and a great opportunity to take stock of our collective progress. It is always a pleasure to see the next generation of our talented scientists in action and to learn from them.”

An attentive audience at the MRC BNDU’s Science Day, summer 2017.

Unit student Maaike van Swieten (centre) explains the latest discoveries shown in her poster at summer Science Day 2017.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Abbey Holt explains how to optimise interactions with brain rhythms.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Amy Wolff takes questions from the audience after her presentation on custom-designed approaches to quantifying behaviour.

Unit scientist Gerd Tinkhauser discusses the results of his latest clinical research on movement disorders.

The audience is challenged to think at the summer Science Day 2017.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Mohamady El-Gaby skilfully makes the link between behaviour and brain dynamics.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Natalie Doig reiterates the importance of defining the connections between nerve cells in the brain.

The audience gives feedback to presenters at the summer Science Day 2017.

The levels of excitement are running high at the poster session during summer Science Day 2017 !

Unit postdoctoral scientist Stephanie Trouche takes questions after discussing the interactions between hippocampus and basal ganglia.

Unit student Max Rothwell (centre) engages colleagues with his poster at summer Science Day 2017.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Vitor Lopes dos Santos explains the need to be rigorous and creative when analyzing data.

Oxford MSc in Neuroscience student Roman Rothaermel (left) discusses his summer research project undertaken at the Unit.

Unit student Rahul Shah waxes lyrical on his latest discoveries.

Unit collaborator Dr Tim Denison shares his vision for the future of neural interface technology.

Unit member Savita Anderson begins her “short speech” after receiving the annual Director’s Award for Public Engagement.

An attentive audience at the MRC BNDU’s Science Day, summer 2017.

Unit student Maaike van Swieten (centre) explains the latest discoveries shown in her poster at summer Science Day 2017.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Abbey Holt explains how to optimise interactions with brain rhythms.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Amy Wolff takes questions from the audience after her presentation on custom-designed approaches to quantifying behaviour.

Unit scientist Gerd Tinkhauser discusses the results of his latest clinical research on movement disorders.

The audience is challenged to think at the summer Science Day 2017.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Mohamady El-Gaby skilfully makes the link between behaviour and brain dynamics.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Natalie Doig reiterates the importance of defining the connections between nerve cells in the brain.

The audience gives feedback to presenters at the summer Science Day 2017.

The levels of excitement are running high at the poster session during summer Science Day 2017 !

Unit postdoctoral scientist Stephanie Trouche takes questions after discussing the interactions between hippocampus and basal ganglia.

Unit student Max Rothwell (centre) engages colleagues with his poster at summer Science Day 2017.

Unit postdoctoral scientist Vitor Lopes dos Santos explains the need to be rigorous and creative when analyzing data.

Oxford MSc in Neuroscience student Roman Rothaermel (left) discusses his summer research project undertaken at the Unit.

Unit student Rahul Shah waxes lyrical on his latest discoveries.

Unit collaborator Dr Tim Denison shares his vision for the future of neural interface technology.

Unit member Savita Anderson begins her “short speech” after receiving the annual Director’s Award for Public Engagement.