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Event
Spotlight on Science: New ways to tackle addictive behaviours
25 March 2025
City St George's, University of London
Addiction affects not only individuals but also families and communities. This free public event invites the public to explore cutting-edge scientific research and innovative approaches to tackling addiction in its many forms, including alcohol, smoking, drug use, and gambling.
Talks
- Beyond alcohol detox: Preparing for last recovery - Dr Christos Kouimtsidis, Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist, Surrey and Borders, NHS Trust
- Rebalancing the addicted brain: What's LOVE got to do with it? - Dr Alexis Bailey, Reader in Neuropharmacology, City St George's, University of London
- Protecting vulnerable gamblers - Dr Dimitrios Pinotsis, Reader, Theoretical Neuroscientist, City St George's, University of London
For more information and to register: Spotlight on Science: New ways to tackle addictive behaviours * City St George's, University of London
Event
UK Theoretical Neuroscience Workshop
16 December 2025
City St George's, University of London
This workshop will bring together theoretical and mathematical neuroscientists, as well as students from across the UK, to discuss current challenges and innovations in modelling brain activity in both health and disease.
Scheduled speakers include Claudia Clopath (Imperial), Dan Goodman (Imperial), Thomas Nowotny (Sussex), Li Su (Sheffield & Cambridge), Sean Froudist-Walsh (Bristol), Vassilis Cutsuridis (Plymouth), Karl Friston (UCL), Rick Adams (UCL), Conor Houghton (Bristol), Peter Grindrod (Oxford), Enrico Amico (Birmingham)
More information and to register: Home | UK Theoretical Neuro
Event
We hosted the British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN) conference in September 2024.
BACN Annual Meeting
10-11 September 2024
Programme Highlights
- Keynote Address: Prof. Sophie Scott; ICN/UCL (Speech Communication Lab)
- Presentations by Early- and Mid-Career prize winners:
Dr Patricia Lockwood (Birmingham University) and Prof. Tobias Egner (Duke University)
Symposia
- Investigating Neural Plasticity in the Healthy and Pathological brain with Advanced Non-invasive Brain Stimulation. A. Sel
- How Past and Present Interact with Working Memory. J. Kaiser, C. Haenschel
- Understanding Spatial Cognition in the Hippocampal Network through Behaviour, Intracranial Electrophysiology, Brain Imaging, Pathology, and Deep Neural Network models. R. Mok
- The Face in Emotion: An Embodied Perspective from EMG, EEG and Facial Stimulation. S. Korb
- New challenges and frontiers in the cognitive neuroscience of body perception. L. Crucianelli
- The Cognitive and Neural Mechanisms of Trust and Trustworthiness: From perception to Social Interaction. A.K. Fett, L. Garrido
Check out our speakers and abstracts at bacn.co.uk
In the News
Leading neuroscience conference delivers new perspectives on laughter, helping others, and cognitive flexibility
Experts presented groundbreaking research at the 2024 British Association of Cognitive Neuroscience (BACN) annual meeting.
Read the BACN 2024 article
Event
Research Centre launch event - 11 June 2024
In the News
City launches new Centre for Clinical, Social & Cognitive Neuroscience
City, University of London launched its new Centre for Clinical, Social & Cognitive Neuroscience (CSCN) at an event in June that featured talks on cutting-edge neuroscience from resident academics and partners.
