Fully funded 4 year PhD programme in Neuroscience
Application deadline: 11 December 2016
The Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour brings together world-leading scientists to investigate how brain circuits process information to create the neural representations that guide behaviour. We are structured to foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, enquiry and excellence, accommodated in our new, purpose-designed, award-winning building located near the main UCL campus in central London. Research has recently commenced and offers an unparalleled research environment through provision of state-of-the-art research laboratories, cutting-edge scientific equipment, technologically-advanced prototyping and fabrication laboratories and custom in-house high-performance computing facilities.
Neuroscientists working here use the latest advances in molecular and cellular biology, imaging, electrophysiology and behavioural techniques. The Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit is located at the core of the building, facilitating broad and deep collaborations in data analysis and computational modelling.
Programme
The SWC PhD is 4-year programme. The first year includes a semester of coursework and three laboratory rotations. A PhD project and advisor is selected at the beginning of the second year. We will provide intensive training in experimental techniques, including imaging, physiology, molecular, and behavioural methods. First-year students will build their own two-photon microscope, implement a 1,000 channel in vivo recording system, design viral tools for circuit tracing, and develop a closed-loop behaviour assay.
We will provide (together with our Gatsby Unit colleagues) a comprehensive introduction to theoretical and systems neuroscience. The Gatsby and SWC students will overlap extensively during their first year and will be encouraged to maintain these contacts throughout their PhD.
You will live and work in central London, the highest concentration of neuroscience research in the world. The SWC PhD is your opportunity to receive world-class training as a neuroscientist and launch a career in academia or industry.
Continue with Facebook
