UCL Neuroscience News http://www.ucl.ac.uk/neuroscience/home-news-events/news/rss Sunit Tamang 2011-08-04T09:19:48Z TRACK-HD study identifies early predictors of disease progression in Huntington's disease http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0513/09052013-TRACK-HD-study-identifies-early-predictors-of-disease-progression-in-Huntingtons-disease-Tabrizi An international team led by researchers at the UCL Institute of Neurology has identified a set of tests that could help identify whether - and how - Huntington’s disease (HD) is progressing in groups of people who are not yet showing symptoms. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-05-09T16:34:39Z Call for proposals: UCL–French Embassy science and technology workshops http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/20130326-french-embassy-workshops UCL researchers are invited to submit funding proposals to run collaborative science and/or technology workshops as part of the UCL–French Embassy partnership. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2013-03-26T16:30:01Z The Great Brain Experiment: crowdsourcing data on how we think and act http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0313/11032013-The-Great-Brain-Experiment-Adams A new mobile app developed by UCL scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging will enable the team to carry out on an unprecedented scale experiments that previously could only be conducted on small groups of volunteers in the lab. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-03-12T16:52:22Z Psychogenic diseases linked to abnormal brain activity http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/25022013-Psychogenic-diseases-linked-to-abnormal-brain-activity-Schrag Individuals with psychogenic disease (i.e. physical illness stemming from emotional or mental stresses) have brains that function differently to people with organic diseases, according to new research from UCL and the University of Cambridge. RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-25T17:26:23Z Participants sought for neuropsychology research project http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/190213-participants-sought-for-neuropsychology-research-project Healthy young people (aged 5-16 years) are wanted to take part in a UCL research project: Neuroimaging investigations of language to aid paediatric neurosurgical decision-making . RSS Feed Commteam 2013-02-21T16:33:54Z Disabled at greater risk of violence and subsequent mental ill-health http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1302/Disabled-at-greater-risk-of-violence-and-subsequent-mental-ill-health-Khalifeh People with disabilities are at a greater risk of being the victims of violence and of suffering mental ill health when victimised, according to research published today in the open access journal PLOS ONE . RSS Feed David R Weston 2013-02-21T17:24:37Z Human Brain Project wins major EU funding http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0113/130128-human-brain-project-wins-major-EU-funding The Human Brain Project has been officially selected as one of the European Commission’s two FET Flagship projects. The new project will unite European efforts to address one of the greatest challenges of modern science: understanding the human brain. RSS Feed Clare S Ryan 2013-01-28T11:47:08Z Record number of Marie Curie Fellowships for research at UCL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/181212-Marie-Curie-Fellowships 23 postdoctoral researchers from 14 different countries have been awarded Marie Curie Individual Fellowships. The awards will enable researchers to spend up to two years working with research teams across all schools at UCL. RSS Feed Nicholas W Tyndale 2012-12-18T12:47:46Z Eisai pharmaceuticals and UCL form drug discovery alliance http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1212/131212-ucl-easai-pharmaceuticals-discovery-alliance UCL and the Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai, have entered into a new agreement to establish a major drug discovery and development collaboration today. RSS Feed Henry Rummins 2012-12-13T09:56:58Z Brain study shows why some people are more in tune with what they want http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/slms/slms-news/neuroscience/12121002-decision-making Source: Press release from the Wellcome Trust UCL News Matt W Wakelin 2012-12-10T16:17:04Z