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Close to €10m in EU funding for UCL neuroscience, economics and crime studies
Close to €10m in EU funding for UCL neuroscience, economics and crime studies

Close to €10m in EU funding for UCL neuroscience, economics and crime studies

Five UCL academics have received prestigious European Union-funded grants to support research for the next five years in projects covering economics, criminal governance, and neuroscience.

10 Dec 2025

AI tool spots blood cell abnormalities missed by doctors
AI tool spots blood cell abnormalities missed by doctors

AI tool spots blood cell abnormalities missed by doctors

An AI tool that can analyse abnormalities in the shape and form of blood cells, and with greater accuracy and reliability than human experts, could change the way conditions such as leukaemia are diagnosed, finds a study co-led by a UCL academic.

20 Nov 2025

Pioneering UCL Huntington’s researcher wins major neuroscience award
Pioneering UCL Huntington’s researcher wins major neuroscience award

Pioneering UCL Huntington’s researcher wins major neuroscience award

Professor Sarah Tabrizi, Director of the UCL Huntington’s Disease Centre, has been awarded the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award for 2025, the association’s top annual prize.

14 Nov 2025

Institute news

UCL scientist named in Nature's Top 10 people who helped shape science in 2025
UCL scientist named in Nature's Top 10 people who helped shape science in 2025

UCL scientist named in Nature's Top 10 people who helped shape science in 2025

Professor Sarah Tabrizi (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) has been named in Nature's 10 list, recognising the people involved in the most influential and important developments this year.

10 Dec 2025

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology hosts Neuromuscular Diseases Research Day 2025
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology hosts Neuromuscular Diseases Research Day 2025

UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology hosts Neuromuscular Diseases Research Day 2025

The latest Neuromuscular Diseases (NMD) Research Day took place in November 2025, bringing together clinicians, researchers, and partners to strengthen the future of NMD research.

05 Dec 2025

Servier and UCL join forces to advance therapeutic research in rare genetic epileptic disorders
Servier and UCL join forces to advance therapeutic research in rare genetic epileptic disorders

Servier and UCL join forces to advance therapeutic research in rare genetic epileptic disorders

The collaboration is tasked with gaining a better understanding of and validating the mechanisms involved in Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy (DEE).

05 Dec 2025