Five Minutes with Professor Sabina Brennan

How did you get into brain research?

“I studied psychology in university as a mature student, and in my final year...

Five Minutes with Professor Brian Lawlor

How did you get into brain research?

“After I studied medicine in Ireland I trained as a psychiatrist and I worked...

Five Minutes with Prof Ian H Robertson

How did you get into brain research?

“There was a programme on the television when I was growing up called The...

Five minutes with Professor Yaakov Stern

Yaakov Stern is Professor of Neuropsychology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also a director in...

Plasticise: Boosting plasticity

PVC is a hard brittle plastic until a chemical called a plasticizer is added to it, which makes

DEVELAGE - the molecular view of aging

On the face of it, a brain developing in an embryo and a brain in an elderly person may not...

The Human Brain Project: A virtual brain?

There’s a lot going on in your head right now. Neurons are busy firing, circuits are connecting and regions are...