MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit
Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit at the University of Oxford
- New unit paper on “Dopamine and the dynamics of subthalamic and leg muscle activities in parkinsonian stepping”, published in Brain. mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/dopam... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- Many congratulations to Unit postdoctoral researcher Dr Ioana Grigoras on receiving one of the 2025 Early Career Excellent Teacher Awards from the Medical Sciences Division! www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/ioana-g... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- Many congratulations to Unit collaborator Associate Professor Melanie Fleming on being awarded a prestigious Senior Non-Clinical Lectureship by the Stroke Association! mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/melanie... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper on “The Effects of Theta-Gamma Peak Stimulation on Sensorimotor Learning During Speech Production”, published in Neurobiology of Language. mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/effec... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper on “Baclofen, a GABAb receptor agonist, impairs motor learning in healthy people and changes inhibitory dynamics in motor areas”, published in @imagingneurosci.bsky.social! mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/baclo... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- The work of the Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Restorative Neural Dynamics has started! www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/mrc-cor... Check it out: rnd.ac.uk Stay up to date by following: LinkedIn linkedin.com/company/mrc-... BlueSky @rnd.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
- 🎓NEW PhD Studentship-Project SIX 🧠Enhancing memory using Transcranial Ultrasound Stimulation and Targeted Memory Reactivation ⏳Deadline: Tue 2nd Dec 2025, 12:00 midday (BST). www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/project/enha... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- 🎓NEW PhD Studentship-Project FIVE 🧠Enhancing memory using cross-species closed-loop Targeted Memory Reactivation ⏳Deadline: Tue 2nd Dec 2025, 12:00 midday (BST). www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/project/enha... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper on “Hippocampal Ripple Diversity organises Neuronal Reactivation Dynamics in the Offline Brain”, published in Neuron @cp-neuron.bsky.social! mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/hippo... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- 🎓NEW PhD Studentship-Project FOUR 🧠State-dependent control of hippocampal oscillations for enhancing memory ⏳Deadline: Tue 2nd Dec 2025, 12:00 midday (BST). www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/project/stat... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
- 🎓NEW PhD Studentship-Project THREE 🧠Phase-locked stimulation for modulating brain rhythms during wakefulness and sleep in Parkinson’s ⏳Deadline: Tue 2nd Dec 2025, 12:00 midday (BST). www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/project/phas... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- 🎓NEW PhD Studentship-Project TWO 🧠Neurophysiological biomarkers for optimising adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s ⏳Deadline: Tue 2nd Dec 2025, 12:00 midday (BST). www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/project/neur... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social
- 🎓NEW PhD Studentship-Project ONE 🧠Interacting with memory dynamics in the human brain ⏳Deadline: Tue 2nd Dec 2025, 12:00 midday (BST). www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/project/inte... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper on “Thalamo-frontal functional connectivity patterns in Tourette Syndrome: Insights from combined intracranial DBS and EEG recordings”, published in Molecular Psychiatry. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/thala... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper on “Flexible and stable cycle-by-cycle phase-locked deep brain stimulation system targeting brain oscillations in the management of movement disorders”, published in @braistimjournal.bsky.social. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/flexi... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper on “Ultrasound system for precise neuromodulation of human deep brain circuits”, published in @natcomms.nature.com. mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/ultra... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper on “Predictive coding model detects novelty on different levels of representation hierarchy”, published in Neural Computation. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/papers/predi... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
- In an incredible display of commitment to sustainable research, seven unit laboratories have achieved the LEAF accreditations for their efficient practices! mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/unit-en... Thank you to everyone involved for driving positive changes within our labs! @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
- New unit paper by He et al. on “Tremor asymmetry and the development of bilateral phase-specific deep brain stimulation for postural tremor”, published in Movement Disorders @mdj-journal.bsky.social 🎉🎉 mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- NEW VACANCY: Seeking experienced Head of Operations to join leadership team of new MRC CoRE in Restorative Neural Dynamics. Exciting opportunity to help shape strategy and delivery of the grand challenge! Closing on 30th July 2025. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/he... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
- @ukri.org announces new MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Restorative Neural Dynamics. 🎉🏆🚀 National flagship aiming to transform medical device-based treatments for brain conditions. #neurotech @ox.ac.uk @greatormondst.bsky.social @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social
- New unit collaboration paper from the Bogacz group— “Dopamine encodes deep network teaching signals for individual learning trajectories”, published in #Cell @cellpress.bsky.social www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper by Lopes-Dos-Santos et al. on spatio-temporal organization of network activity patterns in the hippocampus, published in #CellReports @cp-cellreports.bsky.social www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- NEW UNIT VACANCY | Seeking a motivated and creative PDRA to join the Oswal Group. Exciting opportunities to conduct cutting-edge research in Neuroimaging and Ultrasound Neuromodulation. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/po... Closes 16 July 2025. @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- Join us for a free family-friendly Science Wonder Garden Party at Begbroke Science Park, supported by Oxford University Development, on Sat 21 June! Enjoy hands-on science activities for all ages! oud.co.uk/wonder25 @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @begbrokescience.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- Reposted by MRC Brain Network Dynamics UnitOPDC hosts the 2025 Oxford Parkinson’s Research Day @kavlioxford.bsky.social dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-... @oxforddpag.bsky.social @dpagathenaswan.bsky.social @oxneuro.bsky.social @dunnschool.bsky.social @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk
- NEW UNIT VACANCY | Seeking Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Bogacz Group. Exciting opportunities for creative computational neuroscientists who enjoy collaborative, multidisciplinary work. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/po... Closes 01 September 2025. @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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[Not loaded yet] - NEW UNIT VACANCY | Seeking Postdoctoral Neuroscientist to join the Barron Group @MRCBNDU. Exciting opportunities for creative neuroscientists who enjoy collaborative, multidisciplinary work. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/vacancies Closes 03 June 2025. @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- The Unit held its tenth annual Training & Careers Development Event on Thursday 8th May. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/unit-tr... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit paper by Mirkhani et al. on response of neuronal populations to phase-locked stimulation: model-based predictions and validation, published in #JNeurosci @sfn.org www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- The MRC Brain Network Dynamics Unit was delighted to once again host stakeholders from local state-funded schools for its annual Schools Open Day, held this year on 27th March. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/schools... @mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New unit patent application on systems and methods for generating a stimulation signal for brain or nerve stimulation and for performing brain or nerve stimulation. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- Reposted by MRC Brain Network Dynamics UnitCheck out my preprint on hippocampal ripple diversity, with @vitorlds.bsky.social and David Dupret at the MRC BNDU, where we reveal that distinct CA1 laminar profiles of ripples are associated with different reactivation dynamics: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
- New unit review paper by Sharif et al. explored transcranial ultrasonic stimulation and temporal interference stimulation for treating mental health conditions, published in Brain and Neuroscience Advances. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- New Unit paper by Yao, Sharma et al. showed that beta burst characteristics and coupling within the sensorimotor cortical-STN circuit dynamically relate to bradykinesia in Parkinson's disease, published in Movement Disorders! www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
- Congrats to Unit Group Leader Prof Rafal Bogacz on being granted a prestigious Wellcome Discovery Award to fund groundbreaking new research on the fundamental mechanisms of learning in cortical neurons! www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/wellcom... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @wellcometrust.bsky.social
- New Unit paper by West et al. discovered that in patients with essential tremor, the brain alters its movement-related activity to compensate for abnormal brain activity linked to tremor, published in Neurobiology of Disease. www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/publications... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
- 🚀 Bringing neuroscience to life! Natalie & Stuart visited Aylesford School to inspire students about the brain & STEMM careers. 🧠🔬 Hands-on activities with new microscopes let students explore neurons up close! #STEMM www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/unit-he... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
- Congratulations to Unit postdoctoral researcher Dr Shenghong He on being awarded a prestigious Senior Research Fellowship by Parkinson’s UK! www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/shengho... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @parkinsons.org.uk
- We're hiring! Join us as a Research Technician and play a key role in supporting groundbreaking neuroscience. You'll provide technical support for projects and ensure the smooth running of our Biomedical Services Facility, based in Oxford www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/re... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
- Congratulations to Unit postdoctoral researcher Dr Vitor Lopes dos Santos on winning the Director’s Award for Open Research for 2024! www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/vitor-l... @ndcnoxford.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
- Reposted by MRC Brain Network Dynamics UnitWe successfully held our 19th Science Day! Thanks to our brilliant ECRs and alumni speakers Dr PD Dodson (University of Bristol), Dr S Trouche (University of Montpellier), Dr H Cagnan (Imperial College London), and Dr AH Becker (Medtronic)!@ndcnoxford.bsky.social www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/news/unit-sc...
