Neurobiology

Joint Heads of Division
Anne BertolottiandGreg Jefferis
Divisional Administrator
Savannah Kumari
Assistant Divisional Administrator
Max Kion Behzadi
Contact Division
+44 (0) 1223 267050

Fluorescently stained neuron with numerous branching processes and surrounding cellular elements, highlighting neural network complexity.

The Neurobiology Division’s goal is to understand the brain in health and disease, from molecules to neurons and circuits.

Tau protein inside brain support cells (astrocytes), shown as green fluorescent dots. Find out how this research helps us understand neurodegenerative diseases.

The Neurobiology Division integrates approaches across scales to understand the structure and function of the brain. Our goal is to understand how molecules, neurons and circuits encode cognition and behaviour, and to delineate the molecular origins of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders.

The Neurobiology Division is uniquely positioned to provide mechanistic insights into the complex functions of the brain, in health and disease

Anne Bertolotti

JOINT HEAD OF DIVISION

Group Leaders

Radu AricescuNeurobiologyThe structural biology of neuronal connectivity
Diana ArseniNeurobiologyLysosomal TMEM106B in brain ageing and disease
Anne BertolottiNeurobiologyUnderstanding and manipulating cellular resilience in health and disease
Albert CardonaNeurobiologyExperimental and comparative connectomics
Michel GoedertNeurobiologyMolecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Ingo GregerNeurobiologyAMPA receptor biogenesis, structure and function
Michael HastingsNeurobiologyNeurons and biological timing: molecular neurobiology of the circadian clock
Gregory JefferisNeurobiologyGenes, circuits and behaviour in Drosophila
Joergen KornfeldNeurobiologyConnectomics of learned behaviour
Harvey McMahonNeurobiologyMembrane curvature as an organising principle for eukaryotic cell biology
Jing RenNeurobiologyDevelopmental assembly of the serotonin system
Benjamin Ryskeldi‑FalconNeurobiologyPathological protein assembly in neurodegenerative diseases
William SchaferNeurobiologyCellular and molecular mechanisms of behaviour
Marco TripodiNeurobiologyNeural circuits for goal-oriented actions
Sven TruckenbrodtNeurobiologyMolecular brain mapping
Marta ZlaticNeurobiologyCircuit mechanisms of learning and action‑selection