📩 Interested in applying or learning more? Feel free to DM me or explore the programme www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

⚙️ Strong methods and analytical skills
Students gain hands-on experience with EEG, TMS, neuroimaging, neurophysiology in animal models, and computational neuroscience, alongside strong foundations in programming and data analysis.

📚 Engaging and timely topics
Teaching and research projects cover timely themes including visual cognition, spatial navigation and #memory, #reward and #addiction, effects of social media on the brain, #psychedelics, developmental neuroscience, and computational frameworks of cognition and emotion.

Our research centres create links with other departments such as Computer Science, Biosciences, Anthropology, encouraging students to cross traditional boundaries and connect ideas across fields.

💡 Interdisciplinary and conceptually driven
Durham is ranked top 3 in the UK for interdisciplinary research (Times). In our MSc, students engage with work spanning neurobiological mechanisms, development, cognition, emotion, inner experience, clinical neuroscience, and computational neuroscience.

🧩 Embedded in interdisciplinary research centres
Our MSc sits in a network of research centres, including the Learning and Memory Processes (LAMP) Centre, the Centre for Research into Inner Experience, the Centre for Vision and Visual Cognition, and the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development.

🔬 Research-led training
@durhampsych.bsky.social is ranked top 100 worldwide (QS rankings), and @durham.ac.uk was recently named University of the Year in UK rankings.

Aiming to do postgraduate studies in #neuroscience?

Why choose the MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at @durham.ac.uk ? www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

Here are a few reasons why Durham offers a unique environment.
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🧠 We’ve widened the entry criteria for our MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at Durham: www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

We now welcome students from a broad range of backgrounds—Psychology, Biology, Engineering, Physics and more as Neuroscience thrives on diverse perspectives

💬 Questions? Feel free to DM me about the programme or eligibility.

🏡 The Durham experience Study in a beautiful, vibrant city, supported by our unique collegiate system and a rich social and extracurricular life 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/study/intern...

✔️ Membership of the British Neuroscience Association (BNA) is included, with further opportunities for training and professional development.

....and the Centre for Neurodiversity and Development www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins..., offering excellent opportunities for high-quality research, training, collaboration, networking, and career development.

Our research environment spans the Learning and Memory Processes Centre www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins..., the Centre for Research into Inner Experience www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins....

🔬 Research opportunities
Students carry out their own original research project with access to a wide range of neuroscience tools and expert supervision.

Meet our group leaders and explore their research 👉
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

🎓What you’ll learn

• Core neuroscience techniques: neuroimaging, EEG, TMS, neurophysiology in animal models
• Strong quantitative training (coding, statistics)
• Timely and engaging topics (e.g. perception, emotions, consciousness, psychedelics, memory, reward and addiction
• Hands-on research

🏅Why Durham University?
We consistently rank in the top 5 in the UK across multiple league tables (including 3rd in the Times University Guide and in the Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Rankings).

Our Department is top 100 in the QS ranking

🧠 We’ve widened the entry criteria for our MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience at Durham: www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

We now welcome students from a broad range of backgrounds—Psychology, Biology, Engineering, Physics and more as Neuroscience thrives on diverse perspectives

Control of top-down and bottom-up information by serotonin: a combined experimental and computational approach at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Control of top-down and bottom-up information by serotonin: a combined experimental and computational approach at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Fully-funded PhD with me and @srikipedia.bsky.social to study serotonin functions with cutting-edge experimental-computational approaches in a #NeuroAI framework.
Based at @durhampsych.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social

🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
⏰ Deadline: 27 Feb 2026

More info👇

FURTHER TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
You’ll be embedded in the Learning and Memory Processes (LAMP) Centre www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins..., a large neuroscience community. It’s a highly collaborative, cross-institutional environment with strong support for early-career researchers.

WHY SEROTONIN?
It's crucial for brain function and computation. It is involved in many cognitive and emotional functions and neuropsychiatric conditions, with renewed interest thanks to promising trials with serotonin-acting psychedelics.

TECHNICAL TRAINING
You’ll get hands-on training in:
🧪 patch-clamp electrophysiology
💡 optical serotonin release & circuit analysis
🧠 human tissue neuroscience
🧮 computational modelling of neuromodulatory systems
🤖 translating neuroscience into NeuroAI

This project is genuinely cross-scale and translational:
• mouse electrophysiology + optically released serotonin
• live human brain tissue
• computational modelling across levels
• brain-inspired AI grounded in serotonergic principles

Control of top-down and bottom-up information by serotonin: a combined experimental and computational approach at Newcastle University on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Control of top-down and bottom-up information by serotonin: a combined experimental and computational approach at Newcastle University, listed on FindAPhD.com

Fully-funded PhD with me and @srikipedia.bsky.social to study serotonin functions with cutting-edge experimental-computational approaches in a #NeuroAI framework.
Based at @durhampsych.bsky.social & @newcastleuni.bsky.social

🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
⏰ Deadline: 27 Feb 2026

More info👇

Thanks for the visit, and the stimulating talk and discussions!

Interested in doing a PhD on how #psychedelics (or other psychoactive substances) impact psychological or social processes @durhampsych.bsky.social ?

Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.

Sure, just DM me or drop me an email? I don't seem to be able to send you a private message here on Bluesky

Interested in doing a PhD on how #psychedelics (or other psychoactive substances) impact psychological or social processes @durhampsych.bsky.social ?

Have a look at the NINE DTP scheme, now open. DM me if interested.

Great to see this out. Congrats!

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Delighted that our main #TeamReuniens paper is finally out in @plosbiology.org. Been a long time in the making, congratulations to Lilya and all the team. A thread to follow soon, after I've had some sleep... #NeuroSkyence

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