Sussex Neuroscience (SN) is delighted to announce it has been selected by the University of Sussex as a Centre of Excellence, chosen for its collaborative and innovative research that addresses areas of global importance.

The aim of Sussex Neuroscience is to advance our understanding of the brain and nervous system and apply it for the benefit of society. Deeply interdisciplinary, the cutting-edge research of SN covers a broad range of themes, including learning and memory, AI and robotics and neurodegeneration, focussing on Alzheimer’s and motor neurone disease.

Inspired by the idea ‘impossible until it’s done’, the University has selected Sussex Neuroscience alongside 11 other new Centres of Excellence, all of which are carrying out highly innovative and potentially transformative research that will drive progress and make an important contribution to the planet and its people.

Professor Louise Serpell, Co-Director of Sussex Neuroscience, said, “We are delighted to be selected to represent research excellence within the University. Understanding the brain is a major intellectual quest for humanity, bringing together the sciences, engineering and medicine.”

In the next few years, SN aims to continue to build a sense of community that allows multidisciplinary collaborations to flourish. “We aim to attract and support a diverse community of researchers,” added Professor Serpell. “As a new Centre of Excellence, we will create a fund enabling our junior colleagues to pilot their most exciting ideas.”

Commenting on today’s announcement of the 12 new Centres, Professor Sasha Roseneil, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Sussex, said, “The great research challenges of our time demand bold thinking and collaborative, interdisciplinary approaches. Sussex’s 12 new Centres of Excellence build on the University’s long history of ground-breaking and innovative research that transcends the traditional boundaries between disciplines. Together they promise to make great strides in tackling the most urgent problems that face people and planet – problems that, as Nelson Mandela once said, seem impossible to solve until they are done.”

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