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This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.

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This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.

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Its remit covers applications that aim to advance our understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system at all levels – from the molecular to the cognitive – across the lifespan.

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  • experimental, theoretical and computational studies
  • investigations in humans and model systems, targeting basic cellular, molecular and systems-related questions
  • mechanisms of psychiatric and neurological diseases and how therapeutic interventions work
  • impact of genetic, environmental and social factors on cellular, molecular, behavioural and cognitive phenotypes.
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Members are listed below. Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.

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Prof Bassem Hassan (Chair)
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Dr Alexandra Woolgar
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Paris Brain Institute
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Professor Nikolai Axmacher
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Professor Nikolai Axmacher
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
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Professor Siddharthan Chandran
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Professor Siddharthan Chandran
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University of Edinburgh
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Professor Eugenia Chiappe
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Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Portugal

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Professor Eugenia Chiappe
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Professor Birte Forstmann
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Professor Birte Forstmann
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University of Amsterdam
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Professor Sonia Gandhi
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Professor Sonia Gandhi
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University College London
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Professor Lisa Genzel
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Professor Lisa Genzel
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Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
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Professor Ilona Grunwald Kadow
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Professor Ilona Grunwald Kadow
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Technical University of Munich
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Professor Simon Hanslmayr
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Professor Simon Hanslmayr
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University of Glasgow
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Professor Anthony Isles
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Professor Anthony Isles
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Cardiff University
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Dr Dwight Kravitz
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Dr Dwight Kravitz
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George Washington University
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Professor Jack Mellor
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Professor Jack Mellor
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University of Bristol
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Dr Joseph Raimondo
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Dr Joseph Raimondo
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University of Cape Town
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Dr Sylvia Schroeder
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Dr Sylvia Schroeder
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University of Sussex
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Dr Martina Di Simplicio
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Dr Martina Di Simplicio
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Imperial College London
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Dr Alison Twelvetrees
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Dr Alison Twelvetrees
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University of Sheffield
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Dr Alexandra Woolgar
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Dr Alexandra Woolgar
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University of Cambridge
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Jonathan Threlfall
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Funding Manager

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Katherine Moynihan
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Find out about one of our advisory groups that shortlists candidates for Wellcome's Career Development Awards and Discovery Awards.
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