MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology

The overall aim of the Centre is to understand the early events during brain development and, through this, to increase our knowledge of the mechanisms that lead to malformation and that limit regenerative processes in the human nervous system. The Centre's mission is to advance this understanding through collaborative multi-disciplinary studies using a variety of model organisms (such as mouse, fruit fly, and zebrafish). It is our belief that an effective approach to key issues in early brain development depends on combining gene discovery with functional analyses at molecular, biochemical, cell biological, anatomical, and physiological levels.

General funding sources