Birmingham Centre for Neurogenetics
The Birmingham Centre for Neurogenetics vision is to enable discovery, communication and education in the emerging field of neurogenetics to increase knowledge, progress and wellbeing.
Neurogenetics is an emerging multi-disciplinary approach to understanding brain function. It is enabled by cutting-edge genetic technology, such as genome-wide association studies, transcriptomics, gene editing, functional analysis, connectomics, optogenetics, human brain imaging and data science. These approaches are driving discoveries of molecular genetic mechanisms underlying brain structure and function at multiple scales from molecules to cells, neural circuits, behaviour and brain disease. Neurogenetics offers tremendous therapeutic potential, but also raises ethical and legal challenges, sparking important public discussions.
Our aims:
- To bring together the community of University of Birmingham academics researching into, or interested in, neurogenetics.
- To engage with international communities interested in neurogenetics to facilitate discovery, progress and knowledge sharing.
The Birmingham Centre for Neurogenetics is part of the Birmingham Neuroscience community.
Contact details
Professor Alicia Hidalgo, Director of the Centre for Neurogenetics a.hidalgo@bham.ac.uk