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BNA Bulletin Spring 2016 the VOICE of BRITISH NEUROSCIENCE TODAY Issue No. 76 BNA Bulletin Spring 2016 THE VOICE OF BRITISH NEUROSCIENCE TODAY Rhythms of speech Brain oscillations and the art of conversation Seeing sounds The neurobiology of synaesthesia PLUS: Boosting the brain’s antioxidant defences Anosognosia and the sense of self The neuroscience of dance A cool look at neuromarketing Contents News Research Et cetera 05 20 28-31 Message from Let’s (study) dance The life and work of BNA the President Dance is proving a Non-Executive Director profitable way to explore Alan Palmer brain function. All you need to know Cover: ‘The Conversation’ by 06 about neuromarketing Étienne Pirot (2012), a public Secretary’s report Q&As with Postgraduate artwork in Havana, Cuba (Gareth Williams/Flickr). During 21 and Undergraduate BNA conversation, rhythmic features A body of evidence Award winners of speech entrain oscillations in the listeners’ brain (see page 24). 05–10 Shedding new light on BNA news and events how we build mental BNA Executive Chief Executive: People and places representations of our Anne Cooke Funding and fellowships physical forms. Executive Officer: Louise Tratt ([email protected]) BNA Bulletin 22 Editor: Radical solutions Ian Jones, Jinja Publishing Ltd Design and production: Targeting neurons’ Tess Wood Analysis support cells may be a way to boost their Advertising in the BNA Bulletin: Contact the BNA office (office@ antioxidant defences, bna.org.uk) for advertising rates 11 says Giles Hardingham. and submission criteria. A Christmas treat Copyright: © The British The 2015 BNA Christmas Neuroscience Association. Extracts may be reproduced only Symposium celebrated 24 with permission of the BNA. 50 years of the BNA. The rhythms of ISSN: 1475-8679 speech Rhythmic qualities of BNA Office Anne Cooke 12 speech show a striking Cardiff University Local Groups concordance with School of Psychology Tower Building Neuroscience brain oscillations, Park Place developments in says Joachim Gross. Cardiff CF10 3AT Leicester plus news of a Web: www.bna.org.uk revised funding scheme The British Neuroscience for LGRs. Association is a registered 26 charity (1103852) and a Senses working registered company (4307833) overtime limited by guarantee. 14-19 Studies of synaesthesia The ‘Bright Brains’ may tell us much about Newsletter how the brain processes An expanded section sensory information, dedicated to and argues Jamie Ward. produced by young BNA members. www.bna.org.uk Spring 2016 BNA Bulletin 03 News Message from the President Dear Duncan Banks BNA Members As you read the paragraph below you will almost certainly conclude that I am a hypocrite. The Local Groups are the lifeblood of the BNA. They provide an essential route by which the President, Council and Committee can interact and work with members in Stafford Lightman presents Angela Vincent with her award. order to promote neuroscience and meet the aims of the BNA. In short, the Local Groups and the initiatives they undertake are critical to the BNA’s long-term success. So 2015 BNA awards why did the BNA Council and I recently decide to suspend temporarily the funding of Local Group activities? Angela Vincent (Oxford) was the 2015 recipient of the BNA’s It was a difficult decision, but it had become apparent Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience Award. Professor that the current funding system for Local Groups was Vincent was recognised for the significant advances she has not working. Local Group Representatives have highlighted made in understanding the science of autoimmune disorders several shortcomings, including the feeling that its goals affecting the nervous system, such as myasthenia gravis. were too narrow (with respect to the activities that could The 2015 Public Understanding of Neuroscience Award went be supported), it was unfair (funding limits were based on to Mark Lythgoe (UCL). As well as running an internationally the number of members in a group, disadvantaging smaller recognised biomedical imaging facility at UCL, Professor Lythgoe groups) and that it was inflexible (only one call each year). has also been involved in multiple outreach projects, including Nevertheless, we remain absolutely committed to a highly successful spell as Director of the Cheltenham Science supporting Local Groups, and we have launched a new Festival. Student prizes went to Kathryn Mills (Postgraduate scheme that we believe will be more fit for purpose. One Award; see page 29) and to Veselina Petrova (Undergraduate key feature is that we will encourage more imaginative Award; see page 32). Winners received their awards from applications, such as novel forms of public engagement President-Elect Stafford Lightman (Bristol) at the 2015 BNA or collaboration with clinical groups. We will continue to Christmas Symposium. support more traditional activities, such as seminars, but we will look for greater involvement of BNA members, with stronger justification and better reporting. Money Christmas Symposium provided by the BNA will reflect the quality and innovation of activities, rather than simply the size of a particular The 2015 BNA Christmas Symposium was even more special, Local Group. marking the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Black Horse I can but apologise to groups whose applications were Group, which played a key role in establishing what later became turned away last year due to the actions we felt had to be the BNA. A sell-out crowd gathered at King’s College London to taken. I am, however, confident that the new funding system hear a stimulating range of presentations across the full range will prove a far better way of supporting UK neuroscience, of UK neuroscience – with some art and literature thrown in for neuroscientists and BNA members in the long run. good measure. See page 11 for a brief overview of the day. An overview of the new scheme can be found on page 13. We hope it will encourage members to come up with innovative new ways of supporting neuroscience locally – BNA legacy if you have an idea, do have a chat with your Local Group Representative: we’re looking forward to receiving The BNA is extremely grateful to Edward Walsh who has your proposals. bequeathed more than £9000 to the organisation. Glyn Humphreys The BNA was shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Glyn Humphreys (Oxford) in January 2016. As well as his scientific achievements, he was a hugely popular figure in John Aggleton, President UK neuroscience. We hope to include an appreciation in a future issue of the BNA Bulletin. 04 BNA Bulletin Spring 2016 www.bna.org.uk www.bna.org.uk Spring 2016 BNA Bulletin 05 News News Secretary’s Report UCL New Year’s Klaus J Jacobs Dear Colleagues Honours Research Prize Congratulations to Til Wykes (King’s College Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (UCL) has been London), who was awarded a damehood for awarded the 2015 Klaus J Jacobs Research This is my first letter of the year, after a very full 2015. has been significantly enhanced by the appointment services to clinical psychology in the 2016 Prize for her research on understanding The highlights were undoubtedly the successful Festival of Anne Cooke as Chief Executive, working alongside New Year Honours List. Professor Wykes is emotional and social brain development of Neuroscience, held in Edinburgh, and the Christmas Executive Officer Louise Tratt. John Hardy (UCL). internationally recognised for her work on during adolescence. The Prize, worth Symposium, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first We were able to offer a significant number of travel the rehabilitation and recovery for people one million Swiss francs, is awarded meetings that laid the ground for our association. grants for the Festival of Neuroscience. In the same vein Breakthrough with severe mental illness. by the Jacobs Foundation, a Swiss- The 2015 BNA Award for Public Understanding of of striving to enhance membership benefits, we have now Congratulations also to Joanna based organisation that promotes child Science was conferred on Mark Lythgoe (UCL), while the revised the scheme that supports the activities of Local Prize Wardlaw (Edinburgh), who was awarded and youth development, to recognise work of Angela Vincent (Oxford) was recognised by the Groups (see page 13). a CBE for her services to neuroimaging exceptional achievements in research and award of the Outstanding Contribution to Neuroscience During 2016, we hope to continue strengthening John Hardy (UCL) has been awarded the and clinical science. Professor Wardlaw is practice in the field of child and youth prize. Kate Mills (UCL) and Veselina Petrova (Edinburgh) and developing the BNA as the voice of the British US$3m Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences internationally recognised for her work on development. See bit.ly/1j2pBqn for received the postgraduate and undergraduate awards, neuroscience community, and a number of exciting for his pioneering research into the stroke and brain ageing, and particularly further details. respectively. initiatives are in the pipeline. The BNA AGM will take place genetic causes of Alzheimer’s disease and the use of brain imaging. She was also In November, the BNA and the Royal Society of Biology in April in Cardiff, and if there are particular issues that other neurodegenerative disorders. The a founding member of the Edinburgh sponsored a public lecture by former BNA President you want to raise, please do not hesitate to send them Breakthrough Prize, established in 2013 by Neuroscience Board. Leverhulme David Nutt, addressing the always delicate issue of the to me at [email protected]. US entrepreneurs Sergey Brin and Anne Also recognised was Alastair clash between science and dogma around drug and Wojcicki, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Compston (Cambridge), who was Prizes alcohol policies. Chan, Yuri and Julia Milner, and Jack Ma appointed a CBE for services to multiple These events helped to swell the ranks of the and Cathy Zhang, honours ‘transformative sclerosis treatment.
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