Sainsbury Wellcome Centre appoints new Director

Professor Thomas Mrsic-Flogel has today been announced as the new Director of the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL. The Centre, funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Wellcome, brings together world-leading scientists to investigate how the brain's circuits generate perception and guide behaviour. Professor Mrsic-Flogel's appointment follows three years as Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Basel. Before moving to Switzerland he was a Wellcome Research Fellow and Lecturer at UCL (2007-2013). Professor Mrsic-Flogel's research aims to understand how the complex organisation of neural circuits gives rise to computations that support sensory perception and behaviour. In recognition of his work, he was awarded the 2015 Larry Katz Prize for Innovative Research in Neuroscience. Professor David Lomas, UCL Vice-Provost (Health), said: 'Thomas Mrsic-Flogel is a superb neuroscientist.
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