The Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour (CNCB) is an autonomous research centre embedded in the stimulating world of the University of Oxford.

Optogenetics

Optogenetics combines genetic targeting of specific cells or proteins with optical control of these targets.

The Somnostat

Events

CNCB Seminar - 12th December 2019

Amita Sehgal

News

Gero Miesenböck receives the 2019 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for pioneering work in optogenetics.

The Science

Neurons do not operate in isolation. They function within circuits of often staggering complexity.

The People

Learning movements with sensitivity

Funding