About our Centre Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences (CDBS) is an interdisciplinary research centre within the College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine’s Deanery of Biomedical Sciences. CDBS, along with other university-wide, often philanthropically funded, themed research centres, make up Edinburgh Neuroscience: the vibrant interdisciplinary research structure that facilitates interaction and collaboration between researchers across groups, centres, schools and colleges. The Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences explores fundamental physiological mechanisms and pathways, from single genes to complex behaviour. News and events Dr Rebecca Jordan awarded ERC starting grantCDBS Welcomes New DirectorProf Richard Morris delivers the 2024 Stephen Kuffler Lecture at HarvardNew mouse model for rare, severe neurodevelopmental disorder - Abbott and Gonzalez-Sulser labsStudy uncovers potential driver of Alzheimer’s disease progression - Durrant labConstantinos Eleftheriou wins this year's Alison Douglas prize (best PhD thesis) Wellcome Discovery Award Success for Prof Ian DuguidRobin Beaven and Sheng-yuan Su in the Denholm lab have contributed to the discovery of how one of nature’s most powerful water-conservation systems works. Upcoming CDBS/CCBS Seminars Please find details of upcoming seminars here: The majority of seminars will be held in person every second Thursday in the Central Area and every fourth Monday at BioQuarter at 1:00pm (UK time), unless otherwise indicated. The CDBS/CCBS Seminar Series will resume in September (2024). Our research Our Research themes and multidisciplinary approach. Opportunities and information for visiting students Current vacancies, projects and visiting student information. This article was published on 2023-12-08