About our Centre

CDBS is located at Central Campus and Little France Campus and its research consists of a broad variety of disciplines and cutting edge techniques.

Members of the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences (CDBS) carry out research at molecular, cellular, systems and behavioural levels to understand fundamental mechanisms and pathways relevant to brain and body function in health and disease.

CDBS investigators exploit rapid advances in the enabling technologies available from genomics, proteomics, imaging, informatics, and in-vivo analysis to understand the function of gene products at the cell, organ and whole-animal level.

They also exploit the most appropriate model organisms/systems to investigate the delicate balance between high biomedical relevance (for example human, mouse, rat) and high genetic power (such as C. elegans, drosophila and zebrafish).

CDBS Executive Committee
Director	Prof David Wyllie	Professor of Ion Channel Physiology and Pharmacology
Deputy Director - Lead for Research Opportunities	Prof Catherina Becker	Professor of Neural Development and Regeneration
Deputy Director - Lead for Career Development	Prof Tara Spires-Jones	Personal Chair of Neurodegeneration
Finance Lead	Dr Sutherland Maciver	Reader in Biomedical Sciences
Equality and Diversity Lead	Prof Norah Spears	Professor of Reproductive Physiology
Post-graduate Lead	Dr Paula Brunton	Senior Lecturer (Edinburgh \| Zhejiang)
Post-graduate Lead	Mr Constantinos Eleftheriou	PhD Student
Post-doctoral Lead	Dr Emily Osterweil	Chancellor's Fellow
Post-doctoral Lead	Dr Dorothy Tse	Postdoctoral Fellow & Lab Manager
Professional Support Services Lead (technical)	Mrs Carol Wollaston	Centre Building Manager
Professional Support Services Lead (administration)	Ms Beverly Roberts	Scientific Adminstrator Simons Initiative
Seminar Lead (Central)	Dr Karen Smillie	Tenure-tracked lecturer
Seminar Lead (BioQuarter)	Dr HongYan Zhang	Chancellor’s Fellow