About our Centre

Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences (CDBS) is located at Central Campus (Hugh Robson Building and 1 George Square) and BioQuarter Campus (Chancellor's Building) and its research consists of a broad variety of disciplines and cutting edge techniques.

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.

Members of the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences 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 Comittee:

Remit

The Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences Executive Committee (EC) will discuss Centre research strategy, career development, best practice in research across the centre, and needed improvements. The EC will meet (approximately) every three months, alternating between Central and BioQuarter campuses. Meeting dates will be announced in advance to allow Agenda items to be submitted for discussion. Please find all EC minutes in the Information for Staff pages of the CDBS website.

CDBS Executive Committee	Name:	Position:
Director	Prof David Wyllie	Professor of Ion Channel Physiology and Pharmacology
Deputy Director - Lead for Research Opportunities	Prof David Lyons	Personal Chair of Neurobiology
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 Brianna Vandrey	Postdoctoral Fellow & Lab Manager
Professional Support Services Lead (technical)	Mr James Griffiths	Centre Building Manager
Professional Support Services Lead (administration)	Ms Beverly Roberts	Scientific Adminstrator Simons Initiative
Seminar Lead (Central)	Dr Nicola Romano	Tenure Track Lecturer (Edinburgh-Zhejiang)
Seminar Lead (BioQuarter)	Dr Jian Gan	Chancellors Fellow