Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences

The Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences is an interdisciplinary community of researchers who study the behaviour of human beings and other animals from cellular, neural, cognitive and evolutionary perspectives. The Institute brings together faculty members, research staff and students from the Schools of Biology, Psychology & Neuroscience, Medicine, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics and Physics & Astronomy, with the aim of fostering progress at interfaces of the behavioural and neural sciences.

To find out more about research conducted in IBANS see the profile of our principal investigators.

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Committee Members

Andrew Blaikie

Silvia Paracchini

Karen Spencer

Karen Spencer

Co-Director
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Catherine Adamson

Catherine Adamson

Academic Rep Biology
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Paolo Annibale

Paolo Annibale

Academic Rep Physics and Astronomy
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Juliana Bowles

Juliana Bowles

Academic Rep Computer Science
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Tugce Cuhadaroglu

Tugcu Cuhadarogle

Academic Rep Economics & Finance
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Emma Gale

Emma Gale

ECR Rep Medicine
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Susanna Galea-Singer

Susanna Galea-Singer

Mauricio Gonzalez Forero

Mauricio Gonzalez Forero

ECR Rep Biology
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Stefan Pulver

Stefan Pulver

BrainStem coordinator, Psychology and Neuroscience
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Frances Quirk

Frances Quirk

Erin Robbins

Erin Robbins

BrainStem, Psychology and Neuroscience
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Recent News

IBANS Burns Social, Feb 25th, 2023

IBANS Burns Social, Feb 25th, 2023

IBANS members from different schools came together for "IBANS Burns Social and Networking event" for 2023’s Burns Night. The event was organized to be an informal interdisciplinary gathering where researchers of different backgrounds and expertise were able to come...

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Institute holds networking event with partners at University of Bonn

The Institute held an online networking event with key institutional partner the University of Bonn on 28 September 2023. The meeting was organised by IBANS Co-Director Dr Silvia Paracchini (St Andrews School of Medicine), IBANS Early Career Researcher Representative...

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