{"id":1643,"date":"2019-03-06T09:18:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T09:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/mental-health\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2019-03-08T09:38:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T09:38:30","slug":"ten-years-of-the-postgraduate-cardiff-neuroscience-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/mental-health\/ten-years-of-the-postgraduate-cardiff-neuroscience-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Years of the Postgraduate Cardiff Neuroscience Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written by the PCNS Committee <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Postgraduate Cardiff Neuroscience Society (PCNS) is a\nstudent-led society funded by the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute\n(NMHRI). We aim to bring together early career researchers in Cardiff\nUniversity with an interest in mental health and neuroscience to provide\nopportunities for learning, socialising and networking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the year, we hold events focusing on various neuroscience-related themes to provide postgraduate and post-doctoral researchers with the opportunity to meet new people with similar interests, and learn about the amazing advances happening right now in the world of neuroscience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>The PCNS provides a good informal setting to engage with like-minded people and provide a platform to discover new interesting areas of research that I might not have come across otherwise.\u201d \u2013 PCNS member<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We recently celebrated our 10 year anniversary of running neuroscience events, which usually come in one of three types, Science Cafes, Spotlight On\u2026 events and simply social! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <br><strong>Science Caf\u00e9s<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our Science Caf\u00e9s, we hold talks by fascinating and highly regarded neuroscience researchers from a wide range of backgrounds. Often the talk is followed by a related film, accompanied by pizza and wine! These events provide a chance for early career researchers to discuss current, popular or controversial topics in neuroscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In\nour 10<sup>th<\/sup> year, we welcomed guest speaker Alan Winfield, Professor of\nRobot Ethics at the University of the West of England, to discuss the world of\nartificial intelligence, followed by a screening of Ex-Machina. Whilst in 2017,\nwe held our most popular Caf\u00e9 with Professor Chris French for a Paranormal\nPsychology themed talk, followed by the classic film, Ghostbusters!\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Spotlight\non\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our second type of event are\n\u2018spotlight on\u2019 talks which give attendees the opportunity to hear first-hand\nreflections of what it\u2019s like to live with a psychiatric or neurological disorder\nfrom a patient, or someone from outside of research who works with the\ncondition. These speakers are then often followed by a clinician or researcher\nwith a particular interest in the disorder, to explain how their work relates\nto the condition and provide some more scientific background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Previous spotlight events have\nwelcomed various researchers and clinicians with expertise in disorders\nincluding epilepsy, obsessive compulsive disorder, Huntington\u2019s disease and\nAutism Spectrum Disorder. These provide an alternative insight to the disorders\nthat are not usually covered by typical University seminars, and engage the\ntopic from a different perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Social Events<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, it\u2019s well known that\npostgraduate researchers often experience loneliness, stress, and are at a high\nrisk of suffering mental health issues, so we find it\u2019s important to provide an\ninformal environment for neuroscientists to socialise and have fun. That\u2019s why,\nsome of our events are simply social, allowing everyone to wind down from their\nresearch but still enjoy neuroscience. For some it is even a chance to\nrediscover joy for the subject away from their own research pressures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We kick-start the academic year\nwith our meet and greet events, which are some of our most popular. Social\nevents allow new students to get to know the neuroscience community, and in\nprevious years we have held quiz nights, brain games and even a Christmas\nparty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a Cardiff University\nstudent or staff member and would like to join us, or for more information,\ncontact the PCNS committee on: &nbsp;<a href=\"\\Users\\wchat\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Temporary%20Internet%20Files\\Content.Outlook\\55FXWUO7\\cardiffneurosciencesociety@gmail.com\">cardiffneurosciencesociety@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Written by the PCNS Committee The Postgraduate Cardiff Neuroscience Society (PCNS) is a student-led society funded by the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute (NMHRI). 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