Tim Bussey
Professor
Psychology
University of Cambridge
United States of America
Biography
Tim Bussey is Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow and Director of Studies at Pembroke College. His work aims to understand cognition – learning, memory, attention etc. -- and how the brain does it, what goes wrong in things like Alzheimer’s disease or schizophrenia, and possible ways to fix it. He initiated the #SheBlindedMeWithScience project, a musical collaboration – tapping into his previous career as a full-time musician -- with ScienceGrrl to celebrate and support women in science.
Research Interest
neurodegenerative diseases
Publications
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McTighe, S., Cowell, R., Winters, B.D., Bussey, T.J. & Saksida, L.M. (2010). Paradoxical false memory for objects after brain damage. Science, 330:1408-1410.
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Nithianantharajah, J, Komiyama, N.H., McKechanie, A., Johnstone, M., Blackwood, D.H., St Clair, D., Emes, R.D., van de Lagemaat, L.N., Saksida, L.M., Bussey, T.J. & Grant, S.G.N. (2012) Synaptic scaffold evolution generated components of vertebrate cognitive complexity. Nature Neuroscience, 16:16-24.
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Bekinschtein, P., Kent, B.A., Oomen, C.A., Clemenson, G.D., Gage, F.H., Saksida, L.M., & Bussey, T.J. (2013) BDNF in the dentate gyrus is required for consolidation of "pattern-separated" memories. Cell Reports, 5:759-768.
