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As the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference #COP28 draws to a close this week, find out how Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is carrying out novel research to support global sustainability and improve the wellbeing of people and planet. For example, in the Ecuadorian woodlands, their research has helped train young people to gather biodiversity data, enabling them to challenge deforestation caused by mining.

We are also celebrating Sussex Neuroscience’s recent British Neuroscience Association award for Public Engagement of Neuroscience. This prize recognises the fantastic work from staff across the centre to engage the public with their research including the recent Sussex Brain Bus project raising awareness about dementia research and reducing dementia risk.

Watch the latest video in our series showcasing the University of Sussex’s Centres of Excellence, each addressing areas of global importance. Meet researchers; Louise Serpell (Co-Director, Sussex Neuroscience), Joseph Alcamo (Director Sussex Sustainability Research Programme), and Keith Caldecott (Co-Director, Genome Damage and Stability Centre) and discover areas of their research that are driving progress for our planet and its people, built on a belief that any challenge is only #ImpossibleUntilDone 

Sussex Neuroscience brings together science, engineering and medicine to advance understanding of the brain and nervous system to benefit society at large. Working together in complementary ways, researchers from different disciplines, including psychologists and computer scientists, are developing new methods to understand diseases and how the brain works - building on these developments to create better treatments.  

Sussex Sustainability Research Programme is a catalysts for innovative and interdisciplinary research, tackling global and local sustainability challenges. The centre combines development studies and environmental research into a dynamic programme of sustainability research; uniting expertise to tackle the great challenges of our time - achieving the sustainable development goals.  

The Genome Damage and Stability Centre examine DNA damage and repair, and their impact on genome stability to gain ground-breaking insights into genetic diseases. The laboratory has discovered a number of novel human gene. And in identifying those genes and working out what they do, they’ve discovered a number of human genetic diseases that arise in people, particularly children.

Watch the full series of videos and learn about other centres, including Sussex Centre for Quantum Technology, Sussex Digitals Humanities Lab and the Centre for Global Health Research #impossibleuntildone 

Coming soon: 

Centre for International Education, Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science, UK Trade Policy Observatory  

Sussex Centre for Migration Research, Sussex AI and the Centre for Innovation in Childhood and Youth