Members of the International Brain Initiative (IBI) have met in Daegu, Korea, for the fifth in-person coordinating body meeting since the historic agreement to establish the IBI was made on the December 8th, 2017, in Canberra, Australia. The meeting in Daegu followed on progress from the March IBI Coordinating Body meeting in Shanghai, China, which was the first meeting of the IBI Stakeholders and Funders Collectives.

The Daegu IBI meeting was hosted by the Korea Brain Research Institute and The Kavli Foundation, with additional sponsorship from the Korea Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology, Daegu Metropolitan City, and the Daegu Convention and Vistors Bureau. This IBI meeting also served as a satellite meeting of the 10th World Congress of Neuroscience, held once every four years by the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).

South Korea has been doing several international collaborations to explore more about neuroscience. Programes like student and research exchange, promoting brain research, sharing latest brain research trends and many more are initiated to bring more coherence in the field of neuroscience.

Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI) and UK-Dementia Research Institute (UK-DRI) at King’s College London (the Department of Basic & Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience) are seeking applications for students who wish to undertake PhD degrees at King’s College London. This PhD programme is funded by the KBRI, with support from MSIT and Daegu city and King’s College London, with support from UK-DRI, and will provide outstanding students from South Korea and the UK with opportunities to train with the aim of developing the next generation of scientific leaders in Brain research. The UK-DRI is a national consortium focused on cutting-edge dementia research at this time.

Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI) and UK-Dementia Research Institute (UK-DRI) at King’s College London (the Department of Basic & Clinical Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience) are seeking applications for students who wish to undertake PhD degrees at King’s College London. This PhD programme is funded by the KBRI, with support from MSIT and Daegu city and King’s College London, with support from UK-DRI, and will provide outstanding students from South Korea and the UK with opportunities to train with the aim of developing the next generation of scientific leaders in Brain research. The UK-DRI is a national consortium focused on cutting-edge dementia research at this time.