Members of Professor Peter Brown’s Research Programme recently took part in the National Institute of Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Public Open Day, representing the clinical interaction between the BNDU and the BRC. The team show-cased ‘deep brain stimulation’ and, in particular, how pathological electrical signals from deep brain nuclei like the subthalamic nucleus can be picked up to help neurosurgeons hone in on the best place to site the stimulating electrode when treating Parkinson’s disease. The public were invited to try out their own skill in doing this using an ingenious skull and brain model made by Unit scientist Dr Alek Pogosyan.