Summary

Allen Institute’s mission is to accelerate the understanding of how the human brain works in health and disease. Allen has been a major catalyst and facilitator of The BRAIN Initiative.

Launched in 2003 with a seed contribution from founder and philanthropist Paul G. Allen, the Allen Institute takes on large-scale initiatives designed to push brain research forward, enabling the global scientific community to more efficiently make discoveries that bring real-world utility.

Information

Main Website:  alleninstitute.org Allen Brain Atlas Website:  brain-map.org BRAIN Intitiative Grant – “Establishing a Comprehensive and Standardized Cell Type Characterization Platform” Twitter: twitter.com/Allen_Institute YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/user/AllenInstitute Facebook: facebook.com/AllenInstitute Wikipedia Entry: wiki/Allen_Institute_for_Brain_Science

Phone:  (206) 548-7000

Address: Mercer St. and Westlake Avenue North Seattle. Washington

Organization

Founder: Paul Allen

Founder, President and Chairman: Joyce Allen

Chief Executive Officer: Allan Jones, Ph.D.

Chief Technlogy Officer: Chinh Dang

Chief Scientific Officer: Christof Koch, Ph.D.

Chief Operating Officer: David Poston

Research

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The Salk Institute was established in the 1960s by Jonas Salk, M.D., the developer of the polio vaccine.

Today the major areas of study at Salk are: molecular biology and genetics, neurosciences, and plant biology. Salk research provides new understanding and potential new therapies and treatments for a range of diseases—from cancer, AIDS and Alzheimer’s disease, to cardiovascular disorders, anomalies of the brain and birth defects.

Web Information

Website: http://www.salk.edu/ Neuroscience Research Centers: salk.edu/centers/ Neuroscience Laboratories: salk.edu/faculty/neuroscience_laboratories Wikipedia Entry: wiki/Salk_Institute_for_Biological_Studies Brain Initiative Grant – Epigenomic mapping approaches for cell-type classification in the brain”

Contact Information

Email: webmaster@salk.edu Phone: 858.453.4100 Address: Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd La Jolla, CA 92037

About Salk

Mission Statement

Every cure has a starting point. Like Dr. Jonas Salk when he conquered polio, Salk scientists are dedicated to innovative biological research. Exploring the molecular basis of diseases makes curing them more likely. In an outstanding and unique environment we gather the foremost scientific minds in the world and give them the freedom to work collaboratively and think creatively. For over 50 years this wide-ranging scientific inquiry has yielded life-changing discoveries impacting human health. We are home to Nobel Laureates and members of the National Academy of Sciences who train and mentor the next generation of ...

Mayo Clinic has multiple centers of neuroscience research activity.  In Rochester Minnesota, the main organizational center is the Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering and in Florida, the Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic.

Other Mayo Neuroscience related programs  and centers include a PhD program in Neurobiology, an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Center for Advanced Imaging Research, Migraine Research Program, Parkinson’s Disease Research Center, and the Traumatic Brain Injury Program.

Web Information

Website: Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic in Florida: mayo.edu/research/department-neuroscience-florida Wikipedia Entry:   wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_Clinic Brain Initiative Grant – “Neurotransmitter Absolute Concentration Determination with Diamond Electrode”

Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering

Laboratories of primary and joint appointees in the Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering:

Summary

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) is a private, not-for-profit research and education institution at the forefront of molecular biology and genetics.

CSHL research generates knowledge that will yield better diagnostics and treatments for cancer, neurological diseases and other major diseases, and that will lead to improved and more diverse food resources and more efficient biofuels. The Watson School of Biological Sciences trains the next generation of scientists through an innovative Ph.D. program and other educational offerings.

Information

Website:  http://www.cshl.edu/ Wikipedia Entry: wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Spring_Harbor_Laboratory BRAIN Grant – “Towards quantitative cell type-based mapping of the whole mouse brain” BRAIN Grant – “An optogenetic toolkit for the interrogation and control of single cells.”

Email:  contact info Phone: 516-367-8800 Address: One Bungtown Road Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

President and Chief Executive Officer:  Bruce W. Stillman Leadership

Neuroscience

CSHL neuroscientists focus on understanding how neural activity and neural circuitry underlie behavior, and how disruptions in these circuits lead to neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, autism, schizophrenia and depression. These questions are addressed in two model systems—rodents and Drosophila—using molecular, cellular, genetic, developmental, theoretical, physiological and behavioral approaches.

Neuroscience research at CSHL is highly collaborative, and can be divided into three broad themes: sensory processing, cognition, and cognitive disorders.  The sensory processing group addresses basic questions about sensory representations (auditory, olfactory ...

The Janelia Research Campus is a research campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute focusing on neuroscience and imaging.

Chemists, physicists, computational scientists, and engineers work in close collaboration with biologists to tackle problems in neuroscience and imaging. At the interface of these two research areas are approaches to map the structure of neural circuits and monitor their function during animal behavior.

Gerry Rubin video on Janelia Research uploaded by Loudoun County Va. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvgq0LOyNT8

Web Information

Website:   janelia.org/ Facebook: acebook.com/HHMIJRC Wikipedia Entry:  wiki/Janelia_Farm_Research_Campus

Contact Information

Email: janelia.org/content/feedback Phone: (571) 209-4000 Address: 19700 Helix Drive | Ashburn, VA 20147

Organization

Executive Director: Gerry Rubin People

The Campus

At the Janelia Research Campus scientists from many disciplines gather to collaborate closely, in small teams, on some of science’s most challenging problems. The architectural design of the buildings and the laboratories helps achieve Janelia’s central objectives—collaboration and flexibility. Every element, from the sweeping laboratory building—organized around curving glass corridors punctuated by soaring glass-enclosed staircases—to the 96-room guest house and adjacent housing village, is intended to foster collaboration. Janelia website

The Janelia Research Campus is located in Loudoun County, Virginia, near the town of Ashburn.The 689 acres campus  features a 900-foot long, arc-shaped laboratory known as the Landscape Building. Designed by Rafael Viñoly, the ...