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

The ...

Brandeis University has a highly interactive research culture, with many cross-lab interactions and collaborations. This interactive culture begins with the rotation program: all first-year PhD students perform rotations in 4 research labs.

Brandeis has significant expertise in behavioral/cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, computational neuroscience and systems neuroscience (including the Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neuroscience), and developmental neuroscience.

Web Information

Website:   http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/grad/neuro/index.html BRAIN Grant – “Combining genetics, genomics, and anatomy to classify cell types across mammals”

Contact Information

Email: scigradoffice @ brandeis.edu Phone: (781) 736-2000 Address:415 South Street, Waltham, MA

Graduate Program

The Graduate Program in Neuroscience brings together students from a variety of intellectual backgrounds — including biology, computer science, chemistry, engineering, genetics, physics, and psychology — who conduct interdisciplinary research to understand the fundamental principles of the nervous system.

Students entering the Neuroscience Program at Brandeis have opportunities to work in a range of fields, including cognitive neuroscience in humans, neurophysiology in behaving animals, the physiology and theory of synapses and networks, the structure and function of ion channels, and the neurogenetics of behavior. Brandeis has significant expertise inbehavioral/cognitive neuroscience, cellular and molecular neuroscience, computational neuroscience and systems neuroscience (including the Sloan-Swartz Center for Theoretical Neuroscience), and developmental neuroscience.

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The Program in Neuroscience draws together neuroscientists from across Harvard. The physical home base of the program is located at the Longwood Campus of Harvard Medical School, in the Department of Neurobiology.

Research sites include the Longwood Medical Area, Cambridge Campus, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the McLean Hospital. The Center for Brain Science unites many neuroscience labs and houses in the newly established Swartz Program in Theoretical Neuroscience.

Web Information

Website: dms.hms.harvard.edu/neuroscience/prospective/AboutPIN Research Sites: dms.hms.harvard.edu/neuroscience/prospective/ResearchSites Brain Initiative Grant – “Comprehensive Classification Of Neuronal Subtypes By Single Cell Transcriptomics” BRAIN Initiative Grant– “Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) for Functional Brain Imaging in Humans” BRAIN Initiative Grant– “Mapping neuronal chloride microdomains” Brain Initiative Grant– “Neural circuits in zebrafish: form, function and plasticity”

Contact Information

Email: karen_harmin@hms.harvard.edu Phone: (617) 432-0912 Address: Program in Neuroscience Harvard Medical School 220 Longwood Avenue Goldenson 129 Boston, MA 02115

About the Program in Neuroscience

Mission Statement: We are an inter-departmental Ph.D. program for training in neuroscience. Our mission is to provide students with the instruction, research experience, and mentoring they need to become leaders in research and education.

Who we are: The Program in Neuroscience draws together neuroscientists from across Harvard. The physical home base of the program is located at the Longwood Campus of Harvard Medical School, in the Department of Neurobiology. Most coursework occurs at this campus, ...

Summary

The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) leads the nation as the top neurosciences department in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.

With about 120 faculty members, UC San Diego’s Neuroscience department is among the nation’s largest. The program’s labs, medical centers and clinics are located in the heart of the San Diego life sciences district. There are many research centers at UCSD including Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind; Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience; and Research in Neuroscience at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Information

Website: ucsd.edu/ Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind: kavlifoundation.org/university-california-san-diego Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience: http://sccn.ucsd.edu/index.html Research in Neuroscience at UC San Diego School of Medicine: neurosciences.ucsd.edu/research/Pages/default.aspx Wikipedia Entry: wiki/University_of_California,_San_Diego BRAIN Initiative Grant – “Revealing the connectivity and functionality of brain stem circuits” Brain Initiative Grant– “Classifying Cortical Neurons by Correlating Transcriptome with Function” BRAIN Initiative Grant– Optogenetic mapping of synaptic activity and control of intracellular signaling”

Research in Neuroscience at UC San Diego School of Medicine

UC San Diego leads the nation as the top neurosciences department in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.

With about 120 faculty members, UC San Diego’s Neuroscience department is among the nation’s largest. The program’s labs, medical centers and clinics are located in the heart of the ...

Summary

Yale University’s neuroscience research and academic programs are located in the Faculty of Arts and Science and the School of Medicine. 

The interdisciplinary research programs of Yale neuroscience faculty are central to Yale’s Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP). Other major groups are the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience which awards grants to Yale faculty to support new research initiatives and the Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Research which is dedicated to molecular and cell-based discoveries.

Information

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program website: medicine.yale.edu/neuroscience Kavli Institute for Neuroscience website:  kavli.yale.edu/research Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Research website: medicine.yale.edu/cnrr/ BRAIN Initiative Grant– “Development of Protein-based Voltage Probes” BRAIN Initiative Grant – “A Novel Approach for Cell-Type Classification and Connectivity in the Human Brain” BRAIN Initiative Grant – “Three Dimensional Holography for Parallel Multi-target Optogenetic Circuit Manipulation”

Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

The interdisciplinary research programs of Yale neuroscience faculty are central to Yale’s Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP). This unique, broad-based training program can best be described as a “department without walls,” with the primary purpose of providing students with a maximum of diversity and depth in the most important areas of neuroscience research.

Academics

The interdisciplinary research programs of Yale neuroscience faculty are central to Yale’s Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (INP). This unique, broad-based training program can best be described as ...

University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) has one of the largest neuroscience complexes in the world including the Sandler Neurosciences Center and Rock Hall. UCSF is ranked by NIH as the #1 department of neurology at US medical schools.

Research is done by the faculty in the Neuroscience Graduate Program and many centers including the UCSF Memory and Aging Center and the Center for Integrative Neuroscience. Affiliated centers include research at San Francisco Medical Centers and the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disorders.

Web Information

Department of Neurology Website: neurology.ucsf.edu/ UCSF Memory and Aging Center:  memory.ucsf.edu/ Center for Integrative Neuroscience: cin.ucsf.edu/index.html UCSF Neuroscience Graduate Program: neuroscience.ucsf.edu/neurograd BRAIN Initiative Grant – ” Modular systems for measuring and manipulating brain activity” BRAIN Initiative Grant –  “Mapping the Developing Human Neocortex by Massively Parallel Single Cell Analysis” BRAIN Initiative Grant – “Identification of enhancers whose activity defines cortical interneuron types”

Contact Information

Address: Sandler Neurosciences Center 675 Nelson Rising Lane, Suite 190 San Francisco, California

Sandler Neurosciences Center

In honor of Herbert and Marion Sandler’s extraordinary commitment to neurological disease research at UCSF, our new neurosciences building at Mission Bay has been named the Sandler Neurosciences Center. This 237,000 square foot facility has laboratories headed by principal investigators from the UCSF Department of Neurology, the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases ...

The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (HWNI) at UC Berkeley is an active, collaborative research community that investigates fundamental questions about how the brain functions.

Using approaches from many disciplines (including biophysics, chemistry, cognitive science, computer science, genetics, mathematics, molecular and cell biology, physics, and physiology), HWNI seeks to understand how the brain generates behavior and cognition, and to better understand, diagnose and treat neurological disorders.

Web Information

Website:  http://neuroscience.berkeley.edu/ Partnership with Zeiss: UC Berkeley-Zeiss BrainMIC Twitter:  https://twitter.com/UCBerkeleyNeuro Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Wills_Neuroscience_Institute BRAIN Grant – “Classification of Cortical Neurons by Single Cell Transcriptomics” BRAIN Grant – “MRI Corticography (MRCoG): Micro-scale Human Cortical Imaging” BRAIN Grant – ”Optical control of synaptic transmission for in vivo analysis of brain circuits and behavior”

Contact Information

Phone: 510.642.2593 Address:UC Berkeley 175 Li Ka Shing Center, MC#3370 Berkeley, CA 94720

Director: Ehud Isacoff Admin & Staff

Research & Technology Centers

Advances in understanding brain function and brain disorders are often enabled by cutting-edge technology. The Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute fosters technological advances by sponsoring Technology Centers. These centers bring together physical scientists (e.g., from physics, chemistry, computer science, and engineering) and neuroscientists to develop tools for neuroscience research, and apply these tools to advance our understanding of the brain.

Center for Neural Engineering and Prostheses (CNEP)

Deep ...

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 ...

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 ...

UCLA is the home of an outstanding and vibrant neuroscience community, including laboratories in diverse departments in the David Geffen School of Medicine, the College and the Samueli School of Engineering.

UCLA offers graduate training in Neuroscience through the Interdepartmental PhD Program for Neuroscience (NS-IDP). The program includes about 150 laboratories in diverse areas spanning the field from molecular analysis to genetics and behavior. Students learn modern problem solving skills and use state of the art approaches to explore a deeper understanding of how the brain processes information.

Web Information

Website: neuroscience.ucla.edu/ BRAIN Initiative Grant– “Defining cell types, lineage, and connectivity in developing human fetal cortex” BRAIN Initiative Grant– “Novel Genetic Strategy for Sparse Labeling and Manipulation of Mammalian Neurons”

Contact Information

Email: felixs@ucla.edu Phone: ext. 4-5733 Address: UCLA Brain Research Institute 1506 Gonda (Goldschmied) Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center 695 Charles Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095

Organization

Chair: Felix E. Schweizer, Neurobiology Vice-Chair: Tom O’Dell, Physiology

Graduate Program

The Interdepartmental PhD Program in Neuroscience (NSIDP) is one of eighteenGraduate Programs in Biosciences at UCLA. The NSIDP has an independent admissions process and an independent curriculum, but all programs share some of the administrative structures.

Neuroscience research at UCLA is not restricted to an individual department. In fact ...