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FAU’s Ph.D. interdisciplinary Neuroscience Graduate Program curriculum encourages students to sample multiple neuroscience research areas during lab rotations in their first-year, while working alongside world-renowned faculty in different Colleges, Departments and in partnership with Max Planck Florida who are utilizing novel techniques to perform cutting-edge research in: Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Neuroscience – neural plasticity, learning and memory, neurodegeneration, drug discovery, neurodevelopment, neurogenetics; Sensorimotor, Cognitive, and Behavioral Neuroscience – systems neuroscience, physiological mechanisms underlying behavior and mental processes, EEG recording and brain imaging of humans and animal models; Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience – mathematical multi-scale models of neural functions, dynamic properties of neural circuits, consciousness, and machine learning

The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) offers a variety of programs and pathways to meet the career goals of students seeking advanced degrees in the biomedical sciences. We offer MS and PhD degrees in six disciplines: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Cell Biology & Anatomy, Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, Microbiology & Immunology, Neuroscience, and Physiology & Biophysics. Students can enroll in these degree programs through our Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (IGPBS), the Combined Degree programs, or our MS program.

The Neuroscience Program offers a course of study leading to the doctoral or Master's degree. The objective of the program is to prepare candidates for careers in research and teaching by providing them with a solid, integrated foundation in neuroscience. The research interests of participating faculty members include cognitive neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, molecular and cellular neurobiology, neuronal regeneration, psychiatric and neurological disorders, psychopharmacology, synaptic biochemistry, development, aging and neural transplantation.

Areas of Research Strength include: Drug addiction and drug-induced neuroplasticity, Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and neurodegeneration, Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases, Neurobiology of learning and decision-making, Neuroendocrinology of stress and affective disorders, Regulation of neuronal gene expression, Ion channels, ion transport & membrane biophysics, and the Proteomics of CNS disorders.

The Graduate Program in Neuroscience includes faculty members from several departments representing neuroscience, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and psychology, psychiatry, genetics, neurology, and animal sciences. The recently formed Brain Health Institute coordinates Neuroscience activities and seminars throughout the university.  Areas of specialization include production and analysis of mutant mouse activity; regulation of neural and glial gene expression; developmental neurobiology; autism; gliogenesis; neurogenesis; spinal cord injury; stem cell biology; synaptic plasticity; mechanisms and regulatory controls of learning and memory.

The Stanford Neurosciences Interdepartmental Program (IDP) offers interdisciplinary training leading to a Ph.D. in Neuroscience. The primary goal of the program is to train students to become leaders in neuroscience research, education and outreach. Graduates of the program will be innovators, investigators, and teachers whose programs and pursuits are founded on research. The signature feature of the Stanford Neurosciences IDP is the combination of outstanding faculty researchers and exceedingly bright, energetic students in a community that shares a firm and longstanding commitment to understanding the nervous system at all its levels of function.

We are a research-intensive program focused on understanding cognition, perception, and behavior, especially when underlying neural and hormonal mechanisms are developing. In addition to conducting research, successful applicants will take an integrated course curriculum across both behavioral and cognitive neuroscience to help foster innovative, cross-disciplinary work. You can find information about the DBS program at https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/psychology/grad/dbs. Graduate Admissions process website: http://www.umb.edu/admissions/grad Information on application requirements please visit: https://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/psychology/grad/dbs/for_prospective_students