Program in Neuroscience at Cornell University
The Program in Neuroscience integrates the activities of many
departments, graduate fields, and colleges
to understand the structure and function of the brain and nervous system.
This Program is part of a more expansive university-wide
effort known as the
New Life Sciences Initiative. The NLSI strives to 'enhance and
support research and education involving collaboration among biologists,
physical scientists, engineers, and computational scientists.
Scientists from all of these
disciplines bring a wealth of different techniques and viewpoints to bear
on the nervous system; collaborations are common, allowing us to combine
the best tools to study the brain.
We use this diversity of approaches to answer questions like the following:
(for a more complete list, you can view the people pages or the
research/photo gallery)
- How do neurons function, from the genes and biochemical reactions that
shape their electrical activity to their interconnections that form
dynamic networks in the brain?
- How does the brain process our sensory information so that we can see, hear, smell and
taste our environment?
- How do chemical and hormonal interactions in the nervous system shape
the operation of neurons and brain systems?
- How does the brain allow us to coordinate our movements combining visual, tactile, and proprioceptive information seemlessly?
Faculty in Neuroscience at Cornell
Here is a list of faculty interested in neuroscience at Cornell's Ithaca Campus. If you would like to work with one
of these faculty as a graduate student, please follow the link for specific instructions to apply and include "Care of the
Neuroscience Program" in the address of any application materials.
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Please report corrections, questions, comments, and problems to:
Lori Miller (lmm8 AT cornell.edu)
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