Understanding the brain is one of the great scientific challenges. How does the nervous system allow us to sense, move, learn, decide, remember, and think? How are the underlying neural circuits built by genetic and molecular programs? How do neurons communicate via synapses to transmit and store information? What goes wrong in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and schizophrenia, and in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease? And how can we model neurons, circuits and systems to better understand the brain? Graduate students in our Neural Science Doctoral Program are addressing these questions at labs located across NYU, using cutting-edge tools drawn from genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, electrophysiology, microscopy, computer science, data science, and mathematics. Guided by our core faculty, graduate students receive interdisciplinary training and professional development inside and outside of the lab.
Our program arises from two cooperative centers located just a few city blocks apart: the Center for Neural Science (CNS) and the Department of Neuroscience (DoN). CNS, located at NYU’s Washington Square campus, is home to core neuroscience labs, and has affiliate labs in biology, psychology, physics and data science, and is NYU’s portal for undergraduate neuroscience education. The Department of Neuroscience is located at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine (GSOM) and houses additional core neuroscience labs, as well as affiliates from clinical departments and the Nathan Kline Institute. Together, CNS and the Department of Neuroscience serve as the joint pillars of graduate training in neuroscience at NYU, with research spanning genetic, molecular, cellular, developmental, systems, behavioral, and computational levels.
Prospective graduate students apply through the online portal and applications are reviewed by an admissions committee made up of core faculty.
Our program arises from two cooperative centers located just a few city blocks apart: the Center for Neural Science (CNS) and the Department of Neuroscience (DoN). CNS, located at NYU’s Washington Square campus, is home to core neuroscience labs, and has affiliate labs in biology, psychology, physics and data science, and is NYU’s portal for undergraduate neuroscience education. The Department of Neuroscience is located at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine (GSOM) and houses additional core neuroscience labs, as well as affiliates from clinical departments and the Nathan Kline Institute. Together, CNS and the Department of Neuroscience serve as the joint pillars of graduate training in neuroscience at NYU, with research spanning genetic, molecular, cellular, developmental, systems, behavioral, and computational levels.
Prospective graduate students apply through the online portal and applications are reviewed by an admissions committee made up of core faculty.