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Florida Atlantic NEUROSCIENCE—Where Discovery Comes to Mind

The Florida Atlantic Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute supports research, education and community outreach, with efforts spanning all of the Florida Atlantic campuses. The Brain Institute administrative home is on the Florida Atlantic MacArthur campus in Jupiter, Fla., which also houses the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience and The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology.

With more than 100 neuroscience faculty-level investigators located at Florida Atlantic and affiliate research centers, the Brain Institute supports state-of-the-art research and innovative educational activities and is the sponsor for the Florida Atlantic Neuroscience Student Organization.

Collectively, we seek to unlock the secrets of brain development, function and plasticity and how the mechanisms uncovered can be compromised to drive brain disorders, such as autism,, schizophrenia, depression and Alzheimer’s disease.

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Cássio Morais Loss, Ph.D.
Cassio Loss, Ph.D.
Mentor: Henriette van Praag, Ph.D.

Cássio Morais Loss, Ph.D., is a postdoctoral fellow at Florida Atlantic Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute in the lab of Henriette van Praag, Ph.D., an associate professor, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine. A native... Read More

Matthew Schrier, Ph.D.
Matthew S. Schrier, Ph.D.
Mentor: Ning Quan, Ph.D.

I am interested in how serotonin uptake is modified by inflammation in models of depression and fatigue. Increasing extracellular serotonin levels in the brain is believed to initiate the effects of many antidepressants.... Read More

Aly Paz, Ph.D.
Alexandra “Aly” Paz, Ph.D.
Mentor: Randy Blakely, Ph.D.

Aly is a postdoctoral fellow working with the Advancing STEM-Community Engagement through Neuroscience Discovery (ASCEND) program at the Florida Atlantic Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute. Paz earned her doctorate in integrative... Read More

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MAIN OFFICE

Florida Atlantic Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
Jupiter Campus
Room 201F, MC-22
5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter, FL 33458
Phone: 561.799.8100

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EDUCATION OFFICE

Florida Atlantic Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
Boca Raton Campus
Room 103A, SE-43
777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431
Phone: 561.297.4989

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