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.

  SPOTLIGHT STORIES

Juan Lopez, Ph.D.
Juan Lopez, Ph.D.
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Juan was raised in South Florida and trained under Dr. Rod Murphey for 6 years. His work looks at synaptogenesis and the genetic control of synaptic proteins called gap junctions. Juan's current work applies computational... Read More

Aline Santana, Ph.D.
Aline Santana, Ph.D.
Mentor: Claudia Rodrigues, Ph.D.

Aline Santana, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Vascular Biology Lab of Claudia Rodrigues, Ph.D., at the Department of Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic Schmidt College of Medicine. Aline is investigating... Read More

Merike Lang, Ph.D.
Merike Lang, Ph.D.
Mentor: Mónica Rosselli, Ph.D.

Merike Lang, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Neuropsychology lab of Mónica Rosselli, Ph.D., at Florida Atlantic University. Merike is investigating neuroprotective effects of bilingualism on normal and abnormal... Read More

Iris Segura-Garcia, Ph.D.
Iris Segura-Garcia, Ph.D.
Mentor: Krista McCoy, Ph.D.

Iris Segura-Garcia, Ph.D., is a geneticist at the FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI). She earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Ecology and Evolution from the University of Durham in England. Her research encompasses... Read More

Joy Sessa, Ph.D.
Joy Sessa, Ph.D.
Mentor:

Joy Sessa, Ph.D., has been a registered nurse for 25 years specializing in critical care, stroke treatment/prevention, and brain health initiatives. She received a bachelor's in nursing from Malone University, Ohio, in 1999,... 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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