Research
 

Research

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


Two students at the nikon microscope

 

Collectively, the Brain Institute seeks to unlock the secrets of brain development, function and plasticity and how the mechanisms uncovered can be compromised to drive devastating brain disorders such as Autism, Schizophrenia, Depression and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Lab image from a microscope