BU Centers & Initiatives
Center for Systems Neuroscience
The University-wide Center for Systems Neuroscience (CSN) brings together our faculty from across the campuses and the disciplines. It has a strong partnership with the Graduate Program for Neuroscience and is housed in the new Rajen Kilachand Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering. The Director of the Center (CSN) is Dr. Michael Hasselmo, member of the American Academy of Sciences and leader in Learning and Memory.
Cognitive Neuroimaging Center
Researchers studying cognitive neuroscience aim to improve our understanding of the biological mechanisms that give rise to behavior and cognition. Over the last few decades the development of neuroimaging technologies has catalyzed progress in cognitive neuroscience, providing scientists with a window into the brain and mind. At the Cognitive Neuroimaging Center (CNC), a multidisciplinary team of researchers comes together to increase our understanding of brain function by linking across multiple levels. The CNC is home to several state-of-the-art facilities including a brand new 3T Siemens MAGNETOM Prisma MRI scanne
Alzheimer’s Disease Center
The Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Center was established in 1996 and is one of 31 Alzheimer’s Disease Centers funded by the National Institute on Aging. Our goal is to help reduce the human and economic costs associated with Alzheimer’s disease through the advancement of knowledge. The three primary missions of our Center are: 1) to conduct and facilitate cutting-edge Alzheimer’s disease research; 2) to enhance clinical care for Alzheimer’s disease patients and their families and 3) to provide education regarding Alzheimer’s disease to both professional and lay audiences in the greater Boston area and beyond. Research themes include genetic and environmental risk factors and risk assessment for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, neuropathological diagnosis and clinicopathological studies, translational methods and advanced technologies, and NIH and industry sponsored clinical trials focused on the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.
Cognitive Rhythms Collective
The Cognitive Rhythms Collaborative (CRC) is a group of scientists in the Boston area who work together to advance our understanding of the brain dynamics underlying cognitive functions such as sensory processing, attention, learning, memory and motor planning. It is directed by Dr Nancy Kopell, member of the National Academy of Sciences and outstanding mentor in the BU Neuroscience Graduate Program specialization in Computational Neuroscience. The members of the CRC come from multiple institutions around the Boston area and beyond.
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Hearing Research Center
The Boston University Hearing Research Center (HRC) includes 20 faculty members from six departments in four Boston University schools and colleges. The HRC was formed in 1995 for the development and dissemination of knowledge that will improve the nation’s auditory health and allow the fullest utilization of the sense of hearing. The Director of the Center is Dr. H. Stephen Colburn, a distinguished leader in the field of hearing sciences.
Neurophotonics Center
The mission of the BU Neurophotonics Center is to to build and support an interdisciplinary community that can develop and broadly deploy impactful photonics technologies in the neurosciences to advance our understanding of how the brain works in health and in disease. The Center supports the training of an interdisciplinary group of graduate students coming from multiple programs at the University level which is supported by NRT NSF fellowships.