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The FAU Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP) links the Colleges of Science, Medicine, Engineering and Computer Science, Education, the Wilkes Honors College, and the Max Planck ³Ô¹ÏÍø Institute for Neuroscience to achieve a one-of-a-kind multidisciplinary research and training experience. NGP students use modern approaches to understand the cellular mechanisms of normal neuron development and function, and how disruptions in these can impact the risk for brain disorders.

Multidisciplinary techniques examine the neurochemistry, metabolism, synaptic connectivity, and structural-functional organization of neurons and the circuits they form. Animal models of human disorders are used to study pathological changes in neurons to devise more effective therapeutics for pain, autism, epilepsy, stroke, and neurodegeneration. Students use cutting-edge techniques in high-resolution microscopic imaging, gene manipulation, induced pluripotent stem cells, transcriptomics, and bioinformatics to elucidate the details of fundamental and pathological neuron biology.