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Our Goal
CBN provides an exciting and challenging academic environment by combining excellence in research with a strong commitment to undergraduate and graduate education.
Announcements
- Welcome to our newest faculty member, Professor Long-Jun Wu! Dr. Wu will arrive September 2012 and will study communication between microglia and neurons in normal and diseased brain.
- Professor and Chair Karl Herrup has announced that he will be appointed Head of the Division of Life Sciences at Hong Kong Univerity of Science and Technology. Professor Mike Kiledjian will become the new chair of CBN on July 1. Congratulations to Professors Herrup and Kiledjian.
- Congratulations to all the new CBN alumni! At the CBN convocation, held May 13, we celebrated the graduation of our latest class!
Faculty Research
CBN research encompasses the complementary areas of cell biology, developmental biology and neurobiology with an emphasis on fundamental problems in cell signaling and communication. Current areas of focus are biomolecular recognition and cell communication as well as molecular mechanisms of neuronal signaling and synaptic plasticity.
Instruction
CBN takes a comprehensive approach that begins with introductory lecture courses, continues with advanced topics seminar courses, and culminates in advanced laboratory coursework.