Neuroscience research at NYU includes work at the genetic, molecular, cellular, developmental, systems, cognitive, behavioral, and computational levels. The breadth and depth of our training program arises from two cooperative centers: the Center for Neural Science (CNS) located at the Washington Square campus and the Neuroscience Institute (NI) found at the School of Medicine. Please see below for more information on our faculty working in each field, highlighting the core members of our program.
Neurogenetics & Genomics
Neuroscientists at NYU use integrative approaches, including biochemistry, DNA and RNA sequencing and computational modeling, to better understand the structure and function of genes in both health and disease.
Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology
Researchers at NYU use cutting edge techniques, including electrophysiology, fluorescence microscopy and transgenic models, to study the electrical and intracellular signaling properties of both neurons and glia.
Cristina Alberini
Chiye Aoki Jayeeta Basu Justin Blau Tom Carew Adam Carter Moses Chao Jeremy Dasen Claude Desplan Gilad Evrony |
André Fenton
Un Jung Kang Eric Klann Shane Liddelow Esteban Mazzoni Tom Neubert Dimitris Placantonakis Niels Ringstad Bernardo Rudy James Salzer |
Neville Sanjana
Einar Sigurdsson Dirk Trauner Jessica Treisman Nicolas Tritsch Richard Tsien Thomas Wisniewski Ed Ziff |
Neural Circuits
NYU neuroscientists are at the forefront of studying neuronal interactions within and between brain regions, using an array of technologies such as electrophysiology and 2-photon microscopy, often combined with behavior.
Sensation, Perception & Movement
Neuroscientists across NYU are working to understand the processes of sensing, interpreting, and acting on stimuli in the environment. Using cutting-edge techniques and novel tools, our scientists ask how we decode odors, maintain balance, perceive texture and faces, and learn vocalizations.
Karen Adolph
Dora Angelaki Marisa Carrasco Jeremy Dasen Claude Desplan Robert Froemke Esther Gardner Michael Hawken Biyu He David Heeger Un Jung Kang Roozbeh Kiani Lynne Kiorpes |
David Schneider
David Schoppik Malcolm Semple Robert Shapley Shy Shoham Eero Simoncelli Tanya Sippy Mario Svirsky Nicolas Tritsch Donald Wilson Jonathan Winawer |
Learning, Memory & Development
Neuroplasticity can account for much of learning, memory and development. Neuroscientists at NYU are studying how we learn and remember information over time using a myriad of approaches, including electrophysiology, imaging, and genetic sequencing and manipulations.
Karen Adolph
Cristina Alberini Chiye Aoki Jayeeta Basu György Buzsaki Tom Carew Marisa Carrasco Adam Carter Clayton Curtis Jeremy Dasen Claude Desplan |
David Schoppik
Tanya Sippy Regina Sullivan Wendy Suzuki Jessica Treisman Richard Tsien Xiao-Jing Wang Donald Wilson Ed Ziff |
Motivation, Emotion & Behavioral State
Emotions are complex physiological and psychological states that drive many of our actions and behaviors. Researchers at NYU investigate how emotions arise and impact behavior using many different approaches, including genetic engineering, tracing, and functional magnetic resonance imaging techniques.
Executive Function & Cognition
The brain gives rise to our thoughts, decisions, and sense of self. At levels of analysis ranging from molecules to humans, researchers at NYU reveal the neural substrates that underlie higher order mental processes such a consciousness, judgement and decision making, attention, working memory, inhibitory control, and cognitive flexibility.
Neural Computation
Computational modeling can help us to understand and make predictions about molecules, cells, circuits, systems, cognition, and behavior. Often working in parallel with experimentalists, computational neuroscientists continually refine their models and make testable predictions about how the brain works.
Dora Angelaki
György Buzsaki Dmitri Chklovskii Christine Constantinople Paul Glimcher Todd Gureckis Michael Hawken Catherine Hartley Biyu He David Heeger |
Disorders
Researchers at NYU are investigating disorders of the nervous system, including neurodegenerative, neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders.
Eric Klann
Joseph LeDoux Efrat Levy Shane Liddelow Dayu Lin Dimitris Placantonakis Margaret Rice James Salzer Dan Sanes Neville Sanjana Helen Scharfman |
Shy Shoham
Einar Sigurdsson Tanya Sippy Regina Sullivan Mario Svirsky Nicolas Tritsch Richard Tsien Jing Wang Donald Wilson Thomas Wisniewski Ed Ziff |