The Program in Neuroscience (PIN) is a doctoral degree program formed by the collaboration of both basic science and clinical departments at UMC. The PIN is comprised of 40 participating faculty members from 15 departments across campus. Most faculty are externally funded from either the NIH, foundation or industrial sources. Facilities include state-of-the-art laboratories and equipment for neuroanatomical (immunohistochemistry, stereology, confocal microscopy, neurolucida), molecular (laser-capture dissection, PCR, gel documentation, HPLC), neurophysiological (single cell, slice and multi-electrode recording) and behavioral (drug abuse, ethological, operant and learning andmemory studies). The PIN offers coursework covering the neurosciences from a molecular to an integrative level. Graduate students can receive a research assistantship and a tuition scholarship which requires successful classroom performance and laboratory research. The faculty of the Program in Neuroscience has an impressive track record for training graduate students. These students have typically gone on to post-doctoral positions at nationally recognized laboratories such as the Scripps Institute, Emory, Yale and Johns Hopkins University and the NIH.

For additional information and contacts, see our website: http://neuroscience.umc.edu/