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Our Mission
To bring together the unique resources from a consortium of Atlanta colleges
and universities to build a nationally recognized program that will (a) define
the interaction of brain processes and complex behaviors, (b) create a cadre
of interdisciplinary investigators focused on behavioral neuroscience, and
(c) transfer relevant discoveries from the laboratory to the public.
Our Vision
To become an internationally recognized center for research elucidating the
brain mechanisms of social behavior, that it educate new generations of research
scientists and students in innovative, interdisciplinary ways of investigating
these mechanisms, and that it transmit the excitement of behavioral neuroscience
to the general public.
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Welcome to the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience,
a National Science Foundation Science and Technology
Center. The CBN is an award-winning, interdisciplinary
research consortium composed of more than 150 neuroscientists
spanning seven institutions in the metro Atlanta
area.
The Center's mission is composed of three
major areas: research, education
and knowledge transfer. During
its seven-year history, we have made tremendous strides
in creating visibility for neuroscience in all three
areas.
Research
- Our researchers use cutting-edge techniques from brain imaging to molecular methods; they have identified a brain chemical that could have implications in treating autism; pioneered new methods to diagnose and treat post traumatic stress disorder; examined brain signaling systems related to obesity; and determined the genetic sequence of an antimicrobial protein found in the ink of a common sea slug -- a protein that could be used in the development of new products to prevent or kill damaging microbes and save the marine and healthcare industries billions of dollars each year.
- When last evaluated by the National Science
Foundation,
the Center was found
to be "a model for
the execution of
science."
Education
- Through programs such as our Brain Camps for middle school, Institute on Neuroscience for high school, BRAIN for undergraduates, Graduate Scholars program for graduate students and our Postdoctoral Fellows program for post-docs, we have created a unique pipeline approach to educating and training the next generation of neuroscientists.
- The National Science Foundation has lauded
the Center's
public education
program as
"truly impressive
in bringing
science to
the people."
Knowledge Transfer
- To promote science
literacy, CBN works with its community
partners -- Zoo Atlanta, the Fernbank
Museum of Natural History, and the Georgia Aquarium to develop
neuroscience-related educational
exhibits and activities.
- The Georgia Biomedical Partnership
honored the Center with the 2006 Biomedical Community Award highlighting the Center as "a model for conducting nationally recognized scientific research through a broad consortium of colleges and universities," and applauding its "extensive efforts to increase scientific literacy."
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