Resources & Training
Center for Neuroscience
The UC Davis Center for Neuroscience draws from a wide variety of resources to conduct its teaching and research programs. Contributing to its interdisciplinary approach are Center faculty members, students, and collaborators who represent 13 academic departments and sections on the main campus and a number of other sites. These sites include the California Regional Primate Research Center, UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, the Veterans Administration Health Care System Outpatient Clinic in Martinez, other hospitals in northern California, and other universities worldwide. Visiting faculty members from throughout the world bring additional outstanding talent to the Center's programs.
Research at the Center is diverse, covering the major sub-disciplines and techniques in neuroscience and ranges from cellular and molecular neurobiology through systems and developmental neuroscience to studies of human perception, attention, memory, language, and the nature of consciousness. The Center places special emphasis on sensory physiology, on the molecular-genetic basis of neuronal function and its development, on the search for genetic markers in psychiatric diseases, in addition combining information obtained from different brain-imaging techniques, including fMRI, and ERPs, for the study of human cognition and the development of improved methods to treat brain injury and disease.
The Center is currently housed in three buildings totaling 38,500 square feet in the UC Davis Research Park. It receives financial support from private and public organizations, including the University of California, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, W.M. Keck Foundation, Pew Scholars Program, Pritzker Neuropsychiatric Disorders Research Consortium, Human Frontier Science Program, Veterans Administration, James S. McDonnell Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Ester and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, ARCS Foundation, M.I.N.D. Institute, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The Neuroscience Graduate Program, one of the premier training programs in the United States is located in the Center for Neuroscience, providing students with unparalleled opportunities for research at the cutting edge of neuroscience.
Administration Structure
The Center for Neuroscience is led by Dr. Edward G. Jones. A Board of Scientific Advisers reports to the director and is responsible for the evaluation of ongoing scientific activities of the center and its faculty. A Steering Committee considers the policies and programs of the center as they relate to issues at UC Davis.
Administrative oversight of the center is also provided by the dean of the College of Biological Sciences, Dr. Kenneth C. Burtis. The division is an intercollege unit that administers undergraduate programs in the core disciplines of biology and coordinates campuswide activities in basic biology with other schools and colleges.
All faculty who are members of the Center are also members of academic departments or sections. They participate fully in the academic life of the unit and have normal responsibilities for teaching and service to the unit.
Executive Committee
Edward G. Jones (Chair), M.D., Ph.D., Director
Center for Neuroscience
Leo Chalupa, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology
Chair, Section of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
Leah Krubitzer, Ph.D., Professor
Center for Neuroscience
Fred Gorin, M.D., Professor of Neurology
School of Medicine
George R. Mangun, Professor
Department of Psychology
Ebenezer Yamoah, Ph.D., Professor
Center for Neuroscience
Gregg Recanzone, Ph.D., Professor
Center for Neuroscience
Board of Scientific Advisers
Floyd E. Bloom, M.D.
The Scripps Research Institute
Zach W. Hall, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco
Eve Marder, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
Vernon B. Mountcastle, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Charles F. Stevens, M.D., Ph.D.
The Salk Institute
Robert H. Wurtz, Ph.D.
National Institutes of Health