Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
Overview
The Department of Neuroscience was founded in 1974 by Dominick Purpura with the goal of creating a formal academic program for enhancing collaborative research and training in the study of the nervous system. Since its inception, the Department has been guided by the principle that Neuroscience is not a discipline, but a way of thinking about and approaching problems of nervous system structure and function.
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Einstein’s Neuroscience Department at 50: Building on a Tradition of Excellence
When Einstein’s department of neuroscience was created in 1974, it was one of the first such departments in the country. The term “neuroscience,” in fact, had only recently been coined. The department almost immediately became a mecca for promising young scientists, many attracted by the opportunity to be mentored by distinguished faculty members.
2024 Department Retreat
Highlights
Shivani Kharod, Castillo/Singer labs, successfully defended her dissertation “Role of Fragile X Ribonucleoprotein and Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Local Translation Regulation and Plasticity in the Mature Mammalian Presynaptic Terminal.”
Congratulations to Ernesto Griego from the Castillo lab for being awarded a 2024 Leon Levy Scholarship in Neuroscience!
Claire Ward, Kaoutsar Nasrallah, Duy Tran, Ehsan Sabi, Arenski Vazquez, Luke Sjulson, Pablo Castillo and Renata-Batista-Brito published “Developmental disruption of Mef2C in medial ganglionic eminence-derived cortical inhibitory interneurons impairs cellular and circuit function”
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Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience
1410 Pelham Parkway South
Kennedy Center 906
Bronx, NY 10461
