Centers of Excellence
Facilitating interdisciplinary research among faculty from colleges and departments across the University
- Center for Bioinformatics
- Bringing together laboratories applying bioinformatic and experimental approaches to find functional sequences within genomic DNA and assign function to proteins
- Center for Brain, Behavior and Cognition
- Bringing together researchers from a broad range of disciplines — including psychology, biology, entomology, physics and engineering — to explore how neural processes underpin animal and human cognition and behavior
- Center for Cellular Dynamics
- Supporting research in cytoskeleton and intracellular transport, cellular changes during development and disease, cell-cell communication and interactions, and live imaging
- Center for Chemical Ecology
- Bringing together researchers from the life, physical and agricultural sciences to explore the role of chemistry in predator-prey, parasite-host, herbivore-plant, virus-vector, and intraspecific interactions
- Center for Computational Proteomics
- A consortium of interdisciplinary scientists who collaborate with experimentalists to answer questions related to the fundamental aspects of proteins
- Center for Eukaryotic Gene Regulation
- Fostering collaborative, interdisciplinary research into fundamental gene regulation processes and their impact on cellular and developmental biology
- Center for Medical Genomics
- Bringing together researchers in medicine, genomics, molecular biology and statistics to advance basic genomic research and translate that research into new diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive medical strategies
- Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Disease
- A collaborative and multidisciplinary group committed to developing a dynamic training and research environment around current topics in immunology and infectious disease
- Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders
- Facilitating research collaborations on neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer's, autism, epilepsy, depression, and schizophrenia
- Center for Molecular Toxicology and Carcinogenesis
- Developing and expanding opportunities for research and education in toxicology and carcinogenesis at Penn State
- Center for Motor Control
- Integrating the neural, biomechanical, cognitive, and clinical sciences for the study of action
- Center for Neural Engineering
- Facilitating interdisciplinary research collaborations between faculty in the College of Engineering and College of Science at University Park and the College of Medicine in Hershey to better understand, repair, replace, enhance and treat the diseases of neural systems
- Center for Nutrigenomics
- Bringing together Penn State researchers using cutting-edge technologies to understand molecular-level interaction between nutrients and other dietary bioactives with the genome
- Center for Reproductive Biology and Health
- Faculty who are deeply committed to the improvement of reproductive health and function through integration of fundamental and applied research and dissemination of knowledge
- Center for RNA Molecular Biology
- Focusing on understanding the function of systems involving ribonucleic acids (RNA) at the molecular level
- Center for Statistical Genetics
- Offering an interdisciplinary forum for convening geneticists, statisticians and software engineers in a cohesive and comprehensive team
