Learn more about our mission, vision, and research
The mission of the Penn State Neuroscience Institute (PSNI) is to catalyze scholarship across molecular, cellular, systems, and computational, translational, cognitive, and behavioral neuroscience. The PSNI facilitates research and training excellence across questions related to the health and physiological flourishing of the brain, and brings together our diverse community of neuroscientists across all campuses to share ideas and opportunities.
PSNI strives to facilitate impactful and transformational science across traditional disciplinary boundaries. We aim to expand research excellence both within and beyond the brain.
Faculty Spotlight:
Meet Melissa Rolls, Paul Berg Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Chair of the Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Biosciences graduate program
Faculty Spotlight:
Meet Laura Cabrera, Huck Early Career Chair in Neuroethics, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics
Neuroscience is a big, wide-open field, but that’s what makes it so exciting. We don’t even know all the questions that we have yet to answer. But I think Penn State is in a strong position to solve some of the big questions.
Nikki Crowley
Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute at University Park
The existence of the Institute as a multi-campus entity offers tremendous opportunity to leverage strengths at the UP and Hershey campuses and foster synergistic interactions that benefit faculty, trainees, and students on either campus.
Krish Sathian
Director, Penn State Neuroscience Institute at the College of Medicine
Learn more about our neuroscience centers:
Center for Brain, Behavior, and Cognition
Center for Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders
Center for Movement Science and Technology
Center for Neurotechnology in Mental Health Research
Learn more about graduate education:
Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Biosciences Ph.D program
