Centers & Institutes
The Department of Neurobiology is affiliated with a number of distinguished centers and institutes.
Explore Our Research Centers
Center for Reproductive Science (CRS)
The Center for Reproductive Science is an interdisciplinary collaboration of medical and science scholars at the forefront of reproductive research, medicine and technology. The Center's mission is to enhance and coordinate research in the reproductive sciences at Northwestern, to promote the application of this research toward human welfare, and to optimize the training of future researchers, educators and clinicians in the reproductive sciences.
Directors: Francesca Duncan, PhD, and J. Julie Kim, PhD
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCE (CRS)
Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology (CSCB)
The Center for Sleep & Circadian Biology (CSCB) is a University Research Center that integrates basic, clinical and translational research on sleep and circadian rhythms into a unified program at Northwestern University. The Center provides administrative support for trans-departmental and trans-school collaborative research projects.
Director: Fred W Turek
Center for Sleep and Circadian Biology (CSCB)
Chemistry of Life Processes Institute (CLP)
(CLP) fosters the transdisciplinary collaborations among physical and life scientists and clinicians that are required to address the complexity of the “big questions” underlying human health and disease. The Institute’s forty faculty members are renowned for team-based, multidisciplinary approaches to biomedical research. The Institute integrates and promotes the growth of multiple cutting-edge university centers that advance transdisciplinary research.
Director: Neil Kelleher
Chemistry of Life Processes Institute (CLP)
Mesulam Institute for Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer's Disease
The Mesulam Institute for Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer's Disease at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine is committed to: providing quality care through affiliated care sites, conducting research on how the brain coordinates mental functions, transferring the benefits of research to afflicted patients, and preparing future scientists and clinicians in the field.
Director: Robert J Vassar, PhD
MESULAM INSTITUTE FOR COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY & ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE