Washington University has been awarded an NIH Neuroscience Blueprint Interdisciplinary Center Core grant (P30 NS057105). Washington University received one of only four grants awarded in this new program (see program announcement). These funds, $8 million over five years beginning October 2006, will support eight Core facilities for neuroscience research.

The Core Directory lists all Neuroscience Blueprint facilities.

"Translational neuroscience" was selected as a theme for Washington University's proposal. This direction is consistent with our institutional strengths and its prominence in the Biomed 21 initiative, as well as the synergy with the NIH Roadmap vision. This topic is broadly construed, and core resources are available to all members of the Neuroscience community.

Institutional support is provided by the Washington University School of Medicine, the Hope Center, the Washington University McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience and the Washington University McDonnell Center for Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. This web location will be the entry portal for core facilities in the Neuroscience Blueprint Core (NBC).

The Program Director is Dr. David Holtzman (Neurology) and the co-Directors are Drs. David Van Essen (Anatomy and Neurobiology), Mark Goldberg (Neurology), and Charles Zorumski (Psychiatry). The Washington University NBC is administered by the Hope Center for Neurological Disorders.

When appropriate, please acknowledge the NBC Grant: "This work was supported by NIH Neuroscience Blueprint Center Core Grant P30 NS057105 to Washington University."

For more information regarding core services and access, please contact:

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Hope Center Deputy Director

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