Welcome to the Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind at UCSD

KIBM researchers bridge disciplinary boundaries to further our understanding of the origins, evolution and mechanisms of human cognition, from the brain's physical and biochemical machinery to the experiences and behaviors we call the mind.

We support innovative research in the La Jolla area through grants to teams of investigators working on problems at the boundaries of our current knowledge about brain and mind. In the past three years we have granted nearly a million dollars to investigators at UCSD, the Salk Institute of Biological Studies, the Neurosciences Research Institute, and the Scripps Research Institute. Pilot data from the first two years of our innovative research grants have led to several large awards to labs at UCSD and Salk to further investigate autism spectrum disorders, cystinosis, neurogenesis, and learning.

We have hosted and co-sponsored several events, workshops and seminars in La Jolla to increase connections between investigators in various disciplines, disseminate interesting science to the public, and enhance our efforts to bridge brain and mind research in the scientific community. We also continue to support hands-on training for a graduate course series on functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain.

Jeff Elman and Nick Spitzer

KIBM NEWS and EVENTS

The 2008-2009 KIBM Innovative Research Awards will be announced in mid-June, 2008.

Joint Salk/KIBM Distinguished Lecture
Thomas Insel, M.D.
Director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Social Neuroscience:
Toward a New Basic Science for Psychiatry

Thursday May 8th, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Frederic de Hoffman Auditorium, Salk Institute

KIBM Innovative Research Awards

 

The web site of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University is now online at http://kiaa.pku.edu.cn

KIBM Research Profile

Katerina Semendeferi (PI), Eric Courchesne (Co-PI), Lisa Stefanacci (Co-PI), Neural substrates of socio-emotional processing: from evolution and development to pathology.


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