Welcome to the Texas A&M Institute for
Neuroscience
The Texas A&M Institute for
Neuroscience (TAMIN) is a multidisciplinary program created in 2009
between Texas A&M University (TAMU) and The Texas A&M
University Health Science Center (TAMHSC). TAMIN
consists of a highly collegial and interactive Faculty with
research interests in neuroscience. TAMIN provide an organizational
structure that strengthens interdisciplinary and collaborative
research, enhances scholarship and research funding, promotes
national visibility, promotes postdoctoral and graduate training,
and offers undergraduates unique training opportunities within the
area of Neuroscience.
Within TAMIN there is a
strong teaching commitment with the PhD degree program in
Neuroscience (NRSC) and undergraduate minor in Neuroscience. TAMIN
has a weekly seminar series and annual symposium.
Texas A&M University provides a
unique environment for collaboration among scientists studying
different areas of neuroscience in eight colleges (Agriculture,
Architecture, Education, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Medicine,
Science and Veterinary Medicine). The faculty of neuroscience
(FNS) at TAMU/TAMHSC studies range from basic neuroscience to
translational research aimed at developing therapies for
neurological conditions including Alzheimer's disease, ataxia
telengiectasia, autism, cerebral palsy, depression, drug addiction,
fetal alcohol syndrome, epilepsy, hereditary rat neuronal system
degeneration, meningoencephalomyelitis, multiple sclerosis,
neurofibromatosis, neuromuscular diseases, Parkinson's disease,
spinal cord injury, stress disorders and tumors of the nervous
system.
C. Jane
Welsh, PhD
2012 Chair Texas A&M Institute for Neuroscience
Texas A&M University