About / Neuroscience Program Description

The Graduate Program in Neuroscience at Tufts Sackler School for Biomedical Sciences offers a PhD degree in neuroscience. Didactic coursework and research training oppertunities are diverse, as summarized below. All students are encouraged to incorporate multiple experimental approaches in their thesis work. Such multidisciplinary training is reinforced by ready access to state-of-the-art core facilities provided through the Center for Neuroscience Research at Tufts University.

Research in Neuroscience laboratories includes the following areas of study:

• Neurogenesis & axonal pathfinding
• Synapse neurobiology & plasticity
• Sensory & behavioral neurobiology
• Ion channel physiology
• Neurotransmitters & receptors
• G-protein signaling in the nervous system

The Program participates (along with other Sackler graduate programs) in the entry-year Integrated Studies Program (ISP). Following completion of the one-year ISP Curriculum, students who elect to pursue the PhD degree in Neuroscience complete additional coursework, participate in journal clubs, seminars, and retreats, undertake a Qualifying Examination, and carry out thesis research, all focused in the area of neuroscience. Complete descriptions of these activites can be found by clicking on the links below.

Curriculum / Courses
Qualifying Examination
Thesis Research