The BWF Training Program in Mathematical and Computational
Neuroscience (PMCN) is a program recently begun under the auspices
of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund. The PMCN is a community of faculty
and students working on questions at the interface between the physical
sciences (math, physics, computer science) and neuroscience. It builds
on several existing programs, using the strength and resources of
each to create a new program designed to facilitate the transition
of a small and outstanding set of predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows
from the physical sciences to a range of areas in neuroscience.
The supporting PhD programs include the new graduate
Program in Neuroscience (PIN),
an interdepartmental graduate training program whose focus is on the
combination of experimental and computational neuroscience, and the
Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME),
whose faculty focus on applications of engineering methods to specific
biologically relevant problems. In addition, members of the PMCN may
participate in the Center for BioDynamics (CBD),
which trains mathematicians and engineers to address research problems
in dynamical systems via collaborative efforts across disciplines.
For more information contact:
Geri Duffy, Assistant Director
Center for BioDynamics
Boston University
111 Cummington Street
Boston, MA 02215
617-353-4587
617-353-4889 (FAX)
pmcn@bu.edu
