Thomas Jefferson University
Farber Institute for Neurosciences
Welcome to the Farber Institute for Neurosciences at Thomas Jefferson University. The Farber Institute was established with a generous gift from Vickie and Jack Farber (pictured to the right) of the Farber Family Foundation, Inc. They have witnessed the devastation of neurological disease in their own family and have contributed one of the largest gifts in Jefferson history to support research that helps find the cures.
Farber Institute faculty are drawn from more than a dozen departments throughout the University, including the Department of Neurology and the Department of Neurological Surgery and the recently-established Department of Neuroscience. They carry out basic, translational and clinical research designed to understand fundamental mechanisms of the normal and diseased brain, and translate that understanding into treatments for neurodegenerative and other devastating disorders.
The Farber Institute also oversees the Graduate Program in Neuroscience.
In the News
The Department of Neuroscience is pleased to announce the arrival of its newest faculty member, Associate Professor Matthew Dalva, PhD.Matthew comes to Jefferson from across the river at the University of Pennsylvania where he engaged in pioneering studies on the molecular mechanisms of synapse formation, stabilization and plasticity. Please join us in welcoming Dr Dalva and his lab to the Thomas Jefferson University community.
