Featuring the Lipscombe Lab...	Calcium channels, spliced up and ready to transmit	Lipscombe Lab Website
	We are interested in how neurons use alternative pre-mRNA splicing to optimize protein function. Our recent work focuses on alternative splicing of calcium channels in the analgesic actions of opioids and as a potential factor in susceptibility to mental illness in humans.	Diane Lipscombe

Neuroscience Graduate Program News

The Graduate Program in Neuroscience at Brown University offers advanced study for academic and research careers in the field of neuroscience. The program promotes and encourages interdisciplinary research that crosses traditional discipline and department boundaries, while at the same time providing a strong foundation in core concepts. Research in the program encompasses multiple levels of investigation from genes, molecules, cells, networks, systems, to behaving animals and employs an impressive array of methods. All students receive their Ph.D.s from Brown after satisfying program requirements and completing a significant body of original research.

The Brown Neuroscience Graduate Program is supported in part by two prestigious training grants. The Jointly Sponsored Predoctoral Training Grant in the Neurosciences supports students in their first two years of training and promotes cross disciplinary-type research. The NINDS Predoctoral Training Program supports later year students whose research will promote our understanding of neurological diseases and stroke.