The Jerome L. Greene Science Center will serve as the intellectual home for Columbia’s expanding research initiative in Mind, Brain and Behavior.  The Center will include laboratories for Columbia scientists exploring the causal relationship between gene function, brain wiring, and behavior. This research will have profound implications for the treatment of brain illness – probing the root causes of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Motor Neuron diseases, among others.  This research will also assist in decoding disorders of mood and motivation, cognition and behavior, such as autism, dementia, and schizophrenia. The Center will establish an educational outreach facility and clinical programs with a focus on childhood developmental disorders and diseases of the aging brain.  Through exploration of the organization and function of the brain, the Center will aim to clarify the workings of the mind -- the mental processes that that permit us to perceive, act, learn and remember, and that govern the individuality of human action. 

The Center will provide an unparalleled opportunity for linking research in the neurosciences to Columbia’s existing strengths in other scientific disciplines, notably physics, chemistry, engineering, and psychology.  In addition, it will have a catalytic role in forging closer ties between the brain sciences, the programs of the business and law schools, and the many schools of the humanities.  Through the integration of these programs, the Jerome L. Greene Science Center will ensure Columbia’s continued leadership in the modern study of brain and mind.

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