{"id":4,"date":"2022-11-02T18:09:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T01:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/neurobiology\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:26:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T18:26:24","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/neurobiology\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurobiology Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Department of Neurobiology<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Department of Neurobiology is comprised of a vibrant community of faculty, students, postdocs and technical specialists who pursue research aimed at understanding the basic biological mechanisms and structures that underlie nervous system function, at spatial scales ranging from individual neurons and their synaptic connections to whole brain networks. Our diverse research areas include structural, computational, molecular, and behavioral neurobiology.<\/p>\n<p>Laboratories are housed in the Hedco Neurosciences Building (HNB) on the USC park campus (UPC) where researchers have access to state-of-the-art equipment for investigating and analyzing neural structure and function. Our faculty collaborate dynamically with several other USC faculty-led research groups, notably with nearby groups in Molecular and Computational Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Neurobiology Section faculty lead cutting-edge research programs in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Behavior, Learning and Memory<\/li>\n<li>Cell Biology and Physiology of Neuronal Signaling<\/li>\n<li>Development, Disease and Repair<\/li>\n<li>Sensory Processing and Sensory-Motor Integration<\/li>\n<li>Systems Neuroscience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our faculty are committed to scientific education and training.\u00a0 We run the <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/neurobiology\/graduate-studies-2\/\">PhD Program in Neurobiology<\/a>\u00a0and instruct a wide range of classes for undergraduates in <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/usc-neuroscience\/\">Neuroscience<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/undergraduate\/programs-of-study\/\">Biological Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-container\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Neurobiology Chair:<\/strong> Dr. Judith Hirsch (jhirsch@usc.edu)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neurobiology Academic Program Manager:\u00a0<\/strong>Susan Truong Wong (wongsusa@usc.edu)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neurobiology Section Administration:<\/strong> Evson Posas (eposas@usc.edu)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dornsife Undergrad Academic Advising:<\/strong> General Advising Appointment Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/advising\/academic-advising\/\">https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/advising\/academic-advising\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n      <\/div>\n\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/neurobiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2026\/10\/PXL_20230601_1730208702-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/neurobiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2026\/10\/PXL_20230601_1730208702-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/neurobiology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/171\/2026\/10\/PXL_20230601_1730208702-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Hedco\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n  \n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":256,"featured_media":621,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - 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