The Picower Institute is an independent research entity within MIT’s School of Science, dedicated to understanding the biology and neuroscience behind learning and memory and related functions such as perception and consciousness. Researchers investigate the basic science of the brain and explore how their findings may produce new treatments and methods of diagnosis. Faculty members hold academic
appointments in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Biology, Chemical Engineering, IMES, and the Broad Institute. The Institute offers exciting research opportunities for scholars at all levels, from undergraduates to post-docs. In 1994, MIT first established a world-class, multidisciplinary neuroscience research center, initially with a grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and then continued with long-term support from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute and the National Institute of Mental Health. In 2002, under the directorship of Dr. Susumu Tonegawa, we received an extraordinary gift from the Picower Foundation, the Center was renamed as the Picower Institute for Learning and Memory. We now have 14 faculty members and as many research groups, with a total staff of nearly 200 researchers and supporting personnel.
