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Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences

With research partnerships spanning the globe, this initiative will drive breakthroughs in areas from autism to Alzheimer's, dementia to depression, movement disorders to mental health.

13 Centers of Research and Innovation

The Azrieli Institute for Brain and Neural Sciences is made up of 13 integrated centers that aim to accelerate neuroscience research by assembling and augmenting Weizmann's exceptional expertise and infrastructure. This flagship serves as a hub for neuroscience activities, facilities, and state-of-the-art technologies, with incentive mechanisms to facilitate and amplify collaborative work across disciplines.

The Aging Brain

Brain Disorders

Injury & Neuroregeneration

Innovative Neurotechnologies

Learning, Memory, & Cognition

Mental & Emotional Health

Neurodegeneration

Neuroimmunology & Neuromodulation

Neural Networks

New Scientists

Perception and Action

Positive Neuroscience

Theoretical & Computational Neuroscience

The Aging Brain

Sagol Center for Research on the Aging Brain

This center focuses on the mechanisms of aging - both in health and disease - by studying molecular, structural, and functional aspects of the aging brain and combining them with behavioral analyses. The center aims to guide the development of novel therapeutic approaches.

Brain Disorders

Monroy-Marks Integrative Center for Brain Disorder Research

With a focus on translating fundamental neuroscience research into medical solutions, this center will promote collaborations between Weizmann scientists and clinicians in Israel and worldwide, developing new technology and data analysis tools.

Injury and Neuroregeneration

The Center for Injury and Neuroregeneration

This center addresses such fundamental questions as the response to injury and the growth potential of damaged neural tissue ‐ which is due not only to the neuron itself, but also to the support it receives from neighboring tissue. Researchers also draw insights from other organisms, including fish and amphibians, who regenerate neurons with far greater efficiency than mammals. Insights may lead to therapies and tools to rewire and regenerate injured neurons, helping to return individuals to full health after a stroke, acquired brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.

Innovative Neurotechnologies

Center for Research on the Development of Innovative Neurotechnologies

Supporting the development of new technologies and techniques to benefit all brain and neural science research, this center brings together biologists, physicists, chemists, engineers, and computer scientists to design and build innovative tools.

Research on Learning

Center for Research on Learning, Memory, and Cognition

This center supports studies of brain activity underlying memory and behavior, using neuroimaging and electrophysiological technologies. The team works to expand research on artificial intelligence and approaches to enhance brain function and boost human capabilities.

Mental Health

Irene and Jared M. Drescher Center for Research on Mental and Emotional Health

Combining a variety of methods and approaches, this center sheds light on the mechanisms and properties of emotional regulation. Findings provide insights that will help encourage mental resilience, prevent mental illness, and inform the design of new treatments and therapies.

Neurodegeneration

Center for Research on Neurodegeneration

Research in this center focuses on the causes and trajectories of neurodegenerative diseases with the goal of improving methods to prevent, detect, delay, or even cure them. The center serves as a platform for initiating and boosting collaborations with clinicians in hospitals and medical centers.

Neuroimmunology & Neuromodulation

Andrea L. and Lawrence A. Wolfe Family Center for Research on Neuroimmunology and Neuromodulation

Supporting the use of innovative tools and technologies to study interactions among neurons, neural tissue, and immune cells, the goal of this center is to understand and modulate the neural/immune interface to enhance healthy brain function.

Neural Networks

The Hedda, Alberto, and David Milman Baron Center for Research on the Development of Neural Networks

This center supports technologically advanced efforts to reveal how the diversity of specific types of neurons emerge during development, how neurons migrate to their correct locations, and how neurons' extensions are guided over long distances to find their targets. Implications include a variety of neurodevelopmental diseases and disorders.

New Scientists

Latin American Hub for New Scientists

This center administers charitable gifts and endowments dedicated to helping young faculty members and researchers excel during their critical first years at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Perception and Action

Swiss Society of Friends of the Weizmann Institute of Science Center for Research on Perception and Action

The center aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of how sensory input translates into action. Research explores forms of sensory processing, including vision, audition, olfaction, taste, and touch, as well as sensorimotor integration and navigation.

Positive Neuroscience

The Mike and Valeria Rosenbloom Center for Research on Positive Neuroscience

This center initiates empirical research on a range of brain functions, including resilience to stress and individual differences in how we overcome traumas, injuries, and age-related deficits.

Computational Neuroscience

The David Lopatie Center for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

The center supports research to unravel the basic principles of nerve cell communication and to crack the underlying neural code. Scientists develop new tools and methods to clarify how cognition and behavior emerge from brain activity while also investigating ways to help the brain recover from neuropsychiatric or neurodegeneration conditions. They also work to accelerate progress in the field of artificial intelligence, making such systems more sophisticated, useful, and reliable.

The Aging Brain

Sagol Center for Research on the Aging Brain

This center focuses on the mechanisms of aging - both in health and disease - by studying molecular, structural, and functional aspects of the aging brain and combining them with behavioral analyses. The center aims to guide the development of novel therapeutic approaches.

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This center focuses on the mechanisms of aging - both in health and disease - by studying molecular, structural, and functional aspects of the aging brain and combining them with behavioral analyses. The center aims to guide the development of novel therapeutic approaches.

Brain Disorders

Monroy-Marks Integrative Center for Brain Disorder Research

With a focus on translating fundamental neuroscience research into medical solutions, this center will promote collaborations between Weizmann scientists and clinicians in Israel and worldwide, developing new technology and data analysis tools.

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With a focus on translating fundamental neuroscience research into medical solutions, this center will promote collaborations between Weizmann scientists and clinicians in Israel and worldwide, developing new technology and data analysis tools.

Injury and Neuroregeneration

The Center for Injury and Neuroregeneration

This center addresses such fundamental questions as the response to injury and the growth potential of damaged neural tissue ‐ which is due not only to the neuron itself, but also to the support it receives from neighboring tissue. Researchers also draw insights from other organisms, including fish and amphibians, who regenerate neurons with far greater efficiency than mammals. Insights may lead to therapies and tools to rewire and regenerate injured neurons, helping to return individuals to full health after a stroke, acquired brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.

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This center addresses such fundamental questions as the response to injury and the growth potential of damaged neural tissue ‐ which is due not only to the neuron itself, but also to the support it receives from neighboring tissue. Researchers also draw insights from other organisms, including fish and amphibians, who regenerate neurons with far greater efficiency than mammals. Insights may lead to therapies and tools to rewire and regenerate injured neurons, helping to return individuals to full health after a stroke, acquired brain injury, or traumatic brain injury.

Innovative Neurotechnologies

Center for Research on the Development of Innovative Neurotechnologies

Supporting the development of new technologies and techniques to benefit all brain and neural science research, this center brings together biologists, physicists, chemists, engineers, and computer scientists to design and build innovative tools.

Continue Reading

Supporting the development of new technologies and techniques to benefit all brain and neural science research, this center brings together biologists, physicists, chemists, engineers, and computer scientists to design and build innovative tools.

Research on Learning

Center for Research on Learning, Memory, and Cognition

This center supports studies of brain activity underlying memory and behavior, using neuroimaging and electrophysiological technologies. The team works to expand research on artificial intelligence and approaches to enhance brain function and boost human capabilities.

Continue Reading

This center supports studies of brain activity underlying memory and behavior, using neuroimaging and electrophysiological technologies. The team works to expand research on artificial intelligence and approaches to enhance brain function and boost human capabilities.

Mental Health

Irene and Jared M. Drescher Center for Research on Mental and Emotional Health

Combining a variety of methods and approaches, this center sheds light on the mechanisms and properties of emotional regulation. Findings provide insights that will help encourage mental resilience, prevent mental illness, and inform the design of new treatments and therapies.

Continue Reading

Combining a variety of methods and approaches, this center sheds light on the mechanisms and properties of emotional regulation. Findings provide insights that will help encourage mental resilience, prevent mental illness, and inform the design of new treatments and therapies.

Neurodegeneration

Center for Research on Neurodegeneration

Research in this center focuses on the causes and trajectories of neurodegenerative diseases with the goal of improving methods to prevent, detect, delay, or even cure them. The center serves as a platform for initiating and boosting collaborations with clinicians in hospitals and medical centers.

Continue Reading

Research in this center focuses on the causes and trajectories of neurodegenerative diseases with the goal of improving methods to prevent, detect, delay, or even cure them. The center serves as a platform for initiating and boosting collaborations with clinicians in hospitals and medical centers.

Neuroimmunology & Neuromodulation

Andrea L. and Lawrence A. Wolfe Family Center for Research on Neuroimmunology and Neuromodulation

Supporting the use of innovative tools and technologies to study interactions among neurons, neural tissue, and immune cells, the goal of this center is to understand and modulate the neural/immune interface to enhance healthy brain function.

Continue Reading

Supporting the use of innovative tools and technologies to study interactions among neurons, neural tissue, and immune cells, the goal of this center is to understand and modulate the neural/immune interface to enhance healthy brain function.

Neural Networks

The Hedda, Alberto, and David Milman Baron Center for Research on the Development of Neural Networks

This center supports technologically advanced efforts to reveal how the diversity of specific types of neurons emerge during development, how neurons migrate to their correct locations, and how neurons' extensions are guided over long distances to find their targets. Implications include a variety of neurodevelopmental diseases and disorders.

Continue Reading

This center supports technologically advanced efforts to reveal how the diversity of specific types of neurons emerge during development, how neurons migrate to their correct locations, and how neurons' extensions are guided over long distances to find their targets. Implications include a variety of neurodevelopmental diseases and disorders.

New Scientists

Latin American Hub for New Scientists

This center administers charitable gifts and endowments dedicated to helping young faculty members and researchers excel during their critical first years at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Continue Reading

This center administers charitable gifts and endowments dedicated to helping young faculty members and researchers excel during their critical first years at the Weizmann Institute of Science.

Perception and Action

Swiss Society of Friends of the Weizmann Institute of Science Center for Research on Perception and Action

The center aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of how sensory input translates into action. Research explores forms of sensory processing, including vision, audition, olfaction, taste, and touch, as well as sensorimotor integration and navigation.

Continue Reading

The center aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of how sensory input translates into action. Research explores forms of sensory processing, including vision, audition, olfaction, taste, and touch, as well as sensorimotor integration and navigation.

Positive Neuroscience

The Mike and Valeria Rosenbloom Center for Research on Positive Neuroscience

This center initiates empirical research on a range of brain functions, including resilience to stress and individual differences in how we overcome traumas, injuries, and age-related deficits.

Continue Reading

This center initiates empirical research on a range of brain functions, including resilience to stress and individual differences in how we overcome traumas, injuries, and age-related deficits.

Computational Neuroscience

The David Lopatie Center for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience

The center supports research to unravel the basic principles of nerve cell communication and to crack the underlying neural code. Scientists develop new tools and methods to clarify how cognition and behavior emerge from brain activity while also investigating ways to help the brain recover from neuropsychiatric or neurodegeneration conditions. They also work to accelerate progress in the field of artificial intelligence, making such systems more sophisticated, useful, and reliable.

Continue Reading

The center supports research to unravel the basic principles of nerve cell communication and to crack the underlying neural code. Scientists develop new tools and methods to clarify how cognition and behavior emerge from brain activity while also investigating ways to help the brain recover from neuropsychiatric or neurodegeneration conditions. They also work to accelerate progress in the field of artificial intelligence, making such systems more sophisticated, useful, and reliable.

The Aging Brain

“We're looking for the Rosetta Stone of the language of the brain.”

Prof. Elad Schneidman

Head, Department of Brain Sciences

Taking Neuroscience Research Into the Future

The brain is one of the last great frontiers of medicine, and the researchers at the Weizmann Institute are the world's greatest explorers.

Brain & Neural

Why Brain & Neural?

With a greater understanding of mental health than each generation before, and with life expectancy continuing to grow, we're discovering more conditions affecting the human brain and their impact on quality of life. By developing medicines and therapies that are truly effective, the Institute's research could transform the lives of millions of people worldwide. By attracting young neuroscientists and inspiring students to specialize in the field, this initiative helps guarantee the growth and future of innovative brain research.

Why Now?

Bringing together Weizmann's renowned neuroscientists and advanced technologies will drive innovation. A new, purpose-designed hub will provide physical proximity and foster the interdisciplinary spirit needed to inspire collaborations and breakthroughs.

Brain Campus

Why Weizmann?

Understanding the brain requires a range of disciplines, a host of instrumentation and methodologies, and experts from across the sciences. With more than 40 groups focused on neuroscience, and multiple teams from other fields contributing to this work, the Weizmann Institute possesses the diversity and capabilities required. Sophisticated equipment, such as the rare 7-Tesla MRI, advances the research.

Join us in a new era of discovery!

Brain and neural science. Artificial intelligence. Frontiers of the universe. Environmental sustainability. The Weizmann Institute of Science's four flagship priorities are moving these crucial areas of research into the future, forging new paths through creativity, collaboration, and emerging technology. Your support will help Weizmann scientists make the next generation of breakthroughs for the future of humanity.

Other Flagship Projects

Artificial Intelligence

Frontiers of the Universe

Environmental Sustainability