The Neuroscience Initiative is engaged in interdisciplinary programs with other initiatives and other institutions to implement interdisciplinary approaches for the study of environmental influences on brain function and behavior and to develop transformative technologies and advanced platforms aimed at promoting mental health. Follow us on Bluesky @asrcneuroscience.bsky.social

- November 10, 2025
A Novel Climate BioStress Model and Sentinel System Seeks to Track Global Climate Impacts - October 10, 2025
Announcing the 2025 Epigenetics Core Pilot Award Winner! - August 5, 2025
New Study Reveals Simple Peptides Can Mimic Nature’s Protein Protection Strategy - June 11, 2025
Stress of Superstorm Sandy Affected Babies in Utero - January 17, 2025
ASRC Researchers Tackle Alzheimer’s and Plastic Pollution with Cutting-Edge Science

- November 18, 2025 @ 4:30 pm
The Brain and The Environment Family Night - December 11, 2025 @ 12:00 pm
Neuroscience Fall 2025 Seminar Series – Michelle Monje

C.J. Vörösmarty, M. Trujillo, P. Casaccia, A. Cak, K.H. Gardner, D.I. Greenfield, P.M. Groffman, A. Reinmann, W. Solecki, M. Serreze, J. Waldman, J.M. Bhatnagar, H. Brumberg, A. Carnaval, J. Cullmann, S.P. Egendorf, M.E. Hauber, J. Herlan, I. Kavouras, C.E. Mason, P. Marcotullio, M. McCracken, D.A. McKay, F. Miszlivetz, T. Muth, Y. Nomura, C.A. Penick, J. Rising, R. Toledo-Crow, and C. Zarnoch. A Climate BioStress Sentinel System: Identifying climate impacts from the genome to the urbanized biosphere. Cell Reports Sustainability, 2025, 2, 100558.
P. Ayata, J. M. Crowley, M. F. Challman, V. Sahasrabuddhe, M. Gratuze, S. Werneburg, D. Ribeiro, E. C. Hays, V. Durán-Laforet, T. E. Faust, P. Hwang, F. Mendes Lopes, C. Nikopoulou, S. Buchholz, R. E. Murphy, T. Mei, A. A. Pimenova, C. Romero-Molina, F. Garretti, T. A. Patel, et al. Lymphoid Gene Expression Supports Neuroprotective Microglia Function. Nature, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09662-z.
T. E. Faust, Y.-H. Lee, C. D. O’Connor, M. A. Boyle, G. Gunner, V. Durán-Laforet, L. L. Ferrari, R. E. Murphy, A. Badimon, K. Sakers, C. Eroglu, P. Ayata, A. Schaefer, D. P. Schafer. Microglia-Astrocyte Crosstalk Regulates Synapse Remodeling via Wnt Signaling. Cell, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.08.023.
