Princeton role in federal BRAIN initiative

Princeton neuroscientists are poised to play a leading role in revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain as outlined in President Barack Obama’s BRAIN Initiative, announced in April 2013. David Tank, co-director of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (PNI) and the Henry L. Hillman Professor in Molecular Biology, was named a member of the steering committee appointed to lay out the scientific strategy for the project.

–By Catherine Zandonella