Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
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| Formation | 2012 |
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| Type | Research Center |
| Purpose | Fundamental and traslational research in neuroscience, Training of researchers, Dissemination of scientific knowledge in the area of neuroscience |
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| Products | R&D |
Secretary General | Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience |
Scientific Director | Prof. Dr. Ignacio Torres Alemán, Dr. Elena Alberdi Alfonso |
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| Website | www |
The Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience is a BERC (Basque Excellence Research Center) research center devoted to neuroscience and created by Ikerbasque – the Basque Foundation for Science[1] and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in mid-2012. The center is named after Nicolas Achucarro (Bilbao, 1880–1918), the first internationally recognized Basque neuroscientist.
The center is located at the Science Park of UPV/EHU,[2] within the campus of University of the Basque Country, in Leioa, Spain.
The research focus of the center is the study of neuronal-glial biology in normal and pathological brain, which is the base for training students and disseminate the acquired knowledge to the Society, so well-being of people and sustainable social development is fostered.