beaker icon

32 labs

collaboration icon

80+ trainees

publications icon

70+ publications annually

The Neuroscience PhD Program site has moved

News

Kepecs awarded NIH Director’s Pioneer Award

Kepecs awarded NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (Links to an external site)

Adam Kepecs, PhD, the Robert J. Terry Professor of Neuroscience and a professor of psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been selected for a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s Pioneer Award, to study how the brain’s neural circuits decode signals from the immune system and orchestrate adjustments in behavior and motivation.

New dedicated Neuroscience Research Building

Bringing together more than 100 research teams to help solve the brain’s mysteries

Publications

An inducible genetic tool developed by the Li lab to study microglial states

A recent study published in Immunity by the Li lab opens a new chapter for the study of microglial function in development and neurodegeneration with remarkable precision.

tristan qingyun li

Join our team of dedicated faculty, motivated trainees and passionate staff members.

Exceptional training

Providing foundational training, grounded in anatomy, at all levels

  • Exciting, supportive environment
  • Award-winning instructors
  • Diverse mentorship opportunities

Our city will surprise you

St. Louis is an affordable, family- and foodie-friendly city with amazing green spaces and incredible cultural activities.

Our city will surprise you

St. Louis is an affordable, family- and foodie-friendly city with amazing green spaces and incredible cultural activities.