Research Centers

Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience (CSFN)

The mission of the Center for Structural and Functional Neuroscience (CSFN) is to support and sustain a vibrant and collaborative environment that fosters multidisciplinary research and training aimed at advancing our understanding of the brain and diseases of the nervous system. The Center maintains a strong focus on basic neuroscience research at the chemical, biophysical, molecular, cellular levels, and supporting faculty and student researchers.

Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

The mission of the Center is to foster biophysically informed research throughout the University of Montana (UM) research community. We do so by supporting core research facilities for macromolecular and small molecule X-ray crystallography, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, BioSpectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry, and Molecular Computation that provide the instruments and expertise in these biophysical methods to student and faculty researchers.

Neural Injury Center

The Neural Injury Center provides compassionate evidence-based assessments, conducts novel research, and delivers education to serve people with concussion/mTBI.

Center for Translational Medicine

The purpose of the Center for Translational Medicine at the University of Montana is to establish a cross-department and -college multi-disciplinary research center to assist faculty, staff and students in the translation of research ideas from bench to bedside. In this respect, translational research provides an avenue through which basic science discoveries in the biomedical sciences can be "translated" into applicable therapeutics, diagnostics, and/or processes that directly impact health care.

Montana Biotechnology Center (BIOTECH)

The Montana Biotechnology Center (BIOTECH) is focused on connecting students, entrepreneurs, scientists, and clinicians to enhance our local and regional biotechnology capabilities. The mission of BIOTECH is to enable local and regional biotechnology-focused workforce development through educational activities and research targeting the development of biomedical products, specifically therapeutics and medical devices, intended primarily for resource-limited settings such as the military in combat areas and/or rural settings. Additionally, we are targeting the development of physiologically representative in vitro models for biomedical research.