The Center for Translational Research in Neurodegenerative Disease (CTRND) is a state of the art, multi-disciplinary research center focused on the discovery, development and evaluation of future treatments and diagnostics for degenerative central nervous system conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Parkinson’s disease, and Stroke. Their dedicated faculty and team members are conducting world-class translational research in neurodegenerative disease with a focus on translating basic discoveries into practical clinical advances that benefit those who suffer from these devastating disorders. The CTRND was started in 2010 and is a center within the UF College of Medicine, it occupies the 4th floor of the newly built Biomedical Sciences Building (insert link to the CTRND here) and maintains an open laboratory design to facilitate collaborative research.

The MBI is a nexus for neuroscience at the University of Florida. Across the UF campus, more than 300 faculty members work in multidisciplinary teams to better understand how the brain works and how various diseases alter brain function. Ultimately these researchers and physician-scientists hope to help broaden the understanding of many neurological and psychiatric disorders and change them from untreatable to treatable, incurable to curable and inevitable to preventable. The MBI building houses the four “neuro” departments of the UF College of Medicine: neurology, neurosurgery, neuroscience and psychiatry. All four of these departments have major investments and research in the neurosciences and neuromedicine. The MBI supports affiliated departments, centers and numerous neuroscience research programs on the UF campus-one of few campuses in the United States that boasts all six health professional schools: medicine, dentistry, nursing, veterinary medicine, public health and pharmacy. The Parkinson’s Research Laboratory (PRL) is currently located in MBI’s main building and will move into a new dedicated space on the 1st floor in July, 2020.