The goals listed are broad. What specifically is the BSI doing now?
The first project of the BSI was to develop new core resources in novel approaches to neurogenetics. Proposals for specific cores were solicited and reviewed by a special panel; the funded platforms are described in “Funded Projects”. The BSI contributed to the purchase of the new 7 Tesla MRI in the Kirby Center of the Kennedy-Krieger Institute. Multidisciplinary groups have been assessing research needs in three other areas, regeneration and repair in the nervous system, new approaches to perception and cognition, and schizophrenia, and calls for proposals went out in these areas (see “Calls for Proposals”). Eighty-nine investigative teams submitted proposals and 16 projects were funded (see News and Events). A major new effort is in development of a Neurotranslation Research Program aimed at developing and bringing new treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders from basic discovery to clinical testing. Dr. Jeffrey Rothstein directs this effort. The BSI is bringing industry representat
