Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience


The Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience is a BERC research center devoted to neuroscience and created by Ikerbasque – the Basque Foundation for Science and the University of the Basque Country in mid-2012. The center is named after Nicolas Achucarro, the first internationally recognized Basque neuroscientist.
The center is located at the Science and Technology Park of Bizkaia, of the 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.