Behavioral Neuroscience

Around Town

The following are links to our collaborator's labs, local neuroscience institutes or other local places of interest.

• TGen: The Translational Genomics institute (TGen) is a non-profit organization located in Phoenix whose goal is to identify genetic markers that may underlie human diseases such as cancer and Alzheimers, and rapidly translate these findings into treatment solutions for better health care.  A number of our faculty have ongoing collaborations with researchers at TGen.
  
• Sun Health Research Institute: Sun Health is a research organization located in nearby Sun City that generates research that has been utilized to better diagnose and treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, and also arthritis. TA number of our faculty have ongoing collaborations with researchers at Sun Health.
• Barrow Neurological Institute: Barrow is a world renowned medical center located in Phoenix that specializes in care and treatment of people with diseases of the central nervous system.
• The Mayo Clinic: The world-renowned Mayo Clinic has a College of Medicine located in nearby Scottsdale and a clinic hospital in northeast Phoenix.
• Grand Canyon: The Grand Canyon is as big as it is beautiful and is located less than a day's drive north from Tempe.
• Sedona, AZ: Sedona, located north of Tempe, was voted one of America's 10 most beautiful places. It's a great place to spend the day hiking, sightseeing, or taking a Jeep tour of the red rocks.
• Dave's Doghouse: The best place for a quick and satisfying hot dog for lunch located very close to campus.
• Four Peaks Brewery: Our favorite place to congregate as a lab after hours (great food and better drinks), and a great place to celebrate major accomplishments such as completion of a first year project or obtaining your masters or doctorate degrees.
• ASU Athletics: The Athletic Program at Arizona State is part of the PAC-10 conference, and our baseball and football programs are among the NCAA's best.
• Phoenix Suns: One of the NBA's premiere franchises led by league MVP Steve Nash, the Suns play at US Airways Arena in Phoenix.
• Arizona Diamondbacks: Baseball is big in Arizona, and the Diamondbacks make their home at Chase Field in nearby Phoenix. You get a great view of the field and can even go swimming during the game! The greater Phoenix area is also a Mecca for baseball spring training programs.
• Phoenix Coyotes: Yes, you can play ice hockey in Arizona (at least indoors anyway). The Coyotes head coach is the Great Wayne Gretzky.
• Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals just moved into the beautiful and state-of-the-art Cardinals Stadium in nearby Glendale. With season tickets sold out for the first time in the desert and additions of Edgerrin James and Matt Leinart in the offseason, the Cards are hoping for big things this year.
• AZcentral: Though not a physical location in Arizona, AZcentral is Arizona's “homepage” that has local news, weather, and anything else you might ever want to know about Arizona.