About us

Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, TCIN, was founded in 2002 in order to advance the frontiers of neuroscience. The institute has built a team of world-class scientists from diverse fields who collaborate in addressing one of the most pressing
problems of our time - how to optimise the best functioning of the human brain.

TCIN is based in Trinity College’s Lloyd Institute where it operates in over 3,300m2 of state-of-the-art research facilities. The institute comprises scientists and clinicians from the disciplines of genetics, physiology, biochemistry, immunology, pharmacology, neurology, psychiatry, gerontology, psychology, engineering and physics, thereby enabling a novel multidisciplinary approach.

The continuing growth and development in neuroscience is driven by: (a) the lack of effective treatments for many neurological and psychiatric diseases and the need for new therapeutic strategies (b) an increase in neurodegenerative diseases in line with the ageing population, and (c) significant economic and societal costs associated with neurological and psychiatric diseases.