Johns Hopkins University's School of Medicine and Krieger School of Arts and Sciences are collaborating on a new cross-university department of neuroscience that will leverage the expertise of brain science researchers across Johns Hopkins and bolster the university's global leadership in neuroscience research and education of new generations of scientists. The new, interdivisional Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience will be co-located in both schools and aims to unify neuroscience research and education across the university. With faculty from both schools and other collaborating institutes, centers, and departments at Johns Hopkins, there will be more than 1,000 researchers working on brain-related research, 450 undergraduates majoring in neuroscience, and 121 neuroscience PhD students. The new department will be led by Richard Huganir, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and Psychological and Brain Sciences and founding director of the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute. Huganir has led the School of Medicine's neuroscience department since 2006 and is a pioneer in deciphering the brain's ability to store memories and learn.