Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience

The Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience is a BERC (Basque Excellence Research Center) research center devoted to neuroscience and created by Ikerbasque – the Basque Foundation for Science^[1] and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in mid-2012. The center is named after Nicolas Achucarro (Bilbao, 1880–1918), the first internationally recognized Basque neuroscientist.

Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience Fundazioa

Formation	2012
Type	Research Center
Purpose	Fundamental and traslational research in neuroscience, Training of researchers, Dissemination of scientific knowledge in the area of neuroscience
Location	Leioa
Products	R&D
Secretary General	Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience
Scientific Director	Prof. Dr. Ignacio Torres Alemán, Dr. Elena Alberdi Alfonso
Parent organization	Basque Government Ikerbasque UPV/EHU
Website	www.achucarro.org

The center is located at the Science Park of UPV/EHU,^[2] within the campus of 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.