The Center for Learning and Memory (CLM) was created at The University of Texas by the Provost in 2004 with the vision of establishing a premier and internationally recognized research center that would utilize the collective abilities of accomplished scientists in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, physiology, psychology, pharmacology, engineering, physics, and computer science to elucidate some of the important mysteries into the mechanisms that govern the processes of learning and memory. The CLM is a free-standing research unit within the College of Natural Sciences.

The CLM will provide, for the Austin campus and surrounding community, a significant new emphasis in an area of research devoted to understanding the underlying mechanisms and processes that dictate the biology of how we learn and how this information is stored. The first phase of growth of the CLM has led to the recruitment of Internationally recognized experts within their respective fields of study. New faculty recruitment is continuing as part of phase two.

Located within the new Neural and Molecular Sciences Building (NMS - map , info), the CLM occupies approximately 40,000 square feet of research and office space.

CLM in the News

• Richard Aldrich elected to The National Academy of Sciences
• Scientific American: Ask the Expert. Memory conversion by Alison Preston
• College of Natural Sciences Communication: Helmut Koester
• College of Natural Sciences Communication: CLM
• UT's Researcher Profiles: Dan Johnston
• Focus on Science (Spring '06)
• College of Natural Sciences Communication: Richard Aldrich
• Science Daily (Nov '05)
• Waggoner Center publication (Spring '05)