The Center for Neurovirology and Gene Editing (CNVGE) at Temple University helps train future scientists and medical researchers through hands-on education and mentoring.

Our faculty members are part of the teaching and research group within the neuroscience cluster of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. Our students are pursuing MS, PhD and dual MD/PhD degrees.

CNVGE faculty also teach in the undergraduate and graduate programs at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine and the College of Science and Technology. They also lecture on infectious disease topics in Temple’s Podiatry and Dentistry schools.

All research faculty help train students through classroom instruction, lab work and one-on-one mentoring. Our educational mission is to help students learn to: 

• Think critically and creatively. 
• Communicate their ideas clearly. 
• Work independently as researchers. 

Focus on brain research and disease 
Students explore basic neuroscience, which is the study of how the brain and nervous system function. The program also focuses on translational neuroscience — research that turns lab discoveries into real-world treatments. 

Students gain insight into: 

• Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. 
• Brain and nerve injuries. 
• How to develop and test new therapies. 

Interdisciplinary learning 
The program brings together ideas from different areas of science, including biology, virology, immunology and genetics. Students are trained to understand brain diseases at the molecular level and create new ways to treat or repair nervous system damage. 

Program activities 

• Weekly student seminars to share and discuss research. 
• Journal clubs focused on current scientific papers. 
• Cluster-based elective courses in neuroscience and related fields. 
• Training in advanced lab techniques and scientific writing. 

Training the research leaders of tomorrow 
Through our broad, hands-on training program, CNVGE prepares students for careers in academia, industry and government, equipping them to become leaders in brain science, infectious disease research and gene editing.

The Center is the recipient of “Interdisciplinary And Translational Research Training In NeuroHIV”, an NIH T32 pre-doctoral training grant that supports 4 pre-doctoral fellows per year.