CMSI coordinates and promotes research innovations in marine science and policy. By fostering partnerships and facilitating science communications, CMSI advances stewardship of coastal environments and educates future leaders and in California and beyond.

Led by teams of internationally recognized scientists, the Center for Neuroscience is dedicated to understanding all levels of brain development, function and dysfunction. These discoveries help provide the foundation for improvements in health and new therapies for disease. 

From molecules to ecosystems, the Center for Population Biology advances understanding of the ecological and evolutionary processes that control the origins and maintenance of biological diversity, with an emphasis on species populations as a whole.

The Genome Center provides enabling genomic technologies to researchers across campus, facilitating investigations from genes to entire organisms and populations in order to understand how genetic information contributes to the health and disease of species.