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The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed a transformational $45 million grant to the University of Iowa that allowed for the creation of a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary neuroscience center within the Carver College of Medicine. Led by Ted Abel, PhD, the Iowa Neuroscience Institute conducts research to find the causes of — and preventions, treatments, and cures for — the many diseases that affect the brain and nervous system.

Events

INI Seminar: Anna Penn, MD, PhD

Friday, April 5, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

“Neuroplacentology: Linking placental function to neurodevelopment” Anna Penn, MD, PhD L. Stanley James Associate Professor of PediatricS Chief, Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University  New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series

Friday, April 19, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

The Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series highlights trainees and junior faculty from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in neuroscience. We meet virtually once each month—featuring one Big Ten institution—for presentations and discussion/networking. Seminars are scheduled for afternoons on the third Friday of each month. Zoom link is provided by the host institution. If not added in the event listing, please email iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu the week of the seminar to...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Elva Denise Diaz, PhD

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am

"How to change your mind: Molecular mechanisms of excitatory synapse development and plasticity" Presented by Elva Denise Diaz, PhD Professor Department of Pharmacology UC Davis School of Medicine

INI Seminar: Jennifer Stone, PhD

Friday, May 3, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Title TBD Jennifer Stone, PhD Research Professor of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery University of Washington

Pain Research Program Seminar - Eric Kaiser, MD, PhD

Wednesday, May 8, 2024, 9:00am to 10:00am

Presented by Eric Kaiser, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neurology Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania