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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.

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New Iowa Center for Neurodegeneration to spur research breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and more
New Iowa Center for Neurodegeneration to spur research breakthroughs in Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and more
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Events

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 10:30am to 11:30am

  Presented by J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Pharmacology Associate Director of Basic Science Moores Cancer Center Univeristy of California - San Diego La Jolla, CA

INI Minisymposium: Epigenetics

Friday, December 3, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

This virtual mini-symposium on epigenetics features presentations from: Andy Groves, PhD, Baylor; Elizabeth Heller, PhD, UPenn; Simon Hippenmeyer, PhD, IST Austria

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series

Friday, December 17, 2021, 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...

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series

Friday, January 21, 2022, 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...

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series

Friday, February 18, 2022, 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...