The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust committed a transformational $45 million grant to the University of Iowa that supported the creation of a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary neuroscience center within the Carver College of Medicine

The Iowa Neuroscience Institute creates synergy within the broad neuroscience community leading to transformative research and an intellectually stimulating environment that supports innovation in basic science, opportunities for translational applications and creative means to understand how the nervous system mediates behavior and how this goes awry in neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Worthington Biomedical Engineering Research

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Members
Dr. Gantz in research lab

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UI Colleges represented in the INI
Dr. Geerling research lab

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Departments with INI faculty members

Upcoming INI Events

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Postdoctoral Seminar - Xuchen Zhang, PhD promotional image

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Postdoctoral Seminar - Xuchen Zhang, PhD

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility

Re-creating a synapse

Xuchen Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Depts. of Molecular and Cellular Physiology & of Neurosurgery
Stanford University

Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture - Ian S. Maze, PhD promotional image

Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture - Ian S. Maze, PhD

Thursday, March 26, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility
Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Ian Maze

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar

Monday, April 27, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Neuroscience presentations (virtual) hosted by Big Ten Academic Alliance members
Neuroscience Postdoc Retreat promotional image

Neuroscience Postdoc Retreat

Friday, May 1, 2026 9:00am to 8:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
Join us for a gathering of scientists from all career levels within the Iowa Neuroscience Institute!