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

140+

Members
Dr. Gantz in research lab

8

UI Colleges represented in the INI
Dr. Geerling research lab

30

Departments with INI faculty members

Upcoming INI Events

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar

Monday, February 23, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Neuroscience presentations (virtual) hosted by Big Ten Academic Alliance members
Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Justin Wolter, PhD promotional image

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Justin Wolter, PhD

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

Molecular Determinants of Purkinje Neurodegeneration in ARSACS

Justin Wolter, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics, Waisman Center
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Biology Seminar: "Decoding motor coordination: Insights from spinal networks" promotional image

Biology Seminar: "Decoding motor coordination: Insights from spinal networks"

Friday, February 27, 2026 3:30pm
Biology Building East
The Department of Biology’s seminar speaker on Friday, February 27, is Mohini Sengupta, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at Saint Louis University. Her seminar will be held at 3:30pm in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE).
Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD promotional image

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD

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

Dissecting the gut-brain dynamics of anorexia and aversion

Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Northwestern University