Iowa Neuroscience Institute

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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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 provides a mechanism for establishing collaborative opportunities for the existing neuroscience community, as well as being the home for a substantial number of new faculty members with diverse neuroscience research interests. The 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.

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UI Colleges represented in the INI

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Departments with INI faculty members

Upcoming INI Events

Mathematics Faculty Colloquium - Zahra Aminzare; University of Iowa Department of Mathematics

Thursday, November 6, 2025 3:30pm

MacLean Hall

Title: How neurons add spikes: From simple rhythms to complex bursting patterns

Abstract: Many neurons and other excitable cells display bursting activity—periods of rapid firing separated by quiet phases. Understanding how these rhythmic patterns arise and change helps us connect cellular mechanisms to networks of neurons and the complex behaviors they generate. In this talk, I will explore how neurons transition from generating single spikes to producing bursts with multiple spikes. Using a...