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.

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

Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium: Ulrich Mayr promotional image

Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium: Ulrich Mayr

Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is excited to welcome Dr. Ulrich Mayr for this colloquium event. Ulrich is a Lewis Professor and Department Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Oregon. Dr. Mayr's primary research focus is on the relationship between memory, attention, and cognitive control, both from a general and a developmental/life-span perspective. His research methods include behavioral experiments, eye-tracking, and EEG or fMRI neuroimaging. As a...

2025 Neuroscience Research Day Keynote Speaker: Gregory Corder, PhD promotional image

2025 Neuroscience Research Day Keynote Speaker: Gregory Corder, PhD

Monday, November 3, 2025 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Keynote Speaker Announcement: Dr. Gregory F. Corder
2025 Neuroscience Research Day – Monday, November 3, 2025

The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience is pleased to announce Dr. Gregory F. Corder, Ph.D., as the keynote speaker for the 2025 Neuroscience Research Day. Dr. Corder is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Corder’s keynote presentation, titled “Pain, Poppies, Placebos, and...

Pain Interest Group Seminar - Gregory F. Corder, PhD promotional image

Pain Interest Group Seminar - Gregory F. Corder, PhD

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Mimicking opioid analgesia in cortical pain circuits

Gregory F. Corder, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Neuroscience
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

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

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...