Terrific research presentations by the trainees in the Iowa LEND program focused on training the next generation of leaders in the disability field! The presentations by self-advocates were especially impactful! ⁦Hawk-IDDRC⁩ ⁦UI Stead Family Children's Hospital⁩ ⁦⁦Iowa Neuroscience Institute⁩

Congratulations Professor Katelin Dannen ⁦UIowaNeuroPharm⁩ on receiving the ⁦Carver College of Medicine⁩ Collegiate Teaching Award for her outstanding contributions in education! 🥂🏆

Honored to give the Harry A. Waisman lecture last week Waisman Center talking about our work on the role of corticostriatal neuronal networks in neurodevelopment disorders! Like Hawk-IDDRC the center at Wisconsin is part of a nationwide network funded by NICHD News!

Congratulations to our colleague Bob McMurray, winner of the Distinguished Mentor Award!

We offer hearty congratulations to Marina Picciotto of #yalepsych and Yale School of Medicine who has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A well-deserved honor. tinyurl.com/mr8zus44 American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Looking forward to the Korean neuroscience meeting this fall!

At the finish line ⁦Carver College of Medicine⁩ Doc Dash!! Congratulations Noreen, Seamus and Ben!! Seamus completed his first 5K, successfully going from couch to 5K!!! 🏅🏆⁦Iowa Neuroscience Institute⁩ ⁦UIowaNeuroPharm⁩

Listening to Suzanne Vega ⁦Suzanne Vega⁩ tonight ⁦The Englert Theatre⁩ in Iowa City and remembering the Cornelia Street Cafe in the West Village and hearing the stories and soundtrack of the past 40 years! 🎶🌹

Congratulations to my colleagues on their election as AAAS Fellows! University of Iowa Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Kevin Campbell Molecular Physiology
Micheal Feiss Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Bob McMurray Psychology at The University of Iowa
Lori Wallrath Lori L Wallrath Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Join us today for the Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series! Iowa Neuroscience Institute

Congratulations, Cierra!! 🥂

Spending the day on the hill highlighting neurotech advancements thx 2 Brain Initiative support over the past decade. Brought along our implantable system for human single neuron recordings & closed-loop stim 🤩! Let’s go!

Time 2 📈funding, not cut it! #FundBrainInitiative

It was a tremendous privilege to spend some time in DC telling our elected officials about the impact of our BRAIN Initiative project on depression DBS and stressing the critical need for robust research funding.

Today The American Brain Coalition is advocating for #BRAIN funding on The Hill! ABC met with Rep. Rosa DeLauro. USBrainAlliance #studyBRAIN ACNP Helen Mayberg, MD Nanthia Suthana Ted Abel

“The hardest to learn is the least complicated” Great to hear ⁦Indigo Girls⁩ ⁦The Englert Theatre⁩ tonight in Iowa City! Their music was part of the soundtrack that got me through my grad school and postdoc days! 🎶

A powerful demonstration of the personal impact of advances in neuroscience thanks to the BRAIN initiative! 🧠

Great to meet my Congressowoman ⁦Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D.⁩ yesterday during my visit for the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing on the impact of the BRAIN initiative!🧠

A terrific day yesterday discussing the inpact of the BRAIN initiative! Iowa Neuroscience Institute

Congratulations to INI Summer Scholars, Brianna Blaine, Mostafa Telfah, and Lydia Watkins, awarded $5,000 for undergrad summer research in INI labs after a very competitive application process! #UIResearch
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After a terrific National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leaders Forum yesterday, I am looking forward to moderating the congressional briefing today celebrating 10 years of the BRAIN initiative! 🧠 ACNP Dana Foundation🧠 Simons Foundation Society for Neuroscience (SfN) The Kavli Foundation USBrainAlliance The American Brain Coalition