2010-03-19 - The Brain Institute is pleased to announce the second blockbuster event of the 2009-2010 Brain Institute biannual symposium program for the entire neuroscience community. March 19, 2010 2:00 PM to 6:00 pm.
2010-03-01 - The Brain Institute is pleased to announce the first of a new, biannual symposium program for the entire neuroscience community featuring outstanding invited speakers. March 1, 2010 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
2009-11-20 - The Brain Institute hosts the first formal gathering of U of U electrophysiologists.
2009-11-18 - The new HHMI-University of Utah Med into Grad program (U2M2G) provides the didactic, mentoring and financial support to train basic scientists to function at the interface of clinical medicine and science.
2009-11-18 - A new discussion group, focusing on various cognitive and related issues, will be launched on November 18th, 2009. Full announcement here (.pdf). Please note that the event will be held in LNCO 2110 not in 2100 as stated on the .pdf.
2009-11-09 - Brain Institute members and pharmacology & toxicology faculty Karen Wilcox and Kristen Keefe are spearheading a mixed-format (journal club/research-inprogress) Glia Club.
2009-11-06 - Unite, an online collaboration tool administered by the Brain Institute and University Information Technology, is poised to support multi-investigator research projects. Log in to unite.utah.edu to discover better ways to work together.
2009-10-28 - Brain Institute members are well represented among the University of Utah medical scientists who have won more than $7.9 million in federal economic stimulus Challenge Grants for 10 research projects.
2009-10-08 - Three University of Utah Department of Psychiatry researchers are part of an international team of scientists that has identified a novel region of the human genome that may confer susceptibility to autism.
2009-10-07 - Two University of Utah Brain Institute investigators have won a Challenge Grant for research to develop new ways of assessing drugs for temporal lobe epilepsy.
2009-09-16 - Team Brain earns the Living with Hope award for exemplifying the importance of a supportive network and staying active for those living with Multiple Sclerosis.
2009-08-28 - Dr. Manuel Casanova, the Gottfried and Gisela Kolb Endowed Chair in Psychiatry and the Associate Chair For Research at the the University of Louisville presenting.
2009-05-21 - A study by a group of national and international researchers has identified, in part, why Down's syndrome patients rarely get most types of cancer: an extra copy of a gene they carry helps suppress tumor growth by stopping blood vessel formation.
2009-05-01 - As a premiere Multiple Sclerosis (MS) specialist in the country, Rose has been caring for MS patients at the University of Utah since 1985, averaging 1,000 patient visits each year.
2009-04-28 - University of Utah biologist, and Brain Institute member Baldomero "Toto" Olivera and chemist Dale Poulter were elected Monday to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.
2009-04-17 - A team of Utahns is collaborating on a stem cell therapy to fight amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
2009-04-16 - An investigational drug is being tested to see if it reduces symptoms of depression in female adolescents. Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) brain scans will be performed in addition to standard clinical assessments.
2009-03-13 - Brain Awareness Week is March 16-22. This year, students in The University of Utah’s Neuroscience Program are partnering with the Brain Institute to bring unique educational activities to area high schools and for the first time the general public.
2009-02-11 - Unraveling the genetics of social behavior and cognitive abilities, researchers at the University of Utah and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have traced the role of two genes,GTF2I and GTF2IRD, in a rare genetic disorder known as Williams Syndrome.
2009-01-22 - University of Utah scientists identified a worm gene that is essential for damaged nerve cells to regenerate, and showed they could speed nerve regeneration by over-activating the gene – a step toward new treatments for nerves injured by trauma or disease.
2009-01-20 - John A. White, Ph.D., a University of Utah biomedical engineering professor who studies how the human brain processes information, has been selected as the new executive director of the U of U Brain Institute.
2008-11-10- The Later Works exhibition chronicles William Utermohlens's paintings from 1995-2000, which starkly depict Utermohlen´s progressive loss of perspective and attention to detail, as his Alzheimer's disease advances.
2008-10-07 - Presented by W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., Scientific Director of the Miami Project to End Paralysis.
2008-09-29 - Brain Institute researcher Dr. Yurgelun-Todd presents research on the effects of immediate satisfaction of high fat foods on later life behaviors. Full text (.pdf)
2008-08-21 - The Brain Institute is pleased to welcome a new addition to the Utah cadre of Alzheimer’s researchers. Dr. Kauwe will join the Biology faculty at Brigham Young University as an Assistant Professor in May 2009. Dr. Kauwe is currently a postdoctoral scholar at Washington University School of Medicine.
2008-07-01 - With support from the University of Utah and the Utah Science, Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative, the Brain Institute has successfully hired eight faculty members to join its imaging team.
2008-05-07 - The Brain Institute is pleased to welcome Dr. Nils Brose for its 2008 Annual Seminar. He will speak on Genetic Dissection of Neuroligin Function: From Synaptogenesis to Autism Spectrum Disorders
2008-04-25 - The Brain Institute is pleased to present a day of showcase events that summarize a rich variety of Alzheimer's-related work in Utah. These events are free and open to the public - everyone is welcome to attend.
2008-04-24 - The Brain Institute is pleased to welcome Zaven Khachaturian, PhD, known as the father of Alzheimer’s research in the United States, to The University of Utah.
2008-03-07 - Multiple sclerosis (MS) researchers ranging from pharmacologists to neuroscientists will meet at the University of Utah for the BrainConnect Accelerating MultipleSclerosis Research symposium to explore funding opportunities..
2008-03-07 - Brain Awareness Week is March 10-16. This year, students in The University of Utah’s Neuroscience Program are partnering with the Brain Institute and Juan Diego Catholic High School to bring unique educational activities to area high schools.
2008-01-01 - The University of Utah is home to the world-renowned Anticonvulsant Drug Development (ADD) Program, the outcome of a unique partnership between academia and the National Institutes of Health.
2007-11-15 - The Brain Institute at The University of Utah has moved into its new offices at 383 Colorow Drive in Research Park.
2007-10-08 - Mario R. Capecchi, Ph.D., a founding member of The Brain Institute at The University of Utah, received the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - the world’s highest recognition for contributions to basic and clinical medical research.
2006-08-17 - The University of Utah has been awarded a $1.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to buy the school's first small-animal magnetic resonance imaging scanner (MRI).
