Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Leveraging U-M's science and engineering advances to solve the brain's mysteries, advance human health, and address society's challenges.

Ken Kwan, Ph.D.

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Understanding its complexities - both normally and in disease - requires teams of scientists employing a broad range of research methods. The Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI) connects research investigators from across the University of Michigan campus to probe the mysteries of the brain on a cellular, molecular and behavioral level.


MNI Membership Information:          Faculty          Postdoctoral Fellows


Neuroscience Careers at Michigan:          U-M Neuroscience Jobs

Contact Us

Michigan Neuroscience Institute

Administrative Office
2800 Plymouth Road
NCRC B25-1793
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2800

Clinical care through Michigan Medicine

MNI Administration: 734-764-4241

Explore MNI

About

Learn about MNI's leadership, vision, and the history of neuroscience at the University of Michigan

Research

MNI member research is comprehensive and includes Behavioral and Systems, Cognitive, Molecular and Cellular, Sensory, Clinical, Developmental and Computational Neuroscience.

People

Meet our diverse community of neuroscientists—including faculty, postdocs, students—and our administrative team.

Neuro News & Events

Neuroscience-related events open to members of the U-M Neuroscience Community.

Education

Supporting neuroscience students and trainees and all levels, including undergrads, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

Giving

Help MNI build its foundation of leadership in the neurosciences

Featured News & Stories

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News Release

Exploring the mind’s mysteries: 130 years of mental health care & innovation at U-M

When it opened in 1906 on Catherine Street near the University of Michigan’s main hospitals, the stately brick State Psychopathic Hospital meant something new in the world of mental health.
Rachel Upjohn Building groundbreaking ceremony
News Release

How U-M helped bring depression out of the darkness

The history of the founding of the Eisenberg Family Depression Center at the University of Michigan, the nation's first center focused on research, community outreach and stigma reduction in depression and bipolar disorder.
Colleen McLaughlin
Department News

Welcoming Colleen McLaughlin, assistant professor, to CDB

The Department of Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) welcomes Colleen McLaughlin, PhD, as an assistant professor. McLaughlin joins a growing cohort of faculty located in NCRC and is also a member of the Michigan Neuroscience Institute (MNI).

From MNI's Executive Director

The study of the brain is really about the study of who we are. Diseases of the brain touch virtually every family—the problems of suicide, gun violence, and mental illness, the opioid crisis and substance abuse, dementia and neurodegenerative disease.

MNI Executive Director
Ravi Allada, M.D.

Events

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11 19 2026 2:00 pm 11 19 2026 - 2:45 pm

Mini Symposium Series: Pain Reimagined with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

The next installment of the NeuroNetwork Mini Symposium Series is called "Pain Reimagined with Dr. Sanjay Gupta."
Sanjay Gupta, MD
12 4 2026 11:00 am 12 4 2026 - 5:00 pm

Brain Tumor Research & Care Symposium

Join us for the third annual Brain Tumor Research & Care Symposium!
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12 12 2026 3:00 pm 12 12 2026 - 5:00 pm

MNI Winter Gathering

MNI faculty, postdocs, students, and staff—you're warmly invited to celebrate the season at our annual MNI Winter Gathering! Enjoy delicious food, good company, and holiday cheer. Join the fun with our Ugly Sweater Contest, lively small group games, and networking opportunities.
MNI Winter Gathering
1 12 2027 4:00 pm 1 12 2027 - 5:00 pm

CPOD Winter 2027 Seminar Series: "Distinct stromal cell states fuel inflammatory remodeling in the injured heart"

CPOD Winter 2027 New Year - New Faculty - Making Connections Seminar Series
C Maduka
1 26 2027 4:00 pm 1 26 2027 - 5:00 pm

CPOD Winter 2027 Seminar Series: "Discovering the developmental basis of trachea-esophageal birth defects"

CPOD Winter 2027 New Year-New Faculty-Making Connections Seminar Series
NEdwards
2 9 2027 4:00 pm 2 9 2027 - 5:00 pm

CPOD Winter 2027 Seminar Series: "Decoding craniofacial regeneration: From skeletal stem cell biology to osteoimmunology”

CPOD Winter 2027 New Year-New Faculty-Making Connections Seminar Series
Takematsu
2 16 2027 4:00 pm 2 16 2027 - 5:00 pm

CPOD Winter 2027 Seminar Series: "Enhancer-directed gene therapy for mammalian digit regeneration: A multi-omic discovery framework”

CPOD Winter 2027 New Year - New Faculty - Making Connections Seminar Series
David Brown
2 23 2027 4:00 pm 2 23 2027 - 5:00 pm

CPOD Winter 2027 Seminar Series: "Lung-Brain crosstalk in physiology and disease”

CPOD Winter 2027 New Year-New Faculty-Making Connections Seminar Series
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Affiliated Departments and Centers

Biomedical Engineering Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Kresge Hearing Research Institute
LSA Physics
Department of Physics
Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
School of Dentistry
School of Dentistry
Life Sciences Institute Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Department of Pharmacology
https://medschool.umich.edu/departments/molecular-integrative-physiology
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
University of Michigan Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School
LSA Psychology
Department of Psychology
School of Nursing
Nursing at Michigan
School of Kinesiology
School of Kinesiology
Concussion Center
Concussion Center
LSA Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Department of Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Materials Science & Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering
Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics
Medical School Department of Human Genetics
Department of Human Genetics
Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical School Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical School Department of Internal Medicine
LSA Mathmatics
LSA Mathmatics
Department of Neurology
Department of Neurology
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Neurosurgery
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Opthalmology
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Surgery
Department of Surgery
Neuroscience Graduate Program
Neuroscience Graduate Program