Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy

The Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy at the University of Utah is committed to excellence in both teaching and research. The vigorous and highly collaborative research programs of our faculty are recognized in the areas of neuroscience, developmental biology, stem cell biology and regeneration, neural disease and repair.

We are strongly committed to medical training, and also support graduate teaching at the doctoral level, emphasizing both research excellence and professional development. Graduate Students enter through the Neuroscience or Molecular Biology programs, and join the department in their second year after a year of laboratory rotations and core courses.

How to Find Us

The department is housed in the Wintrobe (see map), MREB (see map), School of Medicine (see map), and Eccles Genetics (see map) buildings in the School of Medicine.

New Member Of The Department?

Welcome! Please visit our Introduction Page to find helpful information to assist you.

Departmental Forms can be found here.


Body Donation for Medical Education

We also administer the University's Body Donor Program. It is one of few programs in the Intermountain West dedicated to providing for the needs of the ever-growing educational and research areas of medical science.

 

News and Events

Updates to the status of the Wintrobe reconstruction can be found here.

Dr. Chi-Bin Chien was awarded (posthumously) a University of Utah 2012 Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Scholar Distinguished Mento Award. More can be read here.

Christopher Gregg, who joined the faculty of the Department this year, was named a Robertson Neuroscience Investigator by the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF). More can be read here.

A former member of our faculty, Dr. Mahendra Rao, was recently was recently appointed Director for the new NIH Intramural Center for Regenerative Medicine (NIH-CRM). More can be read here.


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Department Calendars and Seminar Series

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For the latest events and seminars, see our University Department Calendar