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Our researchers seek to enhance lives through neuroscience research and education.
No. 2 Among U.S. universities in neuroscience and neuromedicine research.
$115 M Research awards total more than $115 million in NIH funding.
300+ MBI faculty members conducting research across the University of Florida.
MBI News
Annual event to spread enthusiasm about brain research drew over 30 homeschool students to the MBI.
Over 100 McKnight Brain Institute faculty members, trainees, students and staff attended annual lecture honoring the MBI’s founding director.
More than 200 attendees gathered for the annual conference led by UF neuroscience students.
MBI Researchers in the Spotlight
In The Conversation, Dr. Joe Abisambra details the first evidence linking key proteins in the development of progressive supranuclear palsy.
Dr. Elias Sayour’s patients inspire his pioneering mRNA cancer vaccine research.
MBI researcher wins 2026 UF College of Medicine Dr. Mavis Agbandje-McKenna Distinguished Research Mentoring Award.
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