Illinois Events

Jun 17, 2026 - Jun 18, 2026   9:00 am  
Sponsor
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Registration
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Originating Calendar
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology

The Brain Evolution and Mental Health Conference aims to bring together scientists and clinicians interested in exploring the brain at a cellular level across the Tree of Life, uncovering evolutionarily conserved and species-specific mechanisms of social behavior, and understanding mechanisms of human mental disorders.

June 17th, 2026
Public Lecture
4:00pm
Alice Campbell Alumni Center
601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana
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June 17th & 18th, 2026 
Conference Sessions 
9:00am
612 IGB Conference Center
1206 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana
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Support for this event is provided by

Olga G. Nalbandov Lecture Fund at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Social Work

School of Molecular & Cellular Biology

Grainger College of Engineering

Beckman Institute

Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Department of Bioengineering

Department of Comparative Biosciences

Department of Animal Sciences

Center for Social and Behavioral Science

School of Integrative Biology

Neuroscience Program

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