Explore recent news, awards, publications, and media coverage featuring the Institute for Glial Sciences.
2026
Undergraduate student Akshaya Vadivel has received a grant from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Research Foundation Awards Program.
AGA Research Foundation Awards Program
Paul Tesar named to Case Western Reserve University’s first eminent professorship following $5 million endowment
CWRU Newsroom • April 2026
Marissa Scavuzzo named a MIND Prize awardee
Pershing Square Philanthropies • April 2026
Marissa Scavuzzo discusses access barriers for lower income students in science
CWRU Newsroom • April 2026
Ben Clayton awarded 2025 End AxD grant for research targeting astrocyte dysfunction in Alexander disease
End AxD • April 2026
Paul Tesar elected 2025 AAAS Fellow
CWRU Newsroom • April 2026
Ty Miller receives Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award to advance glioblastoma research
CWRU Newsroom • April 2026
2025
Local inventor commits $2.5 million trust to fund MS research at The Institute for Glial Science.
November 2025
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IGS hosts first Translational Glial Sciences (TGS) Conference.
November 4, 2025
Join scientists at the forefront of glial sciences and their latest findings about the impact of glia on a variety of diseases, as well as emerging opportunities to target glia for therapeutic impact.
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The Stem Cell Podcast, “Glial Cell Fate” — Dr. Paul Tesar featured on The Stem Cell Podcast
The Stem Cell Podcast • September 30, 2025
The Land, Cleveland researcher gets closer to new restorative treatment for multiple sclerosis.
The Land • September 29, 2025
IGS’s Rania Ziar and Paul Tesar named to HHMI Gilliam Fellows Program’s 2025 cohort.
CWRU Newsroom • August 22, 2025
Molecular ‘brake’ in brain development could hold key to treating multiple sclerosis. Discovery led by Institute for Glial Sciences at Case Western Reserve University suggests new path to regenerative therapies for MS.
CWRU Newsroom • August 25, 2025
IGS foundational principal investigator earns prestigious Individual Biomedical Research Award from The Hartwell Foundation to explore gut-brain link in autism.
CWRU Newsroom • August 6, 2025
2024
National Multiple Sclerosis Society awards $1M to Case Western Reserve University researchers to study new approach to treat the disease
CWRU Website • November 2024
How cleaning product chemicals called ‘quats’ may affect the brain
The Washington Post • April 2024
Human stem cell models point to glia as key players in multiple sclerosis
EurekAlert! • August 2024
15 Women Making Science Stronger
The New York Stem Cell Foundation • April 2024
Raising Hope
OncLive • March 2024
2023
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to launch Institute for Glial Sciences
The Daily • November 2023