2026
- IGS’s Paul Tesar named to Case Western Reserve University’s first eminent professorship following $5 million endowment, CWRU Newsroom, April 2026
- IGS’s Marissa Scavuzzo named a MIND Prize awardee, Pershing Square Philanthropies, April 2026
- IGS’s Marissa Scavuzzo discusses access barriers for lower income students in science, CWRU Newsroom, April 2026
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- IGS’s Paul Tesar named to Case Western Reserve University’s first eminent professorship, April 2026, CWRU Newsroom.
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- IGS’s Ben Clayton awarded 2025 End AxD grant for research targeting astrocyte dysfunction in Alexander disease, End AxD, April 2026
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- IGS’s Paul Tesar elected 2025 AAAS Fellow, April 2026, CWRU Newsroom.
- IGS’s Ty Miller receives Sontag Foundation Distinguished Scientist Award to advance glioblastoma research, April 2026, CWRU Newsroom.
2025
- Local inventor commits $2.5 million trust to fund MS research at The Institute for Glial Science. November, 2025
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-Read story on CWRU Newsroom - 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 September 30, 2025.
- The Land, Cleveland researcher gets closer to new restorative treatment for multiple sclerosis. September 29, 2025
- IGS’s Rania Ziar and Paul Tesar named to HHMI Gilliam Fellows Program’s 2025 cohort. August 22nd, 2025, CWRU Newsroom.
- 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. August 25h, 2025, CWRU Newsroom.
- IGS foundational principal investigator earns prestigious Individual Biomedical Research Award from The Hartwell Foundation to explore gut-brain link in autism. August 6th, 2025, CWRU Newsoom.
2024
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society awards $1M to Case Western Reserve University researchers to study new approach to treat the disease November 2024, CWRU Website.
- How cleaning product chemicals called ‘quats’ may affect the brain April 2024, The Washington Post,
- Human stem cell models point to glia as key players in multiple sclerosis August 2024, EurekAlert!
- 15 Women Making Science Stronger April 2024, The New York Stem Cell Foundation.
- Raising Hope March 2024, OncLive.
2023
- Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to launch Institute for Glial Sciences November 2023, The Daily.