Vice-Chancellor Astrid Söderbergh Widding has provided economical support to promote a collaboration agreement between University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with Stockholm University. In this effort we are happy to welcome Professor Jonathan Sweedler for a Special Event giving a talk on "The chemical characterization of the brain: from new measurement tools to new neurochemical insights". This event is intended as a starting point for new collaborative research, and Dr. Sweedler will be available for such discussions following his talk