“Iowa City is a nice place to live, especially when you're in grad school. It's similar to many other college towns in being very progressive and full of well-educated people.”
The University of Iowa has a long tradition as a leading center for study of the nervous system and behavior, and for the training of graduate students in this area.
The interdisciplinary program in neuroscience promotes interaction among faculty, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students, and fosters a congenial and collaborative environment for investigating the structure and function of the nervous system and its role in determining behavior.
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| 11:30 a.m. | Poster set up | EMRB Atrium |
| 12:00 Noon | Student Luncheon | EMRB Atrium |
| 12:55 p.m. |
Welcome, Neuroscience Graduate Program |
283 EMRB Seebohm Conference Room |
| 1:00 p.m. |
Faculty Talks (30 minutes each) |
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"Combining Behavioral and Neuroscience Methods to Understand Decision Making" Irwin Levin (Psychology) |
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"TRPV1 in Sensory Afferents: The Key Mediator of Cancer and Cardiac Pain" Durga Mohapatra (Pharmacology) |
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"Applications of the Lesion Method to Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Iowa" David Rudrauf (Neurology) |
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Poster Session and Reception Odd Numbered Posters: 2:30 - 3 p.m. Even Numbered Posters: 3 - 3:30 p.m. |
EMRB Atrium |
| 3:55 p.m. | Introduction of Guest Speaker |
283 EMRB Seebohm Conference Room |
| 4:00 p.m. | Brain Awareness Seminar |
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"The Epigenetic Organization of Sex Differences in the Brain" Anthony P. Auger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin - Madison |
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| 5:00 p.m. | Closing Remarks |
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“Iowa City is a nice place to live, especially when you're in grad school. It's similar to many other college towns in being very progressive and full of well-educated people.”
Some neuroscientists have pegged an area of the brain known as the insula, which helps us detect what's going on within our bodies. But an unusual case of a man with extensive damage to this region suggests that the insula cannot be the sole source of self-awareness. Tucked deep inside the brain, the insula responds to pain, a full stomach, changes in body temperature, and other internal sensations.
Two researchers in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine have been renewed for another five years as investigators of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Both researchers, Kevin Campbell, Ph.D., and Michael Welsh, M.D., have been HHMI investigators since 1989.