Gift is the largest to the For Iowa. Forever More. campaignThe Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust has committed a transformational $45 million grant to the University of Iowa that will allow for the creation of a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary neuroscience center within the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. The new Iowa neuroscience institute will conduct...

Michael Welsh receives 2017 Steven C. Beering AwardBy: Office of Strategic Communication | 2016.12.21 | 11:02 am Michael Welsh, University of Iowa professor of internal medicine, molecular physiology, and biophysics and neurosurgery, has been named the recipient of the 2017 Steven C. Beering Award. The Indiana University School of Medicine Steven C. Beering Award honors an internationally...

Brain stimulation replaces missing brain wave and improves cognitive process in mice that lack dopamineBy: Jennifer Brown | 2016.12.15 | 11:00 am When a cheetah chases a gazelle, it’s not raw speed that predicts the outcome of the contest. Instead, it’s the animal that times its movements better that has the advantage. That ability to consciously guide movements over a timeframe of a few seconds...

UI researchers find intestinal cells’ immune response protects vital neurons By: Richard C. Lewis | 2016.09.14 | 08:25 amYour gut may play a pivotal role in preventing the onset of Parkinson’s disease. And the reason may be its knack for sleuthing.Researchers at the University of Iowa have found that the gut may be key to preventing Parkinson’s disease. Cells located in the intestine spark an...

UI researchers to study critical component of cognitive developmentBy: Sara Diedrich | 2016.06.13 | 02:19 pm A team of faculty members affiliated with the University of Iowa’s DeLTA Center has been awarded a $5.77 million grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to study a critical component of cognitive development known as categorization. The five-year research...

UI researchers study violin evolution via function and fancy By: Sara Diedrich | 2015.11.17 | 10:43 amUI researchers say behavior, particularly psychologist Edward Thorndike’s law of effect, is the foundational principle behind the evolution of the violin and other handmade inventions. Simply put, behaviors that are followed by positive outcomes tend to be repeated. ©istockphoto.com/Susan Chiang...

Five-year, $10.67 million grant will fund four major projectsBy: Molly Rossiter | 2015.09.14 | 09:02 amResearchers at the University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center have received the first-ever Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE) grant to study neuroendocrine tumors. SPORE grants are funded through the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of...

Research marks first time amygdala is stimulated and breathing loss is reportedBy: Molly Rossiter | 2015.07.24 | 04:30 pm Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is becoming increasingly recognized as a very real and devastating problem in which impaired breathing is thought to play a critical role. Researchers believe breathing may be impaired during and after seizures, without the patient’s...

Pharmacology researchers earn $3.4 million in grantsBy: Tom Moore | 2015.08.05 | 03:11 pmResearchers in the University of Iowa Department of Pharmacology announced Aug. 5 they have received a pair of research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling $3.4 million. Matthew Potthoff, PhD, an assistant professor of pharmacology, received a five-year, $1.7 million grant. The goal of...

High salt prevents weight gain in mice on a high-fat dietBy: Jennifer Brown | 2015.06.11 | 11:56 am In a study that seems to defy conventional dietary wisdom, University of Iowa scientists have found that adding high salt to a high-fat diet actually prevents weight gain in mice. As exciting as this may sound to fast food lovers, the researchers caution that very high levels of dietary salt are...