Director Spotlight
On location with Neuroscience Program Director Daniel Tranel, PhD
"Join the Neuroscience Graduate Program at the University of Iowa and become part of the bright team of scientists trying to solve the mystery of the human brain."
Iowa Neuroscience Institute
Provides collaborative support for the neuroscience community.
IDGP Neuroscience Events
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Brooke Yeager
Brooke Yeager is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in Dr. Nandakumar Narayanan's laboratory.
If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Annie Rohl
Annie Rohl is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in Dr. Jeremy Greenlee and Joel Berger's laboratory.
If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Sara Mitchell
Sara Mitchell is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in Drs. Hanna Stevens and Rainbo Hultman laboratories.
If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.
Outstanding Alumni
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Joseph Parvizi, Michael Koenigs, and Benton Purnell (right), Katelyn Joyal EARNED THE SPRIESTERSBACH DISSERTATION PRIZE.
Matthew Sutterer, Arianna Rigon, Banu Gumusoglu, Victoria Muller E
"The fact that I was able to perform at this level and do this work is representative of this program. The strength of the Neuroscience Program at the University of Iowa is what makes it such a destination program for people.”
News & Events
Utsav Mukherjee, PhD, Successfully Defends Doctoral Thesis in Neuroscience
Carver College of Medicine Research Events
Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Scott Mittelstadt, PhD
Preclinical Safety in Drug Development
Scott Mittelstadt, PhD
Vice President of Preclinical Safety
AbbVie Inc.
Pain Interest Group Workshop - Zahra Amerian (Ruth Chimenti Lab)
Preliminary Exploration of Ultrasound Imaging Biomarker for the Myofascial Component of Heel Pain
Zahra Amerian, MS
PhD Student in Dr. Ruth Chimenti's Lab
Study Hall
Neuroscience and Pharmacology Workshop - Nathan Gentilman (Roman Lab) and Hannah Hazzard (Gumusoglu Lab)
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Alter GPCR Activity
Nathan Gentilmann
Pharmaceutical Sciences & Experimental Therapeutics PhD Student
Dr. Dave Roman Lab
Extracellular vesicle interactions with fetal brain microglia
Hannah Hazzard
Neuroscience PhD Student
Dr. Serena Banu Gumusoglu's Lab
Ramon and Victoria Lim Medical Science Lectureship - Wei Yang, PhD
The Ramon and Victoria Lim Medical Science Lectureship Fund was created in 2004 with a generous gift from Drs. Ramon and Victoria Lim. The fund supports the visits to Iowa City of eminent scientists working in neuroscience and internal medicine.
2026 Lecture:
Wei Yang, PhD
NIH Distinguished Investigator
Section Chief: Mechanism of DNA Repair, Replication, and Recombination
Section, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
"From RAG to...
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)
EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end.
PLEASE NOTE
Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance...
Study Hall
Spring Undergraduate Research Festival (SURF)
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen
This event is open to the public.
Urgent threat Neisseria gonorrhoeae utilizes human-specific protein receptors to overcome nutritional immunity
Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, PhD
Georgia State Washington
https://biomedical.gsu.edu/profile/cynthia-nau-cornelissen/
Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD
Study Hall
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Events
Cindy Cohn in conversation with Rishab Nithyanand - "Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance."
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!
This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.
Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
ACB Seminar Series - Dr. Kristen Kwan
Dr. Kristen Kwan, Professor of Human Genetics & Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences from the University of Utah will present a seminar titled "Cellular and Molecular Dynamics Shaping the Vertebrate Eye."
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!
This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.
Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!
This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.
Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
6th Annual BioBlitz at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory
What types of plants, animals, and fungal life might you find at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory? Let's find out!
Join researchers in collecting, observing, and recording biodiversity at the Ashton Prairie Living Laboratory in our 6th Annual BioBlitz. Your findings will inform a major research project and will contribute to the fifth data point in a multi-year documentation of how diversity changes at this site over time. Collections will be housed with the UI Museum of Natural History...
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!
This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.
Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!
This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.
Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!
This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.
Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!
This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.
Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.