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."


09242024 Distinguished Mentor Ceremony 1

Iowa Neuroscience Institute

Provides collaborative support for the neuroscience community.

IDGP Neuroscience Events

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Neuroscience Recruitment Social Mixer - Second Weekend

Friday, February 7, 2025 6:30pm to 8:30pm
SpareMe Bowl & Arcade
Join us for a social mixer with the applicants to the Neuroscience Graduate Program at SpareMe Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.
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Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series: Judy Van de Water, PhD, "Maternal immune deregulation: a role in neurodevelopment"

Friday, February 14, 2025 12:00pm
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
  Please join us for the Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series, featuring   Judy Van de Water, PhD, Co-Director of the UC Davis MIND Institute "Maternal immune deregulation: a role in neurodevelopment" Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, noon CST Pediatric Conference Center JCP 2415 Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP, or join us via zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/99315138598?pwd=VAtvTlfhbweArCtbRfNdCK2TIt43XH.1 Meeting ID: 993 1513 8598  Passcode: 345959 *Presented in conjunction with Pediatric Grand...

Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Jesse Rose

Monday, February 17, 2025 11:00am
Medical Education Research Facility
Jesse Rose is a current student of the Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, PhD Candidate, and is in Dr. Matt Potthoff's laboratory.

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Postdoctoral Seminar - Mauricio Oliveira, PhD

Tuesday, March 25, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility
"Regulation of cell type-specific translatomes in response to neuronal activity and behavior" Presented by Mauricio Oliveira, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar New York University New York, NY

Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series: Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD; Rush University Medical Center

Friday, May 9, 2025 12:00pm
Virtual
Please join us for the Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD; Rush University Medical Center Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Neurological Sciences, Anatomy and Cell Biology Director, RUSH Pediatric Neurosciences F.A.S.T. Center for Translational Research Friday, May 9, 2025, noon CST in the Pediatric Conference Center JCP2415 More information to come!  

Outstanding Alumni 

Alex Petrucci

Alex Petrucci

Eric Emmons

Eric Emmons

Victoria Muller Ewald

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DISSERTATION PRIZE WINNERS AWARDED BY THE GRADUATE COLLEGE. Joseph Parvizi, Michael Koenigs, and Benton Purnell (right) EARNED THE SPRIESTERSBACH DISSERTATION PRIZE. Matthew Sutterer, Arianna Rigon, Banu Gumusoglu, Victoria Muller Ewald (left) and Alex Petrucci WON THE REX MONTGOMERY DISSERTATION PRIZE.

Benton Purnell
Serena Gumusoglu
"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.”

Banu Gumusoglu, PhD

2020 winner, Rex Montgomery Dissertation Prize

News & Events

2025 Dare to Discover - NSCI

Four students from the neuroscience graduate program featured in the 2025 Dare to Discover Campaign

Thursday, January 23, 2025
12042024 - Micah Johnson - Thesis

Congratulations to Micah Johnson on a successful thesis defense!

Thursday, December 5, 2024
Micah presented her thesis seminar and defense on Wednesday, December 4th, 2024.

Carver College of Medicine Research Events

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Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
What is ORCID? Why would you want one? This session will discuss ORCID, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCID connects with other information systems. This will also be a hands-on workshop where everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCID and learn the most efficient ways to populate their profile with their publications. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the...
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Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 1: Nuts & Bolts (In-Person & Zoom)

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Hardin Library for Health Sciences
This class will provide a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review. Topics will include the following: standards and criteria to consider, establishing a plan, registering a protocol, developing a research question, determining where to search, identifying search terms, reporting search strategies, and managing references. PLEASE NOTE Advance registration is required for Zoom classes, though walk-ins are welcome for in-person classes. Virtual registrants will be...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Candidate Seminar - Andrew Huber, PhD

Thursday, February 6, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility
"Modulating promiscuous protein-ligand systems to combat drug resistance and toxicity" Presented by Andrew Huber, PhD Scientist Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital
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Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 2: Literature Searching (In-Person & Zoom)

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Hardin Library for Health Sciences
This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies, and saving and organizing references. We suggest that “Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review” be taken before...
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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Basic - Online Version (Zoom)

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software that is freely available to all UI affiliates. It allows you to import, organize and format citations for papers, articles, etc. EndNote Basic is not the same as the desktop software, Endnote. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, February 13, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
We have established a community of CCOM Informaticists who are applying these skills in their work at UIHC. You are invited to join us during our monthly seminar presentations. 

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Candidate Seminar - Dana Klatt Shaw, PhD

Thursday, February 13, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility
"Harnessing the immune system to drive regeneration" Presented by Dana Klatt Shaw, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar Department of Developmental Biology Washington University School of Medicine
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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Thursday, February 13, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual
This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account. PLEASE NOTE: Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.
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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Wednesday, February 19, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
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.
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Hardin Open Workshops - Scopus & Web of Science (Zoom)

Thursday, March 6, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
Both databases are multidisciplinary and allow you to measure scholarly impact. This hands-on session will show you: • How to quickly find the articles you need for you research or systematic review in each database. • How to track an article’s cited and citing references in each database. • How to find journal ‘Impact Factors’ using the Journal Citation Reports of Web of Science. • How to determine an author’s h-index. • How to identify a researcher and her/his publication track with...

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Events

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, January 13, 11:00am to Monday, December 8, 2025 12:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
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.
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ACB Seminar Series - Liyuan Yang

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building
Liyuan Yang, a Visiting Scholar from the John Engelhardt Lab will present a semianr titled, "Define CFTR Function in Alveolar Type II Cells of the Lung."

Models of Mitochondrial Fission from ODE to PDE to DDE

Friday, January 31, 2025 3:30pm to 4:20pm
MacLean Hall
Speaker: Colleen Mitchell, Dept. of Mathematics
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CS Colloquium - Research that Informs and Advances Policy

Friday, January 31, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Joe Calandrino on "Research that Informs and Advances Policy."
Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom) promotional image

Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual
What is ORCID? Why would you want one? This session will discuss ORCID, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCID connects with other information systems. This will also be a hands-on workshop where everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCID and learn the most efficient ways to populate their profile with their publications. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the...
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Exhibit Opening Celebration for 'A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive'

Tuesday, February 4, 2025 4:00pm to 6:00pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Enjoy refreshments, curator remarks, and an open house in recognition of the spring 2025 Main Library Gallery exhibit, A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive, curated by Rich Dana. Event Schedule  4–6 p.m.: Reception and open house with curator Rich Dana 4:30 p.m.: Brief remarks in the Main Library Gallery  6 p.m.: Opening event ends 8 p.m.: Main Library Gallery closes (open late on Tuesdays) Admission to the gallery is always free. No RSVP required for this event. About the...
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ACB Seminar Series - Jillian Williquett & Emily Adelizzi

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building
Jillian Williquett, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Sun Lab will present a seminar titled "An Energy-responsive Trafficking Mechanism for Diabetic Podocytopathy.” Emily Adelizzi, an Interdisciplinary Graduate Student in the Dunnwald Lab will present a seminar titled "Arhgap29 Regulates Epithelial Morphology and Contractility During Murine Palatogenesis.”
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CS Colloquium - A Formal Theory of Norms: Towards Artificial Moral Agents

Wednesday, February 5, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Taylor Olson (Northwestern University) on "A Formal Theory of Norms - Towards Artificial Moral Agents."
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CS Colloquium - Computational Approaches for Democratizing Online Community Governance

Friday, February 7, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Vinay Koshy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) on "Computational Approaches for Democratizing Online Community Governance."
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Neuroscience Recruitment Social Mixer - Second Weekend

Friday, February 7, 2025 6:30pm to 8:30pm
SpareMe Bowl & Arcade
Join us for a social mixer with the applicants to the Neuroscience Graduate Program at SpareMe Friday, Feb. 7, 2025.