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 & Pharmacology Workshop - Nathan Gentilman and Hannah Hazzard
Thursday, April 10, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Nathan Gentilman
Graduate Student in Dr. David Roman's lab
Presented by Hannah Hazzard
Graduate student in Dr. Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu's lab
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Guest Speaker and Alumna, Jessica R. Thomas, PhD
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 4:00pm
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Maya Evans
Friday, April 18, 2025 2:30pm
Maya Evans is PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. She is a part of Dr. Hanna Stevens's laboratory. If you cannot attend in person, please consider attending via zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91541797824
Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series: Elizabeth Berry-Kravis, MD, PhD; Rush University Medical Center
Friday, May 9, 2025 12:00pm
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!
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Amy Barry
Thursday, July 10, 2025 11:30am
If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95329954724Meeting ID: 953 2995 4724
Outstanding Alumni
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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.
"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
Congratulations to program alumnus Erik Zorrilla, PhD!
Monday, March 3, 2025
Dr. Zorrilla is the first author of the recent paper, “Combined effects of cannabidiol and Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol alleviate migraine-like symptoms in mice,” which has been selected as the Editor’s Choice for the February issue of Cephalalgia.
Carver College of Medicine Research Events
Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Workshop: Nathan Mohar, Wallrath Lab
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Nathan Mohar, Wallrath Laboratory
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)
Thursday, April 10, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
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.
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, April 10, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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 Workshop - Nathan Gentilman and Hannah Hazzard
Thursday, April 10, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Nathan Gentilman
Graduate Student in Dr. David Roman's lab
Presented by Hannah Hazzard
Graduate student in Dr. Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu's lab
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Ben Kelvington and Karley Monaghan
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Presented by Ben Kelvington
Graduate Student in Dr. Ted Abel's lab
Presented by Karley Monaghan
Graduate student in Dr. Chris Benson's lab
Hardin Open Workshops: Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators (In-Person & Zoom)
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Open Access to scientific literature is one of the most hotly debated topics in scholarly publishing. This workshop will provide an overview of what scientists need to know when making their research open access. We will cover the basics of what we mean by open access, how open access relates to the NIH Public Access policy, open access journals in the biomedical sciences, predatory publishing scams, and best practices for evaluating your open access options.
PLEASE NOTE
Advance registration...
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (In Person and Zoom)
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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:
Advance registration is required to participate on Zoom. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Sara Stahley
Thursday, April 17, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.
Cadherin regulation of planar cell polarity in the mammalian epidermis
Sara Stahley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Pennsylvania State University Cancer Institute
Stahley Lab | https://sites.psu.edu/stahleylab/
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Olivia Klein and Emma Luhmann
Thursday, April 17, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Olivia Klein
Graduate Student in the labs of Drs. Mark Schultz and Marco Hefti
Presented by Emma Luhmann
Graduate student in Dr. Kevin Campbell's lab
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Events
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, January 13, 11:00am to Monday, December 8, 2025 12:00pm
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
Monday, March 10, 2025 11:00am to Monday, February 2, 2026 11:00am
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.
Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Workshop: Nathan Mohar, Wallrath Lab
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Nathan Mohar, Wallrath Laboratory
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics
ACB Seminar Series - Alan Cheng
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Dr. Alan Cheng, a Professor of Otolaryngology from the Stanford University School of Medicine, will present a seminar titled "Regeneration of the Mammalian Inner Ear-a Balancing Act."
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Nathan Gentilman and Hannah Hazzard
Thursday, April 10, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Nathan Gentilman
Graduate Student in Dr. David Roman's lab
Presented by Hannah Hazzard
Graduate student in Dr. Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu's lab
UICB presents the Nancy Brownell Lecture on the History of the Book featuring Barbara E. Mundy
Thursday, April 10, 2025 5:30pm
Join us for a lecture from Barbara E. Mundy called "The Queen, the tlahcuilo and the printing press: Cultures of control and spaces of freedom in the sixteenth-century Americas."
Mundy is a Professor of Art History and the Martha and Donald Robertson Chair in Latin American Art, Tulane University.
Single-Cell Genomics in Cancer and Toxicant-Induced Genome Evolution
Friday, April 11, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Jun Xia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Texas A and M University will present his research on the Single-Cell Genomics in Cancer and Toxicant-Induced Genome Evolution.
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, April 14, 2025 11:00am to Monday, March 9, 2026 12:00pm
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.
Curator Guided Tour of 'A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive' with Rich Dana
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Join curator Rich Dana for a special guided tour of the current Main Library Gallery exhibition, A Roll of the Dice: Symbolism in the Sackner Archive. All are welcome to attend this free event.
About the exhibit:
In 1897, French Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé revolutionized the world of graphic design with a single poem that forever changed the way we look at words. His work illustrated how text conveys meaning not only through words, but also as visual symbols that contain a deeper...