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 - Gabrielle (Gabby) Bierlein-De La Rosa and Alex Dou
Thursday, April 3, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Gabby Bierlein-De La Rosa
Graduate Student in Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz's lab
Presented by Alex Dou
Graduate student in Dr. Chris Ahern's lab
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Bill Milanick
Friday, April 4, 2025 12:00pm
Bill Milanick is a student in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been in Dr. Sam Young's laboratory.If you are unable to make it in person, please consider joining via Zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95163819372Meeting ID: 951 6381 9372
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
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Edward H. Egelman
Thursday, April 3, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.
Using Cryo-EM to Understand Evolution
Edward H. Egelman, PhD
Harrison Distinguished Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia
Egelman Lab | https://egelmanlab.org/
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Gabrielle (Gabby) Bierlein-De La Rosa and Alex Dou
Thursday, April 3, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Gabby Bierlein-De La Rosa
Graduate Student in Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz's lab
Presented by Alex Dou
Graduate student in Dr. Chris Ahern's lab
Iowa Neuroscience Institute Seminar: Kelly Bijanki, PhD
Friday, April 4, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
"Unlocking affective neurobiology through intracranial recording and stimulation”
Kelly Bijanki, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine
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...
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.
ACB Seminar Series - Amelia Hurley-Novatny & Tate Neff
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Amelia Hurley-Novatny, a MSTP student from the Li Lab will present a seminar titled "Intra-Articular Injection of Matrix-Bound Nanovesicles Attenuates Development of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis in a Mouse Model”Tate Neff, a CDB student from the Yang Lab will present a seminar titled "The Role of Micropeptide in BNLN in CFRD”
CS Colloquium - Cloud System Security: From Cloud Orchestration to Hardware Attacks - CANCELLED
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Speaker
Chongzhou Fang
Abstract
In recent decades, cloud computing has profoundly changed our lives, providing the foundational infrastructure that supports countless applications. However, these shared environments are vulnerable to various hardware-based attacks, including microarchitectural side-channel attacks initiated by malicious users. Such exploitable vulnerabilities can be found across the entire cloud hierarchy, from resource orchestration software to the underlying heterogeneous...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Edward H. Egelman
Thursday, April 3, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.
Using Cryo-EM to Understand Evolution
Edward H. Egelman, PhD
Harrison Distinguished Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia
Egelman Lab | https://egelmanlab.org/
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Gabrielle (Gabby) Bierlein-De La Rosa and Alex Dou
Thursday, April 3, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Gabby Bierlein-De La Rosa
Graduate Student in Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz's lab
Presented by Alex Dou
Graduate student in Dr. Chris Ahern's lab
TBN
Friday, April 4, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Human Toxicology Program student, Ishrat Nourin Khan, will present her research. Nourin is being mentored by Dr. Andrean Simons-Burnett.
TBN
Friday, April 4, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Laura Beane Freeman, Senior Investigator in the Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, will present. The focus of Dr. Beane Freeman’s work includes investigating cancer risk associated with a number of occupational and environmental exposures. Specifically, she conducts research related to the agricultural environment, including pesticides; industrial chemical exposures such as formaldehyde; and drinking water contaminants, such as disinfection by-products...
Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Bill Milanick
Friday, April 4, 2025 12:00pm
Bill Milanick is a student in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been in Dr. Sam Young's laboratory.If you are unable to make it in person, please consider joining via Zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/95163819372Meeting ID: 951 6381 9372
Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Misty Perez
Friday, April 4, 2025 2:00pm
Misty Perez is a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Science (Molecular Medicine) Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been with the Dr. Matt Potthoff laboratory.If you are not able to attend in person, please consider showing your support by attending via Zoom.Zoom link: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/99175823379