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 - First Weekend

Friday, January 24, 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, Jan. 24, 2025.
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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.

Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series: Melissa Brotman, PhD, "Translation, treatment and technology: An integrative approach to pediatric psychopathology"

Friday, February 14, 2025 12:00pm
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Please join us for the Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series, featuring  Melissa Brotman, PhD Chief of the Neuroscience and Novel Therapeutics Unit, Emotion and Development Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health  "Translation, treatment and technology: An integrative approach to pediatric psychopathology" Friday, Feb. 14, 2025, noon CST Pediatric Conference Center JCP 2415 More information to come!  

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

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

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Candidate Seminar - Dionéia Araldi, MSc, PhD

Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility
"Nociceptor plasticity as a key driver of inflammatory and chronic pain" Presented by Dionéia Araldi, MSc, PhD Associate Professional Researcher Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery School of Dentistry UCSF Pain and Addiction Research Center University of California, San Francisco
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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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)

Thursday, January 23, 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.

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Candidate Seminar - Bo Zhou, PhD

Thursday, January 23, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility
"Insights into the genetic architecture of neuropsychiatric disorders through the lens of human-specific genome structural instability" Presented by Bo Zhou, PhD Instructor Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine
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Hardin Open Workshops: EMBASE (Zoom)

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics. PLEASE NOTE Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Candidate Seminar - Zepeng Yao, PhD

Tuesday, January 28, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility
"Regulation of Feeding and Energy Balance by Serotonin Circuits and the Gut-Brain Axis" Presented by Zepeng Yao, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biology University of Florida
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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...

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 - Beverly Davidson

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Bowen Science Building
Dr. Beverly Davidson, an a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present a seminar titled "Engineering Gene Therapies for Inherited Disorders." 
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Biology Seminar: "Hybridization, Domestication, and Chromosomes: Disentangling the Threads of Evolution"

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 4:00pm
Biology Building East
James Alfieri, PhD, a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Biology at Texas A&M University, will be giving a seminar at 4:00pm on Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East.
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Biology Seminar: "From Foundations to Function: How to Build an Epithelium"

Friday, January 24, 2025 3:30pm
Biology Building East
Tara Finegan, PhD, an Assistant Research Professor and Director of the Advanced Light Microscopy Core in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri, will be giving a seminar at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE).
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Neuroscience Recruitment Social Mixer - First Weekend

Friday, January 24, 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, Jan. 24, 2025.

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar

Monday, January 27, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
The 2024-2025 Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series is organized by our colleagues at Penn State University and will feature virtual seminars from a different Big Ten neuro program on the 4th Monday of each month (November, December, May dates are adjusted for holidays.) The links will be shared in the Neuroscience this week email. Contact iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu if you do not receive this email and would like to attend a seminar.
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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."
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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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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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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.