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: Avery Van De Water
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 1:00pm
Avery Van De Water is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Their research has been conducted in Dorit Kliemann'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: Angela Smith
Tuesday, November 10, 2026 11:00am
Angela Smith is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. Her research has been conducted in both Kathleen Sluka's and Stephanie Gantz's 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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"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.”
Carver College of Medicine Research Events
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, September 9, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, August 12, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, July 8, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, June 10, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, May 13, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, April 8, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, March 11, 2027 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Biomedical and Health Informatics Community Meeting
Neuroscience News
Pigeons can discriminate both space and time
Monday, January 22, 2018
Finding underscores that animals beyond humans and primates show abstract intelligence. Pigeons aren’t so bird-brained after all.New research at the University of Iowa shows that pigeons can discriminate the abstract concepts of space and time—and seem to use a different region of the brain than humans and primates to do so. In experiments, pigeons were shown on a computer screen a static...
Tranel named 2017 AAAS Fellow
Monday, December 4, 2017
The honor will be presented at the February 2018 AAAS meetingUniversity of Iowa faculty member Daniel Tranel has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the journal Science. Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.This year 396 members have been...
Learning shows sex bias in mice with mutation tied to autism
Monday, December 4, 2017
Male mice with a genetic variant tied to autism have learning difficulties that females with the variant do not, a new study suggests1.The mice are missing a stretch of DNA on chromosome 16 called 16p11.2. About 30 percent of people with the deletion have autism.The male mice also show sex-specific changes in the activity of a molecular pathway thought to be involved in autism and related...
Changing Brain Networks Post Surgery
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
For patients who have undergone brain surgery, little is known about how their cognitive functions change and recover over time.As a doctoral student at the University of Iowa, Matt Sutterer uncovered answers about the brain’s plasticity and reorganization. His research demonstrated that brain network changes occur in the early weeks after surgery, and continue months after the procedure.“For...
Dr. John Wemmie featured in Scientific American article
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
UI's very own Dr. John Wemmie was featured in a recent article published by the Scientific American regarding psychiatric disorders and their relationship to increased levels of acidity found in the brains of people with psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This area of investigation could have novel implications for therapies for psychiatric disorders. Read the full...
Wonder Women lead UI Psychiatry
Monday, August 21, 2017
Three women, each with diverse clinical and research specialties, are now at the helm of the Department of Psychiatry. The dynamic trio joins a strong leadership team that already includes another female leader, bringing the total to four women leaders with common goals of boosting mental health care and training, while keeping the department at the cutting-edge of research. Top Row: Jodi Tate...
UI Adds New Neuroscience Major
Monday, July 17, 2017
UI faculty members discuss the new undergraduate neuroscience major approved by the state Board of Regents on June 28.The University of Iowa is elevating its strength in the health sciences to bring together numerous disciplines and create an undergraduate neuroscience major.The state Board of Regents approved the major in a June 28 telephonic meeting.Months prior to the regents’ approval of the...
UI researchers find brain region that affects drug use habits
Monday, July 10, 2017
The human brain is nimble. It can reorganize itself to learn new things, catalog memories, and even break old habits. So, what if our brains could be taught to suppress cravings, especially the destructive impulse to use drugs?University of Iowa researchers studying the infralimbic cortex—a region of the brain that controls addictive behavior—performed a series of experiments in which rats were...
Benson Named Clinical Chief of Cardiology
Monday, July 3, 2017
Dr. Christopher Benson has been named the Clinical Chief of Cardiology for the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine. Dr. Benson is a Professor of Internal Medicine and of Pharmacology and Chief of Cardiology at the VA Medical Center. He received his MD from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine where he also did his residency. He then completed a four-year cardiovascular fellowship at...
Metabolic enzyme drives memory formation
Monday, June 26, 2017
Loss of metabolic enzyme in mouse brains impairs long-term spatial memoryACSS2 enzyme, which is required for long-term spatial memory, relocates to the cell nucleus where gene expression occurs. Image shows mouse neurons from the hippocampus. Neuron nuclei are stained blue and ACSS2 enzyme is red, so overlap is pink-purple. The axons are green. Image credit: University of PennsylvaniaWhen certain...