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."


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Iowa Neuroscience Institute

Provides collaborative support for the neuroscience community.

IDGP Neuroscience Events

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Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Utsav Mukherjee

Wednesday, April 8, 2026 2:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Utsav Mukherjee is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program. His research has been conducted in Dr. Ted Abel'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.

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Eric Sundberg, PhD

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Eric Sundberg, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Biochemistry
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Robin Bogner, PhD

Tuesday, April 28, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Robin Bogner, PhD
Director, Kildsig Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research (CPPR)
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut

Seminar Title: "Emerging Technology to Enhance the Stabilization of Therapeutics by Lyophilization"

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

Outstanding Alumni 

Alex Petrucci

Alex Petrucci

Eric Emmons

Eric Emmons

Katelyn Joyal

Katelyn Joyal

Victoria Muller Ewald

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DISSERTATION PRIZE WINNERS AWARDED BY THE GRADUATE COLLEGE.

Joseph Parvizi, Michael Koenigs, and Benton Purnell (right), Katelyn Joyal EARNED THE SPRIESTERSBACH DISSERTATION PRIZE.

Matthew Sutterer, Arianna Rigon, Banu Gumusoglu, Victoria Muller E
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

Avenir Award Shen

Congratulations to Susan Shen, MD, PhD

Friday, December 19, 2025

Carver College of Medicine Research Events

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Study Hall

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, February 4, 2026 10:00am to 11:00am
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:

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance registration is required for Zoom classes, though walk-ins...

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Study Hall

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, February 12, 2026 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. 

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Neuroscience and Pharmacology Workshop - Emily Hagan and Tehreem Haider

Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The role of neonatal testosterone dysregulation on early development and behavior in wild-type mice

Emily Hagan
Pharmacology Graduate Student
Dr. Sarah Ferri's Lab

Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genetic Etiology, and Research Approaches

Tehreem Haider
Pharmacology Graduate Student
Dr. Stefan Strack's Lab

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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Friday, February 13, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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.

PLEASE NOTE

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance...

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Study Hall

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
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Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)

Thursday, February 19, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
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

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance registration is required...

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Study Hall

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Rui Zhao

Thursday, February 26, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Rui Zhao, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz

Faculty Host: Lori Wallrath, PhD

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Events

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, February 9, 2026 11:00am to 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 - Dr. Pierre Coulombe

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

Dr. Pierre Coulombe, Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of Michigan, will present a seminar titled "Sequential Expression of Keratins Regulate Progenitor and Differentiating Keratinocytes in Healthy and Diseased Skin."

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Colloquium - A Hessian View of Fine-tuning, Task Attribution, and Reinforcement Learning: Three Vignettes in Modern Machine Learning

Friday, February 13, 2026 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Schaeffer Hall
We welcome Hongyang Zhang, Ph.D., from Northeastern University, whose research lies at the intersection of machine learning, optimization algorithms, and statistical learning.
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Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)

Thursday, February 19, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
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

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance registration is required...

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The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2026

Saturday, February 21 to Sunday, February 22, 2026 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
Welcome students, faculty, and all members of the community to our annual UIowa Computing Conference!
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The University of Iowa Computing Conference (UICC) 2026

Sunday, February 22, 2026 (all day)
University of Iowa Main Library
Welcome students, faculty, and all members of the community to our annual UIowa Computing Conference!

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Rui Zhao

Thursday, February 26, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Rui Zhao, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz

Faculty Host: Lori Wallrath, PhD

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, March 9, 2026 11:00am to 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.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, April 13, 2026 11:00am to 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.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, May 11, 2026 11:00am to 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.