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
ACB Seminar Series - Mason Sweat
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 9:30am to 10:30am
Dr. Mason Sweat, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from Harvard University will present a seminar tilted "Mechanisms of Atrial Identity and Disease."
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, October 14, 2024 11:00am to 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.
ACB Seminar Series - Lisa Taneyhill
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 9:30am to 10:30am
Dr. Lisa Taneyhill, a Professor in the Department of Animal and Avian Sciences at the University of Maryland will present a seminar titled "Intercellular Interactions During Development: A Tale of Chickens (in a) Coup with Mice."
ACB Seminar Series - Samuel Stephens
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 9:30am to 10:30am
Dr. Samuel Stephens, an Associate Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Iowa will present a seminar titled "Dissecting Metabolic Control of Pancreatic Beta-cell Secretory Organelle Function."
ACB Semianr Series - Steve Caplan
Wednesday, October 30, 2024 9:30am to 10:30am
Dr. Steve Caplan, a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Nebraska, will present a seminar titled "Molecular Mechanisms of Endocytic Trafficking: How Fission Makes the Cut."
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, November 11, 2024 11:00am to 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, December 9, 2024 11:00am to 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.
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
Carver College of Medicine Research Events
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)
Thursday, October 3, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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.
Please Note:
Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Virtual registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30...
Hardin Open Workshops - Scopus & Web of Science (Zoom)
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
Both databases are multidisciplinary and allow you to measure scholarly impact. This hands-on session will show you:
• How to quickly find the articles you need for you research or systematic review in each database.
• How to track an article’s cited and citing references in each database.
• How to find journal ‘Impact Factors’ using the Journal Citation Reports of Web of Science.
• How to determine an author’s h-index.
• How to identify a researcher and her/his publication track with...
Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting
Thursday, October 10, 2024 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.
Hardin Open Workshops: Conducting a Health Sciences Literature Review (In-Person and Zoom)
Thursday, October 10, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The session will offer a framework for conducting a quality health sciences literature review for scholarly projects or publication. Learn tips about how to identify sources, use appropriate search techniques, organize results, and synthesize the body of literature to successfully prepare a review. Key differences in search methodology for reviews in the health sciences will be described, with examples provided. Although introductory material regarding systematic and scoping reviews will be...
ACRC Seminar Series
Friday, October 11, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Postdoctoral Seminar Series - Tyler Nguyen, PhD
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 10:30am to 11:30am
"Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) associated inflammation and chronic pain: through the lens of in vivo imaging"
Presented by Tyler Nguyen, PhD
Assistant Research Professor
Department of Anesthesia & Stark Neuroscience Research Institute
Indiana University School of Medicine
Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 1: Nuts & Bolts (Zoom)
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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
Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the...
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (In Person and Zoom)
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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.
Jared Rutter, PhD
Thursday, October 17, 2024 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Jared Rutter, PhD - Distinguished Biomedical Scholar's Lecture Series
"Metabolism, Cellular Decisions and the Language That Unites Them"
Jared Rutter, PhD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry
University of Utah
The Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series features top-tier scientists and physicians performing high-impact research in a variety of areas.
Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024
4 p.m.
Prem Sahai Auditorium (1110 MERF)
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Basic - Online Version (Zoom)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software that is freely available to all UI affiliates. It allows you to import, organize and format citations for papers, articles, etc. EndNote Basic is not the same as the desktop software, Endnote.
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.
Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Events
Iowa Health Data Resource (IHDR) Summer and Fall Seminar Series
Thursday, October 3, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm
Please join us throughout the summer and early fall for this exciting seminar series! Each seminar will feature a different expert who will present on topics geared to enhance your understanding and accessibility of health science data.
Seminars will take place over Zoom 11 a.m.–noon CST.
NIEHS Virtual Recruitment Session
Friday, October 4, 2024 1:00pm to 2:30pm
An NIEHS Recruitment Session is going to take place virtually (Zoom) on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. This afternoon event will introduce students and prospective fellows to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), an institute that is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and located in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Participants will have the opportunity to learn about the research happening at NIEHS, hear about available positions from...
CS Colloquium - Relational Algorithms
Friday, October 4, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
Kirk Pruhs (University of Pittsburgh) on "Relational Algorithms"
Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture with Damion Thomas
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 6:00pm to 7:00pm
The University of Iowa Libraries and the Department of American Studies welcome all to attend a lecture in Shambaugh Auditorium by Ida Cordelia Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Damion Thomas.
In his talk, entitled "Leveling the Playing Field: Sports at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture,” Thomas will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the sports gallery at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Since opening in...
How Libraries Foster Civic Engagement
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 7:00pm to 8:00pm
Sam Helmick highlights the crucial role library professionals play in fostering civic engagement by ensuring equitable access to information and resources related to the electoral process. By empowering communities with knowledge and tools, libraries serve as vital hubs and library professional serve as essential connectors for informed participation in democracy.
Sam Helmick has served as a library worker for over fifteen years. As Iowa City Public Library's Community & Access Services...
ACB Seminar Series - Mason Sweat
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 9:30am to 10:30am
Dr. Mason Sweat, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow from Harvard University will present a seminar tilted "Mechanisms of Atrial Identity and Disease."
Iowa Health Data Resource (IHDR) Summer and Fall Seminar Series
Thursday, October 10, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm
Please join us throughout the summer and early fall for this exciting seminar series! Each seminar will feature a different expert who will present on topics geared to enhance your understanding and accessibility of health science data.
Seminars will take place over Zoom 11 a.m.–noon CST.
RESCHEDULED: Molecular Medicine Retreat
Friday, October 11, 2024 8:00am
The Molecular Medicine Retreat is run each year by rising 4th-year students in the program, along with program administrative staff.
2024 Molecular Medicine Annual Retreat Keynote Speaker: Dr. Timothy A McKinsey, PhD
Friday, October 11, 2024 10:10am
Exploring Behavioral Effects and DNA Methylation as a Mechanism of Sub-Chronic Organophosphate Toxicity in a Mouse Model
Friday, October 11, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm
Human Toxicology Program student Alyssa Daniel will present her research on exploring behavioral effects and DNA methylation as a mechanism of sub-chronic organophosphate toxicity in a mouse model. Alyssa is doing her research with Dr. Marie Gaine.