The Neuroscience Graduate Program congratulates Brittany Williams (Lee lab, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics) on her successful thesis defense yesterday! Her seminar title: Title: Characterization of the modulatory effects of alternative splicing on Cav1.4 Ca2+channels Pictured below Mentor Amy Lee, PhD (left) and Brittany (right)

Neuroscience doctoral candidate Brittany Williams loves conducting research, work that she likens to solving a complex puzzle. Through the support of mentors and the welcoming environment at the University of Iowa, she hopes to help those who suffer from visual impairments.Brittany Williams is familiar with the saying “Great minds think alike.” But it’s nowhere near her favorite quote—she prefers...

Guang Hao (Max) Liu, from the lab of Gloria Lee, successfully defended his thesis on Thursday, February 24th. His dissertation title is "Investigating the effects of Tau-Fyn interaction in healthy and disease states of the brain." Way to go Max!

Krystal Parker, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, has received a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to continue exploring the idea that the cerebellum may play a key role in cognitive function and may be targeted in diseases such as schizophrenia, autism, bipolar disorder, and Parkinson’s disease.

The Neuroscience Graduate Program congratulates Jake Rysted in the Usachev lab (Pharmacology) on his successful thesis defense recently. Congratulations!In the picture: Mentor Yuriy Usachev, PhD (left) and Jake (Right)

The Neuroscience Graduate Program congratulates Jada Bittle in the Stevens lab (Psychiatry) on her successful thesis defense yesterday! Her title: "The role of redox dysregulation in the effects of prenatal stress on embryonic and adult brain"In the picture: Jada (left) and Mentor Hanna Stevens, MD., PhD (right)

The Neuroscience Graduate Program congratulates Thomas James in the Frank (Anatomy and Cell Biology) lab on his successful thesis defense recently! His title: "Discrete IP3 signaling requirements underlie acute and chronic forms of homeostatic synaptic plasticity" In the Picture: Mentor C. Andrew Frank, PhD(left) and Thomas (right)

The Neuroscience Graduate Program congratulates Alexander (Sasha) Tereshchenko, MSTP student, in Nopoulos lab (Psychiatry) on his successful thesis defense last week! His title: "Brain Structure and function in juvenile-onset Huntington's disease".In the picture: Mentor Peg Nopoulos, MD (left) and Sasha (right)

Frida Teran (Richerson lab) recently received an F31 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Frida's project title is: "A novel dietary therapy for epilepsy: potential mechanisms of action."Banu Gumusoglu (Stevens lab) recently won a Trainee Professional Development Award from the Society for Neuroscience to support her participation in the Neuroscience 2018 meeting in San Diego.

Eric Emmons successfully defended his thesis recently! Title: "The role of frontostriatal circuits in basic cognitive processing” Congratulations!In the picture: Mentor Kumar Narayanan, MD., PhD (left) and Eric (right)