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Congratulations to Dr. Huxing Cui for receiving renewal for his NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute R01 Grant for 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
Dr. Cui was first awarded funding for this project in 2021. Congratulations again Dr. Cui!
UI faculty member awarded prestigious fellowship for neuroscience research
Thursday, February 22, 2024
Ben Kreitlow, MD/PhD student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, earning his PhD in neuroscience, student in the Buchanan Lab, featured in 2024 Dare to Discover
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Ben investigates how the nighttime may increase risk of death following a seizure.
Banu Gumusoglu, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology & Assistant Professor, Psychiatry; Neuroscience PhD program alumna, featured in 2024 Dare to Discover
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Dr. Banu Gumusoglu was a postdoc when nominated for the Dare to Discover series and now she’s an assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology as well as the Department of Psychiatry! Dr. Gumusoglu directs the Molecular Investigation of Neuroscience, Development, and Obstetrics Lab (MINDFOL). We are excited to watch Banu Gumusoglu launch her own lab studying pregnancy and brain health!
Avery Van De Water, PhD program student in Dorit Kliemann's lab, featured in 2024 Dare to Discover
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Avery wants to understand how the brain integrates multisensory info to make sense of the social world & how this process may be altered in autism spectrum disorder
Spread the word about iDREAM!
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Are you a 2023 or 2024 college graduate who is interested in neuroscience but not sure about next steps? Apply to iDREAM, a 2-year neuroscience post-baccalaureate program for recent graduates from colleges that don't offer bioscience PhDs
Banu Gumusoglu, PhD, a University of Iowa postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Iowa Neuroscience Institute, has won a 2023 Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Dr. Gumusoglu, a 2020 graduate of the UI Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratories of Mark Santillan, MD, PhD, associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Donna Santillan, PhD, research associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology.