Seminar Series
NSCI 6265
The NSCI 6265 Neuroscience Seminar Series provides a weekly forum for research presentations by faculty, graduate students, and invited guest speakers of national and international distinction. The seminar is attended by students in the Neuroscience Program, faculty, and guests from departments and programs across the University of Iowa, fostering an engaging environment for scientific exchange. Thoughtful discussion and active participation are encouraged.
The seminar series is directed by Professor Seth Tomchik, who oversees speaker selection to ensure a consistently high-quality program featuring diverse and impactful neuroscience research.
A hallmark of the seminar series is its emphasis on student-faculty engagement. Faculty and invited speakers are introduced by a Neuroscience graduate student, who provides both a brief overview of the speaker's research and a personal introduction.
Seminars are held on Tuesdays from 4:00–5:00 p.m in GH E331. On the fourth Tuesday of each month, seminars are extended until 5:30 p.m. and are held in Biology Building East (BBE), Room 101 to accommodate additional discussion and networking opportunities.
Fall 2026 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Location | Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| August 25 | 101 BBE | Program Welcome with Director Dan Tranel |
| 5:30 end | Trevor Butler - Resch Lab | |
| Yassine Filali - Hultman Lab | ||
| September 1 | GH E331 | Faculty Data Blitz |
| TBD | ||
| September 8 | GH E331 | Savannah Bliese - Chatterjee Lab |
| Nathan Cremers - Wessel Lab | ||
| September 15 | GH E331 | Emily Dappen - Nourski Lab |
| Narges Firouzshahi - Hefti Lab | ||
| September 22 | 101 BBE | Izzy Herring - Williams & Parker Labs |
| 5:30 end | Marshal Jahnke - Wemmie & Chan Labs | |
| Drew Kain - Gantz Lab | ||
| September 29 | GH E331 | Matthew Summerfield - Buchanan Lab |
| Chiara Borrelli - Richerson Lab | ||
| October 6 | GH E331 | Maureen Eberle - Hultman Lab |
| Hannah Hazzard - Gumusoglu Lab | ||
| October 13 | GH E331 | Jay Smuszkiewicz - Glykys Lab |
| Hanxiao (Hudson) Liu - LaLumiere Lab | ||
| October 20 | GH E331 | Preston Pellatz - Boudreau Lab |
| Julia Neuharth - Stewart Lab | ||
| October 27 | 101 BBE | Taylor Jorgensen - Keimig - Abel Lab |
| 5:30 end | Tre'Andice Williams - Hefti Lab | |
| Gabby Bierlein - De La Rosa (MSTP) - Flippo Lab | ||
| November 3 | GH E331 | Joe Caruana - Petkov Lab |
| Michelle Chen (MSTP) - Stevens Lab | ||
| November 10 | GH E331 | Mackenzie Conlon (MSTP) - Narayanan Lab |
| Regan Fair - Abel Lab | ||
| November 17 | N/A | No seminar due to Society for Neuroscience conference |
| November 24 | N/A | No seminar due to Fall Break |
| December 1 | GH E331 | Guest Speaker - TBD |
| December 8 | GH E331 | Jess Frame - Voss Lab |
| Stephanie Hernandez - Anderson Lab | ||
| December 15 | N/A | No Seminar due to Finals Week |