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: Alexandra Alario

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 9:00am
Medical Education Research Facility

Outstanding Alumni 

Alex Petrucci

Alex Petrucci

Eric Emmons

Eric Emmons

Victoria Muller Ewald

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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.

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

Carver College of Medicine Research Events

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Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 1: Nuts & Bolts (Zoom)

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
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...
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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (In Person and Zoom)

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Hardin Library for Health Sciences
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
Medical Education Research Facility
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)
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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Basic - Online Version (Zoom)

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
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.

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Alex Keyes, PhD

Thursday, October 24, 2024 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility
"Role of Complement C5a/C5aR1 signaling in Chronic Neuropathic Pain" Presented by Alex Keyes, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Yuriy Usachev's Lab
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Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 2: Literature Searching (Zoom)

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual
This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies, and saving and organizing references. We suggest that “Nuts and Bolts of a Systematic Review” be taken before...
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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, November 6, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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: Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.
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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Thursday, November 7, 2024 10:00am to 11:00am
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: Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Virtual registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30...

INI Workshop: Stem Cell and Neurodevelopment

Friday, November 8 8:00am to Saturday, November 9, 2024 12:00pm

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, November 14, 2024 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. 

Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs Events

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ACB Seminar Series - Lisa Taneyhill

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building
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."

All of Us Program and Research Hub Seminar

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
The All of Us Research Program is one of the largest, most diverse biomedical datasets of its kind. This program provides the opportunity to enable research discoveries that drive more precise approaches to patient care. In this seminar we will review the program, the role of University of Iowa, and how to get access to the data via joining the All of Us Research Hub.

CS-MR SOT Chapters Joint Meeting “AI Tools for Toxicology"

Thursday, October 17 6:00pm to Friday, October 18, 2024 5:00pm
College of Public Health Building
The Human Toxicology Program will be hosting a joint meeting of the Central States Society of Toxicology (CSSOT) and the Midwest Regional Society of Toxicology. Dr. Peter Thorne, Human Toxicology Program Director, is serving as CSSOT Chair for 2024.
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Biology Seminar: "Adventures in germline biology and sex determination"

Friday, October 18, 2024 3:30pm
Biology Building East
Florence Marlow, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Cell, Developmental, & Regenerative Biology at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, will be giving a seminar at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 18, in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East.
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CS Colloquium - On extensibility

Friday, October 18, 2024 3:30pm to 4:30pm
MacLean Hall
Garrett Morris (UIowaCS) "On extensibility"
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Guest Author James Fitzmaurice: Hobgoblin Gennel

Saturday, October 19, 2024 2:30pm to 3:30pm
University of Iowa Main Library
Join author James Fitzmaurice in Shambaugh Auditorium in the Main Library for a conversation about his new young adult novel, Hobgoblin Gennel, moderated by Library and Information Science graduate student Theo Prineas. Light refreshments provided. In this off-beat tale of adventure, teenagers Irie and Fred are fast friends. Irie, of Afro-Caribbean heritage, was born in Sheffield where they both live. Fred is an expat American transplanted from Yuma, Arizona, with a keen interest in Sheffield’s...
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ACB Seminar Series - Samuel Stephens

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building
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."
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College of Public Health Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 12:30pm to 1:20pm
College of Public Health Building
2024 College of Public Health Distinguished Faculty Lecture

Variability and Relevance of Current Laboratory Mammalian Toxicity Tests and Expectations for New Approach Methods (NAMs) for use in Human Health Risk Assessment

Friday, October 25, 2024 11:00am to 12:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility
Weihsueh A. Chiu, PhD, Professor, Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University will present on his research on the variability and relevance of current laboratory mammalian toxicity tests and expectations for new approach methods (NAMs) for use in human health risk assessment.
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Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Alexandra Alario

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 9:00am
Medical Education Research Facility