Insights into hippocampal function from studies on synaptic plasticity in area CA2Serena M. Dudek, PhDSenior Investigator and Acting Chief, Neurobiology LaboratoryNational Institute of Environmental Health, NIH

We invite you to attend a welcome reception for David Schwebel, the university's new vice president for research, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. The event will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Levitt Center for University Advancement Rotunda, located at One West Park Road in Iowa City, Iowa. Please note that brief remarks will be delivered at 5:15 p.m.

Dr. Eszter Vladar, an Associate Professor of Medicine from the University of Colorado will present a seminar titled "Ciliated Airway Epithelium: How to Make It, Break It, Then Fix It.".

GPCRs in Cancer: Mechanistic Insights and Emerging Therapeutic OpportunitiesSonghai Chen, PhDAssociate ProfessorDept of Neuroscience & PharmacologyUniversity of Iowa

"Developing gene-modifying therapies for SCN1A- and SCN1B-linked developmental and epileptic encephalopathy"Lori Isom, PhDChair of Department of PharmacologyProfessor of Molecular and Integrative PhysiologyProfessor of NeurologyUniversity of MichiganMichigan Neuroscience InstituteDr. William Talman retired from the University of Iowa in March 2017, after 33 years as a faculty member in the Department of Neurology. His clinical specialty was autonomic disorders. The annual “William Talman, MD...

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: Mara Steinkamp, PhDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of PathologyUniversity of New MexicoAlbuquerque, New MexicoAll are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: Guohua An, MD, PhDAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental TherapeuticsUniversity of IowaIowa City, IAAll are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

Sophia Vinogradov, MDProfessor and Department HeadDonald W. Hastings Endowed ChairDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral ScienceUniversity of Minnesota Medical SchoolLecture title to comeThe annual Andreasen lecture, established by the UI Department of Psychiatry in 2018, honors Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD, UI professor of psychiatry, an internationally recognized neuroscientist and a leader in the field of schizophrenia research.

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: Kristina Thiel, PhDAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Obstetrics and GynecologyUniversity of IowaIowa City, IowaAll are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: Christian Fernandez, PhDAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Pharmaceutical SciencesUniversity of PittsburghPittsburg, PennsylvaniaAll are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.