Dr. Matthew Potthoff, an Associate Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, FOE Diabetes Research Center, and Iowa Neurosciences Institute, has been named the recipient of the Roy J. Carver Endowed Professorship in Neuroscience and Pharmacology as a recognition of his...
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Congratulations to Jianing Song, in the Strack lab successfully defended his thesis, entitled: "Mutations and Substrates of E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Adaptor Kelch-like 15 and Link to Neurodevelopmental Disorders".
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Chandra Maharjan, Graduate research assistant in Dr. Dawn Quelle's laboratory receives a Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Fellowship for Spring 2021. Abstract: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are rare, difficult-to-treat cancers with unclear molecular pathogenesis. My research seeks to...
Congratulations to Sharon Jensen-Cody, Molecular Medicine graduate student in the Potthoff lab successfully defended her thesis, entitled: "Regulation of Macronutrient Intake by Fibroblast Growth Factor 21".
Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD , Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology, was awarded a 5-year $1.9 million National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH/NIAAA) R01 Research Grant entitled “Alcohol and the Serotonin System in the...
Dr. Deniz Atasoy, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, has been awarded a 5-year $1.9 million National Institute of Health (NIH) R01 Research Grant for his project titled “Targeting Ascending Catecholamine Pathways to Prevent Hypoglycemia”. The goal of...
To augment the undergraduate educational contribution of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, faculty members Katelin Dannen, Ph.D., Associate, and Barry Kasson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Education, have developed two new undergraduate pharmacology courses and significantly...
Our heartiest congratulations go out to Donald D. Heistad, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Neuroscience and Pharmacology and the Pomerantz Family Chair in Cardiology, who is slated to be honored with the 2020 Daryl and Nancy Granner Distinguished Mentor Award. This award is given to...
The Iowa fight song never sounded so good. The @HawkeyeBand worked to create this video to celebrate and thank those who are serving our communities on the frontlines of the pandemic. GO HAWKS! https://twitter.com/i/status/1257682713840021506