On Friday April 5th, 2024 Riley Leonard successfully defended his PHD thesis titled " From Cardiac Development to Regeneration: A New Murine Model to Study the Role of Cardiogenic Transcription Factors" Today, malformations of the heart called Congenital Heart Defects (CHDs) are the most common...
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Dr. Ziying Yan, Research Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology, has been elected to join the University of Iowa Chapter of the National Academy of Inventors . The NAI was founded to recognize and encourage inventors with U.S. patents, enhance the visibility of academic technology and innovation,...
Justin Sipla recognized with UI’s highest teaching honor Sipla is a clinical instructor in the Carver College of Medicine’s Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology. During his 13 years as a faculty member, he received the Carver College of Medicine’s M1/PA1 Professor of the Year award four times...
Sam Mellentine successfully defends his thesis! On October 25th, 2023 Sam defended his thesis titled, “Defining the cell-specific roles of two prostaglandins in Drosophila border cell migration” Congratulations Sam! Pictured - Mentor: Tina Tootle and Sam Mellentine
On Monday April 24th, 2023 Dan Su successfully defended her PhD thesis with the title "Identification and Functional Analyses of Stem Cell Niches During Oral Tissue Development and Regeneration" Oral health is the state of the mouth, teeth and orofacial structures which allows individuals to...
New funding program recognizes and advances outstanding early-career faculty.
Dear Darren, Congratulations on receiving the John P. Long Teaching Award! The purpose of the award is to honor Dr. Long and his dedication as an educator, researcher and his tireless devotion to service. This annual award was created to acknowledge and encourage a basic science faculty member who...
On Tuesday March 28th, Interdisciplinary Program of Human Toxicology student Kaihua Liu defended his thesis with the title "C/EBP Homologous Protein (CHOP) Confers a Proliferative Advantage to Cells that Escape ER Stress" Cellular stresses elicit signaling cascades that are simultaneously capable...
On March 23rd, Mark Li successfully defended his PhD thesis with the title "Organelle Function in Metabolism and Immunity" "Living organisms must constantly adapt to fluctuations in their environment to maintain homeostasis and survive. At the cellular level, mitochondria, the ER, lysosomes, and...
Interview with Sam Young Jr., PhD, CACNA1A Foundation 2023 Grant Recipient Professor Young is Vice Chair for research in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and director of molecular auditory research in the Department of Otolaryngology. His cutting-edge research “Development of novel gene...