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June 15, 2022 Vitaly Ievlev - Graduate Student Cell and Developmental Biology Dear Vitaly, Congratulations! It is my pleasure to announce you are the recipient of The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Trainee Scholar Award. Your first-author publication in Stem Cells is a notable...
ACB 2022 Student Awards Ceremony Thirteen high achievers were honored at this year’s Anatomy and Cell Biology Spring Awards Ceremony held on Friday, May 02, 2022. These students began the year with the same opportunities as all other students, but through a strong commitment and a desire to learn,...
On Friday, April 8, Erica Gansemer defends thesis identifying a pathway linking nutrient intake to ER homeostasis through the TCA cycle. In June she will begin her postdoc in the lab of Doug Mashek at the University of Minnesota to study lipid droplets. Congratulations Erica!
Congratulations Tina Tootle on receiving the Faculty Service Award! Voluntary faculty service is critical to the effective functioning of the College. The purpose of this award is to annually acknowledge a faculty member who has made a significant and sustained contribution to the College of...
Zeyuan Zhang's Defends Thesis on March 25th, 2022 Thesis Defense Title: “The Impact of Obesity-Associated Nitrosative Stress on Organelle Function” Zeyuan Zhang studied the molecular mechanism and functional significance of protein S-nitrosylation on Obesity-associated metabolic disease in the lab...
Emily’s Entourage (EE) has awarded Xingshen Sun $220,000 in funding to advance cystic fibrosis (CF) research and drug development. Title: Generating W1286X cystic fibrosis ferret model for examining nonsense mutation-directed therapies Before a drug or treatment approach can be used in human...
February 18, 2022 Dear Professor Andersen It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been selected by the Council on Teaching to receive the 2022 President and Provost Award for Teaching Excellence. Many passionate, dedicated, and accomplished faculty members from around the university are...
Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD – President Elect (2021-2023) Dr. Dunnwald is Research Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at The University of Iowa. Her research interests involve skin, epidermal development and regeneration, and orofacial clefts. She has been a member for more than 15...
UI Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Leadership Statement on Racism and Equality The leadership of the Anatomy and Cell Biology department is dismayed by the recent violent deaths of unarmed Black citizens Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and others at the hands of the police. We...