Sharon Idiga and Chandler W Jensen-Cody are the recepients of the Graduate College Post-Comprehensive Research Award for the Spring 2018 semester. Sharon is a graduate student from Dr. Matthew Potthoff's lab and Chandler is a graduate student from Dr. John Engelhardt's lab. Congratulations to both...
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Lucas Bon Durant won an oral presentation talk and Sharon Idiga won a poster presentation talk at the Iowa Physiological Society Meeting 2017 . Sharon and Lucas are graduate students in Dr. Matthew Potthoff's lab. Congratulations to Sharon and Lucas. Lucas Bon Durant Sharon Idiga
Dr. John Manak, Associate Professor in Biology, and Dr. Patrick Brophy, Professor in Pediatrics and a co-author on the paper, teamed up to identify the GREB1L gene. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
The University of Iowa Molecular Medicine program Retreat 2017 was held on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at the Art Building West, 141 North Riverside Drive, Iowa City. Dr. Andrew Scharenberg gave a Keynote Seminar titled “Translation of Gene Editing Cell Therapies – an Academic/Biotech Odyssey”...
Kaylia Duncan is the recipient of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Trainee Scholar Travel Award! She is a graduate student in Robert Cornell's lab. As a recipient of the CCOM Trainee Scholar Travel Award she will receive up to a maximum of $800 for domestic travel or $1000 for...
Dr. Rebecca Dodd is the recipient of the 2017 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Seed Award. The one year grants are designed to support junior faculty members and independent research scientists beginning their careers in cancer research. Her Project is "CRISPR/Cas9-mediated...
2017 Molecular Medicine Retreat Travel Award Winners: Best Poster Awards: 1) Reinaldo Franqui Machin (Fenghuang Zhan’s lab) 2) Kaylia Duncan (Robert Cornell’s lab) Best Talk Award: 1) Marcus Toral (Vinit Mahajan’s lab) The Award Certificates were handed out at the September 14th Seminar at 4.00 PM...
The Fraternal Order of Eagles (FOE) Diabetes Research Center is pleased to announce the results of its seventh round of pilot and feasibility research grants. The selected applicants receive $50,000 to support their research proposal, with the possibility of $100,000 over a two-year period. Songhai...
Congratulations to Bianca Nicole Mason on being selected as a top poster at the 18th Congress of the International Headache Society !! She is a graduate student in Dr. Andrew Russo's lab.
CONGRATULATIONS to Magdalene Ameka for successfully defending her thesis on August 22, 2017! Her thesis title was “The Role of FGF21 in Regulating Energy Homeostasis”. Pictured: Magdalene (left) and her mentor Matthew Potthoff, PhD , Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Director, Molecular...