Every semester we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Seminars will be held in 2117 MERF for the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters unless otherwise noted. If interested in more seminars at The University of Iowa, please visit the Carver College of Medicine's upcoming events.
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Fall 2024 - Spring 2025 Seminar Schedule
Fall 2024
Date | Speaker | Host | Title |
Friday |
Yarimar Carrasquillo, PhD |
Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Retreat | The Amygdala: A Pain Rheostat in the Brain |
Tues. |
Ben Ho Park, MD, PhD |
Dr. Songhai Chen |
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Thurs. 1110A |
Zachary Knight, PhD |
Distinguished Biomedical Scholar Lecture |
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Tues. |
Laura Seemiller, PhD |
Louis Kolling, PhD |
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Thurs. Sept. 19 12:30 PM |
Linda Zhu, PhD |
Bryan Cox, PhD |
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Tues. |
Salil Bidaye, PhD |
Seth Tomchik, PhD | |
Thurs. |
Snehajyoti Chatterjee, PhD Jon Resch, PhD |
Faculty Seminars | |
Tues. |
Tyler Nguyen, PhD |
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Tues. |
Tsuneya Ikezu, MD, PhD |
Samantha Pierson |
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Tues.
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Katelin Dannen, PhD Adele Stewart, PhD |
Faculty Seminars | |
Thurs. |
James Chelliah, PhD Postdoctoral Resarch Associate University of Exeter |
Ted Abel, PhD | |
Tues.
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Mitchell Roitman, PhD |
Jon Resch, PhD |
Spring 2024
Date | Speaker | Host | Title |
Tues. |
Elizabeth A Heller, PhD |
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Epigenetic editing for the study of psychiatric disease |
Tues. |
Samer Hattar, PhD |
Beyond Vision: Impact of light on behavior |
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Tues. |
Katelin Dannen, PhD |
Accessible Pharmacology |
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Tues. Zoom |
Yang He, PhD |
Deciphering Obesity: The Role of Serotonin 2C Receptor |
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Tues. Zoom |
Roswitha Wiltschko, PhD |
The Magnetic Compass of Birds |
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Thurs. 1110A MERF |
Beth Stevens, PhD |
Distinguished Biomedical Scholar Lecture Co-Sponsored by the Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology and the Michael J. Brody Memorial Lecture |
Mapping Microglia States to Function in Development & Disease |
Tues. Zoom |
David M. Holtzman, MD |
The Role of APOE and the immune response in Amyloid-induced Tauopathy and Tau-mediated Neurodegeneration |
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Tues. |
Maya Opendak, PhD |
Building a Social Brain: Genes, Circuits and Behavior |
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Tues. Zoom |
Li Wang, PhD |
Development of the Human Neocortex: from Progenitors to Circuits |
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Tues. |
Elva Denise Diaz, PhD |
How to change your mind: Molecular mechanisms of excitatory synapse development and plasticity |
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