COMBATING SUGAR CRAVINGS Sharon Idiga is a third-year graduate student in the Molecular Medicine Program under the mentorship of Matthew Potthoff. She completed her bachelor’s degree in molecular, cellular and developmental biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research focuses...
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Dawn Quelle and a team of sarcoma experts at UI (Drs. Rebecca Dodd, Munir Tanas, David Meyerholz and Dave Gordon) were recently awarded a pilot grant from the Sarcoma Research Program and Multidisciplinary Oncology Group. The work is focused on malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs), a...
Stefan Strack was awarded a research grant entitled “Deciphering molecular pathogenesis and developing mouse models of PPP2R5D mutations” from Jordan’s Guardian Angels, a private NPO. The goals of this proposal are to 1) identify mechanisms by which recurrent de novo mutations in a regulatory...
Donald Morgan, College of Medicine . Morgan is a research specialist in the Department of Pharmacology in the UI College of Medicine. He has made many contributions toward research and teaching missions throughout his 38-year career, beginning at the VA Medical Center and then at the UI. His...
A major barrier to neuroendocrine tumor (NET) research is the scarcity of well-validated NET cell lines and model systems for study. Dawn Quelle and NET SPORE colleagues (Drs. Bellizzi, Darbro, Fath, and Howe) were awarded a Developmental Research Project (DRP) award for their project, “Development...
The Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (FOEDRC) at The University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, is pleased to announce the results of its seventh round of pilot and feasibility research grants. These grant awards fund innovative pilot projects by early career investigators...
Magdalene K. Ameka completed her graduate work in the laboratory of Dr. Matthew Potthoff graduating with her PhD in August 2017. Her thesis title was "The Role of Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 (FGF21) in Regulating Energy Homeostasis." Magdalene's dissertation work focused on the mechanism of FGF21...
Dr. Anne E. Kwitek, Associate Director of the Iowa Institute of Human Genetics and Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine, received an award from the Environmental Health Science Research Center (EHSRC) entitled “Gene x Environment Influences on Bisphenol Exposure in Population-...
The PBI Best Paper Competition recognized graduate and postdoctoral scholars in University of Iowa Pappajohn Biomedical Institute labs for papers published during the first half of the year. First-place winners receive $750 and second-place winners earn $500, both to be used for professional travel...
Jing Wu, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Sigmund’s laboratory, has been awarded an Association-Wide Postdoctoral Fellowship (17POST33660685) from the American Heart Association for his project entitled “The Role of Endothelial Cullin3 in Vascular Function and Blood Pressure Regulation”. The goal of...