Congratulations to Sharon Jensen-Cody, Molecular Medicine graduate student in the Potthoff lab successfully defended her thesis, entitled: "Regulation of Macronutrient Intake by Fibroblast Growth Factor 21".
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Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD , Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology, was awarded a 5-year $1.9 million National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIH/NIAAA) R01 Research Grant entitled “Alcohol and the Serotonin System in the...
Dr. Deniz Atasoy, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, has been awarded a 5-year $1.9 million National Institute of Health (NIH) R01 Research Grant for his project titled “Targeting Ascending Catecholamine Pathways to Prevent Hypoglycemia”. The goal of...
To augment the undergraduate educational contribution of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, faculty members Katelin Dannen, Ph.D., Associate, and Barry Kasson, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Education, have developed two new undergraduate pharmacology courses and significantly...
Our heartiest congratulations go out to Donald D. Heistad, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine and Neuroscience and Pharmacology and the Pomerantz Family Chair in Cardiology, who is slated to be honored with the 2020 Daryl and Nancy Granner Distinguished Mentor Award. This award is given to...
The Iowa fight song never sounded so good. The @HawkeyeBand worked to create this video to celebrate and thank those who are serving our communities on the frontlines of the pandemic. GO HAWKS! https://twitter.com/i/status/1257682713840021506
Dawn Quelle received an Oberley seed grant award from the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center to examine “Serotonin regulation by RABL6A in neuroendocrine tumors.” Elevated serotonin is the major factor driving carcinoid syndrome (CS) in patients with metastatic small bowel neuroendocrine tumors (...
Jordan Kohlmeyer , a graduate student in Dr. Dawn Quelle’s lab , was recently awarded a pilot grant for $20,000 from the Iowa Sarcoma Multidisciplinary Oncology Group for a study entitled “Developing novel combination therapy targeting the RABL6A-RB1 pathway in malignant peripheral nerve sheath...
Matt Potthoff, PhD, Associate Professor in Neuroscience and Pharmacology, is one of six researchers named to the University of Iowa Health Care Distinguished Scholars Program (DSP). This program aims to support internationally recognized scientists who are leaders in their fields of research. Each...
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