Satya Tadinada has completed his PhD work in the lab of Dr. E. Dale Abel. His thesis focused on understanding the role of Cardiac effects of acute hyperinsulinemia and chronic fat feeding. Members of his thesis committee were chair, Dr. E. Dale Abel from the Department of Internal Medicine, co-...
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Congratulations to Department of Pharmacology office staff member Kate Bolton for receiving an FY19 University of Iowa Improving Our Workplace Award (IOWA). Due to her outstanding organizational and communication skills, Kate was asked to coordinate the recruitment efforts for three separate...
“Since I’m interested in studying cancer and Iowa has a comprehensive cancer center, I knew it would be a great place for me to start my research career. You meet so many different professors who have your best interests at heart.” Link: https://uiowa.edu/stories/dedicated-having-impact-human-health
Guorui Deng, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Grobe laboratory was selected to receive a 2019 Trainee Research Excellence Award, sponsored by Data Sciences International (DSI), from the American Physiological Society (APS) Physiological ‘Omics research group. This interest group within the APS “...
UI professor Minnetta Gardinier will be racing in an all-women’s airplane race this coming summer. At the Iowa City Municipal Airport, Minnetta Gardinier houses her unique hobby: a white and sky blue Cessna Cardinal airplane. “I tell people it was my midlife crisis craziness,” said Gardinier, a...
Rachel Minerath has completed her PhD work in the lab of Dr. Chad Grueter . Her thesis focused on understanding the role of Mediator kinase activity in regulating pathological cardiac transcriptional remodeling. Members of her thesis committee were chair, Dr. Chad Grueter from the Department of...
Office of the Provost funds five innovative, interdisciplinary initiatives The University of Iowa Office of the Provost has selected the inaugural recipients of the annual Provost Investment Fund (PIF). The fund allocates up to $300,000 over the course of three years to support and incentivize...
Ted Abel is mobilizing an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Iowa who are committed to improving the lives of individuals with psychiatric and neurological disorders. For him, the mission is personal. Link: https://nyti.ms/2Ufh2Ld
Jordan Kohlmeyer, PhD student, Molecular Medicine Graduate Progream, Dawn Quelle Laboratory Fights cancer Jordan is one of 42 outstanding University of Iowa undergraduate and graduate students featured in the Dare to Discover banner campaign, launching today in downtown Iowa City. The campaign...
A U.S. patent was issued on Dec 18, 2018 to Rory A. Fisher, Adele Stewart, Biswanath Maity, Christopher Bodle and David Roman entitled “Treating Alcohol-mediated Disorders by Inhibition of RGS6.” This patent includes a method for ameliorating or alleviating the effects of ethanol consumption in an...