An international team of scientists, including University of Iowa biophysicist Chris Ahern, PhD, used a lethal scorpion toxin to capture detailed, 3D pictures of a protein involved in pain.
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The 3:30 p.m. ceremony honors three faculty from the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences—Mark Greiner, MD; Erin Shriver, MD, FACS; and Matthew Thurtell, MBBS, MSc—who will hold new endowed professorships.
Similarities between two sudden death syndromes—SIDS and SUDEP—have University of Iowa neuroscientists looking for common causes that might help improve care and save lives.
A new study, led by UI immunologist Patrick Schlievert, PhD, identifies a single molecule as a key entry point used by two types of dangerous bacteria to break through cellular barriers and cause disease.
Potential new cystic fibrosis treatment uses “molecular prosthetic” for missing lung protein.
In its latest listing of “Best Graduate Schools,” U.S. News & World Report ranks the physician assistant (PA) program in the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine the No. 1 program in the country.
University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center is the first U.S. cancer center to be designated a Neuroendocrine Tumor Center of Excellence by the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS).
After shadowing several physicians in different fields of study, Rob Humble, president of the Carver College of Medicine Student Government, concluded that pathology was the specialty for him.
Twenty University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine faculty members whose published research manuscripts have had a lasting impact on science and medicine were honored at the college’s Wall of Scholarship dedication March 5 in the atrium of the Eckstein Medical Research Building.
Jane Lindsay Miller, PhD, has been named director of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education (OCRME) and clinical associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She will join the college March 11.