Insights into hippocampal function from studies on synaptic plasticity in area CA2Serena M. Dudek, PhDSenior Investigator and Acting Chief, Neurobiology LaboratoryNational Institute of Environmental Health, NIH

We invite you to attend a welcome reception for David Schwebel, the university's new vice president for research, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. The event will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Levitt Center for University Advancement Rotunda, located at One West Park Road in Iowa City, Iowa. Please note that brief remarks will be delivered at 5:15 p.m.

Dr. Eszter Vladar, an Associate Professor of Medicine from the University of Colorado will present a seminar titled "Ciliated Airway Epithelium: How to Make It, Break It, Then Fix It.".

GPCRs in Cancer: Mechanistic Insights and Emerging Therapeutic OpportunitiesSonghai Chen, PhDAssociate ProfessorDept of Neuroscience & PharmacologyUniversity of Iowa

"Developing gene-modifying therapies for SCN1A- and SCN1B-linked developmental and epileptic encephalopathy"Lori Isom, PhDChair of Department of PharmacologyProfessor of Molecular and Integrative PhysiologyProfessor of NeurologyUniversity of MichiganMichigan Neuroscience InstituteDr. William Talman retired from the University of Iowa in March 2017, after 33 years as a faculty member in the Department of Neurology. His clinical specialty was autonomic disorders. The annual “William Talman, MD...