A listing of research events of interest on the U of I health sciences campus.

Pain Interest Group Workshop - Zahra Amerian (Ruth Chimenti Lab) promotional image

Pain Interest Group Workshop - Zahra Amerian (Ruth Chimenti Lab)

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 9:00am to 10:00am
Bowen Science Building

Preliminary Exploration of Ultrasound Imaging Biomarker for the Myofascial Component of Heel Pain

Zahra Amerian, MS
PhD Student in Dr. Ruth Chimenti's Lab

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Study Hall

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
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Neuroscience and Pharmacology Workshop - Nathan Gentilman (Roman Lab) and Hannah Hazzard (Gumusoglu Lab)

Thursday, April 16, 2026 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Alter GPCR Activity

Nathan Gentilmann
Pharmaceutical Sciences & Experimental Therapeutics PhD Student
Dr. Dave Roman Lab

Extracellular vesicle interactions with fetal brain microglia

Hannah Hazzard
Neuroscience PhD Student
Dr. Serena Banu Gumusoglu's Lab

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Ramon and Victoria Lim Medical Science Lectureship - Wei Yang, PhD

Thursday, April 16, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Ramon and Victoria Lim Medical Science Lectureship Fund was created in 2004 with a generous gift from Drs. Ramon and Victoria Lim. The fund supports the visits to Iowa City of eminent scientists working in neuroscience and internal medicine.

2026 Lecture:
Wei Yang, PhD

NIH Distinguished Investigator
Section Chief: Mechanism of DNA Repair, Replication, and Recombination
Section, Laboratory of Molecular Biology
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

"From RAG to...

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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Friday, April 17, 2026 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Virtual

EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end.

PLEASE NOTE

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance...

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, FAHA promotional image

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, FAHA

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility

Neuro-Endocrine-Immune Crosstalk Driving Salt-Sensitive Hypertension

Annet Kirabo, DVM, MSc, PhD, FAHA
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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Study Hall

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
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Spring Undergraduate Research Festival (SURF)

Wednesday, April 22, 2026 3:30pm to 6:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
The Office of Undergraduate Research's Spring Undergraduate Research Festival (SURF) is held in celebration and recognition of undergraduate researchers' contributions to research, scholarly, and creative work at the University of Iowa.
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen

Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Urgent threat Neisseria gonorrhoeae utilizes human-specific protein receptors to overcome nutritional immunity

Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, PhD
Georgia State Washington

https://biomedical.gsu.edu/profile/cynthia-nau-cornelissen/

Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD

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Study Hall

Wednesday, April 29, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Rajat Rohatgi promotional image

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Rajat Rohatgi

Thursday, April 30, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Chemical homeostasis of the cytoplasm: how mammalian cells sense and mitigate ionic stress

Rajat Rohatgi, MD, PhD
Stanford University

Rohatgi Lab | https://rohatgilab.stanford.edu/

Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD

Canceled
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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Thursday, April 30, 2026 2:00pm
Virtual

This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account.

PLEASE NOTE:

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance registration is required for Zoom classes, though walk-ins...

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Study Hall

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
The Museum of Natural History welcomes students each week for a study session in our galleries. We'll provide the snacks, cushions, and ambiance. You bring your planners, textbooks, or assignments. Together, we'll stay ahead of our goals this semester.
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Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Friday, May 8, 2026 12:00pm
Virtual

This hands-on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account.

PLEASE NOTE:

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance registration is required for Zoom classes, though walk-ins...

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, May 14, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Virtual

We have established a community of CCOM Informaticists who are applying these skills in their work at UIHC. You are invited to join us during our monthly seminar presentations. 

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