Every semester we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers.  Seminars will be held in 2117 MERF for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters unless otherwise noted.  If interested in more seminars at The University of Iowa, please visit the Carver College of Medicine's upcoming events.

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Spring 2025

DateSpeakerHostTitle
Thurs.
Jan. 16
12:30 PM
Chengyu Deng, PhD
Weill Neurohub Postdoctoral Fellow 
Dept of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences
Univ of California - San Francisco
 Dissecting the Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Neurological Diseases
Tues.
Jan. 210
10:30 AM
Dionéia Araldi, MSc, PhD
Associate Professional Researcher Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Univ of California - San Francisco
 Nociceptor Plasticity as a Key Driver for Chronic pain
Thurs.
Jan. 23
12:30 PM
Bo Zhou, PhD
Instructor Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford Univ School of Medicine
 
 Insights into the genetic architecture of neuropsychiatric disorders through the lens of human-specific genome structural instability
Tues.
Jan. 28
10:30 AM
Zepeng Yao, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Biology
University of Florida
 Regulation of Feeding and Energy Balance by Serotonin Circuits and the Gut-Brain Axis
Thurs.
Feb. 6
12:30 PM
Andrew Huber, PhD
Scientist
Dept of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
 Modulating promiscuous protein-ligand systems to combat drug resistance and toxicity
Thurs.
Feb. 13
12:30 PM
Dana Shaw, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Dept of Developmental Biology
Washington University School of Medicine Investigator
 Harnessing the immune system to drive regeneration
Tues.
March 25
10:30 AM
Mauricio Oliviera, PhD
Research Scientist
New York University
Postdoc Seminar Series 
Tues.
April 8
10:30 AM
Arminja Kettenbach, PhD
Professor
Dept of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Geisel School of Medicine
Dartmouth College
Dr. Stefan Strack 
Tues.
April 22
10:30 AM
Cecilia Flores, PhD
Professor
Dept of Psychiatry
McGill University
Dr. Adele Stewart