
Iowa Neuroscience Institute Events

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar: Serena Dudek, PhD
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
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

Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium: Ulrich Mayr
Friday, October 31, 2025 3:30pm to 5:00pm
The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences is excited to welcome Dr. Ulrich Mayr for this colloquium event. Ulrich is a Lewis Professor and Department Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Oregon. Dr. Mayr's primary research focus is on the relationship between memory, attention, and cognitive control, both from a general and a developmental/life-span perspective. His research methods include behavioral experiments, eye-tracking, and EEG or fMRI neuroimaging. As a...

Iowa Neuroscience Institute Seminar: Michael Yassa, PhD
Friday, December 5, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Seminar Title TBDMichael Yassa, PhDProfessor, Neurobiology and BehaviorJames L. McGaugh Endowed Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryProfessor, Psychiatry and Human BehaviorProfessor, NeurologyDirector, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and MemoryAssociate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological SciencesUniversity of California, IrvineIowa Neuroscience Institute seminars feature top neuroscientists from around the country sharing their latest...
Carver College of Medicine Events
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, September 8, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion!This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science.Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
REDCap Basic Training
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:
• Building forms with proper field types and validation
• Assigning user permissions
• Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml
• Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application
• Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production
• Creating...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar: Serena Dudek, PhD
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
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

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Brittany Todd
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 11:00am
Brittany Todd is a PhD candidate in the Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, as well as a student in the Medical Scientist Training Program. Her research has been with Drs. Alexander Bassuk and Elizabeth Newell's laboratories.If you are unable to attend in person, please consider showing your support and attending via Zoom. Please email britt-hokanson@uiowa.edu for the zoom link.

Hardin Open Workshops: EMBASE (Zoom)
Tuesday, September 9, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics.PLEASE NOTEClass will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed...