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Bova, Flippo, and Tatz win Young Investigator Awards

Monday, October 27, 2025

Ophthalmologist Ed Stone elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Monday, October 20, 2025

Campbell earns Horwitz Prize for muscular dystrophy discoveries

Thursday, September 4, 2025

Kevin Campbell, PhD, professor and chair of molecular physiology and biophysics at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, will receive the 2025 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University.

UI graduate student is among 30 selected nationwide for this prestigious award

Quiñones-Labernik named HHMI 2025 Gilliam Fellow

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

High blood pressure in pregnancy linked to increased risk of seizure in children

Monday, June 16, 2025

UI researchers receive 2025 Helen Keller Prize for pioneering eye research

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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Neuroscience Events

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Michelle Mazei-Robison, PhD

Monday, December 8, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Medical Education Research Facility

Novel molecular mechanisms induced in the ventral tegmental area by drugs of abuse

Michelle S. Mazei-Robison, PhD
Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Physiology
Michigan State University

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Habibeh Khoshbouei, PhD

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am

Medical Education Research Facility

Midbrain dopamine neuronal activity modulates splenic immunity via a brain–body circuit

Habibeh Khoshbouei, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Neuroscience
University of Florida College of Medicine

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Vadim Bolshakov, PhD

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am

Bowen Science Building

Neuropeptide-mediated gating of innate fear circuits

Vadim Bolshakov, PhD
Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, McLean Hospital