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Dr. Mukherjee joins the list

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Welcome Drs. Kelvington and Wang !! 

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Ben and Yutong have successfully defended their doctoral dissertations, entitled 'Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Revealed by 16p11.2 Hemideletion' and 'The Molecular Impact of Sleep Deprivation on the Hippocampus', respectively. 

CONGRATULATIONS !

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New Publications

  • "Innate immunity in neurons makes memories persist" by Benjamin Kelvington and Ted Abel.  read here

    Ben

  • "Dissecting 16p11.2 hemi-deletion to study sex-specific striatal phenotypes of neurodevelopmental disorders" by J-K, Kim et al. read here 

    JK paper

  • "Spatial transcriptomics reveals unique gene expression changes in different brain regions after sleep deprivation" by Y. Vanrobaeys et al.  read here

    Yann Nature

 

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14th Annual Neurogenetics Symposium

Friday, September 11, 2026 7:00am to 3:00pm
General Hospital
Presentations on a variety of topics including inherited genetic conditions, functional testing, and patient experiences
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Neuroscience Seminar: Ronald Davis, PhD

Friday, September 18, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building
Neuroscience seminar presented by Ronald Davis, PhD, Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation and Technology
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2026 Neuroscience Research Day Keynote Speaker: Constanza J. Cortes, PhD

Monday, November 2, 2026 1:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Keynote Speaker Announcement: Constanza J. Cortes, PhD
2026 Neuroscience Research Day – Monday, November 2, 2026

We are excited to welcome Constanza J. Cortes, PhD, Assistant Professor of Gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, to the University of Iowa for this year's Neuroscience Research Day.

Dr. Cortes's research explores the intersection of exercise, brain aging, skeletal muscle, and Alzheimer’s disease, with a particular focus on how...

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Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - William Guiler and Israel Wipf

Thursday, March 23, 2023 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Medical Education Research Facility

"scRNA-sequencing of human Cortical Organoids treated with Ketamine"

Presented by William Guiler
Graduate student in Dr. Mark Niciu's lab

"Defining the Role of Adipose Triglyceride Lipase in Drosophila Border Cell Migration"

Presented by Israel Wipf
Graduate student in Dr. Tina Tootle's

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