GPCRs in Cancer: Mechanistic Insights and Emerging Therapeutic OpportunitiesSonghai Chen, PhDAssociate ProfessorDept of Neuroscience & PharmacologyUniversity of Iowa

Presentation: Santos and Sophia are digital twins developed at the University of Iowa over the last 20 years. Santos is a trademarked, visually realistic, biomechanically accurate, high-fidelity digital human model that allows the testing of human capabilities in imported CAD environments of objects, vehicles, and scenes. Sophia, the female counterpart to Santos, offers the only known "digital twin" of a female soldier. The Santos platform provides a unique comprehensive system for simulating...

Plant Uptake and Transformation of Emerging ContaminantsGreg LeFevre (UIowa Environmental Engineering)Plants are all around us and have been a strong synergy between ecology and environmental engineering for decades. Plant can interact with pollutants both by helping to clean up environmental contaminants or may serve as an exposure route to humans for contaminants that are present in the food supply. In this seminar, I will present our research that probes mechanistic understanding of plant...

Time to relax and get creative with some furry friends! Enjoy some painting with therapy dogs at Paint & Paws on Sept. 11, 5–8 p.m. in Hubbard Park. In the case of rain, this event will be moved into the Herky Room in the IMU. Hope to see you there!Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are an individual with a disability that requires an accommodation in order to participate, please contact us via the engage form in our bio.

Students from the UI Department of Theatre Arts bring the page to life in an evening of staged readings of work by the International Writing Program Fall Residents.Global Express is a unique opportunity for writers from around the world and performers at Iowa to meet, work together, and present their work live on stage. Global Express, now, in its 24th year, help us to recognize our common humanity while celebrating our differences. The Express, part dramatic reading, part solo-turn, part poetry...

The DeLTA Center Roundtable Discussion is an event that expands the interdisciplinary research community by promoting reciprocal interactions between basic and applied researchers. These events showcase presenters from a wide variety of academic disciplines and an open discussion about implications of the presenter's ideas across fields of study and research.This roundtable event features Dr. Shawn Datchuk. Shawn is an Associate Professor of Special Education and Director of the Iowa Reading...

Sugata Ray is an Associate Professor of Finance and Real Estate as well as a William Cary Hulsey Faculty Fellow at the University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Business.

"Developing gene-modifying therapies for SCN1A- and SCN1B-linked developmental and epileptic encephalopathy"Lori Isom, PhDChair of Department of PharmacologyProfessor of Molecular and Integrative PhysiologyProfessor of NeurologyUniversity of MichiganMichigan Neuroscience InstituteDr. William Talman retired from the University of Iowa in March 2017, after 33 years as a faculty member in the Department of Neurology. His clinical specialty was autonomic disorders. The annual “William Talman, MD...

Jason Haase, Global Product Line Director, Veolia, will present An Industrial Perspective on the Business of Membrane and Application Development.

The Department of Biology’s seminar speaker on Friday, Sept. 12, at 3:30 p.m. is Alex Kleinpeter, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Iowa. His seminar will be held in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE). A reception with refreshments will be held in the BBE Lobby following the seminar.