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Respiratory responses to drugs of abuse
Monday, April 27, 2026
The goal of this lab is to analyse the respiratory responses to drugs of abuse. Students are to help conduct and analyze the results of behavioral experiments with mice.
One Health approach to evaluate infectious diseases
Thursday, April 23, 2026
The overall goal of our lab is to understand the interactions between different environmental factors and microbes using a One Health framework, or the shared health of humans, animal and the environment. The specific project the student will be involved with is investigating farmers' risk factor of tick-borne diseases.
New England McNair Undergraduate Research & Creative Scholarship (NE-MURCS) Conference
Thursday, April 23, 2026
11th Annual Project Engage Showcase!
Thursday, April 23, 2026
This event will feature science outreach projects created by students in the LATH:3001 class, which is a course on science communication. Projects include children's books and magazines written and illustrated by students, Instagram accounts, K-12 classroom presentations, blogs, and more! These projects are part of the Latham Science Engagement Initiative, administered by the Iowa Sciences Academy.
2026 Quick Pitch Challenge Winners
Friday, April 17, 2026
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Quick Pitch Challenge: Paige Liebrecht, Christina Yu, and Ella Schlueter! Each undergraduate researcher who presented on April 9th did an outstanding job presenting their research in less than three minutes. We are so proud of how succinctly and clearly these students were able to communicate their work!
Research in the SCAN Lab aims to understand the neural bases of motivation and cognitive control as applied to social cognition and addictive behaviors
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Characterizing Alcohol Risk in Development (CARD). The purpose of this research is to better understand factors that can increase or decrease the likelihood that teenagers and young adults will drink alcohol and experience negative consequences from drinking.
Stress Vulnerability Brain Networks
Monday, April 13, 2026
We are looking for a reliable and hard-working student who is interested in helping to conduct behavioral studies related to stress vulnerability. Student would expect to learn a wide-range of neurobiology techniques including involvement in behavioral, molecular, and neurophysiological studies.
