The Office of Undergraduate Research awards up to $500 for travel to a professional conference or professional development event. Listen to how Joy Curry used her award to talk with professionals at the Iowa Museum Association's Annual Meeting.

Look into what it's like to present in our exhibit hall! Hear more about Sabrina Vlk's experience here.

Join the Iowa Global Health Network on Friday, October 4, 2024, from 1:30 – 3 p.m. (CDT) in the International Commons, University Capitol Centre, Room 1117. Students and their faculty mentors will present their work in the global health realm and will discuss their working collaboration and research focus. Light refreshments will be served. See you there!

Our research aims to identify the molecular components of integration between organelle stress responses that are in play in obesity and diabetes at the cellular organismic levels.

Join the Iowa Sciences Academy and the UIowa Department of Biology for an engaging session on leveraging generative Al to enhance student research and scientific communication. Meet at 2520D University Capitol Center (UCC) on Friday, September 20th if you're interested--graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines are welcome!

Researchers, it's that time of year. Invest in your growth by registering your research for academic credit! Click here to learn more.

We are looking for undergraduates interested in neuroscience research investigating how the brain influences reward seeking and fear behaviors.

Our group is focused on understanding the molecular and circuit adaptations following alcohol abuse and chronic stress that predispose to psychiatric disorders, neurodegenerative disease and infectious disease.

The Chowdhury Lab is interested in understanding how ions and small molecules are transported across the oily cellular membranes. Such processes are not only critical for cellular survival, they underlie the electrical activity of neurons, cardiac myocytes etc. The lab specializes in membrane protein biochemistry and biophysics and uses multi-disciplinary approaches to determine atomic resolution snapshots of protein complexes, mediating these transport processes, at different stages of their function.

Research assistants will have the opportunity to assist with various lab procedures (e.g., collecting data during child lab visits, data management, and video coding of parent–child interactions). Students will also have the opportunity to gain experience in data collection and analysis in fNIRS and MRI experiments.