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Biology Undergraduate Student Receives Ferentz Undergraduate Research Fund

Monday, February 20, 2023
Elizabeth Maria Martin, an undergraduate student receives Ferentz Undergraduate Research Fund

Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Studies Bone Marrow Transplants

Friday, February 17, 2023
Hope Fury an undergraduate student studies bone marrow transplants

Biology Professor Elected to American Academy of Microbiology

Thursday, February 16, 2023
Anna Malkova was elected as Fellow to the American Academy of Microbiology.
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Biologists show how brain’s immune system response worsens epilepsy

Tuesday, February 14, 2023
University of Iowa biologists have definitively linked the brain's immune system to epilepsy. In a new study, the researchers lay out a chain of events that can cause seizures—the most common manifestation of epilepsy—to worsen.

Manak Lab Links Brain's Immune System to Epilepsy

Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Highlights the connection between the brain's immune system to epilepsy

Biology Researchers Discover Genes That Can Cause Cleft Lip and Palate

Wednesday, February 8, 2023
University of Iowa researchers discover genes that can cause left cleft lip and palate by conducting study on frogs and fish.

Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Studies Alzheimer's disease

Sunday, February 5, 2023
An undergraduate student Daniel Fu studies Alzheimer's disease

Neuroscience student tests cognition in cancer patients

Wednesday, February 1, 2023
A neuroscience student tests chemotherapy-induced cognitive deficits in cancer patients

Neuroscience undergraduate student studies mental illness

Monday, January 23, 2023
Preston Johnson gets highlighted on mental illness studies in Dr. McCleery's lad.

iBio Graduate Students Receive Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship

Monday, January 23, 2023
The Department of Biology acknowledges Integrated Biology PhD students who have received a Post-Comprehensive Research Fellowship.