Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

Seth Tomchik, PhD

Welcome to the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology

Neuroscience and Pharmacology Faculty

Iowans, we stand with you

Ted Abel appointed to NAMHC

Q&A with Ted Abel and Lane Strathearn

FOEDRC Chair

EXPLORING LIFE, INSPIRING INNOVATION

MEET OUR TEAM

Learn more about the department's faculty members, students and staff.

RESEARCH

Learn more about our primary areas of investigation within the department.

EDUCATION

A wide array of educational opportunities are available in the department's undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral programs.

RECENT AWARDS & UPCOMING EVENTS

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GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

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News

UI Health Care to update brand identity, logos in 2024

Atasoy et al. Featured in NewScientist

Probing the biology of pain during the Ukrainian crisis

Rahmouni selected for prestigious American Heart Association lecture

Meet a biomedical science student: Misty Perez

Events

Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series

Friday, April 19, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

The Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series highlights trainees and junior faculty from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in neuroscience. We meet virtually once each month—featuring one Big Ten institution—for presentations and discussion/networking. Seminars are scheduled for afternoons on the third Friday of each month. Zoom link is provided by the host institution. If not added in the event listing, please email iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu the week of the seminar to...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Elva Denise Diaz, PhD

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am

"How to change your mind: Molecular mechanisms of excitatory synapse development and plasticity" Presented by Elva Denise Diaz, PhD Professor Department of Pharmacology UC Davis School of Medicine