Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to ALL — students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

"The mesolimbic dopamine system in the homeostasis-to-action arc" Presented by Mitchell Roitman, PhD Professor of Psychology Dir., Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience University of Illinois Chicago

The Pomerantz Business Library offers a variety of resources, and our business librarians will introduce you to tools for entertainment, consumer shopping, and startup businesses.

Harnessing the Ghosts of Influenza Past to Combat Future Influenza Variants and Pandemics Jenna Guthmiller, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Dr. Sean Hartig, an Associate Professor of Medicine from Baylor University will present a seminar titled "Endocrine Signals from Adipose Tissue That Regulate Post-Prandial Body Temperature."

"Spinal cord expression and function of the complement receptor C5aR1 in neuropathic pain" Presented by Kavita Solanki, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Yuriy Usachev's Lab

Kiran Garimella (Rutgers) on "Misinformation and Hate speech on WhatsApp - Insights from a large-scale data donation study."

Lavinia Sheets, PhD, an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, will be giving a seminar at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East.

The 2024-2025 Big Ten Neuroscience Seminar Series is organized by our colleagues at Penn State University and will feature virtual seminars from a different Big Ten neuro program on the 4th Monday of each month (November, December, May dates are adjusted for holidays.) The links will be shared in the Neuroscience this week email. Contact iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu if you do not receive this email and would like to attend a seminar.

" Neural Basis of Resilience to Social Stress" Presented by Sarah Ayash, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research Mainz, Germany