Robert O. Wright, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Institute for Exposomic Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will present his research.

Dr. Wright studies chemical mixtures, social stressors as a modifier of chemical toxicity, and the role of genetics/epigenetics in modifying or mediating chemical toxicity. He is an international advocate for research on exposomics—the measure of all health-relevant human exposure throughout the lifespan. He has published over 500 research studies and...

Please join us for our first Hawk-IDDRC Seminar of the academic year, featuring: Maja Bućan, PhD.
Professor, Departments of Genetics and Psychiatry; Co-director, Autism Spectrum Program Of Excellence, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Lurie Autism Institute, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and PennMedicine
Presenting: "Sleep and activity patterns in autism” Friday, October 9, 2026, Noon – 1pm CST in the Kelch Conference Room (CBRB 1289)
Lunch will be available for those who...

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.

We will be hosting the second installment in our professional development series: Professional Growth Through Personal Engagement, almost two weeks from today! This is a series of fully virtual Zoom speakers, where all previous recordings can be found on the SLIS website.

Our second speaker is Dr. Josh Coleman, an Assistant Professor of English Education at Arizona State University. He'll be giving his talk "Challenge Censorship through Librarian/Classroom Teacher Collaborations" on October 13th...

Joy James, a Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Student in Sam Stephen's Lab will present a seminar titled "Proinflammatory Cytokines Induce Golgi Remodeling In Pancreatic Β-cells Beyond Inos-no Signaling."

Bhagirath Chaurasia, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology Department of Internal Medicine, will present.

His research is focused on understanding how the lipid metabolite: ceramide, induced under conditions of obesity and inflammation, impair nutrient sensing in adipose tissue and contribute to the development of metabolic diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases etc.