Dr. Kris DeMali received a NIH R35 MIRA grant for her project entitled, “Molecular Mechanisms Underlying E-cadherin Mechanotransduction.”
Congratulations Dr. DeMali!!!
Alicia Salvi, a Biochemistry Graduate Student, was awarded a NIH F31 Pre-doctoral Fellowship. Her project was entitled, “Investigating E-cadherin mechanotransduction.”
Congratulations Alicia!
Dr. Ernesto Fuentes, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, was awarded the 2019/2020 CCOM Innovation Research Grant. His project is entitled, “Cryo-electron Microscopy Studies of the Bacterial Two-component Histidine Kinase SrrB.”
This grant supports innovative, think-outside-the-box ideas in which little or no preliminary data currently exists. The goal of the CCOM Innovation Research Grant is to fund innovative proposals that may develop into a new opportunity for scholarship and federal funding.
Congratulations Dr. Fuentes!
Lori Wallrath, PhD and Benjamin Darbro, MD/PhD (Pediatrics) received an NIH R21 grant to study genetic modifiers of lamin-associated muscular dystrophies.
Congratulations Dr. Wallrath and Darbro!
Dr. Marc Wold was inducted into the Wall of Scholarship on February 12, 2020. The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Wall of Scholarship was created to highlight current faculty members whose publications have made a powerful impact on a particular field of science or medicine.
“The articles were selected for having been cited more than 1,000 times in subsequent published research articles, based on at least two of three recognized academic citation indices: Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science. As additional first- or senior-authored research papers by Carver College of Medicine faculty achieve the distinction of 1,000 citations, these scholarly works will be commemorated with plaques on the Wall of Scholarship.”
To read more on the Wall of Scholarship, click here.
Congratulations Dr. Wold!!
Dr. John Dagle (Pediatrics-Neonatology and secondary faculty in Biochemistry) was selected as recipient of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Distinguished Alumnus Award. Dr. Dagle was selected based on his service in clinical care and research in the Neonatal-Perinatal care.
Congratulations Dr. Dagle!
Congratulations to Dr. Madeline Shea for receiving the Carver College of Medicine Collegiate Teaching Award. The purpose of the Collegiate Teaching Award is to annually acknowledge members of the faculty whose activities and accomplishments demonstrate unusually significant and meritorious achievement in teaching during the academic year.
Congrats, Dr. Shea!
Congratulations to Dr. Marc Wold for receiving the Carver College of Medicine Faculty Service Award. The purpose of this award is to annually acknowledge a faculty member who has made a significant and sustained contribution to the College of Medicine in the area of service.
Great Job Dr. Wold!
Tori Cassady, a Biochemistry BA student, and Paula Valino, a Biochemistry BS student, are featured in the Dare to Discover campaign. This campaign showcases scholars, creators, and researchers from across the University of Iowa on banners throughout Iowa City. Tori Cassady studies volcanic eruptions specifically in Auckland, New Zealand. In the future, Tori would like to get her PhD in Geomicrobiology and become a research scientist. Her banner is located Downtown Iowa City on Washington Street. Paula Valino studies brain development and functioning. In the future, Paula would like to go to graduate school 
in a Neuroscience related field. Her banner is also located Downtown Iowa City on Washington Street.
Dr. Susan Wente, a 1984 BS with Dr. Alice Fulton, and currently Interim Chancellor/Provost and Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology at Vanderbilt University, was recently induced as an ASCB Fellow. These individuals gain recognition for their exceptional contributions to the field of Cell Biology and are elected by their peers or by self-nomination which is followed by careful selection of the Fellows Nomination Review Committee. Dr. Wente was formally welcomed as a ASCB Fellow at the ASCB|EMBO Meeting on December 7, 2019.