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Marco Hefti (a major Aldridge lab collaborator) and I both received impact awards from our students! Yiming in the lab was also awarded a student employee of the year award. Congrats!

🚀 Meet Megan Mindy — chemist turned changemaker, disability advocate, & future #publichealth powerhouse! 🎓🌍From Cape Town to the Rio Grande, she’s built a legacy of inclusion University of Iowa — launching Beyond Inclusion Co. & rocking the ILEND program 💪✨🔗 tinyurl.com/3hxh9m5t

The Final Countdown to EAC Matching Gift Challenge has ended! Not signed up for 2025 EAC yet? Use code MAY25 for free registration when you sign up today! register.eaglesautismfoundation.org/?event=8882b74…

Our latest work extends ketamine’s antidepressant action science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… (1/5)

Congratulations to my Iowa Neuroscience Institute colleagues Ed Stone and Val Sheffield on receiving the 2025 Helen Keller Prize in Vision Research!

Congratutions to my ⁦Iowa Neuroscience Institute⁩ colleague Krystal Parker ⁦Parker Lab⁩ ⁦University of Iowa Psychiatry⁩ on her selection as the next Director of the PhD program in Molecular Medicine!🧠🧬

Terrific discussions about nuclear receptors and the design of new selective agonists with collaborator Doug Kojetin ⁦Vanderbilt Biochemistry⁩ and Lucy Langmack ⁦Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology⁩ during his visit this week!

Glad to see this published "Postnatal and juvenile fluoxetine treatment evokes sex-specific, opposing effects on mood-related behavior, gene expression, mitochondrial function, and dendritic architecture in the rat medial prefrontal cortex" doi.org/10.1016/j.biop….

Insightful discussions with Elizabeth Berry-Kravis ⁦Rush University System for Health⁩ about clinical trials for intellectual and developmental disabilities during her visit to Iowa City last week for ⁦Hawk-IDDRC⁩ seminar and ⁦UI Stead Family Department of Pediatrics⁩ Grand Rounds!

Hosting Cristian Lasagna-Reeves from Baylor Department of Neurology for the first annual Gary & LaDonna Wicklund lecture. His work on bassoon as a in Alzheimer’s Disease has revealed novel therapeutic targets! ⁦Lasagna-Reeves Lab⁩ ⁦BCMHouston⁩ ⁦Iowa Neuroscience Institute⁩

The finals are finished and now the graduation celebrations begin! Congratulations Seamus!🎓🥂⁦So grateful 🙏🏻 for the faculty in German University of Iowa⁩ and the 2E Academy ⁦Belin-Blank Center⁩

And the winner is ….the new college grad Seamus! His third victory in a row against me at North Dodge Athletic Club! 🎾🎾🎾

Congratulations, Seamus! From his first graduation from the NICU at CHOP to kindergarten, Strath Haven High School and now the University of Iowa, we are so proud of the journey that Seamus has taken and so grateful for everyone who has walked beside us on this journey!

Riding our favorite—Crush’s Coaster! 🐢🎢 ⁦Disneyland Paris⁩

The Iowa Neuroscience Institute has granted $2.4 million to four research teams to carry out Research Programs of Excellence. Five CLAS faculty members are working on research teams focusing on hearing loss, pediatric headache disorders, and more. bit.ly/3FibSeo

Forbes just named Iowa City one of the Best Places to Retire in 2025 📌🏡 Affordable, easy to get around, and full of arts, parks, and Big Ten energy.

From Raducanu to Alcaraz to Keys, an exciting day watching champions play on the clay ⁦Roland-Garros⁩ with ⁦Thomas Nickl-Jockschat⁩ 🎾

Disney Tales of Magic tonight at Disneyland Paris! “Find your magic, embrace it, and pass it on!” ⁦Disneyland Resort⁩

Jaxon was 2 when he was diagnosed with B-cell leukemia at an Osage, Iowa, hospital last year. He was transferred to our hospital for treatment. “His journey is not done, but I feel he has a strong team to help him get through this,” says his dad, Casey. #CancerSurvivorsDay

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival, sponsored by the Magid Center for Writing, will take place in Iowa City from June 15 to July 25. The Festival will bring 45 writer-instructors to lead over 70 workshops across genres for writers of all skill levels. bit.ly/3FxFPY3