One month left to apply! The Department of Biology at the University of Iowa is hiring an assistant professor in genetics whose research focuses on a fundamental mechanism that can be applied to cancer. Apply at: jobs.uiowa.edu/faculty/view.... Come join our vibrant department!🧪

NOTE: The UI Homecoming Parade begins at 5:45pm in downtown Iowa City near the Biology Building and Biology Building East. For additional details on the parade and other Homecoming events and activities, visit homecoming.uiowa.edu.

Social Gathering: 4:00-5:30pm, Biology Building East Lobby

Join us for a social gathering with current department faculty, staff, and students. Feel free to come and go anytime between 4:00-5:30pm. Refreshments and Biology swagwill be provided.

Biology Tour: 3:30-4:15pm,
Tour will begin in the Biology Building East Lobby and will include visiting our Greenhouse, a research lab, teaching lab, and the Carver Center for Imaging.

The University of Iowa Department of Biology is hosting a Homecoming Event for alumni and friends of the department on Friday, September 26, 2025!

You and your guests are invited! RSVP HERE: lnkd.in/gqRZAEmP by Monday, September 15 for one or both events.

This position will play a pivotal role in supporting cutting-edge scientific research by managing multiple core research facilities within the Department of Biology, including the Carver Center for Genomics, Carver Center for Imaging, Engineering Shop, and Drosophila Facility. 🧪

Iowa Biology is hiring. The Department of Biology is seeking a Service Core Center Manager. We are particularly looking for individuals with significant confocal microscopy experience. For more information and to apply: phxc3c.rfer.us/UIOWAyQ4RnU

In addition to research, this position provides opportunities to gain teaching experience. Postdoctoral fellows can serve as lead or co-instructors in undergraduate courses
Please apply at:
jobs.uiowa.edu Requisition#4359

The Tootle lab is looking for a postdoctoral fellow to contribute to one of our areas of study - prostaglandin signaling regulating of cell migration and morphogenesis, nuclear actin and its roles in the nucleolus, or lipid droplet associated protein regulation of actin dynamics.

Nicholas Cronin, Logan Dawson & Kris DeMali discover that the endothelial cadherin complex mediates AMPK activation by recruitment of LKB1 to support actin cytoskeletal dynamics, increased glycolysis & vasodilation.

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The conference website (aaif2025-szeged.hu/index.php) with further information will be launched in December.

SESSION TOPICS
Actin protein dynamics
Actin in mechanotransduction
Actin in diseases
Actin in intracellular trafficking
Actin and phase separation
Actin across evolution
Actin and the genome

The 24 invited and already confirmed speakers, and the 12 additional short presentations, three poster sessions, as well as the social events, including the Wine Festival and Bridge Fair in Szeged, guarantee that AAIF2025 will be a useful and enjoyable conference for all participants.

This conference will bring together the best experts in actin biology from across the world to build research synergies to tackle long-standing questions covering the enormous spectrum of the field of actin biology.

Conference Announcement - Actin Assembly For Intracellular Functions. May 21-25, Szeged Hungary. Organizers: Peter Vilmos, Robert Gross, and myself (Tina Tootle)

New lab pre-print!! Rapamycin is an effective immunosuppressant for transplant recipients, but it slows down surgical recovery. Here, we use our wound healing model in the Drosophila embryo to ask why. Titanic work by Gordana Scepanovic. Take a look! 🧪 #drosophila #devbio

#Drosophila #devbio 🧪

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I'm Tina Tootle. I am a Professor and the Chair of the Department of Biology at the University of Iowa. My research lab uses Drosophila oogenesis to study how lipid signals called prostaglandins regulate actin both in the cytoplasm and the nucleus.

Come join our growing Department in a vibrant college town. The Biology Department at the University of Iowa has 2 tenure-track faculty searches - cell biology (#74981) and neurobiology (#74982). Application review begins 10/1. Apply at: jobs.uiowa.edu/content/facu...