University of Iowa researchers may have recently heard about new regulations related to the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act around Intellectual Property (IP) for universities that receive federal grants. The regulation change is small but important. It requires universities to put in writing what was already established by the Bayh-Dole Act, which is that universities own inventions that their researchers make...

University of Iowa thinkers, explorers, mentors, creators and inventors were celebrated for their work during the Office of Research and Economic Development’s annual Discovery & Innovation Awards Ceremony Tuesday. Titled “Celebrating Excellence,” the 2018 event at Hancher brought together faculty, staff and students involved in research and scholarship as well as its translation into medical...

The idea that “music has the power to change lives” is the organizing principle behind conductor Marin Alsop’s approach to her profession and her public service. In that spirit, she will offer a lecture at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 28 in the University of Iowa’s Voxman School of Music Recital Hall.

Michael Pentella, interim director of the State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL) since December, will become permanent director on June 1. Pentella is a clinical professor of epidemiology in the University of Iowa College of Public Health and former associate director in the SHL. He takes over the position from Chris Atchison, who retired Jan. 5. Previously, he was director of the William A. Hinton State...

Registration is still open for the Partnering for Growth Biotech Innovation Showcase & Forum March 20-21 in Ankeny, an event co-sponsored by the University of Iowa Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPR&ED). The event will be held in the FFA Enrichment Center, 1055 SW Prairie Trail Parkway, in Ankeny. Registration is free for students, $125 for members of the Iowa...

The Iowa Social Science Research Center (ISRC), in cooperation with the University of Iowa Public Policy Center and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), is offering funding to support researchers interested in developing proposals to the Central Plains Research Data Center. Researchers at the University of Iowa are invited to submit a short, two-page seed award proposal that will provide...

The deadline for submitting nominations for the Graduate Research Excellence Awards in the arts and humanities category has been extended to February 19 at 11:59pm. Nomination instructions and award criteria are available at https://research.uiowa.edu/graduate-research-excellence-awards. Contact Cheryl Ridgeway (cheryl-a-ridgeway@uiowa.edu/319-384-3332) or Marta Gomez (marta-gomez@uiowa.edu/319...

What do mussels, metabolism, and artificial intelligence have in common? They’re topics in a series of free talks scheduled for this semester’s edition of Science on Tap, lectures presented by the University of Iowa Research Development Office and Hancher. All the events take place on Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Hancher’s Stanley Café. Attendees are invited to grab a bite to eat and enjoy a...

The Office of Research & Economic Development is now accepting proposals to Creative Matches funding program, which supports collaborative projects that bring together scientific and artistic modes of inquiry, experimentation, and expression.

IDx, a privately held AI diagnostics company built on University of Iowa research, announced today that it has filed its De Novo submission to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for IDx-DR, an AI-based system for the autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy — a leading cause of blindness. The FDA has granted IDx-DR with a “Breakthrough Device” designation, which means the submission will...