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  1. Graduate Program in Free Radical and Radiation Biology, Ph.D. Objective
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Yang earns K12 Scholar Award

Friday, May 16, 2025

Lighting a new path in cancer care with radiation therapy

Monday, May 5, 2025
James Byrne, MD, PhD, of University of Iowa Health Care, is doing highly innovative research to improve patient outcomes. The NIH is noticing.

A tardigrade protein helped reduce radiation damage in mice

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Humans undergoing similar radiation for cancer treatment often suffer painful side effects

Calendar

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ASM Graduate Student Group Writing Session

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Degowin Blood Drive @ Medical Center Downtown

Thursday, October 22, 2026 10:00am to 2:00pm
Medical Center Downtown
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday October 22nd 2026 at the University Center Downtown.

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Joseph Walder Memorial Lecture with Dr. Taekjip Ha, Harvard Medical School

Thursday, October 22, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

Dr. Ha will be our speaker for the inaugural Joseph Walder Memorial Lecture.

"Genome Maintenance at Higher Resolution"

Taekjip Ha, Ph.D.
George D. Yancopoulos Professor of Pediatrics in honor of Frederick W. Alt
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children’s Hospital
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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