FAST-SLOW ANALYSIS OF A MODEL FOR THE STIMULATION OF ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY BY A COMPETITIVE INHIBITOR

Competitive inhibitors can, paradoxically, stimulate an enzymatic reaction at low to moderate doses. Competitive inhibition of an enzyme occurs when an inhibitor binds to the enzyme’s binding site and blocks the enzyme’s target molecule from binding. We recently proposed a detailed but straightforward mass action model for competitive inhibition of phosphoglycerate kinase 1 (PGK1) by Terazosin (TZ)...

Please join us via Zoom for an info session to learn more about the online MSW program.

https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/91760640877

Questions? Contact Lauren at ssw-admissions@uiowa.edu

Join Life in Iowa and International Student & Scholar Services (ISSS) for a comprehensive virtual Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshop to learn about eligibility, application steps, and key timelines. The event will kick off with an introduction to what OPT is and a live Q&A segment with ISSS Senior Advisor Kevin Roiseland.

Whether you’re a first-year student or heading toward graduation soon, we invite all international students to join this event.

This link to join will become active the...

Jennifer duBois is the author of The Last Language. Her first novel, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel and winner of the California Book Award for First Work of Fiction. Soon after its publication, duBois received a Whiting Award and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Award. Her second novel, Cartwheel, was a finalist for the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award and the winner of the Housatonic Book Award. And her third...

Please join us for the Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series, featuring Bob McMurray, PhD, Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Psychological and Brain Sciences "The smallest bits of language develop the slowest: New thinking about speech perception and word recognition shapes our understanding of language and reading disorders"
Friday, Feb. 13, 2026
Noon–1 p.m. CST
Pediatric Conference Center JCP 2415
Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP.
Or join us via zoom:
https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/98587296500...

Title: Automorphic representations and L-functions for GL(1) over Q

Katarina Perovic, University of Iowa

“Imagining the B-theoretical phenomenology”

Jack Saebyok Jung is a poet, translator, and educator whose creative practice navigates the intersections of literature, technology, and identity. Known for his translations of Korean poetry, notably the cutting-edge works of Yi Sang, Jack explores how language moves between cultures, capturing nuance and existential depth through rhythmical precision.

Jung once planned on drawing vampire hunters and mech pilots — but then he stumbled into poetry and never left. A Truman Capote Fellow at the Iowa...

The UI Obermann Center for Advanced studies is accepting applications for Fall 2026 Obermann International Fellowships. This program offers dedicated space, time, and funding for interdisciplinary scholars to collaborate on innovative research at the University of Iowa. Up to eight international fellowships will be granted every academic year. Applicants must be active researchers at an accredited institution of higher learning outside of the United States or independent researchers/artists with...

Kick of your Valentine's Day celebration at the Stanley Museum of Art with love-themed tours led by docents.

Tours start at 2 p.m. followed by refreshments in the lobby. Perfect for those wishing for a pre-dinner activity and those who prefer to spend a cozy evening at home after enjoying some art.

Space is limited; registration recommended. Register at https://uiowa.doubleknot.com/event/valentines-tour/3128647.

Tour time 2–3 p.m.

Refreshments 3–4 p.m.

Photo by Grace Troutman.

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Investigations of Metal-Borohydride Bonding

Please join us for a job talk by Dr. Matthew Helm on Harvey Fierstein’s play Torch Song Trilogy (1982) and what it tells us about a disavowed queer history embedded within the medium of television. This presentation is an excerpt from a work-in-progress book, Transmediations: Media Materialism in the Archives of Queer Literature.