October Events
Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
Monday, October 7, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Allyn L. Mark, MD
Monday, October 7, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Allyn L. Mark, MD Co-Founding Director, UI Obesity Research and Education Initiative Professor, Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine Carver College of Medicine | University of Iowa Presentation: Obesity: Challenges to Prevailing Stereotypes
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - James Granneman, PhD
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 10:30am to 11:30am
"Deconstructing Adipogenesis with Single Cell Expression Profiling" Presented by James Granneman, PhD Professor Department of Molecular Medicine and Genetics Director Center for Integrative Metabolic and Endocrine Research Wayne State University Detroit, MI
Learning Community Meetings
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Biochemistry Workshop: Colleen Caldwell and Fletcher Bain
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"RPA domain dynamics in the regulation of DNA maintenance" Colleen Caldwell Biochemistry Graduate Student Dr. Maria Spies Lab "G-quadruplex DNA: Probing the Effect of DNA Secondary Structure and Sequence in Replication Bypass" Fletcher Bain Biochemistry Graduate Student Dr. Maria Spies Lab
Discover Study Abroad
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 12:30pm
Would you like to study abroad during your time at the University of Iowa, but don't know where to start? Attend one of our weekly Discover Study Abroad info sessions to learn how study abroad works and find the right international opportunity for you! ...
Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews: Nuts & Bolts of a Systematic Review
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
This class will provide a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review. Topics will include the following: standards and criteria to consider, establishing a plan, registering a protocol, developing a research question, determining where to search, identifying search terms, reporting search strategies, and managing references.
TriNetX Training
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
TriNetX training This training will provide an in depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies. Registration Register here
MSFC and MOM's Stimulation Event
Tuesday, October 8, 2019, 5:30pm to 7:20pm
REDCap Training
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 11:00am to 12:30pm
REDCap Basic Hands-On Training This training is a basic overview of REDCap. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap. Registration Registration is required and limited to 8 people for each REDCap Training session. Register here.
Internal Medicine Interest Group
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Research Interest Club Meeting
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
MD/PA Panel Lunch
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Student Interest Group in Neurology (SIGN)
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 1:00pm
Anatomy & Cell Biology Wednesday Seminar, Speaker Jian-Ping Jin, Ph.D., Chair and Professor in the Department of Physiology, Wayne State University, will be presenting, "Troponin Regulation in Cardiac Muscle Contractility and Heart Failure”.
SHPEP Info Session (Summer Health Professions Education Program)
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Held in 348 Big Ten Theater (former Illinois Theater)...
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on and there will be time for questions at the end.
WorldCanvass: Space, Cancer Treatments, and Iowa's Bioscience Priortities
Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 5:00pm to 7:00pm
WorldCanvass guests on October 9 will take us inside the groundbreaking history of space research at the UI, describe their research into 'chemo brain' or the cognitive deficits that can occur after chemotherapy, and detail a research collaboration that aims to provide weather and climate information to farmers to help them make key decisions at different times of the year. Join us at the next WorldCanvass for an intriguing conversation about research breakthroughs and the many unexpected...
Biomolecular NMR Interest Group
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 9:00am to 10:00am
The Biomolecular NMR Interest Group will review current topics in NMR relevant to biological problems. Meetings are biweekly at 9:00am in the Heath Conference Room (4-403A BSB) for Fall 2019. The director of the group is Dr. Liping Yu. To join the mailing list, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research. These meetings are open to all who are interested in NMR and/or structural biology. ...
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Stephanie Gantz
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Native delta glutamate receptor conductance drives excitation of dorsal raphe neurons Presented by: Stephanie Gantz, PhD Postdoctoral IRTA Fellow National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Climate Change: The Grand Challenge for the 21st Century by Peter Thorne, PhD Climate Change and its Effects on Public Health: What healthcare providers can do by Daniel Livorsi, MD
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Uday Singh & Kyle Flippo
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Presented by Uday Singh, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Huxing Cui's Lab Presented by Kyle Flippo, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Matthew Potthoff's Lab
Internal Medicine Fellows' Interdisciplinary Core Conference
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
"Effective Consultation" by Mary Beth Fasano, MD, MSPH
Hardin Open Workshops - Open Refine
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
OpenRefine (formerly known as Google Refine) is a free tool for working with messy tabular data. Save yourself a lot of time by using OpenRefine when working with datasets that need to be transformed, cleaned, or otherwise processed before use. OpenRefine's facet and filter functions facilitate exploration of large datasets. Automated functions easily and quickly handle common problems with data, such as splitting cells that contain multiple data values, detecting duplicates, standardizing...
African American Council Monthly Campus Meetings (Fall)
Thursday, October 10, 2019, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
The purpose of this meeting is to share information from our various areas/departments, touch base and get feedback about programming. It is also for the conviviality of seeing each other in person....
M2/PA2 MOHD IV Exam
Friday, October 11, 2019, 8:00am to 9:50am
Discover Study Abroad
Friday, October 11, 2019, 11:00am
Would you like to study abroad during your time at the University of Iowa, but don't know where to start? Attend one of our weekly Discover Study Abroad info sessions to learn how study abroad works and find the right international opportunity for you! ...
SNPhA Flu Shot Clinic for College of Medicine
Friday, October 11, 2019, 11:00am to 1:30pm
College of Pharmacy student members of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) will host a flu shot clinic for the Carver College of Medicine at UIHC (7th Floor Atrium).
2019 M1/PA1 Foundations Exam 4
Friday, October 11, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:50pm
Computerized Exam. Beisner Aud BSB or 2189 MERF.
Hacky Hour
Friday, October 11, 2019, 3:00pm to 5:00pm
Hacky Hour is an informal gathering of people to share knowledge and ask questions about their data and how to code analyses for their data.
Iowa Eye Alumni Reception @ AAO 2019
Sunday, October 13, 2019, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Join us at the Iowa Eye Alumni Reception during this year's American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting. RSVP by September 27 to Joe Schmidt: joe-schmidt@uiowa.edu or 319.384.8529
Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: David Wasserman, PhD
Monday, October 14, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
David Wasserman, PhD Professor, Molecular Physiology & Biophysics AM Lyle Chair in Biomedical Sciences Director, Vanderbilt NIH Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Presentation: Control of Insulin-stimulated Muscle Glucose Uptake: Thinking Outside the Myocyte
Autism Workshop Series: Tech Options to Prime Your Child for Success
Monday, October 14, 2019, 2:08pm
The Iowa City Autism Community, University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, and the Iowa Regional Autism Assistance Program present the 2019-2020 Autism Workshop Series. The first session will be: Tech Options to Prime Your Child for Success with Kelli Robertson, GWAEA Autism Consultant & Assistive Technology Coach. The University of Iowa School of Social Work is offering 2 hours of CEU credit for social workers who participate in this event.
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Deniz Atasoy, Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 10:30am to 11:30am
"Central Regulation of Glucoprivic Hunger" Presented by Deniz Atasoy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology The University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
McCowen Leadership Meeting
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Boulware Leadership Meeting
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine’s index to the medical literature and includes over 26 million bibliographic citations in life sciences. This one-hour session will show you how to improve your search results by using subject headings (MeSH) and advanced keyword searching techniques.
Biochemistry Workshop: Dr. Daniel Summers
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"Novel intersections between protein homeostasis and neurodegeneration" Dr. Daniel Summers Assistant Professor Department of Biology University of Iowa
Discover Study Abroad
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 12:30pm
Would you like to study abroad during your time at the University of Iowa, but don't know where to start? Attend one of our weekly Discover Study Abroad info sessions to learn how study abroad works and find the right international opportunity for you! ...
Internal Medicine Research Day - Invited Research Talks
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:15pm
Opening remarks by E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD; “Personal Response Profiles in Complex Disease” by Alejandro Pezzulo, MD, “Insulin/IGF-1 regulate muscle mitochondrial function via FoxOs” by Brian O’Neill, MD, PhD, “Comparative Effectiveness Research using Observational Data: The Case of Oral Anticoagulants” by Mary Vaughan-Sarrazin, PhD, “A Small Talk about Big Data” by Philip Polgreen, MD, MPH
TriNetX Analytics Training
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
TriNetX analytics training...
Internal Medicine Research Day - Keynote Presentation
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 2:30pm to 3:30pm
"Enabling new discovery and implementation science using large biobanks" by Dan M. Roden, MD, CM, Vanderbilt University
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Joanne Engel, MD, PhD
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Seminar Title: "Chlamydia is a Master Cell Biologist: The Secret Life of an Intracellular Pathogen" Joanne Engel, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine and Microbiology/Immunology, Chief of the Division of Infectious Disease, University of California - San Francisco Hosted by Mary Weber, PhD and Lilliana Radoshevich, PhD
Internal Medicine Research Day - Poster Session
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Internal Medicine Research Day Poster Session - hors d'ouevres available
CCOM Student Government Meeting
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 6:30pm to 8:20pm
Boulware Trivia Night
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Faculty Development Opportunity - Faculty Negotiation Workshop
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 7:30am to 8:30am
Facilitated by Karl Kreder, MD, Professor and Department Executive Officer of Urology
Hardin Open Workshops - Sharing and Publishing Your Research Data
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 11:00am to 12:00pm
In this class you’ll learn about data sharing requirements and considerations, and where and how to maximize the impact of your research through sharing or publishing research data.