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December Events

  • December 2021

Pain Research Program Seminar - Rajesh Khanna, PhD

Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 9:00am to 10:00am

"Selective targeting of NaV1.7 via inhibition of the CRMP2-Ubc9 interaction reduces pain in rodents" Presented by Rajesh Khanna, PhD Professor and Vice Chair of Research Department of Pharmacology, Associate Director of Research Comprehensive Pain and Addiction Center University of Arizona Tucson, AZ

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed

Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

This hands on session will help you improve your searching through best practices for basic and advanced searching and show you features for saving or exporting citations. The session will also help you understand medical subject headings (MeSH) and how they improve your search as well as the benefits of a MyNCBI account.

Innovations in Urgent Mental Health and Substance Use Care

Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Join a virtual presentation and discussion with Abbey Ferenzi, executive director of GuideLink Center. The center, located in Iowa City, is a community-initiated collaborative led by the Johnson County Board of Supervisors that provides easier access to immediate, onsite assessment and stabilization—outside of a hospital setting—for those 18+ years of age who are experiencing a mental health or substance use crisis....

Hardin Open Workshops - Images in the Health Sciences

Thursday, December 2, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am

Using images can add interest to your assignments and presentations, but do you know where to find good images and how to ensure that you use those images ethically? This workshop will help you understand copyright, creative common licenses, and public domain. You will also learn where to search for stock and health sciences images and how to cite your images appropriately.

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, December 2, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Small Airways Disease in Post-Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection by Raul Villacreses, MD

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Jae Kyoon Kim, PhD and Satya Tadinada, PhD

Thursday, December 2, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Sex specific impact of 16p11.2 hemi-deletion on striatal circuits in mouse models" Presented by Jae Kyoon Kim, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Ted Abel's lab "CNS manifestations of McCune Albright Syndrome" Presented by Satya Tadinada, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Ted Abel's lab

CCOM Pop Up IT Support Desk

Friday, December 3, 2021, 9:00am to 11:00am

The IT Pop Up Support Desk will resume starting July 2.  We will setup each Friday from 9-11 on a specific floor in BSB (full schedule below), please feel free to stop by with questions or simply have a cup of coffee.  If the below times don’t work for you, the Technology Assistance Center (TAC) is available M-F 9:00 – 4:00, and can assist with installation and troubleshooting of UI Health Care applications (Remote Access, email, etc) on phones, tablets, and laptops.    ...

INI Minisymposium: Epigenetics

Friday, December 3, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

This virtual mini-symposium on epigenetics features presentations from: Andy Groves, PhD, Baylor; Elizabeth Heller, PhD, UPenn; Simon Hippenmeyer, PhD, IST Austria

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Eric Dang, PhD

Monday, December 6, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am

Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) with questions.  Mechanisms of host manipulation and cytosolic sensing during pathogenic fungal infection Eric Dang, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow  University of California - San Francisco  

CCOM Spotlight on Current & Future Research - Dec. 6, 2021

Monday, December 6, 2021, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

These quarterly short-talk seminars, hosted by Dr. Brooks Jackson, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, will feature a small number of presentations by CCOM investigators invited by Dr. Jackson to share research ideas, discoveries and a discussion of their current work and future plans for realizing their research aims.  ...

REDCap Training

Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am

REDCap overview training Not sure what REDCap is? Want to find out if REDCap is suitable for your research project? The REDCap Overview session will cover the basics of REDCap’s functionality and capability. No previous experience is needed. We cover the basic capabilities and the latest software enhancements. NOTE: This is not a hands-on course. After this training you will have a basic understanding of what REDCap’s capability.

UIPDA Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join the UI Postdoctoral Association for our last meeting of 2021. Learn about upcoming events, campus and external resources, funding opportunities, and ongoing advocacy projects. Check your email for more detailed information and the announcement of our December guest speaker. If you are interested in getting involved with UIPDA take a look at our committees page on the UIPDA website and email nicole-green@uiowa.edu.

Health Systems/ Administration & Leadership Info Session

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 11:00am to 1:00pm

The Health Systems program at the University of Iowa College of Nursing prepares the next generation of leaders to reshape health care, nursing practice, and the workforce through individualized career planning and mentorship. Program spots for next year are limited. Find out more at this virtual, drop-in info session!  

Anatomy and Cell Biology Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

"Role of Presynaptic CaV2 Channels in Regulating Synaptic Vesicle Release"       Speaker, Priyadharishini Veeraraghavan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Sam Young Lab) "Fate Mapping Airway Epithelial Progenitors in the Ferret"      Speaker, Xiaoming Liu, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Anatomy and Cell Biology

SHPEP Iowa 2022 Info Session

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 6:00pm to 6:45pm

A free six-week Summer Health Professions Education Program with housing, meals, stipends, travel assistance, guidance and so much more? Say less! First and second year undergraduates interested in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, or public health are encouraged to apply. This session will explain eligibility requirements, the application process, and a sample SHPEP schedule. Visit shpep.org or contact monique-galpin@uiowa.edu for more info!

Structural Biology Interest Group

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 9:00am to 10:00am

This meeting is canceled.  The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 9:00am, with few exceptions. Currently the group meets via Zoom.  The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington.  To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research.   

REDCap Training

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am

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.

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Kyla Ost, PhD

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am

Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) with questions.  Adaptive immunity shapes friendlier fungi in the gut Kyla Ost, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow University of Utah  

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

CPC: Ewing Sarcoma: Tumor Biology to Treatment by David Gordon, MD, PhD, Nicole Becker, MD and Adam Prescott, MD

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Guorui (Gary) Deng, PhD and Cancan Lyu, PhD

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

  "Elucidating the roles of hypothalamic ciliary adenylyl cyclase 3 in energy homeostasis" Presented by Guorui (Gary) Deng, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Huxing Cui's lab "Functional characterization of constitutively active Gai/o mutants in breast cancer development" Presented by Cancan Lyu, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Songhai Chen's lab

REDCap Training

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

REDCap Basic hands-off This training is a basic overview of REDCap that is hands-off/lecture. 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. You will follow along in with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

CCOM Pop Up IT Support Desk

Friday, December 10, 2021, 9:00am to 11:00am

The IT Pop Up Support Desk will resume starting July 2.  We will setup each Friday from 9-11 on a specific floor in BSB (full schedule below), please feel free to stop by with questions or simply have a cup of coffee.  If the below times don’t work for you, the Technology Assistance Center (TAC) is available M-F 9:00 – 4:00, and can assist with installation and troubleshooting of UI Health Care applications (Remote Access, email, etc) on phones, tablets, and laptops.    ...

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Huachao Huang, PhD

Monday, December 13, 2021, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) with questions.  Rare cells, big effects: tuft cells in pulmonary inflammation Huachao Huang, PhD Associate Research Scientist Columbia University Medical Center  

Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 2: Literature Searching

Monday, December 13, 2021, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies, and saving and organizing references....

TriNetX Training

Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 9:00am to 10:00am

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.

Learning Community Meetings

Tuesday, December 14, 2021, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

REDCap Training

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am

Logic and survey distribution training...

Anatomy and Cell Biology Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

"Dissecting the molecular mechanism for the IRF6-dependent regulation of E-cadherin recycling"      Angelo Antiguas, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program (Martine Dunnwald Lab) "Elucidating the role of the α2δ protein in auditory information processing"      William Milanick, Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (Sam Young Lab)

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, December 16, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

State of the Department by E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Seminar - Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD

Thursday, December 16, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"A Serotonin-Dynorphin Circuit Modulates Social Behaviors during Alcohol Withdrawal" Presented by Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD Assistant Professor Neuroscience and Pharmacology

REDCap Training

Thursday, December 16, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

MyCap training MyCap makes it easy for researchers to capture participant/patient reported outcomes using mobile devices. We will demonstrate a how a participant interacts with MyCap, how the REDCap Team constructs instruments and tasks and how a research study team can enroll participants, message participants, view and interact with participant data. After this training you will have a an understanding of how to use REDCap MyCap.

CCOM Pop Up IT Support Desk

Friday, December 17, 2021, 9:00am to 11:00am

The IT Pop Up Support Desk will resume starting July 2.  We will setup each Friday from 9-11 on a specific floor in BSB (full schedule below), please feel free to stop by with questions or simply have a cup of coffee.  If the below times don’t work for you, the Technology Assistance Center (TAC) is available M-F 9:00 – 4:00, and can assist with installation and troubleshooting of UI Health Care applications (Remote Access, email, etc) on phones, tablets, and laptops.    ...

TriNetX Training

Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

TriNetX analytics training TriNetX Analytics is a new functionality within the TriNetX toolset. You will be able to explore and compare cohorts, review cohort characteristics and compare outcomes of interest. We will demonstrate how to use these tools and give examples on best practices for when to use these different measures. After this training you will have a basic understanding of the Analytics toolset and how it can be applied to research questions for your studies.

Hardin Open Workshops - Getting Started with Hardin Library Resources

Tuesday, December 21, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This course will cover how to search for Hardin Library resources including books and journals and how to request materials not owned by the libraries. Participants will also be introduced to our available databases, subject guides, and services. This course can be tailored to meet the needs of a particular group.

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, December 23, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

CANCELED - HOLIDAY

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, December 30, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

CANCELED - HOLIDAY

TriNetX Training

Thursday, December 30, 2021, 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.