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  • December 2022

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Christopher Lapointe, PhD

Thursday, December 1, 2022, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Dynamics and Disruption of Human Translation Initiation" Christopher Lapointe, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Structural Biology Stanford University School of Medicine

How to take the next step: Thoughts from postdocs on making key career decisions

Thursday, December 1, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join our panelist in a discussion about the importance of postdoc training for different career paths. Graduate students have the opportunity to ask very real questions about the experience of being a postdoc at this point in academia and what you should look for when selecting a postdoc.

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

Thursday, December 1, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"A polygenic mouse model to study sex specific striatal phenotypes of neurodevelopmental disorders" Presented by Jae Kyoon Kim, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar in Dr. Ted Abel's Lab "Selective impact of PDE4A5 on different forms of long lasting LTP" Presented by Satya Tadinada Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Ted Abel's Lab

Therapy Dogs at Hardin Library

Thursday, December 1, 2022, 5:00pm to 7:00pm

With the end of the semester approaching, take some time to relax with a therapy dog at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. 

Planning and Writing Successful NSF CAREER Proposals

Friday, December 2, 2022, 9:00am to 11:00am

The Research Development Office, CLAS Grant Support Office, and College of Engineering are hosting a 3-part virtual NSF CAREER Award grant writing seminar, Planning and Writing Successful NSF CAREER Proposals that will be held on Friday, Dec. 2 and Friday, Jan. 6 at 9 a.m.–11 a.m. and Friday, Jan. 13 at 9 a.m.-1 p.m. (8 total hours). The seminar is presented by Dr. Peg AtKisson (AtKisson Training Group)....

Interactive Data Visualization with Plotly in R workshop

Friday, December 2, 2022, 11:30am to 12:50pm

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INI Seminar: Rui Cheng, PhD

Friday, December 2, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

“A multidimensional coding architecture of the vagal interoceptive system.” Rui Chang, PhD, Assistant Professor in Neuroscience; Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/rui_chang/

REDCap Overview

Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00am

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 REDCap’s capability.

Laser Vision Correction Free Webinar

Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop: Andrew Kalenkiewicz

Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Unraveling the Structural and Thermodynamic Basis of Caspase Allostery" by Andrew Kalenkiewicz, Ashley Spies lab

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

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.

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Vicente Planelles, PhD

Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for the Zoom link.  HIV Transcription and viral latency Vicente Planelles, PhD Professor, Division of Microbiology and Immunology Department of Pathology University of Utah  School of Medicine

SHPEP Iowa 2023 Virtual Info Session, 12/6

Tuesday, December 6, 2022, 6:00pm to 6:45pm

Are you a first-year or second-year undergraduate student interested in pursuing a career in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, or public health?...

Pain Research Program Workshop - Joseph Lesnak

Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 9:00am to 10:00am

"The impact of sex and physical activity on the local immune system response to muscle pain" Presented by Joseph Lesnak Graduate Student in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's Lab

REDCap Basic Hands On

Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 10:00am to 11:30am

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.

Anatomy and Cell Biology Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 11:00am to 12:00pm

"All-optical Super-resolution Imaging of Molecules in their Nanoscale Cellular Context"      Joerg Bewersdorf, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine     Sam Young, Ph.D. is Dr. Bewersdorf's faculty host

Hardin Open Workshops: NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans

Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 11:00am to 12:00pm

NIH will begin requiring a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) all NIH funding proposals starting Jan. 23, 2023. This session will help you create a useful and well-written plan that meets the requirements and can be put into practice in your project. We’ll dig into each section of a plan, including: describing the types of data for your proposed project; standards for data and metadata; selecting a repository; addressing preservation and access requirements; and considerations for access...

CS Colloquium - Self-supervised text generation metrics: Teaching computers to judge how good it writes without an English degree

Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Speaker Forrest Sheng Bao Abstract The Transformer architecture invented by Google in 2017 has triggered a boom of text generation (natural language generation, NLG), including summarization, simplification, and translation. A consequent problem is how to judge the quality of generated text or a generator (summarizer, translator, etc.). The conventional approach is to measure the lexical or token-level overlap between the generated text and a parallel text prepar...

REDCap Basic Demo

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00am

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 with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Hardin Open Workshops: EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00am

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....

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Kanishk Jain, PhD

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Understanding the Nature of Chromatin Engagement by Histone PTM Readers and Writers" Kanishk Jain, PhD American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Dissecting the roles of hypothalamic ciliary adenylyl cyclase 3 in body weight regulation" Presented by Guorui (Gary) Deng, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar in Dr. Huxing Cui's Lab “Active Gai/o mutants accelerate tumor metastasis via the c-Src pathway in transgenic mouse models of breast cancer” Presented by Cancan Lyu, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Songhai Chen's Lab

Broga

Thursday, December 8, 2022, 7:00pm to 8:00pm

Students, faculty and staff at the University of Iowa who identify as men are invited to Broga (that is, bro-yoga), a free class. This physical practice will stretch and strengthen you. Must bring your UI ID with you.  Sponsored by the Men and Masculinities Coalition at the University of Iowa, Office of the Dean of Students.

Hardin Library Finals Week Extended Hours

Friday, December 9, 2022, 7:00am to 9:00pm

Hardin Library has extended hours for finals week, closing at 9pm Friday. The 24-hour study is available to anyone with a current IowaOne Card or UIHC ID. Free coffee, hot chocolate and snacks provided.

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Instructor Candidate Seminar - Dr. Richard R. Vaillancourt

Monday, December 12, 2022, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Drugs for Diabetes" Presented by Richard, R. Vaillancourt, PhD Associate Department Head Program Director, BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Tucson, Arizona

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, December 12, 2022, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the third Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to all—students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science (we have several male faculty in regular attendance and we appreciate the support!). Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

REDCap Surveys

Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00am

This training will cover REDCap surveys and logic. From enabling surveys to automatic survey invitations, we'll demonstrate the full survey functionality in REDCap. In addition, we'll cover hiding/showing fields with branching logic, calculating the difference between two dates with a calculated field, and other logical functions available in REDCap. After this training, you will have the ability to create and send surveys in a variety of ways as well as creating more complex projects using...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Ryan Barnes, PhD

Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Oxidative and Replicative Stress at Telomeres, and Beyond" Ryan Barnes, PhD Hillman Fellow for Innovative Cancer Research Department of Environmental and Occupational Health University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Hillman Cancer Center University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Research Pavilion

Hands-on Bioinformatics Workshop - Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) for Beginners

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 8:30am to 4:00pm

Registration is required! Please visit https://medicine.uiowa.edu/humangenetics/bioinformatics-division/educational-opportunities/hands-bioinformatics-workshops

REDCap MyCap

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00am

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 an understanding of how to use REDCap MyCap.

Hardin Open Workshops: Images in the Health Sciences (Zoom)

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00pm

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....

Thesis Seminar - Anatomy and Cell Biology

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

"IRF6 regulates the recycling of E-cadherin at the cell membrane"      Angelo Antiguas, PhD Candidate      Mentor:  Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD

Cell & Developmental Biology Program Thesis Seminar - Angelo Antiguas

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

"IRF6 regulates the recycling of E-cadherin at the cell membrane"      Angelo Antiguas, Ph.D. Candidate      Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program      Ph.D. Mentor:  Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD

Improv Theatre for Communication Skills Series

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Do you want to feel more comfortable with public speaking, teaching, and presentations? Join other graduate students and postdocs for improvisation drop-in sessions where we will use improv theatre games to help you improve your confidence in public speaking, answering questions, and communicating your research to broad audiences. Sessions will be led by Lisa Kelly, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Cedar Rapids and the UI CIRTL Coordinator, and Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers, UI...

Improv Theatre for Communication Skills Series

Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Do you want to feel more comfortable with public speaking, teaching, and presentations? Join other graduate students and postdocs for improvisation drop-in sessions where we will use improv theatre games to help you improve your confidence in public speaking, answering questions, and communicating your research to broad audiences. Sessions will be led by Lisa Kelly, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Cedar Rapids and the UI CIRTL Coordinator, and Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers, UI...

TriNetX Basic Training

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 9:00am to 10:00am

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.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Aleksandra Skrajna, PhD

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Universal Principles of Nucleosome Recognition" Aleksandra Skrajna, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Eshelman School of Pharmacy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Seminar - Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Brainstem neuropathology in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease" Presented by Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology University of Iowa

Hardin Open Workshops: PubMed (Zoom)

Thursday, December 15, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

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. PLEASE NOTE: Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, December 19, 2022, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the third Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to all—students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science (we have several male faculty in regular attendance and we appreciate the support!). Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

Spotlight on Current & Future Research

Monday, December 19, 2022, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

Presenters...

University of Iowa Health Sciences Reception - TransPerfect Music City Bowl

Friday, December 30, 2022, 3:00pm to 4:30pm

Meet us in Nashville—the Hawkeyes are Music City Bowl-bound! ...