February Events
REDCap MyCap Training
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am
This is the seventh and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as:...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Daniel Conway, PhD
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 10:30am to 11:30am
Mechanical forces regulate the stability of epithelia: Role of cell-cell adhesion and the nuclear lamina Daniel Conway, PhD Professor of Biomedical Engineering Ohio State University https://www.conwaylab.com/home
Grad DEI Virtual Conversation Series
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:30pm
Join us for the Grad DEI Virtual Conversation Series this February via Zoom as we host virtual conversation spaces with alumna Dr. DaVida Anderson, Founder & Executive Director and Dr. Laila McCloud, Board Member of the Strong Sister, Silly Sister program....
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Miriam McDonough and Joshua Lingo
Thursday, February 16, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"Investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying aldosterone-mediated sodium appetite" Presented by Miriam McDonough Graduate student in Dr. Jon Resch's lab "Plasma cells and PD-L1: innovative targets for MPNST therapy" Presented by Joshua Lingo Graduate student in Dr. Dawn Quelle's lab
Microbiology Graduate Program Recruitment 2023/2024
Friday, February 17, 2023
place + Trust
Friday, February 17, 2023
Please join us at the K K Merker Gallery on the Basement level of North Hall for "place + Trust," an exhibit of a new body of work by Jennifer Miller. This work explores combinations of handmade paper and text in the forms of sculptures, banners, pulp paintings, and a letterpress printing of a poem titled "Get Out of the Maze," written by Ma Thida. Ma Thida is a Burmese human rights activist, surgeon, writer, and former prisoner of conscience whom Jen met when Ma Thida was a Writer in...
Microbiology Graduate Program Recruitment Weekend - February 17-19
Friday, February 17, 2023
Skills for Educators Workshop: Educational Scholarship
Friday, February 17, 2023, 8:30am to 11:30am
This session will explore how to design and conduct research related to health professions education questions and innovations. Objectives: Define educational scholarship Formulate educational research questions Make decisions in relation to study design/conceptual framework and implementation of educational research projects List potential venues of dissemination/publication of medical education scholarship
Black History Month lecture: "The Weakest Link: Improving Health for Some of the Sickest Among Us”
Friday, February 17, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Melva Thompson-Robinson, DrPH, is a professor in the School of Nursing as well as the former executive director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. ...
Microbiology Graduate Program Recruitment Weekend - February 17-19
Saturday, February 18, 2023
Microbiology Graduate Program Recruitment Weekend - February 17-19
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Postdoctoral Seminar Series - Chandrashekhar Borkar, PhD
Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 10:30am to 11:30am
"Prefrontal cortex to the central amygdala circuit in the regulation of defensive behaviors in mice" Presented by Chandrashekhar Borkar, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Tulane University New Orleans, LA
Hardin Open Workshops: EMBASE (Zoom)
Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 11:00am to 12:00pm
EMBASE is a biomedical and pharmaceutical database containing bibliographic records with abstracts. Although there is overlap with records from PubMed, there are also many unique records. This hands-on session will show you how to conduct basic searches using EMBASE’s quick search box, how to conduct searches using EMTREE subject headings, and how to use subheadings for drug and disease topics....
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop: Pamela Geyer, PhD
Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
A stabilizing variant of Barrier-to-autointegration factor causes dominant motor neuronopathy Pamela Geyer, PhD Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Wenjun Ma, PhD
Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for the Zoom link. Understanding of Novel Bat Influenza Viruses and Beyond Wenjun Ma, PhD Associate Professor Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, School of Medicine University of Missouri - Columbia
ACB Departmental Seminar Series
Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Riley Leonard presents "The miR-200 family in cardiac development and regeneration" Dan Su presents "Dissecting the role of Iroquois Homeobox 1 (Irx1) in Re-epithelization during Gingival Wound Healing"
Hardin Open Workshops: Conducting a Health Sciences Literature Review (In-Person and Zoom)
Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The session will offer a framework for conducting a quality health sciences literature review for scholarly projects or publication. Learn tips about how to identify sources, use appropriate search techniques, organize results, and synthesize the body of literature to successfully prepare a review. Key differences in search methodology for reviews in the health sciences will be described, with examples provided. Although introductory material regarding systematic and scoping reviews will be...
TriNetX Basic Training
Thursday, February 23, 2023, 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 can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research....
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar Series
Thursday, February 23, 2023, 10:30am to 11:30am
This seminar is canceled.
Earthquake Benefit Concert for Turkey and Syria
Saturday, February 25, 2023, 3:00pm
Yet another earthquake has stricken the already devastated region of Turkey and Syria. The powerful 6.3 aftershock follows a deadly magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Feb. 6 that left more than 46,000 people dead in Turkey and Syria....
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop: Miles Pufall, PhD
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"Glucocorticoid induction of cell death in B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia" Miles Pufall, PhD Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Drew Kitchen, PhD
Tuesday, February 28, 2023, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for the Zoom link. Phylogenetic identification of pathogen origins across time and space Drew Kitchen, PhD Assistant Professor of Anthropology University of Iowa
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