August Events

Hardin Open Workshops: Conducting a Health Sciences Literature Review (In-Person and Zoom)

Thursday, August 3, 2023, 11:00am to 12:00pm

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...

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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. Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30...

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, August 8, 2023, 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 can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research....

Microbiology Graduate Program Orientation

Monday, August 14, 2023, 8:30am to 11:00am

Orientation for incoming 2023/2024 students to the Microbiology Graduate Program

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, August 14, 2023, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second 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. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am

This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project scratch and cover basic features such as:...

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Basic - Online Version (In-Person and Zoom)

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 11:00am to 12:00pm

EndNote Basic is a web-based citation management software that is freely available to all UI affiliates. It allows you to import, organize and format citations for papers, articles, etc. EndNote Basic is not the same as the desktop software, Endnote. PLEASE NOTE Advance registration is required for Zoom option. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Tuesday, August 15, 2023, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

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.

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:...

REDCap Advanced Training

Thursday, August 17, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as:...

Lung Imaging at Iowa Research Symposium

Friday, August 18, 2023, 8:00am to 4:00pm

    Tentative Agenda 8 a.m. Coffee and light snacks 8:45 a.m. Introduction and welcome 9 a.m. Dr. Benjamin Smith, McGill University and Columbia University 10 a.m. Dr. Jacob Herrman, The University of Iowa 10:30 a.m. Lightning talks from T32 trainees Adam Galloy, Carley Stewart, Emmanuel Akor, Kevin Knoernschild 11 a.m. Dr. Jason Woods, Cincinnati Children's Hospit...

Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Retreat Keynote Speaker: Pan Li, PhD

Friday, August 18, 2023, 2:30pm to 3:15pm

"Molecular pathogenesis of spinocerebellar ataxia type 12" Presented by Pan Li, PhD Assistant Professor Division of Neurobiology, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

REDCap Surveys Training

Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am

This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop

Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Filiz Korkmaz, PhD

Tuesday, August 22, 2023, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for more information. LOX-1-dependent regulation of immunity and metabolism in the pneumonic lung Filiz Korkmaz, PhD Instructor, Immunology and Infectious Disease University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

REDCap Data Quality Training

Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am

This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss ways to manage and view data such as:...

TriNetX Basic Training

Thursday, August 24, 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....

REDCap MyCap Training

Thursday, August 24, 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: Dr. Xu Liu, Emory University

Thursday, August 24, 2023, 10:30am to 11:20am

"Mechanistic Understanding of Glucocorticoid Receptor Signaling through Selective Modulator and Condensation Formation" Xu Liu, PhD Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Emory University School of Medicine https://med.emory.edu/directory/profile/?u=XLIU41 Hosted by Dr. Ernesto Fuentes

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu, PhD

Thursday, August 24, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Presented by Serena (Banu) Gumusoglu Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Iowa

75th Anniversary and Annual Scientific Retreat

Friday, August 25, 2023, 9:00am to 4:30pm

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Stacia Phillips, PhD

Monday, August 28, 2023, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for more information. Exploitation and evasion of host RNA-binding protein function during viral infections Stacia Phillps, PhD Associate Research Scientist  University of Iowa

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop

Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Abby Buchwalter, UCSF

Thursday, August 31, 2023, 10:30am to 11:20am

"Quantifying Protein and Cell Lifetimes in vivo to Understand (Pathological) Aging" Abigail (Abby) Buchwalter, PhD Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute University of California, San Francisco https://profiles.ucsf.edu/abby.buchwalter https://buchwalterlab.ucsf.edu/ Hosted by Dr. Lori Wallrath

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Seminar - Deniz Atasoy, PhD & Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD

Thursday, August 31, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Presented by Deniz Atasoy, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology University of Iowa Presented by Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology University of Iowa

Lecture by Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor Tawnya Pettiford-Wates

Thursday, August 31, 2023, 7:00pm

The Department of Theatre Arts hosts Ida Beam Distinguished Professor Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, giving her lecture titled “From Shakespeare to Shange.” ...