July Events

Thesis defense: Mekhla Singhania

Monday, July 8, 2024, 9:00am to 10:00am

Mekhla Singhania's Thesis defense "Enhancing therapeutic responses in NSCLC using pharmacological ascorbate and iron-oxide nanoparticles," as a component of her doctorate in Free Radical and Radiation Biology.

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, July 8, 2024, 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, July 9, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

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

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 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....

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

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

Read on the Rug

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 10:30am to 11:00am

Read on the Rug is back with monthly offerings!...

Itching for Stitching

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm

7/10 11:30 a.m. at MERF atrium Contact  T for more info: theresa-ho@uiowa.edu 

Microbiology PhD Thesis Seminar - Andrea Sánchez-Peña

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Join us for the Microbiology PhD Thesis Seminar on 7/10/24 at 1 p.m. in rm. 2117 MERF. Andrea Sánchez-Peña will present her research on the role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa surface motility in interspecies interactions with Staphylococcus aureus.

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 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 Surveys Training

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 10:00am

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

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

We have established a community of CCOM Informaticists who are applying these skills in their work at UIHC. You are invited to join us during our monthly seminar presentations. 

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, July 11, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"CPC: Shortness of Breath in a 24-Year-Old" by Maluki Radford, MD, Second-Year Resident, Internal Medicine; Jane Persons, MD, PhD, Chief Resident, Pathology; and Umar Farooq, MD, Clinical Professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation.

Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Nicholas Scalora

Monday, July 15, 2024, 8:30am

Nicholas Scalora will present about his thesis -  “Elucidating the Mechanisms of EHE Transformation”

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Basic - Online Version (Zoom)

Monday, July 15, 2024, 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 Class will be taught via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

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

Molecular Medicine Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Defense Seminar: Kara Wuchter

Tuesday, July 16, 2024, 1:00pm

Kara Wuchter will present about her thesis -  “The role of DNA demethylation in peripheral CD8 T cell differentiation during acute viral infection” You may also attend via Zoom - https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/97130200613

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

This is the fifth 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:...

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (In-Person and Zoom)

Wednesday, July 17, 2024, 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....

REDCap Data Handling

Thursday, July 18, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

This is the sixth and final step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we won’t use REDCap at all. Instead, we will cover ways to view and manage your exported REDCap data in Microsoft Excel and Sublime Text such as:...

Iowa Neuroscience Institute Seminar: Kim Hei-Man Chow, PhD

Thursday, July 18, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Molecular profiling of cell cycle re-engaging and senescent neurons in healthy aging and Alzheimer’s disease" Kim Hei-Man Chow, PhD NAM International Health Policy Fellow Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science The Chinese University of Hong Kong Iowa Neuroscience Institute summer seminar

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, July 18, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Toxicology Grand Rounds" by Daniel McCabe, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine.

TriNetX Basic Training

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 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....

IHDR Summer Seminar Series - PCORNet GPC

Thursday, July 25, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Please join us every Thursday throughout the summer for this exciting seminar series!  Each week a different expert will present on topics geared to enhance your understanding and accessibility of health science data.  Seminars will take place over Zoom 11 a.m.–noon CST.