December Events

December 2024

Molecular Medicine Graduate Program Seminar: Faculty Guest Speaker - Snehajyoti Chatterjee, PhD

Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 11:30am

We invite you to join the Molecular Medicine Graduate Program on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd, for a seminar featuring our esteemed faculty guest speaker, Dr. Snehajyoti Chatterjee. His seminar, titled "The Role of the Hippocampus and Retrosplenial Cortex in Spatial Memory and Neurodegeneration," promises to be an insightful and engaging presentation.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop

Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:20pm

This workshop has been canceled.

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Keith Reeves, PhD

Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

A Translational Atlas of Adaptive Natural Killer Cells Immunobiology Against Viruses Keith Reeves, PhD Professor, Duke University School of Medicine

ACB Seminar Series - Aidan Ruth

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 9:30am to 10:30am

Dr. Aidan Ruth, an Associate Professor in the Center of Anatomical Sciences and Education at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine will present a seminar titled "More than Content: The Epiphenomena of Anatomy Education."

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Program Thesis Seminar: Micah Johnson

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 10:30am

Please join the Neuroscience Graduate Program as Micah Johnson presents her thesis dissertation on Wednesday, Dec. 4. We invite you to join us in celebrating Micah’s remarkable achievements and to discover the fascinating research she has conducted. Your presence and support would be deeply meaningful to her and to all of us who have been part of this journey. This seminar represents the culmination of her dedication, hard work, and excellence, and we couldn’t be...

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics PhD Seminar, Colin Clark

Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Colin Clark, a MSTP Student in the Laboratory of Dr. Chris Ahern from Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, will present a PhD Seminar titled, "Sodium Current Composition and Remodeling in Murine Cardiomyocytes."

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Seminar

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 10:30am to 11:20am

Please contact the department at biochem@uiowa.edu for more information for more information about this event.

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 12/5/2024

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Health Impacts of Climate Exacerbated Wildfires by Alejandro Comellas, MD, Greg Carmichael, PhD (Engineering), Peter Thorne, PhD (Occupational & Environmental Health), Charles Stanier, PhD (Engineering)

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian, PhD

Thursday, December 5, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Presented by Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz's Lab

Raymond Fong Memorial Lecture: Megan Martik, PhD, UC Berkeley Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Friday, December 6, 2024, 3:30pm

The Raymond Fong Memorial Lecture in the Department of Biology will be held on Friday, Dec. 6, with Megan Martik, PhD, from the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley, as the speaker. Dr. Martik's seminar will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE). A reception with refreshments will be held in the BBE lobby following the seminar.

Kids Go STEM

Saturday, December 7, 2024, 9:00am to 12:00pm

UI Health Care STEM Education hosts Kids Go STEM, an annual program targeted to students in grades 6 through 8, but anyone is welcome to participate. During this free program, students will join medical and health sciences students and professionals from the University of Iowa for interactive medical simulations, experiments, and more to explore careers in STEM, and health care. Students will choose 3 careers to explore while parents or chaperones will have special access to presentations...

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, December 9, 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, December 10, 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:...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Mitchell Roitman, PhD

Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am

"The mesolimbic dopamine system in the homeostasis-to-action arc" Presented by Mitchell Roitman, PhD Professor of Psychology Dir., Laboratory for Integrative Neuroscience University of Illinois Chicago

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop

Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:20pm

This event has been canceled.

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, December 10, 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....

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Jenna Guthmiller, PhD

Tuesday, December 10, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Harnessing the Ghosts of Influenza Past to Combat Future Influenza Variants and Pandemics Jenna Guthmiller, PhD Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Pain Research Program Presentation - Seth Tomchik, PhD

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 9:00am to 10:00am

"Alterations in nocifensive responses in a model of neurofibromatosis type 1" Presented by Seth Tomchik, PhD Roy J. Carver Professor of Neuroscience & Pharmacology University of Iowa

ACB Seminar Series - Sean Hartig

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 9:30am to 10:30am

Dr. Sean Hartig, an Associate Professor of Medicine from Baylor University will present a seminar titled "Endocrine Signals from Adipose Tissue That Regulate Post-Prandial Body Temperature."

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, December 11, 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:...

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 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. PLEASE NOTE: Advance registration is required for Zoom classes. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Workshop, Alexandria Miller, PhD

Wednesday, December 11, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Dr. Alexandria Miller, an Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at the Carver College of Medicine will present a workshop titled, "Exploring ion channels and other membrane proteins in infectious disease."

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Workshop, Weijie Du

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 9:30am to 10:00am

Weijie Du is a graduate student in Dr. Michael Welsh's laboratory in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and will be presenting a workshop titled, "Hypoxia slows ciliary beating in human airway epithelia."

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, December 12, 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:...

Hardin Open Workshops: EMBASE (Zoom)

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am

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 Seminar

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 10:30am to 11:20am

Please contact the department at biochem@uiowa.edu for more information about this event.

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 11:30am to 12:30pm

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....

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, December 12, 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 12/12/2024

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Errors and Misconduct in Biomedical Research" by Elisabeth Bik, MSc, PhD (https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik/about)

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Kavita Solanki, PhD

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Spinal cord expression and function of the complement receptor C5aR1 in neuropathic pain" Presented by Kavita Solanki, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Yuriy Usachev's Lab

Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series featuring Dr. Caroline J. Smith of Boston College

Friday, December 13, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Please join us for our Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series featuring Caroline J. Smith, PhD from Boston College, presenting: "Microglia and microbiota as modulators of social circuits following gestational air pollution/maternal stress exposure" Friday, Dec. 13, noon-1 p.m. Kelch Conference Room (CBRB 1289) Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. To join via zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/96300249578 Meeting ID: 963 0024 9578

Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series

Friday, December 13, 2024, 12:00pm

Please join us for the Hawk-IDDRC Seminar Series Friday, Dec. 13, 2025, noon CST in the Pediatric Conference Center JCP2415 More information to come!

Seminar Series Commemorating the Lasting Impact of the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center

Friday, December 13, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Join us for our weekly professional seminar, commemorating the lasting impact of the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center. ...

ACRC Seminar Series

Friday, December 13, 2024, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Biology Seminar: "Fish School: what zebrafish can teach us about hearing damage from cisplatin chemotherapy and noise trauma"

Friday, December 13, 2024, 3:30pm

The Department of Biology’s last seminar of the semester will be held on Friday, Dec. 13, at 3:30 p.m. with Lavinia Sheets, PhD, as the speaker. Dr. Sheets is an Associate Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Her seminar will be held in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE), beginning at 3:30 p.m. A reception with refreshments will be held in the BBE lobby following the seminar....

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, December 17, 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:...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Sarah Ayash, PhD

Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Neural Basis of Resilience to Social Stress" Presented by Sarah Ayash, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research Mainz, Germany

ACB Seminar Series - Sam Wuebker & Jing Wang

Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 9:30am to 10:30am

Samantha Wuebker, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Van Otterloo Lab will present a seminar titled "Loss of MEMO1 Leads to Amelogenesis Imperfecta." Jing Wang, a Visiting Scholar in the Liu Lab will present a seminar titled "Ovalbumin-Induced Ferret Model of Asthma Shares Distal Airway Epithelial Remodeling in Humans."

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