February Events

  • February 2025

Microbiology Undergraduate Student Association (MUSA) Meeting

Sunday, February 2, 2025, 4:00pm

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Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Lauren Slosky, PhD

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 9:30am to 10:30am

Dr. Lauren Slosky, an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Minnesota will present a seminar titled "In search of addiction therapeutics: Design of allosteric modulators that modify GPCR G protein subtype selectivity."

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 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:...

Hardin Open Workshops - ORCiD: Open Researcher and Contributor ID (Zoom)

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

What is ORCID? Why would you want one? This session will discuss ORCID, how researchers can benefit from having one, and how ORCID connects with other information systems. This will also be a hands-on workshop where everyone will have the chance to create their own ORCID and learn the most efficient ways to populate their profile with their publications....

Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 1: Nuts & Bolts (In-Person & Zoom)

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This class will provide a framework for developing a literature search for a systematic review. Topics will include the following: standards and criteria to consider, establishing a plan, registering a protocol, developing a research question, determining where to search, identifying search terms, reporting search strategies, and managing references....

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series - Sanggu Kim, PhD

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

     

Study Abroad Conversation Series: Stories from Spain and Latin America

Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Talk to students who are currently abroad or recently back to get insights and learn practical tips about developing foreign language skills and making meaningful connections with locals while abroad....

ACB Seminar Series - Jillian Williquett & Emily Adelizzi

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 9:30am to 10:30am

Jillian Williquett, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Sun Lab will present a seminar titled "An Energy-responsive Trafficking Mechanism for Diabetic Podocytopathy.” Emily Adelizzi, an Interdisciplinary Graduate Student in the Dunnwald Lab will present a seminar titled "Arhgap29 Regulates Epithelial Morphology and Contractility During Murine Palatogenesis.”

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 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:...

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, February 6, 2025, 10:00am to 11:00am

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

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 2/6/2025

Thursday, February 6, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"CPC: Refractory Septic Shock in the setting of Acinetobacter Bacteremia" by Alp Kahveci, MD, Amr Masaadeh, MD, Kelly Percival, PharmD, and Karen Brust, MD.

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Candidate Seminar - Andrew Huber, PhD

Thursday, February 6, 2025, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Modulating promiscuous protein-ligand systems to combat drug resistance and toxicity" Presented by Andrew Huber, PhD Scientist Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital

Biology Seminar: "Unconventional ubiquitin processes"

Friday, February 7, 2025, 4:00pm

Sokol Todi, PhD, a Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Neurology at Wayne State University School of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology, will be giving a seminar at 4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE). Dr. Todi is an alumnus of the University of Iowa (PhD in Neuroscience) under the mentorship of Dan Eberl, PhD, Professor of Biology.

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 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:...

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 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. ...

Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews, Part 2: Literature Searching (In-Person & Zoom)

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This class will focus on tips and techniques for carrying out a successful literature search in support of a systematic review. Topics will include techniques for developing search strategies, deciding which databases to search and how to seek out grey literature for a given topic. There will also be discussion on selecting journals for hand searching, documenting search strategies, and saving and organizing references....

ACB Seminar Series - Lindsey Barske

Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 9:30am to 10:30am

Dr. Lindsey Barske, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center will  present a seminar titled “Sox10 is Required for Systemic Initiation of Bone Mineralization.” 

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 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 Basic - Online Version (Zoom)

Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 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.

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Workshop, James Byrne, MD, PhD

Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Dr. James Byrne, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Carver College of Medicine will present a workshop titled "Engineering systems to improve cancer care."

REDCap Data Handling

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 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:...

Biomedical & Health Informatics Community Meeting

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 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 2/13/2025

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Navigating the Future: The Current State of Supportive and Palliative Care and Pathways for Progress" by Bryan Struck, MD.

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Candidate Seminar - Dana Klatt Shaw, PhD

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Harnessing the immune system to drive regeneration" Presented by Dana Klatt Shaw, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar Department of Developmental Biology Washington University School of Medicine

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Thursday, February 13, 2025, 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.

Biology Seminar: "Spontaneous electrical low frequency oscillations (SELFOs): Electrical organism organizers?"

Friday, February 14, 2025, 3:30pm

Alison Hanson, MD, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Iowa, will be giving a seminar at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE). A reception with refreshments will be held in the BBE Lobby following the seminar. Alan Kay, Professor of Biology, is the faculty host.

Nurse Midwifery Education Program - Virtual Open House

Tuesday, February 18, 2025, 6:00pm to 8:00pm

Join us for an upcoming virtual open house to learn more about the Nurse Midwifery Education Program! This program is a post-baccalaureate certificate program leading to a Certificate in Midwifery.  The program is five semesters total, and we welcome a new class of students each September. Register here: https://uiowa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6KkleprWI9qmt8y 

ACB Seminar Series - Israel Wipf & Juan Rodriguez

Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 9:30am to 10:30am

Israel Wipf, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Tootle Lab, will present a seminar titled "The Role of Lipid Droplets and ATGL During In Vivo Collective Cell Migration." Juan Rodriguez, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Yang Lab, will present a seminar titled "Regulation of IDE-mediated Hepatic Insulin Clearance by Nitrosative Stress”

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 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.

Inaugural Hospital and Health Systems Leadership Lecture: Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH

Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 12:30pm to 1:20pm

Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, Vice President for Medical Affairs and the Tyrone D. Artz Dean, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, will deliver the inaugural Hospitals and Health Systems Leadership Lecture on Feb. 19, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. in Callaghan Auditorium (N110 CPHB)....

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 2/20/2025

Thursday, February 20, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Presenter: Larissa Matukas, MD, FRCPC, University of Toronto

Atrial Fibrillation: Know Your Risk

Thursday, February 20, 2025, 5:00pm to 6:30pm

Atrial Fibrillation: Know your risk...

Skills for Educators Workshop: Fostering Growth with Feedback

Friday, February 21, 2025, 8:30am to 11:30am

Develop approaches to provide feedback that fosters learner growth and develop strategies to elicit and use feedback for your own growth. Objectives: Compare and contrast structured models for giving feedback. Identify factors that influence effectively giving, eliciting, receiving, and using feedback. Describe challenges in giving and receiving feedback. Apply feedback strategies that foster growth. Click here to register.

Deadline: Student Impact Grant

Friday, February 21, 2025, 5:00pm

The University of Iowa Center for Advancement has announced the application timeline for the summer and fall 2025 Student Impact Grants. Applications open on Jan. 27, 2025, and the deadline to submit is Feb. 21, 2025, by 5 p.m. Grant recipients will be notified by April 11, 2025....

Hardin Open Workshops - John Martin Rare Book Room Resources

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Explore the John Martin Rare Book Room’s rich collection of rare and historical medical materials! This session will introduce you to the JMRBR collection—over 6,400 items which span the of breadth of Western medical scholarship. We will also discuss how to search for, request, and use items from the collection.

ACB Seminar Series - Aparna Pathmanathan & Salma Hassan

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 9:30am to 10:30am

Aparna Pathmanathan, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Ryan Lab, will present a seminar titled "Defining the Cell-Type Specific Role of CFTR in the Airway Epithelium.” Salma Hassan, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Drack Lab, will present a seminar titled "Effects of Light and Dark Adaptation in a Mouse Model of X-Linked Retinoschisis.”

TriNetX Basic Training

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 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. ...

ACB Seminar Series - Raji Shyam

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 9:00am to 10:00am

Dr. Raji Shyam, an Assistant Professor of Optometry from Indiana University will present a seminar titled "Analyzing the Interplay of Cellular Stresses Using a Mouse Model of Fuchs Endothelial Dystrophy."

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 2/27/2025

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Research Day Winner Presentations

UI College of Public Health Rural Health Summit

Friday, February 28, 2025, 9:00am to 1:00pm

The College of Public Health is excited to announce the CPH Rural Health Summit. All are invited to learn about the impactful work in rural health being conducted across the college....