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Events for the week of April 14th

  • Week of Sunday, April 14

Humanize My Hoodie

Sunday, April 14, 2019

In conjunction with the University of Iowa Theme Semester: The American Dream, Humanize My Hoodie brings insight into the lives and experiences of black people and the societal biases they must navigate daily. Humanize My Hoodie is a National Art Exhibit dismantling the stigma of black people in hoodies. The exhibit and related programming seeks to further the discussion with hoodies intended to dismantle the stigma associated with clothing. You can learn more about this project and the...

AMWA Grand Rounds

Monday, April 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Global Medicine Society Meeting

Monday, April 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Pathology Student Interest Group

Monday, April 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Pediatric Interest Group - Brown Bag Lunch

Monday, April 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

IMIG Meeting

Monday, April 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Student Physicians for Human Rights Meeting

Monday, April 15, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Lucas Carr, PhD

Monday, April 15, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Lucas Carr, PhD Associate Professor Department of Health & Human Physiology University of Iowa Presentation: Envisioning Exercise is Medicine at the University of Iowa

Hardin Open Workshops - Databases for Gene and Protein Information

Monday, April 15, 2019, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Overwhelmed by the number of databases offered on nucleotide sequences, genes and proteins? Wondering which database you should start with? Learn essential databases and some tips in this session that is designed for anyone who needs information about genes and proteins. To gather fast and reliable information about both, we will focus on databases such as those from NCBI and EBI, or, eg, Uniprot.

Maternal Opportunity for Medical Students Meeting

Monday, April 15, 2019, 5:00pm to 5:50pm

Humanize My Hoodie

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

In conjunction with the University of Iowa Theme Semester: The American Dream, Humanize My Hoodie brings insight into the lives and experiences of black people and the societal biases they must navigate daily. Humanize My Hoodie is a National Art Exhibit dismantling the stigma of black people in hoodies. The exhibit and related programming seeks to further the discussion with hoodies intended to dismantle the stigma associated with clothing. You can learn more about this project and the...

HawkIRB Workshop: How to Complete HawkIRB Modifications and more

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 9:30am to 11:00am

How to Complete HawkIRB Modifications, Continuing Reviews, Reportable Event Forms (REFs), and Project Closure Forms. ...

Hardin Open Workshops - Systematic Reviews: Nuts & Bolts of a Systematic Review

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

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.  

Boulware Grand Rounds

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Kuever PODS/Boulware Grand Rounds

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

The UI College of Pharmacy Kuever PODS and the UI College of Medicine Boulware Community will co-host an interactive patient case with medical and pharmacy students.

Neurology Grand Rounds

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

"Closed Loop Neuromodulation for Parkinson's Disease" Helen M. Brontë-Stewart, M.D., M.S.E. John E. Cahill Family Professor Director, Stanford Movement Disorders Center Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and (by courtesy) Neurosurgery Stanford University School of Medicine

Biochemistry Workshop: Colleen Caldwell and Fletcher Bain

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 12:30pm

"RPA Conformational Dynamics and the Recombination Mediator Mechanism" Colleen Caldwell Grad Student Biochemistry M. Spies Lab   "Unraveling the G-quadruplex: A novel approach to assessing bypass of DNA Secondary Structure" Fletcher Bain Grad Student Biochemistry M. Spies Lab  

Internal Medicine Research Seminar

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Presenters: Madhu Singh, PhD and Warren Schmidt, MD, PhD

The Revised Common Rule

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Researchers conducting human subjects research must abide by the Code of Federal Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects. The HHS’ Office for Human Research Protections, who oversees the regulations, have recently issued a Revised Common Rule. This Revised Code of Federal Regulations will take effect on January 19th, 2019, and all human subjects research initiated after that date must be compliant with the new regulations. This Revised Common Rule includes many changes designed to...

TriNetX Analytics Training

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

TriNetX analytics training...

BME Graduate Seminar - Dr. Jay Ponder

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 3:30pm to 4:20pm

Department of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Seminar (BME:5010) Co-sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry Jay W. Ponder, PhD Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and Biomedical Engineering Washington University in St. Louis Towards Accurate Binding Free Energy Calculations for Drug Design

2019 UI Carver College of Medicine Mini Medical School Series: The Age of the Brain

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

From the earliest beginnings in the womb through adolescence, adulthood, and old age, genes and environment continuously interact to shape and remake our brains. Join experts from the Iowa Neuroscience Institute as they explore how our brains function throughout all stages of life. Coupled with hands-on activities and thought-provoking discussion, discover how changes to the brain can profoundly influence our thoughts, behaviors, and emotions....

Humanize My Hoodie

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

In conjunction with the University of Iowa Theme Semester: The American Dream, Humanize My Hoodie brings insight into the lives and experiences of black people and the societal biases they must navigate daily. Humanize My Hoodie is a National Art Exhibit dismantling the stigma of black people in hoodies. The exhibit and related programming seeks to further the discussion with hoodies intended to dismantle the stigma associated with clothing. You can learn more about this project and the...

16th Interdisciplinary Cerebrovascular Symposium

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 8:00am to Friday, April 19, 2019, 5:00pm

The 16th Interdisciplinary Cerebrovascular Symposium (ICS 2019) will continue the rich tradition of bringing together international Ph.D. abnd M.D. experts. Started in 2004 by Prof. Daniel A. Rüfenacht, Prof. Pedro Lylyk, and Dr. Makoto Ohta, the ICS has become a premier meeting to disseminate cutting-edge research at the interface of medicine and engineering....

Microaggressions and Modern Racism Workshop and Book Talk

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 9:00am to 12:00pm

This event has been cancelled.

REDCap Training

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 11:00am to 1:00pm

Data handling-1 training...

Neurology Interest Group Meeting

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Oncology Interest Group Match Panel

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Workshops, Sarah Ferri and Snehajyoti Chatterjee

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Behavioral rescue in a mouse model relevant to autism spectrum disorders Presented by: Sarah Ferri, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar Laboratory of Dr. Ted Abel Molecular Physiology and Biophysics AND Role of Nuclear receptor Nr4A in hippocampus dependent memory formation: A single-neuronal nuclear RNA sequencing (sn-nuc-RNA seq) approach Presented by: Snehajyoti (Jyoti) Chatterjee, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar Laboratory of Dr. Ted Abel Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Next Generation Sequencing Interest Group - A complete strategy for characterizing on- and off-target CRISPR-Cas9 editing via target enrichment, NGS analysis

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Genome editing with the CRISPR/Cas9 system is moving towards therapeutic applications, which drives an increased need for in-depth characterization of both on- and off-target genome editing events. IDT will present a workflow and useful guidelines for prediction, validation, quantification, and analysis of on- and off-target editing events using rhAmpSeqTM, a multiplexed, amplicon-based enrichment method. Data using this technology to compare on- and off-target editing events associated with...

Mobile Clinic Board Meeting

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 7:30pm to 9:20pm

Humanize My Hoodie

Thursday, April 18, 2019

In conjunction with the University of Iowa Theme Semester: The American Dream, Humanize My Hoodie brings insight into the lives and experiences of black people and the societal biases they must navigate daily. Humanize My Hoodie is a National Art Exhibit dismantling the stigma of black people in hoodies. The exhibit and related programming seeks to further the discussion with hoodies intended to dismantle the stigma associated with clothing. You can learn more about this project and the...

Hands-on Bioinformatics Learning Session - RNA-seq on the Desktop with Kallisto and Sleuth

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 10:00am to 12:00pm

The Iowa Institute of Human Genetics (IIHG) hosts a monthly hands-on learning session focusing on a bioinformatics tool or software. The Hands-on Bioinformatics Learning Sessions previously covered topics such as UCSC Genome Browser, Kallisto/Sleuth, R programming language and Galaxy. Each session has limited registration of 12 participants due to the interactive nature of the content.  The IIHG will repeat topics more than once per year depending on the demand. Sessions are free to attend,...

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Daniel Starr

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 10:30am

"Moving nuclei through constricted spaces; how the nuclear envelope interacts with the cytoskeleton" Dr. Daniel Starr Molecular and Cellular Biology University of California Davis

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

How to Prevent a Mad T party:  common dilemmas in male hypogonadism by Dr. Bradley Anawalt

Almuerzo (‘Brown Bag’) y conversación en español

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Almuerzo (‘Brown Bag’) y conversación en español...

Pharmacology Graduate Student Workshop - Grant Walters

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Mechanisms that Underlie the Anticonvulsant Effects of Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uniporter Deletion" Presented by Grant Walters Graduate Student in Dr. Yuriy Usachev's Lab

FACE - Faculty/Fellows As Clinician Educators

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 1:00pm to 2:30pm

Teaching Videos

Informed Consent Process Workshop

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 1:30pm to 3:00pm

The informed consent process is not simply signing a sheet of paper. The consent process exists to educate prospective participants on why they may or may not want to participate in the study. While it is important to have a well-written consent document, researchers should also have a well-thought out process for using it, since a well-written informed consent document can be undercut by not having a proper plan. Join this workshop to discuss:...

Bridging Domestic and Global Diversity Open Forum

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 2:30pm to 4:00pm

Join International Programs for Bridging Domestic and Global Diversity's annual Open Forum event taking place on Thursday, April 18, 2019, from 2:30-4 p.m. in 1117 University Capitol Centre. The Open Forum provides an opportunity for Bridging Domestic and Global Diversity participants to become change agents to engage the campus community and raise awareness on diversity issues. Those attending the event will learn about ethnicity, religion/spirituality/faith, and social class through student...

Science Cafe

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Topic Air Quality Speaker Dr. Betsy Stone

Medical Student Ambassador Program Meeting

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 6:00pm to 7:20pm

What should we do about PFAS, BPA, and other endocrine disruptors?

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 6:00pm to 7:00pm

Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are found in our homes, offices, and air we breathe – and accumulating evidence shows they are negatively affecting our brains, bodies, and environment. In his book, Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future…and What We Can Do About It, Dr. Leonardo Trasande, a pediatrician, professor, and world-renowned researcher, exposes the chemicals that disrupt our hormonal systems and damage our health....

Humanize My Hoodie

Friday, April 19, 2019

In conjunction with the University of Iowa Theme Semester: The American Dream, Humanize My Hoodie brings insight into the lives and experiences of black people and the societal biases they must navigate daily. Humanize My Hoodie is a National Art Exhibit dismantling the stigma of black people in hoodies. The exhibit and related programming seeks to further the discussion with hoodies intended to dismantle the stigma associated with clothing. You can learn more about this project and the...

Pathology Student Interest Group

Friday, April 19, 2019, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

A biologist and his dogs: The quest to slow aging in man’s best friend

Friday, April 19, 2019, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Parkin Lecture...

Humanize My Hoodie

Saturday, April 20, 2019

In conjunction with the University of Iowa Theme Semester: The American Dream, Humanize My Hoodie brings insight into the lives and experiences of black people and the societal biases they must navigate daily. Humanize My Hoodie is a National Art Exhibit dismantling the stigma of black people in hoodies. The exhibit and related programming seeks to further the discussion with hoodies intended to dismantle the stigma associated with clothing. You can learn more about this project and the...

25th Annual University of Iowa Powwow

Saturday, April 20, 2019

A celebration of American Indian song and dance, tradition and education hosted by the Native American Student Association.

HMH: Community Screen Printing

Saturday, April 20, 2019, 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Learn how to use your voice, your art, your activism through DIY expression. Humanize My Hoodie co-creator André Wright will teach guests how to screen print on their very own tee. **The first 50 to arrive will get a FREE tee to print the Humanize My Hoodie design on, or you can bring your own item to print on....