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Events for the week of February 9th

  • Week of Sunday, February 9

Immunology Graduate Student Seminar - Tiffany Ybarra (Bishop lab)

Monday, February 10, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Martin Myers, PhD

Monday, February 10, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Martin Myers, MD, PhD Professor of Diabetes Research  Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular & Integrative Physiology Director, Michigan Diabetes Research & Training Center University of Michigan  Presentation: TBD 

Hardin Open Workshops - Databases for Gene and Protein Information - ONLINE THROUGH ZOOM

Monday, February 10, 2020, 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. ONLINE THROUGH ZOOM

REDCap Training

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 9:00am to 10:00am

REDCap Basic hands-off This training is a basic overview of REDCap that is hands-off/lecture. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. You will follow along in with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Learning Community Meetings

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 12:00pm to 12:50pm

Neurology Grand Rounds

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Foundational Assumption About Learning: Exploring Some of the Big Ideas Douglas P. Larsen, M.D., M.Ed. Associate Professor of Neurology & Pediatrics Department of Neurology  Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Biochemistry Workshop: Colten Lankford and Shivangi Inamdar

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Colten Lankford Biochemistry Graduate Student Dr. Shelia Baker Lab Shivangi Makarand Inamdar Biochemistry Graduate Student  Dr. Shelia Baker Lab

Biochemistry Workshop: Colten Lankford and Shivangi Inamdar

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Colten Lankford Molecular Medicine Graduate Student Dr. Shelia Baker Lab Shivangi Inamdar Postdoctoral Research Scholar Dr. Shelia Baker Lab 

Hardin Open Workshops - Embase

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

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.

TriNetX Training

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

TriNetX basic training 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 gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research. After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies.

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Roberto Cattaneo, PhD

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

The Three Strikes of Measles Virus:  Immune System, Airway Epithelium, Brain Roberto Cattaneo, PhD Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mayo Clinic Hosted by Patrick Sinn, PhD

BME Graduate Seminar - Eben Alsberg, PhD

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 3:30pm to 4:20pm

Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering Graduate Seminar (BME:5010)...

Medical Student Financial Seminars

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 6:00pm to 8:20pm

Pain Research Program Seminar - David Clark, MD, PhD

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 9:00am to 10:00am

"Post-Traumatic Activation of the Adaptive System of Immunity" Presented by David Clark, MD, PhD Professor and Vice Chair for Research Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Stanford University Stanford, CA

REDCap Training

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 11:00am to 12:00pm

REDCap advanced 1 and 2 training...

Wall of Scholarship - Spring 2020

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

The Wall of Scholarship highlights papers from UI Carver College of Medicine faculty that are distinguished by being cited over 1,000 times by at least two of three academic citation indices.  Such a distinction testifies to the importance and impact of these scientific works. More information will be provided closer to the event.   

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Daved Fremont

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Mechanisms of viral immune evasion" Daved Fremont Professor Department of Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine 

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

2019-2020 Update in Internal Medicine by Justin Smock, MD, and Michael Klein, MD

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Rachel Crawford & Maria Nunez-Hernandez

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

A Reactive Dopamine Metabolite Inhibits Glutathione-S-Transferase Activity Presented by Rachel Crawford Graduate Student in Dr. Jonathan Doorn's Lab Effects of Phosphorylation on the glucocorticoid Receptor DNA-binding Specificity Presented by Maria Nunez-Hernandez Graduate Student in Dr. Miles Pufall's Lab

African American Council Monthly Campus Meetings (Spring)

Thursday, February 13, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

The purpose of this meeting is to share information from our various areas/departments, touch base and get feedback about programming. It is also for the conviviality of seeing each other in person....

How to Complete a HawkIRB New Project Application, Part 2

Friday, February 14, 2020, 9:00am to 10:30am

This is part two of a two-part training providing an overview of the HawkIRB New Project Application, including guidance to assist you in responding to many of the questions in the form. Additional trainings on modifications to IRB applications and external IRB applications are also available. See calendar for event dates and times....

M1/PA1 MOHD II Exam 3

Friday, February 14, 2020, 10:00am

Hacky Hour

Friday, February 14, 2020, 3:00pm to 5:00pm

Hacky Hour is an informal gathering of people to share knowledge and ask questions about their data and how to code analyses for their data.