Events for the week of October 25th
Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Brian Finck, PhD
Monday, October 26, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Brian Finck, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Geriatrics & Nutritional Science Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine Presentation: Targeting mitochondrial metabolism to treat obesity-related diseases
SNPhA Immunization Clinic at College of Medicine
Monday, October 26, 2020, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
College of Pharmacy student members of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) will host flu shot clinics at the College of Medicine. Clinics are from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm on Oct. 14, 21, 26, and 28. Locations vary.
Bean Community Grand Rounds
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Virtual Biochemistry Workshop: Chris Ball
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Deciphering control of host RNA polymerase II by a multifunctional viral transcription factor Chris Ball Biochemistry Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. David Price Contact abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link
Virtual Biochemistry Workshop:
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Contact abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link
Hardin Open Workshops - Avoiding (or fixing) Problems with Spreadsheet Data
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Nearly everyone works with data in spreadsheets or tables. This workshop will provide useful tips for organizing your data in spreadsheets. Then we'll spend time using free tools like OpenRefine that can save you a lot of time when reviewing and cleaning up tabular data. This workshop can be tailored for specific groups and disciplines. Follow-up sessions and individual consultations are also available....
UIRF Inventor Office Hours
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Connect with UIRF if you have questions about intellectual property (IP) and commercialization....
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed ZOOM
Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 10:00am to 11:00am
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.
Introduction to High Performance Computing (Using Argon)
Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
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Anatomy & Cell Biology Departmental Seminar
Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Anatomy and Cell Biology Departmental Seminar Speaker, Vitaly Ievlev, Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program (Engelhardt Lab) will be presenting "Basal keratins help to steer airway stem cells to a certain fate" | Speaker, Noah Armstrong, Neuroscience Graduate Program (Frank Lab) will be presenting "The role of calcineurin signaling in regulating presynaptic homeostatic plasticity"
SNPhA Immunization Clinic at College of Medicine
Wednesday, October 28, 2020, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
College of Pharmacy student members of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) will host flu shot clinics at the College of Medicine. Clinics are from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm on Oct. 14, 21, 26, and 28. Locations vary.
TriNetX Training
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 9:00am to 10:00am
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.
Structural Biology Interest Group
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 9:00am to 10:00am
The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom. The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington. To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research. "Structural basis of nucleosome-dependent cGAS inhibition" by Joshua Boyer, Research Associate, Dr. Qi Zhang lab University of North Carollina, Chapel Hill
Virtual Biochemistry Seminar:
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 10:30am to 11:30am
Contact abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link
Hardin Open Workshops - Keeping Current ZOOM
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Want to know as soon as an exciting new article is published? Tired of skimming the websites or paper copies of multiple journals to see what is in the new issue? This hands-on session will show you how to create a single destination for information from your favorite journals, databases, websites and blogs using RSS feeds and auto-alerts. 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.
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The High Road and Its Tolls: Public Health Lessons Learned from Marijuana Legalization in Colorado and Oklahoma by Gerard Clancy, MD
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Postdoctoral Workshop - Jacob Rysted and Kristin Claflin
Thursday, October 29, 2020, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"MCU Knockout on Synaptic Transmission, Neural Excitability and Seizure Susceptibility" Presented by Jacob Rysted, PhD Yuriy Usachev Lab "Central Regulation of Energy Expenditure by FGF21" Presented by Kristin Claflin, PhD Matt Potthoff Lab
INI Virtual Seminar: Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD
Friday, October 30, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
"Neural circuit mechanisms and technology for pain and social touch." Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD Mitchell J. and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor Dept of Biology University of Pennsylvania Please contact iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu for Zoom link
2020 M1/PA1 Mechanisms of Health and Disease I (MOHD I) Exam 1
Friday, October 30, 2020, 1:00pm to 2:50pm
Computerized Exam: Beisner Aud BSB or 2189 MERF