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Events for the week of March 14th

  • Week of Sunday, March 14

Diabetes Research Day Part Two

Monday, March 15, 2021, 12:00pm to 4:00pm

2021 Diabetes Research Day 12-1PM: Presentations from T32 trainees  1-2PM: Keynote presentation by David Bernlohr 2-4pm: Second virtual poster session 

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Erik Herzog, PhD

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Daily schedule: Circadian regulation in and by glia" Presented by Erik Herzog, PhD Professor Departments of Biology and Neuroscience Viktor Hamburger Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO

Next Generation Sequencing Interest Group: Considerations for RNA-Seq and Multi-omics Experiments

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

At Illumina, we are dedicated to enhancing genomic research. This talk will be focused on an introduction to Illumina sequencing and a deep dive on RNA-Seq and ATAC-Seq. We will go over key considerations when designing these experiments and give an overview on how this data can be used.

Microbiology and Immunology Zoom Seminar: Dr. Tim Yahr, PhD

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for the Zoom meeting link information.  Translational control of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III secretion system gene expression:  a tough nut to crack Tim Yahr, PhD Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Iowa  

Latinx Council Monthly Meeting

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 3:30pm to 4:30pm

Due to Covid-19, all of our meetings will be virtual until further notice. You will find we are still a great community. We have both official meeting times and more casual lunch and connects, please join us!...

WorldCanvass: COVID Care for Marginalized and Vulnerable Populations

Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 5:30pm to 7:00pm

An expert panel of physicians, researchers, and advocates for Iowa’s most vulnerable populations will address public health and the pandemic, the needs of marginalized and vulnerable populations, and the challenge of vaccine hesitancy on the next WorldCanvass. The program, produced by UI International Programs and hosted by Joan Kjaer, begins at 5:30 p.m. on March 16. WorldCanvass is free and open to all....

Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop ZOOM

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 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....

Promoting Student Discourse (CIRTL Back to Class Series)

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 12:00pm

Join us on Wednesday, 3/17 at 12pm for Promoting Student Discourse (CIRTL Back to Class Series), facilitated by Dr. Renee Cole, Professor, Department of Chemistry ...

Anatomy & Cell Biology Seminar

Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Anatomy and Cell Biology Departmental Seminar Guest speaker, Tshaka Cunningham, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, TruGenomix Inc., Rockville, MD, will be presenting "My Genomics Journey". Samuel Young, Ph.D., Associate Professor, is Dr. Cunningham's faculty host.

Internal Medicine Grand Rounds

Thursday, March 18, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Canceled Spring Break

The Role of Cultural and Linguistic Competence in Achieving Health Equity

Thursday, March 18, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Speaker: Tawara Goode, Assistant Professor & Director, Georgetown University National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities...

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Graduate Student Workshop - Valeria Cota and Moana Hala'ufia

Thursday, March 18, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Dermal Organophosphate Pesticide exposure in Skin of Color" Presented by Valeria Cota Graduate Student in Dr. Nicole Brogden's lab "The role of Orai1 and AC8 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer" Presented by Moana Hala'ufia Graduate Student in Dr. David Roman's lab

Distinguished Biomedical Scholar Lecture - Christopher Walsh, MD, PhD

Thursday, March 18, 2021, 4:00pm to 5:00pm

“One brain, many genomes: somatic mutation and genomic diversity in the human brain from development to degeneration”...

STEM and Race: Can We Talk?

Saturday, March 20, 2021, 1:00pm to 4:15pm

Can We Talk? ...