Events for the week of November 7th
SHPEP Iowa 2022 Info Session
Monday, November 8, 2021, 6:00pm to 6:45pm
A free six-week Summer Health Professions Education Program with housing, meals, stipends, travel assistance, guidance and so much more? Say less! First and second year undergraduates interested in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, or public health are encouraged to apply. This session will explain eligibility requirements, the application process, and a sample SHPEP schedule. Visit shpep.org or contact monique-galpin@uiowa.edu for more info!
REDCap Training
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am
REDCap overview training Not sure what REDCap is? Want to find out if REDCap is suitable for your research project? The REDCap Overview session will cover the basics of REDCap’s functionality and capability. No previous experience is needed. We cover the basic capabilities and the latest software enhancements. NOTE: This is not a hands-on course. After this training you will have a basic understanding of what REDCap’s capability.
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Robert Messing, PhD
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 10:30am to 11:30am
"Targeted and Genomic Approaches in Drug Discovery for Alcohol Use Disorder" Presented by Robert Messing, PhD Chair, Department of Neuroscience Professor of Neuroscience and Neurology Director, Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research M. June and J. Virgil Waggoner Chair in Molecular Biology University of Texas - Austin Austin, TX
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 11:00am to 12:00pm
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.
Learning Community Meetings
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 12:00pm to 12:50pm
Biochemistry Workshop: Priya Issure
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
TriNetX Training
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
TriNetX 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. Kevin Brown, PhD
Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) with questions. Control of Toxoplasma Motility by Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling Kevin Brown, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Jian Zheng, PhD
Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) with questions. The role of PLA2G2D-PGD2 in coronavirus infection and host immune response Jian Zheng, PhD Assistant Research Scientist University of Iowa
Anatomy and Cell Biology Departmental Seminar
Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
"Regulation of the Melanocyte Lineage by the AP2 Transcription Factor Family" Nicole Recka, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics (Robert Cornell Lab) "Lef-1 Promotes Ionocyte Differentiation of Myoepithelial Cells of the Airway Submucosal Glands" Weam Shahin, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar (Charles Yeaman Lab)
Black in Business Series Presents -- Black Creative Professionals Panel
Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 6:00pm to 7:30pm
The Black in Business Series presents an exclusive panel discussion with visionaries, innovators and leaders that are business professionals in their own creative ways. This panel of creative professionals and entrepreneurs aims to bring individuals together who are using their innovative ideas and creative minds to impact the work that they do. Every industry you go into is a business. Our panelists will answer questions about how they've navigated being Black in the industries of healthcare...
Structural Biology Interest Group with Amy Whitaker, PhD
Thursday, November 11, 2021, 9:00am to 10:00am
This meeting is canceled and will be rescheduled to the Spring term. ...
REDCap Training
Thursday, November 11, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am
REDCap basic hands-on training This training is a basic overview of REDCap. 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. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.
Hardin Open Workshops: Data Management and Sharing Plans for Grant Proposals
Thursday, November 11, 2021, 10:00am to 11:00am
NIH, NSF, and many other research funders require data management plans as part of the funding proposal. A good plan may help you provide a more competitive proposal. We’ll cover the foundational elements of these plans, campus resources and policies you can include in the plan, and look at some examples. Bring your plan if you have started working on one.
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Wendy Gordon
Thursday, November 11, 2021, 10:30am to 11:30am
Dr. Wendy Gordon: Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, November 11, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Interesting ID cases by Poorani Sekar, MD
REDCap Training
Thursday, November 11, 2021, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
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.
CCOM Pop Up IT Support Desk
Friday, November 12, 2021, 9:00am to 11:00am
The IT Pop Up Support Desk will resume starting July 2. We will setup each Friday from 9-11 on a specific floor in BSB (full schedule below), please feel free to stop by with questions or simply have a cup of coffee. If the below times don’t work for you, the Technology Assistance Center (TAC) is available M-F 9:00 – 4:00, and can assist with installation and troubleshooting of UI Health Care applications (Remote Access, email, etc) on phones, tablets, and laptops. ...
Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2021 Finalists Q&A and Winner Announcement
Friday, November 12, 2021, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) challenges graduate students to communicate their research in three minutes or less in non-specialist language. Contestants represent a diverse array of disciplines and areas of study and reflect the passion and thirst for discovery common among all of Iowa's graduate students. Learn more about the 3MT Competition! ...
Global Health Case Competition: Presentation of Team Interventions
Friday, November 12, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Join us for a livestream of this year's case competition team interventions. Due to COVID precautions, all presentations will be pre-recorded and available for streaming on YouTube at any time following this screening. For more information about the case competition, visit cph.uiowa.edu/case