Events for the week of October 30th
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop: Rebecca Splitt
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"Investigating E-cadherin Mediated Force Transmission" by Rebecca Splitt, DeMali lab
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Daniel Voth, PhD
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for the Zoom link. Parasitism of Human Macrophages by the Q Fever Agent, Coxiella burnetii Daniel Voth, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
SHPEP Iowa 2023 In-person Info Session, 11/1
Tuesday, November 1, 2022, 6:00pm to 7:00pm
In-person at 2766 University Campus Centre (UCC) above CVS in the Center for Inclusive Academic Excellence (CIAE)....
Pain Research Program Workshop - Adam Janowski and Kazuhiro Hayashi, PhD
Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 9:00am to 10:00am
"The further development of a mouse model for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)" Presented by Adam Janowski Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's lab "Contribution of brain-derived neurotrophic factor to activity-induced muscle pain" Presented by Kazuhiro Hayashi, PhD Visiting Scholar in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's Lab
Coffee Break
Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 10:30am to 12:00pm
Association of Multicultural Scientists invites all the grad students, post-docs, research staff for coffee and pastries. This coffee hour is an interactive social activity to meet new friends, discuss ideas and network with budding researchers.
Anatomy and Cell Biology Departmental Seminar
Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 11:00am to 12:00pm
"Signaling Pathways for Synapse Assembly and Disassembly" Heather Broihier, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University Faculty host is Andy Frank, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Improv Theatre for Communication Skills Series
Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Do you want to feel more comfortable with public speaking, teaching, and presentations? Join other graduate students and postdocs for improvisation drop-in sessions where we will use improv theatre games to help you improve your confidence in public speaking, answering questions, and communicating your research to broad audiences. Sessions will be led by Lisa Kelly, Associate Artistic Director of Theatre Cedar Rapids and the UI CIRTL Coordinator, and Kristy Hartsgrove Mooers, UI...
Educational Innovation and Scholarship Symposium
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 10:00am to 3:00pm
Please join us for the EIS Symposium! OCRME is honored to be hosting Dr. George Thibault who will give the plenary session on “Emerging Trends in Health Professions Education and the Impact of COVID.” 10-12PM Grantee Poster Session 12-1PM Lunch (first come, first serve) 1-2PM Plenary Session with Dr. Thibault 2-3PM Grantee Panel Discussion (Dr Richard Shields, PT; Colleen Campbell, Cardiology; Cathleen Dicharry, OSAC; Katie Schultz, Pediatrics)
Hardin Open Workshops: Conducting a Health Sciences Literature Review (Zoom)
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The session will offer a framework for conducting a quality health sciences literature review for scholarly projects or publication. Learn tips about how to identify sources, use appropriate search techniques, organize results, and synthesize the body of literature to successfully prepare a review. Key differences in search methodology for reviews in the health sciences will be described, with examples provided. Although introductory material regarding systematic and scoping reviews will be...
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Arvand Asghari Khonakdari, PhD and Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian, PhD
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"Obesity Epidemic: Decoding how the body weight is regulated" Presented by Arvand Asghari Khonakdari, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar in Dr. Matt Potthoff's Lab "Deciphering the role of CART peptide in Dorsal Raphe Nucleus: Initial findings" Presented by Nagalakshmi (Lakshmi) Balasubramanian, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz’s Lab
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Chun-Chieh 'Jack' Hsu, PhD
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for the Zoom link. Virus-host arms race: Translational regulation in the antiviral responses and during SARS-CoV-2 infection Chun-Chieh (Jack) Hsu, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher Yale University School of Medicine
Days of Future Past: Histories and Futures of Racial Representation in Comics
Friday, November 4, 2022, 10:30am to Saturday, November 5, 2022, 4:00pm
To continue our year-long Mellon Sawyer Seminar devoted to “Racial Reckoning Through Comics,” we turn to critical and creative approaches to representing historical as well as potential futures of racial trauma, testimony, possibility, and expanded narrative. How have comics neglected as well as addressed racialized histories or imagined racialized futures? In addition to presentations from our dynamic speakers, this event will include a guided archival tour of rare comics artifacts from the...
Three Minute Thesis Final Competition
Friday, November 4, 2022, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
The University of Iowa’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition challenges graduate students to clearly and concisely articulate complex research to non-specialist audiences....
2022 Prospective Student Visit Day and Graduate Research Symposium
Friday, November 4, 2022, 1:30pm to 5:00pm
The Computer Science (CS) department welcomes prospective students interested in our graduate programs to our annual Prospective Student Visit Day on Friday, Nov. 4. We are looking for strong students with diverse backgrounds to join our MCS and PhD programs. A wide variety of research areas is represented by our world-class faculty including algorithms, computational epidemiology, distributed computing, human-computer interaction, machine learning, massive data algorithms and technology,...
2022 Graduate Research Symposium Keynote
Friday, November 4, 2022, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Keynote Speaker: Bijaya Adhikari ...