Events for the week of December 11th
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Instructor Candidate Seminar - Dr. Richard R. Vaillancourt
Monday, December 12, 2022, 10:30am to 11:30am
"Drugs for Diabetes" Presented by Richard, R. Vaillancourt, PhD Associate Department Head Program Director, BS in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Tucson, Arizona
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, December 12, 2022, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the third Monday of the month from 11 a.m. to noon in 1289 CBRB. Enjoy coffee, pastries and contribute to the discussion! This is open to all—students, staff, postdocs, and faculty interested in promoting women in science (we have several male faculty in regular attendance and we appreciate the support!). Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
REDCap Surveys
Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00am
This training will cover REDCap surveys and logic. From enabling surveys to automatic survey invitations, we'll demonstrate the full survey functionality in REDCap. In addition, we'll cover hiding/showing fields with branching logic, calculating the difference between two dates with a calculated field, and other logical functions available in REDCap. After this training, you will have the ability to create and send surveys in a variety of ways as well as creating more complex projects using...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Ryan Barnes, PhD
Tuesday, December 13, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"Oxidative and Replicative Stress at Telomeres, and Beyond" Ryan Barnes, PhD Hillman Fellow for Innovative Cancer Research Department of Environmental and Occupational Health University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Hillman Cancer Center University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Research Pavilion
Hands-on Bioinformatics Workshop - Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) for Beginners
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 8:30am to 4:00pm
Registration is required! Please visit https://medicine.uiowa.edu/humangenetics/bioinformatics-division/educational-opportunities/hands-bioinformatics-workshops
REDCap MyCap
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00am
MyCap makes it easy for researchers to capture participant/patient reported outcomes using mobile devices. We will demonstrate a how a participant interacts with MyCap, how the REDCap Team constructs instruments and tasks and how a research study team can enroll participants, message participants, view and interact with participant data. After this training you will have an understanding of how to use REDCap MyCap.
Hardin Open Workshops: Images in the Health Sciences (Zoom)
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 10:00am to 11:00pm
Using images can add interest to your assignments and presentations, but do you know where to find good images and how to ensure that you use those images ethically? This workshop will help you understand copyright, creative common licenses, and public domain. You will also learn where to search for stock and health sciences images and how to cite your images appropriately....
Thesis Seminar - Anatomy and Cell Biology
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
"IRF6 regulates the recycling of E-cadherin at the cell membrane" Angelo Antiguas, PhD Candidate Mentor: Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD
Cell & Developmental Biology Program Thesis Seminar - Angelo Antiguas
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
"IRF6 regulates the recycling of E-cadherin at the cell membrane" Angelo Antiguas, Ph.D. Candidate Cell and Developmental Biology Graduate Program Ph.D. Mentor: Martine Dunnwald, PharmD, PhD
Improv Theatre for Communication Skills Series
Wednesday, December 14, 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...
Improv Theatre for Communication Skills Series
Wednesday, December 14, 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...
TriNetX Basic Training
Thursday, December 15, 2022, 9:00am to 10:00am
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.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Aleksandra Skrajna, PhD
Thursday, December 15, 2022, 10:30am to 11:30am
"Universal Principles of Nucleosome Recognition" Aleksandra Skrajna, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry Eshelman School of Pharmacy University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Seminar - Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD
Thursday, December 15, 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"Brainstem neuropathology in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease" Presented by Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Neuroscience & Pharmacology University of Iowa
Hardin Open Workshops: PubMed (Zoom)
Thursday, December 15, 2022, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
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. 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.