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Events for the week of April 30th

  • Week of Sunday, April 30

Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)

Monday, May 1, 2023, 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.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop: Mortezaali Razzaghi, PhD

Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Cryo-EM Structural Studies of the RAD52 DNA Repair Protein" Mortezaali Razzaghi, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology PI: Maria Spies, PhD

Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Sabrina Tan, MD

Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for the Zoom link.  Inflammatory Neuropathogenesis in Acute SIV Infection Sabrina Tan, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Iowa 

Mini Medical School Series - Neurodegeneration: The Quest to Save the Aging Brain

Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease will affect millions of Americans in the coming years as people live longer and our population ages. With limited treatments and no cure for these diseases, there is a pressing need for progress. Join physicians and scientists from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases who are exploring the causes of neurodegeneration and using that basic science and clinical...

Pain Research Program Workshop - Angela Smith

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 9:00am to 10:00am

"Exploring the Role of Descending Dopaminergic Pain Modulation in the Transition to Chronic Pain" Presented by Angela Smith Graduate student in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's lab

Anatomy and Cell Biology Departmental Seminar

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 10:00am to 11:00am

ACB seminar series is hosting Marcos Simoes-Costa from Harvard Medicine School and his presentation of "Genomic Regulatory Systems in Neural Crest Development" Tim Nguyen is Dr. Simoes-Costa's host.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Thesis Defense Seminar: Emily Lavering

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 11:30am to 12:30pm

Examining membraneless compartmentalization in the nucleolus Emily Lavering, PhD Candidate Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Mentor: Dr. Daniel Weeks

Deborah Lenschow, MD, PhD

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Deborah Lenschow, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine Sponsor: Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Immunology Host: Lilliana Radoshevich, PhD

Hardin Open Workshops: NIH Data Management and Sharing Plans (Zoom)

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

NIH will begin requiring a Data Management and Sharing Plan (DMSP) on all NIH funding proposals starting Jan. 23, 2023. This session will help you create a useful and well-written plan that meets the requirements and can be put into practice in your project. We’ll dig into each section of a plan, including: describing the types of data for your proposed project; standards for data and metadata; selecting a repository; addressing preservation and access requirements; and considerations for...

John Martin Rare Book Room Open House

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 3:00pm to 7:00pm

Join us on May 3, 2023, from 3 to 7 p.m. for the annual John Martin Rare Book Room Open House with featured speaker Greta Nettleton. The open house will run from 3 to 6 p.m. and highlight historical works on women’s health and those by or about women practitioners, including new acquisitions....

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Yuxi Li and Nathan Mohar

Thursday, May 4, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Identification of hypothalamic regulators of thermogenic fat" Presented by Yuxi Li Graduate student in Dr. Jon Resch's lab "Screening a chemical library for rescue of a lethal phenotype in Drosophila models of LMNA-associated muscular dystrophy" Presented by Nathan Mohar Graduate student in Dr. Lori Wallrath's lab

Microbiology and Immunology Honors Symposium

Thursday, May 4, 2023, 2:00pm to 3:00pm

The Department of Microbiology and Immunology cordially invites you to celebrate the achievements of hard-working Seniors graduating with Honors in Microbiology and Immunology Zoom Details: kerry-jones@uiowa.edu        

INI Seminar: Elizabeth McCone Byrnes, PhD

Friday, May 5, 2023, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

“Passing it on: Inter- and Transgenerational Effects of Adolescent Opioid Exposure” Elizabeth McCone Byrnes, PhD, associate chair of biomedical sciences and professor of comparative pathobiology, Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine