Events for the week of November 5th
REDCap Basic Training
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am
This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project scratch and cover basic features such as:...
Hardin Open Workshops: Conducting a Health Sciences Literature Review (In-Person and Zoom)
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 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...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop: Dr. Sheila Baker
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Andrew Hryckowian, PhD
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for more information. A butyrate-centric view of Clostridioides difficile pathogenesis Andrew Hryckowian, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology) Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison
Pain Research Program Presentation - Ashley Plumb and Angela Smith
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 9:00am to 10:00am
"Elucidating the role of testosterone in the descending pain pathway after activity-induced muscle pain" Presented by Ashley Plumb Graduate student in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's lab "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
Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 9:30am to 10:30am
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....
REDCap Intermediate Training
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am
This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:...
ACB Seminar Series - C. Andrew Frank, Ph.D.
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Dr. C. Andrew Frank from the Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology will present a seminar titled "How Does a Synapse Transition from One Form of Plasticity to Another?"
REDCap Advanced Training
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10:00am to 11:30am
This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover advanced features such as:...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Anna Marie Pyle, Yale University
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 10:30am to 11:20am
"The innate immune receptor RIG-I couples protein folding with host-pathogen differentiation" Anna Marie Pyle, PhD Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology Professor of Chemistry Yale University HHMI Investigator https://pylelab.org/people/anna-marie-pyle https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/anna-pyle/ Hosted by Dr. Maria Spies
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Nilufer Sayar, PhD
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
“AgRP Neurons Encode Circadian Feeding Time” Presented by Nilufer Sayar, PhD Assistant Research Scientist in Dr. Deniz Atasoy's Lab
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Dr. Tim Casselli, PhD
Thursday, November 9, 2023, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for more information. Resolving the disconnect: characterizing a small animal model of Lyme neuroborreliosis Tim Casselli, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Sciences University of North Dakota
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Distinguished Lecture
Friday, November 10, 2023, 10:30am to 12:00pm
IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering is hosting the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Distinguished Lecture, Professor Elizabeth Edwards. Known for her work on anaerobic bioremediation, the lecture is titled, "The Complex Microbiology of Pilot and Full-Scale Anaerobic Digestion Systems." Dr. Edwards will describe her anaerobic digestion research that seeks to understand how to efficiently and effectively use microbiological data to reimagine waste disposal....
Three Minute Thesis: Final Competition
Friday, November 10, 2023, 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Join us on Nov. 10 at 1 p.m. to see our amazing 3MT finalists present their incredible research at the final competition. This event is open to all of UI campus and community!...
BMindful Holy Days: Diwali (Hinduism)
Sunday, November 12, 2023
BMindful is an initiative that seeks to meet the needs of diverse communities by providing event and conference planners with the dates of holy days of major religious faiths for five years into the future. By providing these dates in advance, BMindful seeks to help planners avoid those dates when scheduling events....