Events for the week of March 17th
Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour
Monday, March 18, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Join us for the Women in Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour. It is the monthly coffee hour on the second 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. Speakers change monthly. Contact: jessica-tucker@uiowa.edu for details.
REDCap Basic Training
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
This is the first step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will build a new REDCap project from scratch and cover basic features such as:...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Workshop: Pamela Geyer, PhD
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Presented by Dr. Pamela Geyer, Professor Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Adolfo García-Sastre, PhD
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Role of ORF6 of SARS-CoV-2 as an interferon antagonist Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, PhD Professor, Department of Microbiology, and Director of Global Health and Emerging Pathogens Institute Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
BMindful Holy Days: Nowruz/Naw-Ruz (Baháʼí) various ethnicities worldwide
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
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....
Pain Interest Group Workshop - Alex Keyes, PhD and Kavita Solanki, PhD
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 9:00am to 10:00am
Presented by Alex Keyes, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar in Dr. Yuriy Usachev's lab Presented by Kavita Solanki, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar in Dr. Yuriy Usachev's lab
Hardin Open Workshops: Open Access: Policies, Publishers, and Predators (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
Open Access to scientific literature is one of the most hotly debated topics in scholarly publishing. This workshop will provide an overview of what scientists need to know when making their research open access. We will cover the basics of what we mean by open access, how open access relates to the NIH Public Access policy, open access journals in the biomedical sciences, predatory publishing scams, and best practices for evaluating your open access options....
REDCap Intermediate Training
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 10:00am to 11:00am
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 - Emily Liu & Zewei Zhang
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 11:00am to 12:00pm
Emily Liu, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Amy Ryan Lab will present a seminar titled "Invasiveness of Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) -Associated Fibroblasts." Zewei Zhang, a Cell and Developmental Biology Student in the Thomas Rutkowski Lab will present a seminar titled "ER Stress is Diminished by Hepatocyte De-Differentiation."
Empowering Diversity in STEM Leadership: Navigating the Grant Writing Journey
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:30pm
The Office of Graduate Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion is happy to announce the next installment in our Virtual Conversation Series, featuring Dr. Edmarie Guzmán-Vélez! Entitled "Empowering Diversity in STEM Leadership: Navigating the Grant Writing Journey," this conversation will center on Dr. Guzmán-Vélez's work in advocating for more underrepresented leaders in STEM. She will also discuss how to write grant proposals! ...
Exhibition Spotlight: Living with Smoke
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
The Pentacrest Museums will host a free virtual program to explore the impact of smoke on public health in the Western and Midwestern United States. In conjunction with our latest exhibition, Facing the Inferno: The Wildfire Photography of Kari Greer, the museums use Exhibition Spotlight to illuminate deeper themes of the exhibit and build further connections to our campus and community. Meet researchers from the University of Iowa and other organizations who are shaping the conversation...
Seminar: Malvika Rawal, PhD, JD
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Malvika Rawal, PhD, JD is a 2013 graduate of the FRRBP program and presently employed by Amgen as a senior clinical budgets and contracts associate. Having worked in several prominant industries following her graduation, it is fitting that the title of her seminar is "Welcome to the (Corporate) Jungle"
Hardin Open Workshops - PubMed (Zoom)
Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
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: Advance registration is required for Zoom. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes before the class time.
REDCap Surveys Training
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 10:00am
This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 10:30am to 11:20am
Internal Medicine Grand Rounds
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Stokes Lecture: A role for inflammatory responses in salt-sensitive hypertension Steven Crowley, MD Professor of Medicine Duke University
Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Yutong Wang and Ben Kelvington
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
"Mapping gene expression changes in the hippocampus after acute sleep deprivation" Presented by Yutong Wang Graduate student in Dr. Ted Abel's lab "Investigating the molecular impact of 16p11.2 deletion on reward response in striatal dopamine receptor D1-expressing neurons" Presented by Ben Kelvington Graduate student in Dr. Ted Abel's lab
Microbiology and Immunology Seminar: Aimee Potter, PhD
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Integrating systems biology approaches to dissect Neisseria gonorrhoeae metabolism, pathogenesis, and antimicrobial resistance at the host-pathogen interface Aimee Potter, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Virgina (UVA)
Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture: Beth Stevens, PhD
Thursday, March 21, 2024, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
The Distinguished Biomedical Scholars Lecture Series features top-tier scientists and physicians performing high-impact research in a variety of areas. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Beth Stevens for a lecture titled "Mapping Microglia States to Function in Development & Disease." Beth Stevens, PhD. Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Co-Sponsored by the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
Skills for Educators Workshop: The Art and Science of Assessment in Health Professions Education
Friday, March 22, 2024, 8:30am to 11:30am
This workshop will help you understand the purposes (e.g., formative vs. summative) of assessment in learning, select the appropriate assessment type (e.g., multiple choice questions, written tests, performance assessments) for the levels of learners' knowledge/skills being assessed, and utilize useful strategies for planning/evaluating your assessment practice in health professions education....