Upcoming Events

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Iowa Neuroscience Institute Seminar: Michael Yassa, PhD

Friday, December 5, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

Seminar Title TBD

Michael Yassa, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology and Behavior
James L. McGaugh Endowed Chair in the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Professor, Neurology
Director, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Iowa Neuroscience Institute seminars feature top neuroscientists from around the country sharing their latest...

Women In Micro & Immuno Coffee Hour

Monday, December 8, 2025 11:00am to 12:00pm
Carver Biomedical Research Building

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.

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Michelle Mazei-Robison, PhD promotional image

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Michelle Mazei-Robison, PhD

Monday, December 8, 2025 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Medical Education Research Facility

Novel molecular mechanisms induced in the ventral tegmental area by drugs of abuse

Michelle S. Mazei-Robison, PhD
Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Physiology
Michigan State University

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Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Seminar, Peter Adams, PhD

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

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:

• Building forms with proper field types and validation
• Assigning user permissions
• Project backup and overview with data dictionary, codebook, pdf, and xml
• Ensuring your project works properly by testing with real world application
• Making mid-study modifications safely after having started data collection in production
• Creating...

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Neuroscience and Pharmacology Seminar - Habibeh Khoshbouei, PhD

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Medical Education Research Facility

Midbrain dopamine neuronal activity modulates splenic immunity via a brain–body circuit

Habibeh Khoshbouei, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Department of Neuroscience
University of Florida College of Medicine

TriNetX Basic Training

Tuesday, December 9, 2025 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Virtual

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 can 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.

Register by clicking the virtual event link...

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the second step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover basic and intermediate features such as:
• Outputting data automatically with calculated fields
• Collecting the same data points multiple times with longitudinal and one-to-many data collection
• Standardizing your data to industry standards with ontologies and the REDCap Instrument Library
• Ways to customize your data entry experience with action tags
• Viewing data with reports, dashboards, and charts
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REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual

This is the third step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will cover survey configuration and distribution such as:

Allowing potential participants to self-initiate participation in your study with public surveys Manually and automatically sending surveys Administering electronic consent (e-consent) forms Controlling survey access with conditional logic and survey login

This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training you will have a basic understanding of...

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Lynne Dieckman

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Lynne Dieckman, PhD
Creighton University

Faculty Host: Todd Washington, PhD