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Events for the week of March 17th

  • Week of Sunday, March 17

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 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 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....

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:...

Introduction to Data Analysis Using R

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 10:00am to 12:00pm

1. Overview...

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

Presented by Yutong Wang Graduate student in Dr. Ted Abel's lab Presented by Ben Kelvington Graduate student in Dr. Ted Abel's lab

Single-Cell Symposium

Thursday, March 21, 2024, 12:45pm to 3:30pm

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....

Introduction to Data Analysis Using R

Friday, March 22, 2024, 10:00am to 12:00pm

1. Overview...