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Sep 28, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Peter Crawford, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Division of Molecular Medicine Founding Director, Division of Molecular Medicine  University of Minnesota 

Sep 29, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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Both databases are multidisciplinary and allow you to measure scholarly impact. This hands-on session will show you • how to quickly find the articles you need for you research or systematic review in each database • how to track an article’s cited and citing references in each database • how to find journal ‘Impact Factors’ using the Journal Citation Reports of Web of Science • how to determine an author’s h-index • how to identify a researcher and her/his publication track with Scopus...

Sep 29, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Dr. Pamela Geyer Lab Email abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link 

Sep 29, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Pam Geyer Lab Contact abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link

Sep 29, 2020

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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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.

Oct 1, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom.  The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington.  To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research.  Title TBD  

Oct 1, 2020

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Oct 1, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Presented by Chian Ju Jong, PhD Stefan Strack Lab "Recurrent de novo Mutations of PPP2R5D in Jordan's Syndrome that Cause Intellectual Disability and Autism" Presented by Kyle Flippo, PhD Matt Potthoff Lab "Endocrine Regulation of Alcohol Consumption Through the Basolateral Amygdala"

Oct 5, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Rohit Kulkarni, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine  Joslin Diabetes Center Harvard Medical School Presentation: TBD 

Oct 6, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Emily Lavering 5th Semester Seminar Biochemistry Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Daniel Weeks Contact abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link

Oct 6, 2020

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Contact Kerry Jones (kerry-jones@uiowa.edu) for more information. Positive strand RNA virus T cell receptor interference: Do mechanisms alter T cell fate? Jack Stapleton, MD Professor of Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases Professor of Microbiology and Immunology University of Iowa  

Oct 7, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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REDCap basic hands-on training This training is a basic overview of REDCap. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Oct 8, 2020

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Oct 8, 2020

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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This workshop will introduce participants to data visualization using R, a programming language for statistical computing and graphics. We will use R to clean and visualize data from real-world examples. Basic experience programming with R is recommended as a prerequisite for this workshop. Registrants will be granted automatic access to R on the Interactive Data Analytics Service (IDAS) for the duration of the workshop. Participants are encouraged to use IDAS, rather than an installation ...

Oct 9, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Title pending Roshan Cools, PhD Professor and chair, cognitive neuropsychiatry Donders Institute Radboud University Please contact iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu for Zoom link

Oct 12, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Jeffrey Pessin, PhD Professor, Department of Medicine - Endocrinology Professor, Department of Molecular Pharmacology Judy R. and Alfred A. Rosenberg Professorial Chair in Diabetes Research Director, Department of Medicine Diabetes Research Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine  Presentation: Unexpected role for SNARE proteins in adipose tissue biology

Oct 13, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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REDCap Basic hands-off This training is a basic overview of REDCap that is hands-off/lecture. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. You will follow along in with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Oct 13, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Oct 13, 2020

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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TriNetX basic training 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 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.

Oct 14, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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REDCap advanced 1 and 2 training This course assumes participants have a basic understanding of building instruments and surveys in REDCap. This training will cover advanced features of REDCap instruments and fields. We'll demonstrate how action tags can perform an action on a field, how data can be piped from one field to another, how using biomedical ontologies can standardize your data, and how to use validated instruments from the shared library. This course will also cover the longitud...

Oct 15, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom.  The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington.  To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research.  Title TBD  

Oct 15, 2020

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Oct 19, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Paul Cohn, MD, PhD  Albert Resnick, MD Assistant Professor  Head, Laboratory of Molecular Metanolism The Rockefeller University Presentation: Local and Systemic Adipose Tissue Crosstalk

Oct 20, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Christopher Ball Biochemistry Graduate Student Dr. David Price Lab Email abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link 

Oct 20, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Chris Ball Biochemistry Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. David Price Contact abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link

Oct 20, 2020

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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TriNetX analytics training TriNetX Analytics is a new functionality within the TriNetX toolset. You will be able to explore and compare cohorts, review cohort characteristics and compare outcomes of interest. We will demonstrate how to use these tools and give examples on best practices for when to use these different measures. After this training you will have a basic understanding of the Analytics toolset and how it can be applied to research questions for your studies.

Oct 21, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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MyCap training MyCap makes it easy for researchers to capture participant/patient reported outcomes using mobile devices. We will demonstrate a how a participant interacts with MyCap, how the REDCap Team constructs instruments and tasks and how a research study team can enroll participants, message participants, view and interact with participant data. After this training you will have a an understanding of how to use REDCap MyCap.

Oct 21, 2020

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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"Intro to Linux (using Argon)" is a two-hour general purpose introductory session intended for anyone who plans to use the Linux environment for research. The following lessons are featured:  Basics of Linux using an HPC Cluster Shell and some basic commands Files, data and process management and utilities/helper programs This session will be taught by Sai Ramadugu from Research Services, and will include both lecture and hands-on training.  Please register here, and let us know if you c...

Oct 22, 2020

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Oct 22, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Presented by Uday Singh, PhD Huxing Cui Lab Presented by Jingwei (Jane) Jiang, MD, PhD Kamal Rahmouni Lab

Oct 26, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Brian Finck, PhD  Associate Professor of Medicine  Division of Geriatrics & Nutritional Science Washington University St. Louis School of Medicine Presentation: Targeting mitochondrial metabolism to treat obesity-related diseases

Oct 27, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Oct 28, 2020

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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  The University of Iowa provides a High Performance Computing (HPC) environment with the Argon cluster. This HPC system is dedicated to open science and features 612 compute nodes with ~17800 processing cores and more than 300 graphics processing units (including GPUs and nodes that were purchased by investors). "Intro to HPC (using Argon)" is a two-hour introductory session intended for anyone who plans to use Argon for their research, and features the following lessons: How to make the...

Oct 29, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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TriNetX basic training 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 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.

Oct 29, 2020

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Oct 29, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Presented by Jacob Rysted, PhD Yuriy Usachev Lab Presented by Kristin Claflin, PhD Matt Potthoff Lab

Oct 30, 2020

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Title TBD Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD Mitchell J. and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Assistant Professor Dept of Biology University of Pennsylvania Please contact iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu for Zoom link

Nov 2, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Ira Goldberg, MD  Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman, JR. Professor of Endocrinology Department of Medicine at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Director, NYU Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Presentation: Getting lipids out of the blood

Nov 3, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Nov 4, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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REDCap overview training Not sure what REDCap is? Want to find out if REDCap is suitable for your research project? The REDCap Overview session will cover the basics of REDCap’s functionality and capability. No previous experience is needed. We cover the basic capabilities and the latest software enhancements. NOTE: This is not a hands-on course. After this training you will have a basic understanding of what REDCap’s capability.

Nov 5, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom.  The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington.  To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research.  Title TBD Presenter: Alexandra Machen, MPH, PhD, Freudenthal Lab, University of Kansas Medical Center

Nov 5, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Presented by Thomas James, PhD Catherine Marcinkiewcz Lab Presented by Kenji Saito, PhD Huxing Cui Lab

Nov 9, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Philipp E. Scherer, PhD Gifford O. Touchstone, Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Presentation: The Adipocyte in Health and Disease

Nov 10, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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REDCap Basic hands-off This training is a basic overview of REDCap that is hands-off/lecture. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. You will follow along in with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Nov 10, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Nov 10, 2020

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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TriNetX basic training 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 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.

Nov 11, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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REDCap basic hands-on training This training is a basic overview of REDCap. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Nov 12, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Presented by Kanza Khan, PhD Catherine Marcinkiewcz Lab Presented by Paul Williams, PhD Kamal Rahmouni Lab

Nov 16, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Karin Bornfekdt, PhD Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition Professor, Department of Pathology Associate Director, Diabetes and Obestiy Center of Excellence Deputy Directory, Diabetes Research Center University of Washington Presentation: TBD 

Nov 17, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Kelli Davie Biochemistry Graduate Student Dr. Brandon Davies Lab Alicia Ortiz Biochemistry Graduate Student Dr. Kris DeMali Lab Email abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link 

Nov 17, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Alicia Ortiz Biochemistry Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Kris DeMali Kelli Davie Biochemistry Graduate Student Mentor: Dr. Brandon Davies Contact abby-t-johnson@uiowa.edu for ZOOM link

Nov 17, 2020

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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TriNetX analytics training TriNetX Analytics is a new functionality within the TriNetX toolset. You will be able to explore and compare cohorts, review cohort characteristics and compare outcomes of interest. We will demonstrate how to use these tools and give examples on best practices for when to use these different measures. After this training you will have a basic understanding of the Analytics toolset and how it can be applied to research questions for your studies.

Nov 18, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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REDCap alerts and notifications training This course assumes participants have a basic understanding of building instruments and surveys in REDCap. In this course users will learn to construct and send customized email alerts to one or more recipients, in which the emails are triggered when a form/survey is completed and optionally based on conditional logic. After this course you will have a basic understanding of how to use Alerts and Notifications.

Nov 18, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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William Hacker PhD Candidate Department of Biochemistry Mentor: Dr. Adrian Elcock

Nov 19, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom.  The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington.  To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research.  Title TBD  

Nov 19, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Presented by Priyanka Sandal, PhD Stefan Strack Lab Presented by Mahesh Shetty, PhD Ted Abel Lab

Nov 30, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Rajan Sah, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine - Cardiovascular Division  Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis  Presentation: TBD 

Dec 2, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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REDCap basic hands-on training This training is a basic overview of REDCap. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. After this training, you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Dec 3, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom.  The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington.  To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research.  Title TBD Presenter: Matthew Schellenberg, PhD, Mayo Clinic

Dec 3, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Presented by Jae Kyoon Kim, PhD Ted Abel Lab Presented by Satya Tadinada, PhD Ted Abel Lab

Dec 4, 2020

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Title TBD Flora Vaccarino, MD Harris Professor in the Child Study Center Professor of Neuroscience Yale University Please contact iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu for Zoom link

Dec 7, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Alessandro Bartolomucci, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology University of Minnesota 

Dec 7, 2020

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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These quarterly short-talk seminars, hosted by Dr. Brooks Jackson, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, will feature a small number of presentations by CCOM investigators invited by Dr. Jackson to share research ideas, discoveries and a discussion of their current work and future plans for realizing their research aims.  A reception will follow to provide the opportunity for discussion and collaboration.  FUTURE DATES: Mar 29, 2021, 5:00pm...

Dec 8, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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REDCap Basic hands-off This training is a basic overview of REDCap that is hands-off/lecture. We will go through the process of creating a REDCap project starting with instrument design, assigning users access to the project, repeating instruments, enabling surveys, project testing, and ending with production mode. You will follow along in with the instructor visually. After this training you will have a baseline competency in REDCap.

Dec 8, 2020

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

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Presented by Thomas S. Kolduff, PhD Center Director and SRI Fellow Center for Neuroscience Biosciences Division SRI International Menlo Park, CA

Dec 8, 2020

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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TriNetX basic training 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 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.

Dec 9, 2020

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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REDCap data quality and reports training This course assumes participants have a basic understanding of building instruments and surveys in REDCap. This training will cover the different ways to view and manage data in REDCap including data quality rules, custom record status dashboards, and creating reports as well as importing and exporting data. After this training, you will be able to create complex reports for viewing and exporting, import data from external sources, and check for disc...

Dec 10, 2020

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Presented by Guorui (Gary) Deng, PhD Huxing Cui Lab Presented by Cancan Lyu, PhD Songhai Chen Lab

Dec 11, 2020

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

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Title TBD Alexis Stranahan, PhD Associate Professor of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine Augusta University Please contact iowa-neuroscience-institute@uiowa.edu for Zoom link

Dec 14, 2020

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

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Yu-Hua Tseng, PhD  Professor of Medicine  Harvard Medical School Investigator, Section on Integrative Physiology & Metabolism, Joslin Diabetes Center Presentation: TBD 

Dec 15, 2020

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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TriNetX analytics training TriNetX Analytics is a new functionality within the TriNetX toolset. You will be able to explore and compare cohorts, review cohort characteristics and compare outcomes of interest. We will demonstrate how to use these tools and give examples on best practices for when to use these different measures. After this training you will have a basic understanding of the Analytics toolset and how it can be applied to research questions for your studies.

Dec 16, 2020

11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

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Data handling Data Handling covers the basic ‘must know’ items for transforming your data using Excel and Sublime. Basic understanding of Excel is recommended prior to taking this course. Excel Topics Covered Bringing Data into Excel Making it easier to view & understand your data Categorizing raw data Creating a basic calculation? Vlookup Totals Tables Pivot tables Sublime Topics Covered Finding data Editing multiple rows of data at once Cleaning Data

Dec 17, 2020

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

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The Structural Biology Interest Group meetings are biweekly at 9:00am. Currently the group meets via Zoom.  The faculty director of the group is Dr. Todd Washington.  To join the mailing list or request the Zoom link, please contact Sonya Housholder in the CCOM Office of Research.  Title TBD  

Mar 29, 2021

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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These quarterly short-talk seminars, hosted by Dr. Brooks Jackson, Vice President for Medical Affairs and Dean of the Carver College of Medicine, will feature a small number of presentations by CCOM investigators invited by Dr. Jackson to share research ideas, discoveries and a discussion of their current work and future plans for realizing their research aims.  A reception will follow to provide the opportunity for discussion and collaboration.  FUTURE DATES: TBD