Upcoming UI Carver College of Medicine Events

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Doc Dash 5K 2026

Saturday, May 2, 2026 8:30am to 11:00am
MERF
Join Doc Dash 5K 2026 on Saturday May 2nd. Run and help support our free community clinics!
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Honors Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026 2:30pm
Eckstein Medical Research Building

Celebrate Seniors graduating with Honors in Microbiology and Immunology.

REDCap Basic Training

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 10:00am to 11:30am
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 and...

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BMB Research Workshop

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Medical Education Research Facility

The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology holds research workshops featuring internal speakers on Tuesdays, 12:30-1:20pm. For Spring 2026, these will occur in 2117 MERF. Presentation titles are not publicly available due to the use of unpublished research. Individuals interested in attending workshops or being added to the email list should contact the office at biochem@uiowa.edu.

Jan. 20: CANCELED

Jan. 27: Lori Wallrath, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Feb. 3...

Seminar Series: Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building

Each semester, we are proud to host outstanding seminar speakers. Everyone is encouraged to attend.

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ACB Seminar Series - Dr. Meilian Liu

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 9:30am to 10:30am
Bowen Science Building

Dr. Meilian Liu, a Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology from the University of New Mexico will present a seminar titled "Adipose Tissue as an Immunometabolic Signaling Hub."

REDCap Intermediate Training

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 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
• And more

T...

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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (Zoom)

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

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.

PLEASE NOTE

Enrollment in HOW is open to all University of Iowa affiliates and residents of the state of Iowa. Advance...

REDCap Surveys Training

Thursday, May 7, 2026 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 surveys in...

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Boulware Blood Drive

Thursday, May 7, 2026 11:00am to 3:00pm
Booulware Community MERF Atrium
The DeGowin Blood Center is hosting a blood drive from 11 am to 3 pm at the Boulware Community MERF Atrium!