Join us at the second annual UI Research Services Fair!

Thursday, October 10 -- 1:00pm-6:30pm

Hancher Auditorium

The Research Development Office (RDO), a unit of the Office of the Vice President for Research, is pleased to invite researchers of all levels and research support staff to the second annual University of Iowa Research Services Fair (RSF). The RSF will provide an opportunity for researchers to learn about the many campus resources and services available for their research and scholarship.

Fair attendees will:

• Learn about campus’s cutting-edge instruments and technology as well as many other services available in support of funding applications and research programs
• Interact with centers, institutes, core facilities, and other service units in a vendor-style fair
• Participate in round table discussions on various topics
• Network with colleagues while enjoying hors d’oeurvres and a hosted bar

Target Audience:

Researchers of all levels (i.e., faculty, staff, post-docs, students) and research support staff.

Draft Schedule

Time	Main Event	Round Table Discussions
11:30am-1:00pm	Setup	N/A
1:00pm-2:00pm	Unit Tables	Networking
2:00pm-3:00pm		Broader Impacts and Community Engagement Partners
3:00pm-4:00pm
4:00pm-5:00pm		Research Topics
5:00pm-5:30pm	Tear Down	Networking
5:30pm-6:30pm	Science on Tap	Science on Tap

Registration

Attendance is free. Register here by Thursday, October 3, 2019. 

Why register?  Registration allows for us to plan accordingly for food and beverages.  Doing so also eases registration on the day of the event.

Getting to and from Hancher Auditorium

Parking

Parking is available in lot 55 (Hancher Lot). Starting at 11:30am, parking enforcement will be waived for the remainder of the day.

Bus Routes

West side attendees can take Red route to Hancher and Blue route back to campus.

East side attendees can take Blue route to Hancher and Red route back to campus.

Visit the UI Parking and Transportation website for additional CAMBUS schedules, routes, and maps to and from the event.

Fall 2019 Participating Units

Anesthesia Innovative Research (Air Core)	College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Grant Support Office	High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Facility	Materials Analysis, Testing, and Fabrication (MATFab) Facility	Proteomics Core Facility
Biomedical Research Store	Comparative Pathology Laboratory	Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Oncology Research Information Exchange Network (ORIEN)	Metabolic Phenotyping Core	Radiation and Free Radical Research Core
Carver College of Medicine Office of Research	Conflict of Interest in Research (COIR)	Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center Population Research Core	Metabolomics Core Facility	Research Development Office (RDO)
Carver College of Medicine Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility	Department of Emergency Medicine	Human Subjects Office (HSO)	National Advanced Driving Simulator (NADS)	Scientific Editing and Research Communication Core (SERCC)
Center for Advanced Studies in Measurement and Assessment (CASMA)	Design Center	Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS)	National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice	Small Animal Imaging Core (SAIC)
Center for Advancing Multimorbidity Science (CAMS)	Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP)	Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU)	Neural Circuits and Behavior Core (NCBC)	State Hygienic Laboratory (SHL)
Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing (CBB)	Electron Spin Resonance Facility	Iowa City VA Health Care System	Obermann Center for Advanced Studies	The Digital Scholarship & Publishing Studio
Center for Computer-Aided Design (CCAD)	Electronics Lab-Chemistry/Physics	Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation	Office of Animal Resources (OAR)	The University of Iowa High Throughput Screening Facility (UIHTS)
Center for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA)	Engineering Technology Center (ETC)	Iowa Initiative for Artificial Intelligence (IIAI)	Office of Outreach and Engagement	Tissue Procurement Core (TPC)
Center for Health Effects of Environmental Contamination (CHEEC)	Environmental Health & Safety	Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging (IIBI)	Office of the IACUC	UI Hydroinformatics Lab
Center for Public Health Statistics	Flow Cytometry Facility	Iowa Institute of Human Genetics (IIHG)	Office of the State Archeologist (OSA)	UI Libraries
Central Microscopy Research Facility	Glass Facility	Iowa Social Science Research Center (ISRC)	Physics Machine Shop	UI Research Foundation (UIRF)
Clinical Trials Statistical & Data Management Center (CTSDMC)	Health Effectiveness Research Center (HERCe)	ITS Research Services	Protein & Crystallography Facility	University of Iowa Pharmaceuticals

 

Round Table Discussions

New for Fall 2019, the Research Services Fair will host one-hour Round Table discussions facilitated by campus units and investigators exploring one of three broad themes: 1) Broader Impacts, 2) Community Engagement, or 3) Research–related topics.

Please view the list of Round Table hosts and topics here.

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What people are saying following the inaugural event on April 11, 2019.

 

 

Post-Event Evaluation Results*:  

96% of attendees reported overall satisfaction with the event

92% of attendees responded that they met a new contact

96% of attendees responded that they would recommend the Research Services Fair to a colleague.

*60% response rate

 

From attendees:

"I really enjoyed this, it was a great opportunity to touch base with and learn about a lot of the services on campus."

"It was fantastic! Really helpful to get to know more about the research services at UI, and the opportunity to network."

From participating units:

"Our unit representatives met researchers that we would otherwise not encounter...and got to chat with former collaborators as well.  We expect this fair to be the catalyst for many opportunities in the future."

"Made some good connections and more people are now aware of what we do.  Very nice event."

 

To see brief descriptions of previously participating units, please click here.

 

Questions

Email vpr-rdo@uiowa.edu with questions.