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Software Carpentry

Learn Skills for Research Software Engineering. Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-13-uwmadison-swc/

Event Series Data Carpentry

Software Carpentry

Learn Skills for Research Software Engineering. Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-13-uwmadison-swc/

Event Series Data Carpentry

Software Carpentry

Learn Skills for Research Software Engineering. Software Carpentry aims to help researchers get their work done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic research computing skills. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-13-uwmadison-swc/

Crossroads of Ideas: Gut Instincts – Microbes, Addiction, and Immunity

Discovery Building or streaming at https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/95175400747 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United States

Part 1 of the Microbiome Miniseries, with Margaret Alexander and Vanessa SperandioKick off an exciting three-part mini-series on the gut-brain superhighway with UW-Madison researchers Vanessa Sperandio and Maggie Rose Alexander. In this thought-provoking conversation, they will unpack the complex interplay between gut microbes, addiction, and immunity, sharing cutting-edge research and visionary perspectives on how these connections shape the future of brain and gut health in society.Margaret Alexander is an Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison in the department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. Dr. Alexander’s research is focused on understanding the mechanistic interactions between diet, the microbiota, and immune [...]

Event Series Data Carpentry

Health Sciences Data Carpentry

3330 Health Sciences Learning Center

Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners’ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-21-uwmadison-dc/

Event Series Data Carpentry

Health Sciences Data Carpentry

3330 Health Sciences Learning Center

Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners’ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-21-uwmadison-dc/

Event Series Data Carpentry

Health Sciences Data Carpentry

3330 Health Sciences Learning Center

Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners’ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-21-uwmadison-dc/

Research Cyberinfrastructure Community of Practice meeting (FREE and Online)

(Online)

Learn about tools and services to support campus research.. Researchers and IT/support staff are invited to participate in this monthly community of practice, which features presentations and support related to campus research tools/services. This month: RCI Tools & Services Overview - Learn about tools available through the Research Cyberinfrastructure, including ResearchDrive, Research Object Storage (S3), Electronic Lab Notebook, Globus, Data Science Platform, and cloud computing. RCI staff available for consultations during this session! CONTACT: rci@g-groups.wisc.edu URL: https://go.wisc.edu/rci ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/98069906780?pwd=WK87lTIKXV1hv2hqQu7QPW0DNiYWA8.1

Event Series Data Carpentry

Health Sciences Data Carpentry

3330 Health Sciences Learning Center

Fundamental Data Skills Workshop. Data Carpentry develops and teaches workshops on the fundamental data skills needed to conduct research. Its target audience is researchers who have little to no prior computational experience, and its lessons are domain specific, building on learners’ existing knowledge to enable them to quickly apply skills learned to their own research. Participants will be encouraged to help one another and to apply what they have learned to their own research problems. CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu URL: https://uw-madison-datascience.github.io/2025-01-21-uwmadison-dc/

WID Seminar Series: Ponto VR Lab

3rd Floor Orchard View Room, Discovery Building (Also offered online)

Discovering simplicity in complex systems at the intersection of digital and natural worlds. WID Seminar Series: Ponto VR Lab January 24, 2025 10:00 AM Orchard View Room Introduction by: Jayaraman Tharmalingam, Scientist, May Lab Featuring: Ross Tredinnick - CAVE and Virtual Environments Group Bryce Sprecher - Mixed Reality for Training Jingxin Du - Mixed Reality Museums Bonbon Yang - The Impact of Gestures in VR CONTACT: 316-4511, lredeagle@wisc.edu ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96326864622

ComBEE Monthly Meeting

Orchard View Room, Discovery Building

Decoding Proteins: Exploring Transformers, AlphaFold, and Hands-On with ColabFold. Join us for an engaging COMBEE talk exploring the fascinating world of protein language models, transformers, and the revolutionary advancements of AlphaFold, presented by Dr. Hannah Wayment-Steele CONTACT: facilitator@datascience.wisc.edu

Crossroads of Ideas: Alzheimer’s and the Gut-Brain Superhighway

Discovery Building or streaming at https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/91298964513 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United States

Part 2 of the Microbiome Miniseries, featuring Barbara Bendlin and Federico ReyIn this second installment of the Microbiome Miniseries, researchers Barbara Bendlin and Federico Rey will discuss the many factors that can impact brain aging, with a special focus on the gut-brain superhighway and the role that the gut microbiome can have on brain health.We value inclusion and access for all participants. If you would like to request reasonable accommodations to enhance your participation experience, please email idhub@wid.wisc.edu no later than 2 weeks prior to the event. This event is wheelchair accessible.All Crossroads of Ideas sessions are recorded and shared post-event. [...]

SoundWaves: Developing Ideas, Part 3

Discovery Building 330 North Orchard Street, Madison, WI, United States

Explore how trends, plans, viewpoints, projects, materials, and sounds develop. Where we are and where we might be headed in the future.This year, SoundWaves is exploring how ideas, trends, plans, viewpoints, projects, materials, and sounds develop. Join us for a new four-part series as we dive into how we got to where we are now and where we might be headed in the future.SoundWaves combines scientific lectures about the world with live classical music performances. Each event revolves around a theme, exploring it first from many scientific angles and then through the lens of music. The program concludes with a live [...]

WID Seminar Series

3rd Floor Orchard View Room, Discovery Building (Also offered online)

Discovering simplicity in complex systems at the intersection of digital and natural worlds. ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96326864622