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[Bmeroundtable-list] BME Monday Roundtable, Feb. 28, 2022
by Gelfand, Johanna K 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

[cid:image003.png@01D82C8A.F1736450] BME MONDAY ROUNDTABLE February 28, 2022 HEAD MESSAGE Dear Weldon School, Hello- This week I get the privilege to introduce our new Senior Program Assistant Lee Hua Chiang (chiang47(a)purdue.edu<mailto:chiang47@purdue.edu>) to BME. She starts March 1st and will be in the front office of 3001. She comes with 6 years of experience in program admin and will be supporting operations, meetings, events, CTSI, heads office scheduling, and provide admin support for the Purdue Engineering Initiative in Engineering in Medicine. Please be sure to introduce yourself and welcome her to the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. Also, this week- be sure to check out the attachments and updates from the BME DEI committee. Two Faculty candidates this week! Please continue to participate in the faculty candidate seminars! We will have several candidates over the next 2 weeks. PROTECT PURDUE * Masks are still required in certain areas! Check for updates (as of Feb. 18th) https://protect.purdue.edu/required-covid-19-protocols/ * Vaccines are strongly encouraged (though not required) https://protect.purdue.edu/vaccine-information/ * Updated guidance for research SOPs, etc. and Protect Purdue are coming quickly. Please make sure you are staying current with Purdue guidelines. UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES Week of Feb. 28 Mon., Feb. 28 - Taimoor Qazi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Burdick Polymeric Biomaterials Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 2001 and via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/93209391583?pwd=NDFVZWpUSzd4UmNWT1FyeGQrdWVpdz… "Engineered Biomaterials to Enhance Cellular and Acellular Therapies for Tissue Repair" Mon., Feb. 28 - Deadline to submit a poster to the Graduate School's Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) for their annual Spring Reception honoring interdisciplinary graduate student research. Details below. Mon., Feb. 28 - Deadline to register for Graduate Faculty Mentoring Workshop through the Graduate School. Details below. Mon., Feb. 28 - BME PhD Defense announcement for Ravinderjit Singh (Hari Bharadwaj, advisor), 11:00 a.m., via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98527554349?pwd=amdzWGxmS2U1ZzE0aWVMandOUkMzdz… . Title: Auditory tracking and scene analysis - perceptual timescales and neural correlates. Wed., March 2 - Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series - Yu-Chien Wu, Showalter Scholar and Associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Scientific Director, In-Vivo Imaging Core, Indiana University School of Medicine, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 1001 and via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95150439811?pwd=a3hOK0o0bmpkS3poTVBCbVhDNU9FZz… "Diffusion MRI: Fundamentals and Applications in Neuroimaging" Thurs., March 3 - Prospective BME Faculty Candidate Seminar - Abhay Ramachandra, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 1001 and via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98643965214?pwd=SkhaT2FEWTRJSG5CMGw5L29oVENKZz… "An integrative approach to understand vascular adaptation in health and disease" Thurs., March 3 - Ellen Arruda, Tim Manganello/Borg Warner Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 10:30 a.m. via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95247973890 "Full-field Methods for Characterizing the Non-Lindar Anisotropic Response of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament of the Knee" Hosted by Purdue ME. Thurs., March 3 - The Purdue Foundry and John Martinson Entrepreneurial Center present "Venture Studios as a Startup Path" Zoom webinar from 4-6 p.m. Register at bit.ly/rsvpMar3 Fri., Mar. 4: Coffee Chat with Faculty: 11:00 am-noon, Location TBD. Faculty host: Nan Kong. Potential discussion topics: academic job search, initiate multi-disciplinary research, make social impact with your research Fri., Mar. 4: Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition submission deadline: March 4, 2022. It is officially Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition season! This year, the Graduate School's annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition will be hosted in-person on April 12 in the Loeb Theater. Details below. Sun., Mar. 6 (midnight) - Nominations due for Excellence in Teaching Awards for BME and IBSC graduate students. Details below. Upcoming important deadlines and info. Mon., Mar. 7: ISP (Integrated Safety Plan) documentation, specifically ISP self-audit checklist, needs to be returned to Bill Schoenlein and/or Susan Hardy. This covers ALL BME labs and occupied space in MJIS and areas in other buildings assigned to BME faculty. See below for details. Mon., Mar. 7: BMES Undergraduate Open Forum will be Monday March 7th from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Mon., Mar. 7: BME Preliminary Exam Announcement for Anastasiia Vasiukhina (L. Solorio, advisor), 1:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2NkOTdmOGMtNjljZC00… Thesis Title: "Micro and nanoscale technologies for enhanced diagnostics and therapeutics" Wed., March 9 - BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Antonia Susnjar. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Thurs., Mar. 10 - Coffee Chat with Faculty: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm, Location TBD. Faculty host: Elsje Pienaar. Potential discussion topics: time management, teaching and diversity statements, work/life balance; imposter syndrome Tues., March 15 - MJIS air handling shutdown, beginning at 7:30 AM and lasting until approx. 3:00 PM for preventative maintenance of the building's air systems. This includes air ventilation supplies to all public, classroom and research areas, including chemical fume hoods. There should be NO chemicals used anywhere! All chemical fume hood activity should terminate by 5 PM Monday March 14th. You must make sure all chemical containers are sealed at that time. Chemical fume hoods will have notices posted - do not resume activity until BME staff have verified that work is complete, and have removed postings. Mon., March 21 - Deadline for proposals to Women's Global Health Institute & the Catherine Peachey Fund. Request for proposals on Breast Cancer Research. Funds Available: $15,000. Wed., March 23 - BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Luke Brennan. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Fri., March 25 - Applications due for 2022 Graduate School Mentoring Award for Graduate Students. See below for details. Wed., March 30 - BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Mazin Hakim. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Wed., April 6 - BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Tommy Jenkins. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Fri., Apr. 8: Coffee Chat with Faculty: 11:00 am -12:00 pm, Location LYLE (Room TBM). Faculty hosts: Mike Heinz and Hari Bharadwaj. Potential discussion topics: writing grants (fellowships), talking to a lay audience, open science, academic job interviews/negotiating Fri., Apr. 8 - Applications due for 2022 Graduate School Mentoring Award for Postdoctoral Scholars. See below for details. Fri., Apr. 8 - Grant requests due: NIH Grant Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-22-057.html> are available for up to $250,000 Wed., April 20 - BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Apekshya Chhetri. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Thurs., April 28-Fri., Apr. 29: Vanderbilt University will be hosting the annual Vanderbilt Integrative Training Alliance (VITA) Symposium, a conference focused on biomedical sciences graduate students. Attendees have a unique opportunity to connect with the Vanderbilt community, obtain a long-term mentoring relationship with a Vanderbilt faculty member, and gain training in scientific communication. The event will also feature a keynote address from Vanderbilt postdoc alumna, Dr. Shaneda Anderson<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?…>. This year the conference will be virtual. Details below. Thurs., May 5: Coffee Chat with Faculty: 11:00 am -12:00 pm, Location LYLE (Room TBM). Faculty host: Alexandria Volkening. Potential discussion topics: website development, public science and outreach, social media, academic job materials (with an interdisciplinary perspective) Upcoming prospective faculty seminars. Mon., Feb. 28 - Taimoor Qazi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Burdick Polymeric Biomaterials Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 2001 and via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/93209391583?pwd=NDFVZWpUSzd4UmNWT1FyeGQrdWVpdz… "Engineered Biomaterials to Enhance Cellular and Acellular Therapies for Tissue Repair" Thurs., March 3 - Abhay Ramachandra, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yale University, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 1001 and via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98643965214?pwd=SkhaT2FEWTRJSG5CMGw5L29oVENKZz… "An integrative approach to understand vascular adaptation in health and disease" Mon., March 7 - Steven Steinhubl, Associate Professor of Genomic Medicine and Clinical Researcher - Digital Medicine, Scripps Research Translational Institute, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 2001 and via Zoom. SPRING 2022 BME Faculty Meetings All faculty meetings will begin at 11:30 a.m. in MJIS 2001 Fri., March 25 Fri., April 22 SPRING 2022 BME Primary Committee Meetings Fri., April 15, 10:00-5:00, MJIS 2001 (LONG meeting!) Committee Updates DEI Committee Update February is Black History Month As Black History Month comes to a close, please check out the attached Flyers from BMEGSA "Ways to Be and Ally All Year Round" March 4th is Staff Appreciation Day Please join us in taking time to show how much our BME Staff mean to the Weldon School Community. Staff, we see you, and we thank you for all your hard work here in BME. From keeping this School running smoothly, to developing new scientific breakthroughs, to maintaining the building, to mentoring and guiding the students and faculty, your efforts are appreciated! Please see the attachment regarding takeaways from the last DEI Journal Club meeting. Remaining Graduate Peer Mentoring meeting days are: 11-1pm on March 11th, April 8th, May 13th Resources, attachments, further information The Graduate School will be hosting two Graduate Faculty Mentoring Workshops in West Lafayette this spring. Deadline for registration is Monday, February 28, 2022. The first will be on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; and the second will be on Thursday, March 10, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Both workshops will be held at the Stewart Center in Room 202 unless we have to move to virtual. Additional workshops (including workshops on regional campuses) will not be held until September 2022. The workshop provides an overview to the policies, procedures and expectations associated with mentoring graduate students at Purdue University. Participation in the workshop is required for any faculty member who wishes to seek appointment to the Graduate Faculty at Purdue University. Historically it has been the practice of the Graduate School to require faculty new to Purdue to attend a Graduate Faculty Mentoring Workshop before they could obtain graduate faculty status. While a practice, it is not "policy" so we will not hold up faculty appointments due to logistics of when the workshops are offered. This does not negate the request for faculty new to Purdue to attend one of the new faculty workshops, but it does mean the Graduate School will not hold an appointment request based on workshop completion. In addition to attending one of these two workshops, faculty who wish to hold a position as a regular member of the Graduate Faculty must also be recommended by their unit and be a tenure-track or voting status faculty member. This process must be initiated in the Graduate School Database, and is typically done by the department graduate contact. Appointment to the graduate faculty permits a faculty member to teach graduate-level courses, to serve on graduate student advisory committees, and to chair or co-chair master's and Ph.D. committees. The level of appointment is dependent upon the faculty member's position, rank and credentials. Graduate coordinators and contacts - Please provide faculty members the instructions below to register online. I will also still accept email registrations if there are any complications but my preference would be to direct them to use the electronic system. It is very important that participants arrive on time and do not leave early. Missing part of the presentation could cause their attendance to not count toward fulfilling the requirement needed to advise students or become a regular faculty member. Please make sure that he registering faculty members are aware of this. To register for one of the workshops, please go to the following link and complete the Qualtrics survey GradFacultyWkshp2022<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3lPEgXEbrU2Aej4> or copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3lPEgXEbrU2Aej4 If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me Casey Hollingsworth Executive Assistant to the Dean | The Purdue University Graduate School She/her/hers Young Hall, Room 169 | 155 S. Grant Street | West Lafayette, IN 47907 o: 765-494-2604 | chollingsworth(a)purdue.edu<mailto:chollingsworth@purdue.edu> Mon., Feb. 28 - BME PhD Defense announcement for Ravinderjit Singh (Hari Bharadwaj, advisor), 11:00 a.m., via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98527554349?pwd=amdzWGxmS2U1ZzE0aWVMandOUkMzdz… . Title: Auditory tracking and scene analysis - perceptual timescales and neural correlates. Advisory committee: Hari M. Bharadwaj, Chair; Edward L. Bartlett; Gregory S. Francis; Michael G. Heinz Abstract: Temporal processing and temporal coherence processing are fundamental components of auditory processing and the focus of the work in this thesis. Cortical temporal processing in particular is understudied in humans. This dissertation makes three contributions that help characterize auditory temporal processing, and its relationship to auditory perception in humans. Experiment 1 develops a novel systems identification approach utilizing modified maximum length sequences (m-seq) to robustly measure cortical temporal processing noninvasively. Using this technique, it is found that cortex's ability to track dynamic spatial auditory cues can explain ability to utilize dynamic binaural information to do a spatial unmasking task. This result combined with behavioral data demonstrating FM tracking extends out to similar rates as spatial tracking demonstrates how auditory tracking broadly is constrained by the temporal properties of late areas of cortex. Experiment 2 develops a novel measure of temporal processing, called the modulation temporal response function (mod-TRF), which can separate the underlying sources contributing to modulation processing along the auditory system from short, middle, and late latency regions. The mod-TRF has a robust SNR at the individual level giving it the potential to become an ubiquitous tool to assess temporal processing and auditory activity generally across individuals. The utility of the mod-TRF is demonstrated by evaluating how attention affects different sources along the auditory pathway differently. Other studies utilizing the mod-TRF could explore how temporal processing in early and late areas of the auditory system changes with aging, hearing loss, musicianship, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Experiment 3 establishes a novel physiological measure of across channel temporal coherence processing to measure auditory binding ability across individuals. It is demonstrated how this novel temporal coherence measure can explain performance at a behavioral temporal coherence detection task, speech-in-noise task, and comodulation masking release. Lastly, it is explored how social and communicative features in individuals, measured via the Autism Quotient, align with differences in auditory ability at various tasks. Zoom Info: Ravinderjit Singh is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Ravinderjit Singh's Thesis Defense Time: Feb 28, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98527554349?pwd=amdzWGxmS2U1ZzE0aWVMandOUkMzdz… Meeting ID: 985 2755 4349 Passcode: 381616 Please plan on joining The Graduate School's Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP)<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/index.html> for our annual Spring Reception<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/events/spring-reception/index.html> in celebration of interdisciplinary graduate student research on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Purdue Memorial Union North and South Ballrooms. Please consider submitting a presentation and applying for the Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award (MOIPA-winner receives $1000). Poster and Award Submission Deadline: Monday, February 28, 2022. Raising A Resilient Scientist Workshop Series (Message from Sharon Milgram, Director, NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education): Over the last year I have interacted with many trainees across the U.S. as part of the NIH Becoming a Resilient Scientist series<https://www.training.nih.gov/nih_becoming_a_resilient_scientist_series>. After carefully considering input from students, postdocs, faculty and program administrators who participated in the program, I have decided to offer a series, RAISING A RESILIENT SCIENTIST<https://www.training.nih.gov/workshops_and_trainings_for_extramural_princip…>, for faculty and administrators who mentor students and postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical, behavioral, and social sciences. The goal of the Raising a Resilient Scientist series is to promote the mental health and well-being of the academic research community by supporting faculty and administrators to develop self-management, relationship-management, and mentoring skills. A variety of topics will be covered with a specific focus on communication and shared problem-solving to help trainees deal with the inevitable setbacks experienced in high knowledge environments. There will be five units in the series; each unit will consist of a 75-minute lecture, which can be watched in real-time or asynchronously, followed by a 1-hour facilitated discussion with peers. There will be two opportunities for participation in the small groups following each webinar. There is no charge for participation, but advanced registration is required. For more information, and to register, please visit our webpage<https://www.training.nih.gov/workshops_and_trainings_for_extramural_princip…>. I do not anticipate offering this series again in the future; participation in the entire series is recommended but is not required. Please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions. Current scheduled workshop dates are March 1, March 29, April 26 and May 24. Purdue Mechanical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Thurs., March 3 - Ellen Arruda, Tim Manganello/Borg Warner Department Chair of Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 10:30 a.m. via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95247973890 "Full-field Methods for Characterizing the Non-Linear Anisotropic Response of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament of the Knee" Hosted by Purdue ME. Grad Student Q&A: 11:40 a.m. - Noon: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95247973890 Abstract: The Anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, of the knee is a soft tissue structure comprised of two main bundles of hierarchical collagenous structures. As with all soft tissue, the ACL is extremely difficult to mechanically test, and determining its non-linear, anisotropic mechanical response has remained elusive. Yet, obtaining the mechanical properties of the ACL is exceedingly clinically relevant to the design of better replacement grafts for torn ACLs or to prevent ACL tears in the first place. This talk will focus on our recent efforts to characterize the ACL response utilizing full-field displacement measurement techniques that offer more accurate, repeatable, and comprehensive experimental data than traditional testing methods. We've pioneered full-volume characterization techniques that provide much needed insight into the inaccuracies associated with many current experimental protocols and also the shortcomings of some popular constitutive models in capturing the full 3D response of the ACL. I will describe how we use these data to develop an ACL constitutive model for implementation into computational models of the knee during regular gait and under impact loading simulations. Accurate computational models of the knee such as ours may one day be used to guide clinical practice to intervene to prevent an ACL injury or to determine the best course of action to repair an injury. Biography: Professor Ellen M Arruda is the Tim Manganello / BorgWarner Department Chair and Maria Comninou Collegiate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan. She also holds appointments in Biomedical Engineering and in Macromolecular Science and Engineering. She received her BS and MS degrees from Penn State and her PhD from MIT. She joined the UM faculty in 1992. Professor Arruda teaches and conducts research in the areas of theoretical and experimental mechanics of macromolecular materials, including polymers, elastomers, composites, soft tissues and proteins. Her research programs include experimental characterization and analytical and computational modeling of soft materials, including native and engineered tissues. Her polymer mechanics work has focused on the mechanics of these highly strain rate and temperature dependent materials with emphasis on the relationships among the structures at various length scales to the deformation mechanisms of those structures to predict the mechanical responses. More recently she has pioneered efforts to characterize the complex mechanical responses of soft tissues such as ligaments and tendons via full-volumetric-field methods. Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition submission deadline: March 4, 2022. It is officially Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition season! This year, the Graduate School's annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition will be hosted in-person on April 12 in the Loeb Theater. To increase academic representation in our 3MT competition, we are asking that West Lafayette graduate faculty members nominate talented graduate student(s) to represent their academic units in this year's 3MT competition. Nominees must be current Purdue graduate students studying at the West Lafayette campus. Nominees will be contacted by Graduate School staff and encouraged to register for the competition. I have shared the link to the nomination form below, as well as some additional information about the Graduate School's 3MT competition. Please email me, Allison Loy (Loy2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:Loy2@purdue.edu>), with any questions! Virtual 3MT 2022 Nomination Form: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1G2Q9X0VcWgBuzc What is 3MT? Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition that helps graduate students develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills so that they can effectively explain their research to a non-specialist audience. During each competition, graduate students will have three minutes to present a compelling discussion on their research topic, including its significance and relevance, to the general public. This is a fast-paced competition where the top 10 finalists compete by summarizing their two to three-plus years of research in only three minutes with only one slide. There are three cash awards for this competition, including $2,000 for first-place, $1,000 for second place, and $1,000 for the People's Choice Award winner. The first-place winner will also be invited to compete in the Midwestern Association of Graduate School's (MAGS) annual 3MT competition. Learn more about Purdue University Graduate School's 3MT competition here: https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/professional-development/competitions/3mt… Excellence in Teaching Awards DUE: March 6th (Midnight): We are seeking nominations for the Excellence in Teaching Awards for BME and IBSc students. The award, which is considered the highest honor given to Purdue teaching assistants, is accompanied by a $1000 prize. Please send your nominations to tsiemers(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsiemers@purdue.edu> by the deadline. Eligibility Requirements: * Applicants must be registered as full-time graduate students (enrolled for eight credits or more) during the Spring 2022 semester. * Applicants must have served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for at least two sessions during their Purdue graduate program. Application Requirements: Please address the following items, in the order listed below, in the application. While you are not limited to the items listed, any additional information is subject to the four (4) page limit. Application: Please limit the application to four (4) pages, 12 pt. Times Roman, 1.5-line spacing. * Evidence/Examples of Excellence in Teaching (including, but not limited to) * Statement of Teaching Philosophy * Courses Taught and Number of Students (if known) * Course Responsibilities * Instructional Materials Developed (for example, laboratory exercises, online guides, etc.) * Student Evaluations/Comments (Cindy Holderbaum can provide these if needed cholderb(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cholderb@purdue.edu>) * Evidence/Examples of Excellence in Student/Colleague Mentoring * Professional Development and Engagement/Service Activities Focused on Teaching (including, but not limited to) * Professional Development Events (facilitated or participated in on or off campus) * Publications and Presentations * Engagement Activities at the Professional, University, and Community Level List of Awards and Honors Integrated Safety Plan Self-Audit Checklist due to Bill Schoenlein and/or Susan Hardy, Mon., Mar. 7. BME Faculty and Faculty with labs in MJIS: It is again time for us to complete our ISP (Integrated Safety Plan) documentation for REM. It covers all BME labs and occupied space in MJIS. We also need to cover areas in other buildings assigned to BME Faculty. Most of the forms can be completed by anyone who regularly works in your lab but the documents must be signed by the PI. If you are new to this process or need help in any way, please contact Susan Hardy or me, we are glad to help. The ISP program. when successfully completed, provides Weldon School and the investigators protection from fines which may be incurred for safety violations. To obtain recertification, we need 100% participation. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/isp/index.html Please start with item 1, The ISP self-audit checklist these need to be returned to Susan or me by Monday, March 7. Remaining items should be completed by Monday, March 14. This schedule will allow us to arrange the walkthrough (inspection of facilities and documentation) for early December. Susan and I will be glad to help you complete the process and answer questions to make it as painless as possible. 1) Every lab or occupied space must complete an ISP (Integrated Safety Plan) self-audit checklist. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/ispcheck.pdf The check list must be completed by someone who regularly works in the lab and it must be signed by the PI within the last six months. The purpose is to find problems so we can help you with corrections. Please complete this step as soon as possible; we need to have these reviewed by REM before we can schedule our final walk through later in March. 2) Please check the emergency contacts list, update if needed and post at each lab entrance. Template: https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/doorpost.pdf 3) Update the hazard assessment, sign and date by the PI, then post it in an obvious place. If there are no changes, the old one may be signed again and re-dated. Several formats are acceptable. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/HazAsTmp.doc This template should be edited to reflect the actual hazards and practices of your lab. (delete the sections that do not apply) 4) Complete and document current annual PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) training. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/CertT.pdf This brief review is typically done in lab meetings; be sure undergrads working in the lab are included. Attendance record form should be signed by everyone in attendance. All of the research labs in MJIS are covered by the Purdue Chemical Hygiene Plan. The hazard assessment and PPE requirements are best described in the CHP document, starting on Pg. 61. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/programs/chp2014.pdf Thank you, Bill Schoenlein BME Preliminary Exam Announcement for Anastasiia Vasiukhina (L. Solorio, advisor), Mon., Mar. 7, 1:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2NkOTdmOGMtNjljZC00… Thesis Title: "Micro and nanoscale technologies for enhanced diagnostics and therapeutics" Advisory Committee: Luis Solorio, Chair; Craig J. Goergen; David J. Cappelleri; Yoon Yeo Abstract: "Miniaturization of technologies to micro and nanoscale offers numerous advantages for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. When compared to their macroscale counterparts, micro and nanosystems are more portable, less invasive and less costly. These systems can facilitate rapid, sensitive and high throughput detection of abnormalities, help track disease progression, reduce sample consumption and improve therapeutic efficacy of drug delivery while decreasing toxicity. Thus, there is clearly a critical need to create innovative micro and nanoscale tools that can open up new possibilities in detection and treatment of diseases. The overall objective of this work is to develop novel natural and synthetic polymer-based micro and nanotechnologies that could help enhance diagnostic and therapeutic patient outcomes. First, we developed a stable and echogenic nanoparticle ultrasound contrast agent for potential applications in diagnostic extravascular tumor imaging and targeted therapies. Then, we created a polymer blend microparticle-based abuse-deterrent formulation to deter smoking of common prescription opioids. Our next step is to design a tumbling magnetic microrobot system with diagnostic capabilities for applications in cancer precision diagnostics." Seminar for Neurotrauma and Diseases Join the Center for Paralysis Research as we host the Spring 2022 installment of the Seminar for Neurotrauma and Diseases, sponsored by Plexon Neurotechnology Systems! Remaining seminars this semester are on March 9, March 23, April 6, and April 20, all from 4:00 PM-5:00 PM EST on Zoom. This neurotrauma-focused seminar will host speakers from Purdue, Harvard, and Carnegie Mellon universities. Distinguished experts in their respective fields will present on a variety of neurobiology- and SCI/TBI-related topics, sharing their unique focuses and cutting-edge research. Individual announcements, including abstracts and other presentation information, will be coming shortly, so keep an eye out for those! View the seminar live at https://bit.ly/3tDZOfm. Some seminars will be recorded, so if you can't make the live event, make sure to check out our website<https://vet.purdue.edu/cpr/Seminar%20for%20Neurotrauma.php> for the latest updates. Contact us with any questions at cpr(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cpr@purdue.edu>! Virtual Judges needed for the 2022 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair, March 9-21 Hello! Would you be willing to act as a virtual judge at the 2022 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair? If you are receiving this message, it means you are eligible to volunteer as a judge in the 2022 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair in March 2022. This year, we have over 200 young experimentalists (5-12 graders) eagerly awaiting a chance to share their projects with you. The fair is only a few weeks away, so right now they are working hard on their projects. Students are going the extra mile this year to prepare virtual presentations, and having many judges from a variety of disciplines helps us award prizes most fairly to deserving projects. That's where you come in. Students will be submitting their work in a brief, 7-10 slide powerpoint, along with a 30 second introduction and optional narration. If you sign up to judge you will be assigned about 10 projects to score, which should take 2-3 hours at most, and will need to submit feedback through a google form. Judging will occur in two sets based on age group, and you may participate in either one or both sets according to your availability. The judging materials are made available on the morning of the first day, and we ask that you submit your responses by midnight on the final day. The dates for judging rounds are as follows: Senior (grades 9-12): March 9-18; Junior (grades 5-8): March 9-21 If you are able to judge, please sign up using the link below. You will receive an email closer to the time of the fair with your category assignment and detailed instructions. Sign-up link: https://forms.gle/C8DKTpMFPd7cZuuU8 Feel free to email me at lrsef2022(a)gmail.com<mailto:lrsef2022@gmail.com> with any specific questions or concerns not covered in the survey. Thank you so much for your help, and we hope to hear from you! Best Regards, Vicki Bower (lrsef2022(a)gmail.com<mailto:lrsef2022@gmail.com>), 2022 Judge Coordinator and Dr. Cynthia Stauffacher, 2022 Director WOMEN'S GLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTE & THE CATHERINE PEACHEY FUND Request for Proposals on Breast Cancer Research Proposal Deadline: March 21, 2022 Funds Available: $15,000 The Purdue Women's Global Health Institute (WGHI) together with the Catherine Peachey Fund are pleased to announce a request for proposals of outstanding scientific merit for research focused on breast cancer. Proposals from a variety of disciplines, proposals addressing prevention and early detection, or proposals having potential collaborations with clinicians or other collaborations outside Purdue are welcome. The funded project is expected to gather preliminary data to submit competitive applications to external funding agencies, or to seek support from an outside organization (e.g. companies, foundations, etc.) for continuation of the research. Funding: The research team may request up to $15,000. Eligibility: The PIs must be tenured/tenure-track, research, or clinical faculty at or above the assistant professor rank on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University. 2022 Graduate School Mentoring Award for Graduate Students (applications due Friday, March 25) The Council of Graduate Schools defines mentoring as: "... a more senior individual who provides career and psychosocial support to a junior member of a given organization. Recently, mentors have been found to exist laterally, virtually, among peers, and with individuals outside of the professional context. Mentorships center on an emotional commitment, which focuses on the protégé's personal and professional growth. " The Graduate School wants to acknowledge the essential role graduate students play in our research, teaching, and engagement missions at Purdue University. If you work with a graduate student that has made a difference in your academic career and models the attributes of what we think great mentors should be, please consider encouraging them to apply for this award. Graduate students dedicate a great deal of time and energy in mentoring other colleagues, and undergraduates whether in the lab, field, or classroom. If you feel you have contributed to excellence in mentoring consider applying for this award. Applicants should assemble the following in one PDF document in the following order: 1. A curriculum vita. 2. A mentoring statement including your mentoring philosophy, commitment to mentoring and accomplishments in the area of mentoring (maximum of 500 words). 3. One letter of support from mentees, advisor, or another staff member who has first-hand knowledge of your excellence in mentoring. Letter can be signed by multiple individuals. There can only be one letter of support. Please visit the following link to submit your application: Submit Application Here<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egsn4p9ONErFXDw> Applications will be reviewed by a panel of faculty, staff & students. Applications are due by March 25, 2022, at 5:00 pm EST. Late submissions will not be accepted. The winner will be announced on April 15th. The winner will receive an award of $1,500 and a plaque. Winners will be notified by email and posted to the Graduate School Website and invited to the awards celebration on May, 11th, 2020. Contact Associate Dean, Melanie Morgan, (morgan3(a)purdue.edu<mailto:morgan3@purdue.edu>) at the Graduate School for more information. 2022 Graduate School Mentoring Award for Postdoctoral Scholars (applications due Friday, April 8) The Graduate School wants to acknowledge the essential role postdoctoral trainees play in our research, teaching, and engagement missions here at Purdue University. If you work with a postdoc that has made a difference in your academic career and models the attributes of what we think great mentors should be, please consider nominating them for this inaugural award. Postdocs dedicate a great deal of time and energy in mentoring other postdocs, graduate students, and undergraduates whether this is in the lab, field, or classroom. Anyone can nominate a postdoc for this award (i.e., graduate students, undergraduates, staff, faculty, or other postdocs). Please notice that the process for the postdoc award is different from the graduate student award. Please follow all directions given below. If you would like to nominate someone, write a nomination letter that gives an example (or many) of how this postdoc has impacted you or others as a mentor. Mentoring can be related to research design and analysis, career and professional advice, or personal guidance. Please include the department(s) along with the program, lab group, or center in which they work. Submissions should be in a letter of 250-500 words and can be submitted by students, postdocs, faculty or staff. Collaboration on letters is welcome. The nominated postdoc will be required to submit a mentorship statement that that describes their roles and commitment to serving as a mentor in 500 words or less, which can be sent to Lisa at lnielse@purdue or submitted along with the nomination letter before the nomination deadline. Nominations are not complete without the mentorship statement from the nominee. Please visit the following link to submit the nomination letter and mentorship statement: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_emoVzNlZyXM7Qou. The Council of Graduate Schools defines mentoring as: "... a more senior individual who provides career and psychosocial support to a junior member of a given organization. Recently, mentors have been found to exist laterally, virtually, among peers, and with individuals outside of the professional context. Mentorships center on an emotional commitment, which focuses on the protégé's personal and professional growth. " Nominations are due by 5 pm on Friday, April 8, 2022. The winner will be announced on April 15 and they will be recognized at the Graduate School Awards Banquet on May 11th. The winner will receive an award of $1,500. Winners will be notified by email and posted to the Graduate School Website. Questions? Ask the Postdoc Office Director, Dr. Lisa Nielsen (lnielse(a)purdue.edu) Vanderbilt Integrative Training Alliance (VITA) Symposium, April 28-29: On April 28-29th, Vanderbilt University will be hosting the annual Vanderbilt Integrative Training Alliance (VITA) Symposium, a conference focused on biomedical sciences graduate students. Attendees have a unique opportunity to connect with the Vanderbilt community, obtain a long-term mentoring relationship with a Vanderbilt faculty member, and gain training in scientific communication. The event will also feature a keynote address from Vanderbilt postdoc alumna, Dr. Shaneda Anderson<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?…>. This year the conference will be virtual. The complete two day schedule can be found here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?…>. While the symposium is open to all, we particularly encourage individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in academia to apply, including but not limited to those who identify as Black, African-American, Latino, Hispanic, Native American, or Pacific Islander, those who have a disability, first generation college-goers, those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, and those underrepresented on the basis of gender identity or expression or sexual orientation. I am hoping that we will have representation from every Big 10 school (University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison). Do you know of any students who would be interested in applying? If so, please respond to antentor.o.hinton.jr(a)Vanderbilt.Edu<mailto:antentor.o.hinton.jr@Vanderbilt.Edu> with their name and email and a member of our team will reach out. Thank you for your consideration, Antentor Othrell Hinton, Jr., Ph.D. Pronouns: He/Him/His Twitter: @phdgprotein86 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biogeek26/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/in/biogeek26/__;!!DZ3fj…> Lab Twitter: @AtHinton EE Just Faculty Scholar (UNCF award) Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center Poster Submission Application and Details<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/events/spring-reception/submission.h…> Award Application and Details<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/events/spring-reception/award-applic…> Attachments DEI Journal Club takeaways Venture Studios Webinar Boost Black History Month -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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[Bmeroundtable-list] BME Seminar Series - Wed., March 2, 9:30 a.m.
by Gelfand, Johanna K 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

[cid:image001.jpg@01D82A2A.AC3F9230] Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series Wednesday, March 2, 2022 9:30-10:20am MJIS 1001 or Via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95150439811?pwd=a3hOK0o0bmpkS3poTVBCbVhDNU9FZz… Diffusion MRI: Fundamentals and Applications in Neuroimaging [A picture containing outdoor, tree, person, grass Description automatically generated] Yu-Chien Wu, MD, PhD, DABMP Showalter Scholar Associate Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences Scientific Director, In-Vivo Imaging Core Indiana University School of Medicine Abstract: Diffusion MRI was first introduced in 1985. Over the years, this method has continuously evolved. It begins with single-direction exponential decay, to multi-directional diffusion tensor imaging, multi-shell imaging, and so on. I will review some of the diffusion MRI approaches, current status, and applications in Alzheimer's disease, mild traumatic brain injury, and sport-related concussion. Bio: After studying physics at National Taiwan University with the Samuel Ting scholarship, Dr. Wu entered Kaohsiung Medical School and received an MD degree and license in Taiwan in 2000. Integrating her knowledge in both disciplines, she earned a PhD program in Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2006. Dr. Wu has many years' experience in medical imaging research. While her medical physics background covers a wide range of imaging instruments, she is an MRI Physicist by training and received Board Certification in 2016. She serves as the Scientific Director of the In-Vivo Imaging Core at Indiana University School of Medicine. The imaging core is equipped with research dedicated clinical 3T MRI scanners and PET-CT scanners, as well as a 9.4T PET-MRI scanner for preclinical imaging. Serving in this capacity, she oversees the daily operation of the Imaging Core and functionalities of imaging instruments and facilitate scientific activities in clinical and preclinical research. ~BME Faculty Host: Dr. Yunjie Tong ~ -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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[Bmeroundtable-list] Prospective BME Faculty Seminar - Mon., Feb. 28
by Gelfand, Johanna K 25 Feb '22

25 Feb '22

[cid:image001.jpg@01D82A25.FF343E00] Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Prospective Faculty Seminar Monday, February 28, 2022 9:30-10:20am MJIS 2001 or Via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/93209391583?pwd=NDFVZWpUSzd4UmNWT1FyeGQrdWVpdz… Engineered Biomaterials to Enhance Cellular and Acellular Therapies For Tissue Repair [cid:image002.png@01D82A25.FF343E00] Taimoor Qazi, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Burdick Polymeric Biomaterials Laboratory Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania Abstract: Traumatic injury to soft tissues like skeletal muscle causes aberrant fibrosis and a decline in function that can compromise quality of life and prolong disability if left untreated. A major challenge in regenerating complex tissues after severe injury lies in restoring endogenous biological activity e.g., the proliferation and differentiation of tissue-resident cells and revascularization of the injury site. In this seminar, I will describe two distinct biomaterials-based strategies that harness biophysical and biochemical design features to guide cellular behavior and tissue repair. In the first approach, cell-laden microporous scaffolds amplified the paracrine function of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) by promoting cell-cell interactions and enhancing sensitivity to growth factor stimulation. These implantable constructs stimulated myofiber regeneration, reduced muscle fibrosis and improved contractile function in a clinically relevant model of traumatic muscle injury. In the second example, I will detail recent work in designing injectable, modular, and inherently porous particle-based granular hydrogels as an acellular therapy for endogenous repair. Changing particle shape from isotropic spheres to anisotropic rods using a microfluidics approach resulted in granular hydrogels with improved pore interconnectivity that supported robust endothelial cell sprouting in vitro and rapid invasion of cells and blood vessels in vivo. Together, these applications highlight the versatility of hydrogels for translational applications. Bio: Dr. Taimoor Qazi is a postdoctoral fellow in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania, where he works on designing injectable granular hydrogels for biomedical applications in the group of Dr. Jason Burdick. Taimoor received his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Berlin (Germany), where he investigated paracrine mechanisms of mesenchymal stromal cell-based therapies for muscle regeneration under the co-advisement of Dr. Georg Duda and Dr. David Mooney. His work has been recognized through several awards, notably the Society for Biomaterials (SFB) Postdoctoral Recognition Award, the German Society for Orthopedics and Traumatology (DGOU) Basic Research Award, and the Charité Medical University Young Investigator Award. Taimoor is interested in harnessing biomaterials to address challenges in the treatment of musculoskeletal ailments, and his future research program will combine concepts of polymer chemistry, microscale engineering tools, drug delivery, stem cell biology, and tissue engineering to establish translational regenerative approaches for musculoskeletal repair. ~BME Faculty Host: Dr. Vitaliy Rayz ~ -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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Weldon Graduate Program Announcements February 23, 2022
by Siemers, Tammy R 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

[4,354 Breaking News Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images] Weldon Graduate Program Announcements February 23, 2022 * Career and Internship Opportunities * Open Positions at Center for Devices and Radiological Health * Ask a Postdoc Panel * OIGP March Social Justice Seminar * PCCR Monthly Series on Career Development: “Alternative Path after Graduate School” with Baylee Neff and David Torres * NSF I-Corps 'Introduction to Customer Discovery' workshop starting on March 11 * 2022 Graduate School Mentoring Awards: Graduate Students & Postdocs * Workshops and Deadlines * News from You Career and Internship Opportunities Internship Positions * 2022 Quality Engineer, Johnson and Johnson Robotics and Digital Solutions<https://jobs.jnj.com/jobs/2206013338W?lang=en-us&src=JB-10281> * R&D Engineering Co-op NxStage, Fresenius Medical Care<https://www.simplyhired.com/job/fmz4UsVLwMqN_Li8mMmh1c2GyfQPDnyZXBK8mZ-P-h5…> * Manufacturing Engineering Co-op, Jabil<https://jabil.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jabil_Careers/job/Elmira-NY/Manuf…> * Summer-Fall 2022 Engineering Co-op Edwards Life Sciences<https://www.edwards.com/gb/careers/job/9771/Summer-Fall-2022-Engineering-Co…> Postdoctoral Positions * Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin<https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_medcollegewi/external_staf…> * NPA Website: https://careers.nationalpostdoc.org/jobs/ Full time Positions * Process Engineer III, Cell Culture, ThermoFisher Scientific<https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/job/195862BR/Process-Engineer-III-C…> * Scientist, Metabolic Engineering, ZymoChem<https://www.zymochem.com/careers> * Staff Scientist, Biomedical Engineering, Washington University<https://wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/Washington-University-Danf…> * Biomedical Engineer, Virgin Galactic<https://careers-virgingalactic.icims.com/jobs/6708/biomedical-engineer/job?…> * Senior Product Development Engineer, Allergan Aesthetics, AbbVie<https://careers.abbvie.com/abbvie/jobs/2201558?lang=en-us&src=JB-11040> * R&D Engineer, Pearlsoftsolutions<https://www.simplyhired.com/job/soSdOW-i1UfFRAsSaAd-vs4fV3HFudKScKzXRqI7J4C…> * Systems Engineer IV, Algorithm Development, Abbott<https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en/job/ABLAUS31015777ENUSEXTERNAL/Systems-Engine…> * Scientist or Sr. Scientist, Protein Engineering, Cugene, Inc.<https://www.simplyhired.com/job/QBrXBBxGmwlxPJj1rAkm_wxSZfqzvT4YQsw5dvmIuEM…> * Staff, Quality Control Engineer, Illumina<https://illumina.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/illumina-careers/job/US---Cali…> * Purdue Start-up Job Board<https://purduefoundry.com/jobs?utm_source=Foundry+Mailing+List&utm_campaign…>—Foundry Start Up Companies Looking to Hire * ACTS Career Center<https://careers.actscience.org/>—Association for Clinical and Translational Science * Doc Jobs<https://www.docjobs.com/jobs/list/>—Jobs beyond traditional clinical and academic roles Open Positions at Center for Devices and Radiological Health https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USFDA/bulletins/30b1cbb Ask a Postdoc Panel Wednesday, March 9, 12:30 – 1:30 pm, Online Registration: https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?courseid=3605 Interested in becoming a postdoc? Come get your questions answered! A panel of current Purdue postdocs will share their experiences and give advice for applying for postdoc positions and becoming a postdoc. OIGP March Social Justice Seminar See Attached The Differential Impacts of Educational Media: Considering Individual Differences Across Diverse Contexts Using a Social Justice Framework Understanding children’s developmental trajectories and the ways in which environmental exposures influence these trajectories demand more contextually sensitive conceptualizations. Speakers: Dr. Deborah Nichols Associate Professor Human Development and Family Studies College of Health and Human Sciences Purdue University Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Time: 12:00-1:00PM Whistler Hall, Room 116 Please RSVP<https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ca1.qualtrics.c…> by March 20 if you would like to attend the seminar and discussion, light snacks will be provided. Visit the Social Justice Seminar Series<https://proxy.qualtrics.com/proxy/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fproxy.qualtrics.com%2F…> to see other upcoming events that you may be interested in joining. PCCR Monthly Series on Career Development: “Alternative Path after Graduate School” with Baylee Neff and David Torres See Attached The next seminar in the Purdue Center for Cancer Research monthly series on career development will be February 23 from 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Baylee Neff and David Torres will be giving a talk titled, “Alternative Path after Graduate School.” Please see the attached flyer for more details. Feel free to forward this invite to anyone you think would be interested. Register for this webinar at: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_63tSObFeTaSMgA6H7kaBXQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Check out other PCCR career development events and resources at: https://www.purdue.edu/cancer-research/Training%20and%20Education/Graduate%… NSF I-Corps 'Introduction to Customer Discovery' workshop starting on March 11 Purdue I-Corps, part of the Great Lakes NSF I-Corps Hub, is offering an Introduction to Customer Discovery workshop that can significantly increase the chances of securing federal proof of concept & commercialization grants (e.g., SBIR/STTR, PFI-TT) that range from $250k to $2 million. This workshop qualifies participants to apply for NSF’s National I-Corps Teams program. The historical success rate for Purdue Faculty, who complete the National I-corps program, and apply for these competitive NSF research commercialization grants is over 90. This workshop is free and offered online. It is primarily intended for Purdue faculty, graduate students, and post-docs in their research lab with an interest in commercialization. Undergrads working in a Purdue research lab are welcome to join a team. Participants will talk with potential customers and stakeholders to gain valuable market insight; develop their external network and learn from industry experts. The workshop will be on Fridays from 12-2 pm EST, March 11-May 6 (5 webinars, bi-weekly). A flyer for the workshop is attached. [cid:image002.jpg@01D828B4.926A8B70] Apply: https://www.greatlakesicorps.org/event/spring-2022-purdue-i-corps-introduct… If you are interested in learning more, please contact Geetali Pradhan, Technology Commercialization Specialist at gpradhan(a)purdue.edu<mailto:gpradhan@purdue.edu> 2022 Graduate School Mentoring Awards: Graduate Students & Postdocs See Attached Attached are the callouts for the Graduate School's mentoring awards for graduate students and postdocs. Please note that the processes for the two awards are different. Student applications are due by March 25, 2022, at 5:00pm and postdoc nominations are due by April 8, 2022, at 5:00pm. Workshops and Deadlines Here are some upcoming workshops and deadlines more detailed information about the workshops will be sent out separately closer to the event. February 28th Using Data to Tell a Story (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) February 28th Introduction to Generative adversarial networks (GANs) (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) February 28th OIGP Poster Submission Deadline March 1st Debt Management (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 2nd LinkedIn March 3rd Elevator Pitch Workshop (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 4th Faculty Coffee Chat: Professor Nan Kong March 7th Intro to RNN and LSTM (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 8th Let’s Talk Taxes (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 9th Ask a Posdoc Panel (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 10th Data Organization with Exel I (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 10th Story Telling 101 (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 10th Faculty Coffee Chat: Professor Elsje Pienaar March 11th Say It In 6<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/professional-development/competitions/say…> Submission Deadline March 11th Peer Mentoring Grab and Go Lunch March 23rd Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Higher Ed: Writing a Diversity Statement (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 23rd How to Plan a Research Project for a Grant or Fellowship Application (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 29th Crafting Your Teaching Narrative: Teaching Statements/Philosophies March 29th F-1 Student Career Planning Grad Edition (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) March 29th Preparing an Effective Lecture (Teaching) April 5th Credit Cards and Credit Scores (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) April 6th Business Meal Etiquette (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) April 6th LinkedIn (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) April 8th Faculty Coffee Chat: Professor Mike Heinz and Professor Hari Bharadwaj April 8th Peer Mentoring Grab and Go Lunch April 14th Debt Management (Grad School<https://gspd.gosignmeup.com/public/Course/browse?viewstate=eyJWaWV3TGlzdFR5…>) April 30th Bloomberg Data Science Fellowship Due<https://www.techatbloomberg.com/bloomberg-data-science-ph-d-fellowship/> May 4th OIGP Spring Reception May 5th Faculty Coffee Chat: Professor Alexandria Volkening May 13th Peer Mentoring Grab and Go Lunch News from You Please inform Tammy of honors, awards, or other accolades (to include having a paper published) you receive so that the Weldon School may recognize your accomplishments. Send the complete information – specific title and nature of the award, name of conference or event at which award was given, date of said event, photograph if available, etc. – to tsiemers(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsiemers@purdue.edu>. Tammy Siemers Senior Graduate Training Program Administration and Professional Development Specialist Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering 206 S. Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2032 o: 765-496-0294 Achiever, Relator, Includer, Restorative, Developer [233FFCD4]<https://www.purdue.edu/?utm_source=signature&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=…>

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[Bmeroundtable-list] BME seminar cancelled today
by Holderbaum, Cynthia L 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Our apologies for the late notice. Today's Weldon BME seminar speaker became ill this morning so we've had to cancel. Sincerely, Cindy Holderbaum Senior Administrative Assistant & Schedule Deputy Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Martin C. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering, (MJIS) Rm. 1021 206 S. Martin Jischke Dr. West Lafayette, IN 47907 o: 765-494-2995<tel:7654942995> cholderb(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cholderb@purdue.edu> www.purdue.edu/bme<http://www.purdue.edu/bme> myStrengths: Harmony | Consistency | Analytical | Deliberative| Maximizer "Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out." - John Wooden -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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[Bmeroundtable-list] BME Monday Roundtable - February 21, 2022
by Gelfand, Johanna K 21 Feb '22

21 Feb '22

[cid:image003.jpg@01D8271E.95022EC0] BME MONDAY ROUNDTABLE February 21, 2022 HEAD MESSAGE Dear Weldon School, Graduate student recruiting visit is this upcoming Thursday through Saturday. Graduate student recruits are arriving on Thursday, Feb 24th and we have a number of exciting opportunities for your engagement. Thursday includes Science on Tap and BMEGSA Game Night. Friday includes a number of activities throughout the day that provide a deeper dive into the activities and opportunities in our school. The full schedule is attached! One Faculty candidate this week! Please continue to participate in the faculty candidate seminars! We will have several candidates over the next 2-3 weeks. Area chairs- please remind your area to review the website and take notes for updates that are needed. PROTECT PURDUE * Masks are still required in certain areas! Check for updates (as of Feb. 18th) https://protect.purdue.edu/required-covid-19-protocols/ * Vaccines are strongly encouraged (though not required) https://protect.purdue.edu/vaccine-information/ * Updated guidance for research SOPs, etc. and Protect Purdue are coming quickly. Please make sure you are staying current with Purdue guidelines. UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES Week of Feb. 21 Mon., Feb. 21 – Prospective BME Faculty Seminar: “Automated single-cell analyses of neurons in the living brain,” Craig Forest, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 1083 and via Zoom, https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/94147441278?pwd=RXo4NEFhRkZOL1dkMnVnejZxaEg2QT… Tues., Feb. 22 – Preclinical Innovation of Biomedical Translational Research: Indiana Clinical and Translational Science (CTSI) Virtual Retreat from 10AM - 3:30PM Eastern. Wed., Feb. 23 – BME Distinguished Seminar Series, “Fibronectin, an endogenous ECM mechanosensory is a major orchestrator of stromal cell behaviors in tissue repair, fibrosis and regeneration,” Thonmas H. Barker, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology and Director, UVA Fibrosis Initiative, University of Virginia, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 1001 and via Zoom, https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95150439811?pwd=a3hOK0o0bmpkS3poTVBCbVhDNU9FZz… Wed., Feb. 23 – BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location: MJIS 1083. Presenter: Angel Enriquez. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Wed., Feb. 23 – Thurs., Feb. 24: Fourth Annual Conference for Associate Professors, sponsored by Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence, Purdue University (see below) Thurs., Feb. 24 – Science on Tap: “Novel Neurotechnologies for Elucidating Brain Dynamics Across Scales,” Dr. Krishna Jayant, 6:00 p.m., Lafayette Brewing Company (622 Main Street, Lafayette) Open to ages 21+. “An informal conversation about science” Thurs., Feb. 24 – Sat., Feb. 26: Graduate Admissions Open House visit—planning for hybrid (virtual and in-person) event Upcoming important deadlines and info. Mon., Feb. 28 – Deadline to submit a poster to the Graduate School’s Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) for their annual Spring Reception honoring interdisciplinary graduate student research. Details below. Mon., Feb. 28 – Deadline to register for Graduate Faculty Mentoring Workshop through the Graduate School. Details below. Mon., Feb. 28 – BME PhD Defense announcement for Ravinderjit Singh (Hari Bharadwaj, advisor), 11:00 a.m., via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98527554349?pwd=amdzWGxmS2U1ZzE0aWVMandOUkMzdz… . Title: Auditory tracking and scene analysis - perceptual timescales and neural correlates. Fri., Mar. 4: Coffee Chat with Faculty: 11:00 am-noon, Location TBD. Faculty host: Nan Kong. Potential discussion topics: academic job search, initiate multi-disciplinary research, make social impact with your research Sun., Mar. 6 (midnight) – Nominations due for Excellence in Teaching Awards for BME and IBSC graduate students. Details below. Mon., Mar. 7: ISP (Integrated Safety Plan) documentation, specifically ISP self-audit checklist, needs to be returned to Bill Schoenlein and/or Susan Hardy. This covers ALL BME labs and occupied space in MJIS and areas in other buildings assigned to BME faculty. See below for details. Mon., Mar. 7: BME Preliminary Exam Announcement for Anastasiia Vasiukhina (L. Solorio, advisor), 1:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2NkOTdmOGMtNjljZC00… Thesis Title: “Micro and nanoscale technologies for enhanced diagnostics and therapeutics” Wed., March 9 – BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Antonia Susnjar. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Thurs., Mar. 10 - Coffee Chat with Faculty: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm, Location TBD. Faculty host: Elsje Pienaar. Potential discussion topics: time management, teaching and diversity statements, work/life balance; imposter syndrome Tues., March 15 – MJIS air handling shutdown, beginning at 7:30 AM and lasting until approx. 3:00 PM for preventative maintenance of the building’s air systems. This includes air ventilation supplies to all public, classroom and research areas, including chemical fume hoods. There should be NO chemicals used anywhere! All chemical fume hood activity should terminate by 5 PM Monday Oct. 11th. You must make sure all chemical containers are sealed at that time. Chemical fume hoods will have notices posted - do not resume activity until BME staff have verified that work is complete, and have removed postings. Mon., March 21 – Deadline for proposals to Women’s Global Health Institute & the Catherine Peachey Fund. Request for proposals on Breast Cancer Research. Funds Available: $15,000. Wed., March 23 – BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Luke Brennan. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Wed., March 30 – BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Mazin Hakim. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Wed., April 6 – BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Tommy Jenkins. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Fri., Apr. 8: Coffee Chat with Faculty: 11:00 am -12:00 pm, Location LYLE (Room TBM). Faculty hosts: Mike Heinz and Hari Bharadwaj. Potential discussion topics: writing grants (fellowships), talking to a lay audience, open science, academic job interviews/negotiating Wed., April 20 – BME Bytes Seminar, 1:30 pm, Location TBD. Presenter: Apekshya Chhetri. Open to all undergraduate and graduate researchers. Lunch will be provided. Thurs., April 28-Fri., Apr. 29: Vanderbilt University will be hosting the annual Vanderbilt Integrative Training Alliance (VITA) Symposium, a conference focused on biomedical sciences graduate students. Attendees have a unique opportunity to connect with the Vanderbilt community, obtain a long-term mentoring relationship with a Vanderbilt faculty member, and gain training in scientific communication. The event will also feature a keynote address from Vanderbilt postdoc alumna, Dr. Shaneda Anderson<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?…>. This year the conference will be virtual. Details below. Thurs., May 5: Coffee Chat with Faculty: 11:00 am -12:00 pm, Location LYLE (Room TBM). Faculty host: Alexandria Volkening. Potential discussion topics: website development, public science and outreach, social media, academic job materials (with an interdisciplinary perspective) Upcoming prospective faculty seminars. Mon., Feb. 21 – Craig Forest, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 1083 and via Zoom Mon., Feb. 28 – Taimoor Qazi, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 2001 and via Zoom Thurs., March 3 – Abhay Ramachandra, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 1001 and via Zoom SPRING 2022 BME Faculty Meetings All faculty meetings will begin at 11:30 a.m. in MJIS 2001 Fri., March 25 Fri., April 22 SPRING 2022 BME Primary Committee Meetings Fri., April 15, 10:00-5:00, MJIS 2001 (LONG meeting!) Committee Updates Academic Programs Global Engineering Programs & Partnerships is very fortunate to be connecting with several universities globally. We are currently seeking proposals for VIRTUAL short courses for this Summer 2022. Please fill this survey out if you are interested in giving a virtual course this summer. We have six weeks of courses to fill (6-12 courses depending on length) for a group of students at King Khalid University in Saudi Arabia. Students are year 3 or 4 undergrads and courses are given in English. Your participation is appreciated. Pay is $200.00/course hour--flat; placed in a discretionary fund for your use. Questions? Please contact Rhonda von Werder, PAGE Program Manager for Global Engineering: vonwerde(a)purdue.edu<mailto:vonwerde@purdue.edu> Here is the link to the Short Course Submission Survey<https://forms.gle/R167trEWcKHNM9jX6>. Student Background: Year 3 or 4 students from Saudi Arabia in various engineering disciplines. King Khalid University Short Courses Needed: Stand-alone courses with no pre-requisite knowledge: Can be a topic of a course semester, for instance. May include Python (beginning) and MATLAB (beginning). 10-15 hours of instruction per week Pay for Faculty: $200.00/course hour. Paid at the completion of their summer training (early August). Deposited into a discretionary fund at the quoted flat rate Why Participate? Connect with global students and universities. Identify potential graduate students. Test out new material virtually. Receive extra pay in the summer 😊. Contribute to your CV. Represent the best of the CoE. The students are really fun and extremely motivated! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out. Graduate Admissions (****TIME SENSITIVE****): * Recruiting season is upon us. Please be proactive about talking to candidates to build rapport and to increase our recruiting pool. * We will be hosting Science on Tap on Feb. 24th, 6:00 p.m. at Lafayette Brewing Company as part of our recruitment event. Krishna Jayant will speak on “Novel Neurotechnologies for Elucidating Brain Dynamics Across Scales.” Open to ages 21+ Graduate Programs – update The Graduate School will be hosting two Graduate Faculty Mentoring Workshops in West Lafayette this spring. The first will be on Wednesday, March 9, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; and the second will be on Thursday, March 10, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Both workshops will be held at the Stewart Center in Room 202 unless we have to move to virtual. The workshop provides an overview to the policies, procedures and expectations associated with mentoring graduate students at Purdue University. Participation in the workshop is required for any faculty member who wishes to seek appointment to the Graduate Faculty at Purdue University. Historically it has been the practice of the Graduate School to require faculty new to Purdue to attend a Graduate Faculty Mentoring Workshop before they could obtain graduate faculty status. While a practice, it is not “policy” so we will not hold up faculty appointments due to logistics of when the workshops are offered. This does not negate the request for faculty new to Purdue to attend one of the new faculty workshops, but it does mean the Graduate School will not hold an appointment request based on workshop completion. In addition to attending one of these two workshops, faculty who wish to hold a position as a regular member of the Graduate Faculty must also be recommended by their unit and be a tenure-track or voting status faculty member. This process must be initiated in the Graduate School Database, and is typically done by the department graduate contact. Appointment to the graduate faculty permits a faculty member to teach graduate-level courses, to serve on graduate student advisory committees, and to chair or co-chair master’s and Ph.D. committees. The level of appointment is dependent upon the faculty member’s position, rank and credentials. Graduate coordinators and contacts - Please provide faculty members the instructions below to register online. I will also still accept email registrations if there are any complications but my preference would be to direct them to use the electronic system. It is very important that participants arrive on time and do not leave early. Missing part of the presentation could cause their attendance to not count toward fulfilling the requirement needed to advise students or become a regular faculty member. Please make sure that he registering faculty members are aware of this. To register for one of the workshops, please go to the following link and complete the Qualtrics survey GradFacultyWkshp2022<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3lPEgXEbrU2Aej4> or copy and paste the following link into your browser: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3lPEgXEbrU2Aej4 Deadline for registration is Monday, February 28, 2022. Additional workshops (including workshops on regional campuses) will not be held until September 2022. If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to contact me Casey Hollingsworth Executive Assistant to the Dean | The Purdue University Graduate School She/her/hers Young Hall, Room 169 | 155 S. Grant Street | West Lafayette, IN 47907 o: 765-494-2604 | chollingsworth(a)purdue.edu<mailto:chollingsworth@purdue.edu> Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition It is officially Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition season! This year, the Graduate School’s annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition will be hosted in-person on April 12 in the Loeb Theater. To increase academic representation in our 3MT competition, we are asking that West Lafayette graduate faculty members nominate talented graduate student(s) to represent their academic units in this year’s 3MT competition. Nominees must be current Purdue graduate students studying at the West Lafayette campus. Nominees will be contacted by Graduate School staff and encouraged to register for the competition. I have shared the link to the nomination form below, as well as some additional information about the Graduate School’s 3MT competition. Please email me, Allison Loy (Loy2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:Loy2@purdue.edu>), with any questions! Virtual 3MT 2022 Nomination Form: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1G2Q9X0VcWgBuzc What is 3MT? Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) is a research communication competition that helps graduate students develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills so that they can effectively explain their research to a non-specialist audience. During each competition, graduate students will have three minutes to present a compelling discussion on their research topic, including its significance and relevance, to the general public. This is a fast-paced competition where the top 10 finalists compete by summarizing their two to three-plus years of research in only three minutes with only one slide. There are three cash awards for this competition, including $2,000 for first-place, $1,000 for second place, and $1,000 for the People’s Choice Award winner. The first-place winner will also be invited to compete in the Midwestern Association of Graduate School’s (MAGS) annual 3MT competition. Learn more about Purdue University Graduate School’s 3MT competition here: https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/professional-development/competitions/3mt… Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Update In Spring 2022, the UCC will continue working on introducing BME pathways. The UCC will request each Research Area to present the corresponding Pathway to sophomore students in the next month. This will help the students to decide on their area of specialization. The presentation should clarify the knowledge and skills the students would gain as well as the future career opportunities for each BME Pathway. The UCC will also work on developing the Engineering Design courses for the re-structured undergraduate program, including the Junior and Senior Design and professional development courses. The committee will create a task force for collecting benchmark data on curriculum redesign for the future ABET accreditation. Also, the UCC will work on increasing our offering of honors courses or honors sections within courses. DEI Committee Update February is Black History Month 2022 National Theme is Black Health and Wellness. Purdue's celebrations of Black excellence this month can be found at: https://lifeat.purdue.edu/black-history-month/ Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging will host the 2022 Maximizing Student Potential conference “Belonging — A Virtual Gathering for Exploring, Reflecting, and Acting" (virtual) from noon to 5 p.m. Feb. 23. Conference registration<https://cvent.me/G0MMwa> is free and open to all faculty, staff and students throughout the Purdue system. Purdue BMEs have a strong presence in the Purdue Chapter of National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)<https://www.purduensbe.org/> with Junior Kyndall Davis (Treasurer), Sophomore Mozen Mertami (Programs Chair), Lindsey Momo (Parliamentarian), and recent BME grad Zafe Udegbe (Membership Chair) all taking on leadership positions in NSBE. Remaining Graduate Peer Mentoring meeting days are: 11-1pm on March 11th, April 8th, May 13th The next in the NIH Series RAISING A RESILIENT SCIENTIST<https://www.training.nih.gov/workshops_and_trainings_for_extramural_princip…> for faculty and administrators who mentor students and postdoctoral fellows will be Mar 1st from 12:00–1:15 pm NIH Grant Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship<https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-22-057.html> are available for up to $250,000 and grants are due April 8th Faculty are encouraged to respond to the COACHE Survey email (subject: Help Purdue assess the academic workplace, from: coachefaculty(a)abtsurvey.com<mailto:coachefaculty@abtsurvey.com>) a confidential assessment to inform priorities for university change. Staff Appreciation Day is March 4th. Be on the lookout for appreciation lunch date and recognition. Winter Warming Station Meal Sign up<file:///C:/Users/dumulis/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail%20Downloads/51FC69A6-C178-4415-BF4A-CAFB01D5DCC8/Winter%20Warming%20Station> Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM) – Meals are needed each day Nov 15 through Apr 15. Resources, attachments, further information BME Prospective Faculty Seminar - Monday, February 21, 9:30-10:20am, MJIS 1083 or Via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/94147441278?pwd=RXo4NEFhRkZOL1dkMnVnejZxaEg2QT… “Automated signgle-cell analyses of neurons in the living brain,” presented by Craig Forest, PhD, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. Abstract: Whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology enables the recording of electrical events in cells with great precision and supports a wide diversity of cellular morphological and molecular analysis experiments. However, high levels of skill are required in order to perform patching clamping, especially in the living brain, and the process is time-consuming and painstaking. Automated patching robots would not only empower a great number of neuroscientists to perform such experiments, but also open up fundamentally new kinds of experiments enabled by the resultant high throughput. In the past decade, in collaboration with Ed Boyden’s lab, we discovered that in vivo blind whole cell patch clamp electrophysiology could be implemented as a straightforward algorithm, and developed an automated robotic system capable of performing this algorithm. Our robot achieves yields, cell recording qualities, and operational speeds that are comparable to, or exceed, those of experienced human investigators, and is simple and inexpensive to implement. We have extended this technology in many directions, including include coupling patch clamping to optogenetics, pharmacology, brain organoids, automatically recording multiple neurons simultaneously and serially, and patch clamping deep structures including mouse thalamus and brain stem. Bio: Craig Forest is a Professor and Woodruff Faculty Fellow in the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech where he also holds program faculty positions in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering. He conducts research on miniaturized, high-throughput robotic instrumentation to advance neuroscience and genetic science. Prior to Georgia Tech, he was a research fellow in Genetics at Harvard Medical School. He obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in June 2007, M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2003, and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2001. He is cofounder/organizer of one of the largest undergraduate invention competitions in the US—The InVenture Prize, and founder/organizer of one of the largest student-run makerspaces in the US—The Invention Studio. He was a Fellow in residence at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle WA; He was named Engineer of the Year in Education for the state of Georgia and was a finalist on the ABC reality TV show "American Inventor.” ~BME Host: Hugh Lee~ BME PhD Defense Announcement for Hannah Cebull (C. Goergen, advisor) Everyone is invited to attend the public presentation beginning at 3:00PM ET. Title: Noninvasive biomechanical characterization of the aorta Date: February 21, 2022 Time: 3:00 PM ET Location: MJIS 2001 and Zoom – link below* Advisory Committee: Craig Goergen, Chair; Luis Solorio; Vitaliy Rayz; Ntobeko Ntusi Abstract: The aorta has many complex features including valve and vessel wall geometry, blood flow, and wall composition. Diseases such as aortic aneurysms and aortic valve lesions affect vessel function and may even lead to rupture, which can be fatal. However, current clinical diagnoses of aortopathies mainly rely on simple parameters such as diameter and growth rate. To better understand aortopathies and ultimately provide better patient diagnoses and treatments, it is important to investigate disease progression as well as the effect of vessel wall composition changes and hemodynamic forces on aortic biomechanics, such as strain and wall shear stress distribution. Preclinical research using small animals allows for disease progression to be studied while controlling outside factors. The next important step is to apply the methods used in the preclinical studies to human patient data. Both preclinical and clinical studies often focus on noninvasive, patient-specific methods for further characterizing the biomechanics of the aorta using advanced techniques such as 4D flow magnetic resonance imaging, 4D ultrasound, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and fluid structure interaction (FSI) modeling. Yet the challenge of bridging these research techniques to a clinical setting remains. Factors such as financial costs, acquisition time, and ease of analysis must be considered. Therefore, the following document highlights two specific aims to extend our knowledge about the effects of aneurysms and aortic valve lesions. We will 1) characterize the regional effects of murine abdominal aortic aneurysms on strain over time, and 2) use CFD and FSI to simulate the hemodynamic effects on the thoracic aorta using both murine and human patient imaging data. Conducting research using clinically translatable methods of biomechanical characterization that consider the complexity of the aorta on a patient-specific basis will contribute to our understanding and lead to better patient outcomes. *Join Zoom Meeting https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95658148163?pwd=djlCN1BaN1MyZzdLeTdNS0hHMDZMUT… Meeting ID: 956 5814 8163 Passcode: 539840 One tap mobile +13126266799,,95658148163#,,,,*539840# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,95658148163#,,,,*539840# US (New York) Find your local number: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/u/adoKmAYkr3 Preclinical Innovation of Biomedical Translational Research: Indiana Clinical and Translational Science (CTSI) Virtual Retreat Please join us for the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science (CTSI) Virtual Retreat hosted by Purdue University on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 from 10AM - 3:30PM Eastern. REGISTER HERE<https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ssqC4oEet1aIIu> A keynote address will be given by Dr. Christopher Austin, CEO Partner of Flagship Pioneering and previous founding Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). The agenda includes: * Introduction from Indiana CTSI * Keynote speaker: Dr. Christopher Austin * Virtual Poster Session * Discussion Panels, including: * Novel technologies and capabilities at the CTSI institutions * Imaging techniques supporting many preclinical studies * Innovative preclinical animal models * Best practices for industry-academia collaboration in preclinical studies Partners of Indiana CTSI<https://indianactsi.org/> are Purdue University, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame. CALL FOR POSTERS: https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/AboutUs/News/2022/call-for-posters-india… BME Distinguished Seminar Series, Wed., Feb. 23 – “Fibronectin, an endogenous ECM mechanosensory is a major orchestrator of stromal cell behaviors in tissue repair, fibrosis and regeneration,” Thomas H. Barker, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology and Director, UVA Fibrosis Initiative, University of Virginia, 9:30 a.m., MJIS 1001 and via Zoom, https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95150439811?pwd=a3hOK0o0bmpkS3poTVBCbVhDNU9FZz… Note: Presentation will be virtual, but students enrolled in BME 690 are expected to attend in person. Abstract: The Extracellular Matrix (ECM) is not only a physical scaffold that supports multi-cellular organization and tissue function but it is also a potent cellular signaling framework. ECM proteins directly interact with cellular receptors including integrins and syndecans to drive classical biochemical signaling. They also bind and present growth factors to cells for canonical receptor tyrosine kinase signaling; regulating their availability, presentation and signaling persistence. Because of its structural/physical nature, the ECM also presents biophysical signatures that can be interpreted by cellular receptors and converted into intracellular signals, so-called mechanotransduction. The diversity of the ECM enables this structure to both take on a wide diversity of forms and to drive a wide diversity of cellular programs from tissue homeostasis and “quiescence” to tissue development and remodeling. In this seminar, I will highlight the ECM protein fibronectin. This provisional ECM protein emerges early in development and tissue repair programs and acts as a complex orchestrator of diverse signals and diverse cell populations with a key function being the formation of tissue. Fibronectin serves as a template for mature collagen deposition and thus play a pivotal role in tissue repair and remodeling. These functions also highly implicate fibronectin in the initiation and progression many diseases from rheumatoid arthritis to cancer and fibrosis. Fibronectin is itself a mechanotransductory molecule and, without external aid, can directly translate biophysical forces into unique biochemical signatures that significantly impact cell behaviors and gene expression programs. I will highlight three new insights into this complex molecule and its ability to direct tissue fate: 1) fibronectin’s “integrin switch”, 2) posttranslational modifications that add an additional layer of information, and 3) fibronectin’s unique means of mechanical memory. Bio: Dr. Barker is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology at the University of Virginia and the Director of the UVA Fibrosis Initiative. Dr. Barker received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics in 1995 and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2003. Dr. Barker’s research activities center cell-extracellular matrix biology, mechanobiology, and biotechnology focused primarily on fibroblast-ECM interactions that drive tissue repair, regeneration, and fibrosis. His research integrates engineering applications and basic cell and molecular biology approaches to understand and control cell phenotype through cell engineering/synthetic biology and ECM engineering. ~BME Faculty Host: Dr. Luis Solorio ~ BME Bytes Seminar, February 23, 1:30 p.m. in MJIS1083. Angel Enriquez (advised by Dr. Hugh Lee) will speak on “Magnetic actuators for smart functionality in biomedical devices.” Magnetism provides numerous advantages to actuating systems, specifically for biomedical applications. The untethered transfer of energy and scalability of magnetic actuators enables functionality to an otherwise passive system. For example, wireless magnetic actuation can turn static 2D and 3D cell cultures into a more physiologically-relevant dynamic environment while limiting contamination. Moreover, indwelling catheters are typically stationary devices that are notorious for their short lifespan when implanting into the body due to immune responses. Magnetic microactuators may be used for wireless actuation for in situ removal of biological materials accumulated on chronically implanted devices. In this presentation, I will demonstrate examples of novel biomedical microdevices enabled by magnetic actuation for added functional benefits. About BME Bytes: BME Bytes is designed to help introduce undergraduate Purdue students to the breakthrough research happening at the Weldon School as well as help graduate students develop their professional portfolio by giving invited talks. Seminar for Neurotrauma and Diseases Join the Center for Paralysis Research as we host the Spring 2022 installment of the Seminar for Neurotrauma and Diseases, sponsored by Plexon Neurotechnology Systems! Remaining seminars this semester are on February 23, March 9, March 23, April 6, and April 20, all from 4:00 PM-5:00 PM EST on Zoom. This neurotrauma-focused seminar will host speakers from Purdue, Harvard, and Carnegie Mellon universities. Distinguished experts in their respective fields will present on a variety of neurobiology- and SCI/TBI-related topics, sharing their unique focuses and cutting-edge research. Individual announcements, including abstracts and other presentation information, will be coming shortly, so keep an eye out for those! View the seminar live at https://bit.ly/3tDZOfm. Some seminars will be recorded, so if you can’t make the live event, make sure to check out our website<https://vet.purdue.edu/cpr/Seminar%20for%20Neurotrauma.php> for the latest updates. Contact us with any questions at cpr(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cpr@purdue.edu>! Fourth Annual Conference for Associate Professors set for Feb. 23-24 The Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence in collaboration with the Office of the Provost will hold the Fourth Annual Conference for Associate Professors on Feb. 23-24 in Purdue Memorial Union. The conference is titled "Charting Your Path to Promotion." The conference will include a keynote address and two panel sessions. Over the course of the conference, attendees will have opportunities to network, share information and learn from others in ways that will enable associate professors, particularly women associate, to accelerate their progression to full professor. The panel sessions comprise speakers from within and outside Purdue. Although this conference targets associate professors, the strategies and insights offered by the keynote speaker and the panelists will be useful for all faculty members. Conference details include: o Keynote address: Elizabeth Field Hendry, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, Queens College, CUNY. o Panel session 1: "Managing Time: Service, Teaching, Mentoring, and Research." o Panel session 2: “Promotion to Full Professor.” The conference is free for Purdue faculty, who must email butlercenter(a)purdue.edu<mailto:butlercenter@purdue.edu> for the code before registering. Faculty from outside Purdue will pay a registration fee. Registration will open in about two weeks. More information, including the conference schedule, keynote and panel sessions, is available on the conference webpage<https://www.purdue.edu/butler/conferences-for-faculty/conference-associate-…>. Mon., Feb. 28 – BME PhD Defense announcement for Ravinderjit Singh (Hari Bharadwaj, advisor), 11:00 a.m., via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98527554349?pwd=amdzWGxmS2U1ZzE0aWVMandOUkMzdz… . Title: Auditory tracking and scene analysis - perceptual timescales and neural correlates. Advisory committee: Hari M. Bharadwaj, Chair; Edward L. Bartlett; Gregory S. Francis; Michael G. Heinz Abstract: Temporal processing and temporal coherence processing are fundamental components of auditory processing and the focus of the work in this thesis. Cortical temporal processing in particular is understudied in humans. This dissertation makes three contributions that help characterize auditory temporal processing, and its relationship to auditory perception in humans. Experiment 1 develops a novel systems identification approach utilizing modified maximum length sequences (m-seq) to robustly measure cortical temporal processing noninvasively. Using this technique, it is found that cortex's ability to track dynamic spatial auditory cues can explain ability to utilize dynamic binaural information to do a spatial unmasking task. This result combined with behavioral data demonstrating FM tracking extends out to similar rates as spatial tracking demonstrates how auditory tracking broadly is constrained by the temporal properties of late areas of cortex. Experiment 2 develops a novel measure of temporal processing, called the modulation temporal response function (mod-TRF), which can separate the underlying sources contributing to modulation processing along the auditory system from short, middle, and late latency regions. The mod-TRF has a robust SNR at the individual level giving it the potential to become an ubiquitous tool to assess temporal processing and auditory activity generally across individuals. The utility of the mod-TRF is demonstrated by evaluating how attention affects different sources along the auditory pathway differently. Other studies utilizing the mod-TRF could explore how temporal processing in early and late areas of the auditory system changes with aging, hearing loss, musicianship, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Experiment 3 establishes a novel physiological measure of across channel temporal coherence processing to measure auditory binding ability across individuals. It is demonstrated how this novel temporal coherence measure can explain performance at a behavioral temporal coherence detection task, speech-in-noise task, and comodulation masking release. Lastly, it is explored how social and communicative features in individuals, measured via the Autism Quotient, align with differences in auditory ability at various tasks. Zoom Info: Ravinderjit Singh is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Ravinderjit Singh's Thesis Defense Time: Feb 28, 2022 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/98527554349?pwd=amdzWGxmS2U1ZzE0aWVMandOUkMzdz… Meeting ID: 985 2755 4349 Passcode: 381616 Please plan on joining The Graduate School’s Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP)<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/index.html> for our annual Spring Reception<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/events/spring-reception/index.html> in celebration of interdisciplinary graduate student research on Wednesday, May 4, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Purdue Memorial Union North and South Ballrooms. Please consider submitting a presentation and applying for the Most Outstanding Interdisciplinary Project Award (MOIPA—winner receives $1000). Poster and Award Submission Deadline: Monday, February 28, 2022. Details can be found at the links below: Raising A Resilient Scientist Workshop Series (Message from Sharon Milgram, Director, NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education): Over the last year I have interacted with many trainees across the U.S. as part of the NIH Becoming a Resilient Scientist series<https://www.training.nih.gov/nih_becoming_a_resilient_scientist_series>. After carefully considering input from students, postdocs, faculty and program administrators who participated in the program, I have decided to offer a series, RAISING A RESILIENT SCIENTIST<https://www.training.nih.gov/workshops_and_trainings_for_extramural_princip…>, for faculty and administrators who mentor students and postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical, behavioral, and social sciences. The goal of the Raising a Resilient Scientist series is to promote the mental health and well-being of the academic research community by supporting faculty and administrators to develop self-management, relationship-management, and mentoring skills. A variety of topics will be covered with a specific focus on communication and shared problem-solving to help trainees deal with the inevitable setbacks experienced in high knowledge environments. There will be five units in the series; each unit will consist of a 75-minute lecture, which can be watched in real-time or asynchronously, followed by a 1-hour facilitated discussion with peers. There will be two opportunities for participation in the small groups following each webinar. There is no charge for participation, but advanced registration is required. For more information, and to register, please visit our webpage<https://www.training.nih.gov/workshops_and_trainings_for_extramural_princip…>. I do not anticipate offering this series again in the future; participation in the entire series is recommended but is not required. Please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions. Current scheduled workshop dates are March 1, March 29, April 26 and May 24. Excellence in Teaching Awards DUE: March 6th (Midnight): We are seeking nominations for the Excellence in Teaching Awards for BME and IBSc students. The award, which is considered the highest honor given to Purdue teaching assistants, is accompanied by a $1000 prize. Please send your nominations to tsiemers(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsiemers@purdue.edu> by the deadline. Eligibility Requirements: * Applicants must be registered as full-time graduate students (enrolled for eight credits or more) during the Spring 2022 semester. * Applicants must have served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for at least two sessions during their Purdue graduate program. Application Requirements: Please address the following items, in the order listed below, in the application. While you are not limited to the items listed, any additional information is subject to the four (4) page limit. Application: Please limit the application to four (4) pages, 12 pt. Times Roman, 1.5-line spacing. * Evidence/Examples of Excellence in Teaching (including, but not limited to) * Statement of Teaching Philosophy * Courses Taught and Number of Students (if known) * Course Responsibilities * Instructional Materials Developed (for example, laboratory exercises, online guides, etc.) * Student Evaluations/Comments (Cindy Holderbaum can provide these if needed cholderb(a)purdue.edu<mailto:cholderb@purdue.edu>) * Evidence/Examples of Excellence in Student/Colleague Mentoring * Professional Development and Engagement/Service Activities Focused on Teaching (including, but not limited to) * Professional Development Events (facilitated or participated in on or off campus) * Publications and Presentations * Engagement Activities at the Professional, University, and Community Level List of Awards and Honors Integrated Safety Plan Self-Audit Checklist due to Bill Schoenlein and/or Susan Hardy, Mon., Mar. 7. BME Faculty and Faculty with labs in MJIS: It is again time for us to complete our ISP (Integrated Safety Plan) documentation for REM. It covers all BME labs and occupied space in MJIS. We also need to cover areas in other buildings assigned to BME Faculty. Most of the forms can be completed by anyone who regularly works in your lab but the documents must be signed by the PI. If you are new to this process or need help in any way, please contact Susan Hardy or me, we are glad to help. The ISP program. when successfully completed, provides Weldon School and the investigators protection from fines which may be incurred for safety violations. To obtain recertification, we need 100% participation. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/isp/index.html Please start with item 1, The ISP self-audit checklist these need to be returned to Susan or me by Monday, March 7. Remaining items should be completed by Monday, March 14. This schedule will allow us to arrange the walkthrough (inspection of facilities and documentation) for early December. Susan and I will be glad to help you complete the process and answer questions to make it as painless as possible. 1) Every lab or occupied space must complete an ISP (Integrated Safety Plan) self-audit checklist. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/ispcheck.pdf The check list must be completed by someone who regularly works in the lab and it must be signed by the PI within the last six months. The purpose is to find problems so we can help you with corrections. Please complete this step as soon as possible; we need to have these reviewed by REM before we can schedule our final walk through later in March. 2) Please check the emergency contacts list, update if needed and post at each lab entrance. Template: https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/doorpost.pdf 3) Update the hazard assessment, sign and date by the PI, then post it in an obvious place. If there are no changes, the old one may be signed again and re-dated. Several formats are acceptable. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/HazAsTmp.doc This template should be edited to reflect the actual hazards and practices of your lab. (delete the sections that do not apply) 4) Complete and document current annual PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) training. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/forms/CertT.pdf This brief review is typically done in lab meetings; be sure undergrads working in the lab are included. Attendance record form should be signed by everyone in attendance. All of the research labs in MJIS are covered by the Purdue Chemical Hygiene Plan. The hazard assessment and PPE requirements are best described in the CHP document, starting on Pg. 61. https://www.purdue.edu/ehps/rem/documents/programs/chp2014.pdf Thank you, Bill Schoenlein BME Preliminary Exam Announcement for Anastasiia Vasiukhina (L. Solorio, advisor), Mon., Mar. 7, 1:00 p.m. via Microsoft Teams: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Y2NkOTdmOGMtNjljZC00… Thesis Title: “Micro and nanoscale technologies for enhanced diagnostics and therapeutics” Advisory Committee: Luis Solorio, Chair; Craig J. Goergen; David J. Cappelleri; Yoon Yeo Abstract: “Miniaturization of technologies to micro and nanoscale offers numerous advantages for diagnostic and therapeutic applications. When compared to their macroscale counterparts, micro and nanosystems are more portable, less invasive and less costly. These systems can facilitate rapid, sensitive and high throughput detection of abnormalities, help track disease progression, reduce sample consumption and improve therapeutic efficacy of drug delivery while decreasing toxicity. Thus, there is clearly a critical need to create innovative micro and nanoscale tools that can open up new possibilities in detection and treatment of diseases. The overall objective of this work is to develop novel natural and synthetic polymer-based micro and nanotechnologies that could help enhance diagnostic and therapeutic patient outcomes. First, we developed a stable and echogenic nanoparticle ultrasound contrast agent for potential applications in diagnostic extravascular tumor imaging and targeted therapies. Then, we created a polymer blend microparticle-based abuse-deterrent formulation to deter smoking of common prescription opioids. Our next step is to design a tumbling magnetic microrobot system with diagnostic capabilities for applications in cancer precision diagnostics.” Virtual Judges needed for the 2022 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair, March 9-21 Hello! Would you be willing to act as a virtual judge at the 2022 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair? If you are receiving this message, it means you are eligible to volunteer as a judge in the 2022 Lafayette Regional Science and Engineering Fair in March 2022. This year, we have over 200 young experimentalists (5-12 graders) eagerly awaiting a chance to share their projects with you. The fair is only a few weeks away, so right now they are working hard on their projects. Students are going the extra mile this year to prepare virtual presentations, and having many judges from a variety of disciplines helps us award prizes most fairly to deserving projects. That’s where you come in. Students will be submitting their work in a brief, 7-10 slide powerpoint, along with a 30 second introduction and optional narration. If you sign up to judge you will be assigned about 10 projects to score, which should take 2-3 hours at most, and will need to submit feedback through a google form. Judging will occur in two sets based on age group, and you may participate in either one or both sets according to your availability. The judging materials are made available on the morning of the first day, and we ask that you submit your responses by midnight on the final day. The dates for judging rounds are as follows: Senior (grades 9-12): March 9-18; Junior (grades 5-8): March 9-21 If you are able to judge, please sign up using the link below. You will receive an email closer to the time of the fair with your category assignment and detailed instructions. Sign-up link: https://forms.gle/C8DKTpMFPd7cZuuU8 Feel free to email me at lrsef2022(a)gmail.com<mailto:lrsef2022@gmail.com> with any specific questions or concerns not covered in the survey. Thank you so much for your help, and we hope to hear from you! Best Regards, Vicki Bower (lrsef2022(a)gmail.com<mailto:lrsef2022@gmail.com>), 2022 Judge Coordinator and Dr. Cynthia Stauffacher, 2022 Director WOMEN’S GLOBAL HEALTH INSTITUTE & THE CATHERINE PEACHEY FUND Request for Proposals on Breast Cancer Research Proposal Deadline: March 21, 2022 Funds Available: $15,000 The Purdue Women’s Global Health Institute (WGHI) together with the Catherine Peachey Fund are pleased to announce a request for proposals of outstanding scientific merit for research focused on breast cancer. Proposals from a variety of disciplines, proposals addressing prevention and early detection, or proposals having potential collaborations with clinicians or other collaborations outside Purdue are welcome. The funded project is expected to gather preliminary data to submit competitive applications to external funding agencies, or to seek support from an outside organization (e.g. companies, foundations, etc.) for continuation of the research. Funding: The research team may request up to $15,000. Eligibility: The PIs must be tenured/tenure-track, research, or clinical faculty at or above the assistant professor rank on the West Lafayette campus of Purdue University. Please see the attached for details. Thank you. Vanderbilt Integrative Training Alliance (VITA) Symposium, April 28-29: On April 28-29th, Vanderbilt University will be hosting the annual Vanderbilt Integrative Training Alliance (VITA) Symposium, a conference focused on biomedical sciences graduate students. Attendees have a unique opportunity to connect with the Vanderbilt community, obtain a long-term mentoring relationship with a Vanderbilt faculty member, and gain training in scientific communication. The event will also feature a keynote address from Vanderbilt postdoc alumna, Dr. Shaneda Anderson<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?…>. This year the conference will be virtual. The complete two day schedule can be found here<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?…>. While the symposium is open to all, we particularly encourage individuals from backgrounds underrepresented in academia to apply, including but not limited to those who identify as Black, African-American, Latino, Hispanic, Native American, or Pacific Islander, those who have a disability, first generation college-goers, those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, and those underrepresented on the basis of gender identity or expression or sexual orientation. I am hoping that we will have representation from every Big 10 school (University of Illinois, Indiana University, University of Iowa, University of Maryland, University of Michigan, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, Purdue University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison). Do you know of any students who would be interested in applying? If so, please respond to antentor.o.hinton.jr(a)Vanderbilt.Edu<mailto:antentor.o.hinton.jr@Vanderbilt.Edu> with their name and email and a member of our team will reach out. Thank you for your consideration, Antentor Othrell Hinton, Jr., Ph.D. Pronouns: He/Him/His Twitter: @phdgprotein86 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/biogeek26/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/in/biogeek26/__;!!DZ3fj…> Lab Twitter: @AtHinton EE Just Faculty Scholar (UNCF award) Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Vanderbilt School of Medicine Basic Sciences The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center Poster Submission Application and Details<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/events/spring-reception/submission.h…> Award Application and Details<https://www.purdue.edu/gradschool/oigp/events/spring-reception/award-applic…> Attachments *2022WeldonVisitationDays *ispcheck -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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[Bmeroundtable-list] REVISED: BME Distinguished Seminar - Thomas H. Barker - Wed., Feb. 23
by Gelfand, Johanna K 18 Feb '22

18 Feb '22

PLEASE NOTE: Dr. Barker will be presenting virtually; however, students enrolled in BME 690 are still expected to be in the classroom. [cid:image001.jpg@01D824B0.2FF614D0] Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series Wednesday, February 23, 2022 9:30-10:20am MJIS 1001 or Via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95150439811?pwd=a3hOK0o0bmpkS3poTVBCbVhDNU9FZz… Fibronectin, an endogenous ECM mechanosensor, is a major orchestrator of stromal cell behaviors in tissue repair, fibrosis and regeneration [Thomas H. Barker] Thomas H. Barker, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology Director, UVA Fibrosis Initiative Schools of Engineering and Medicine University of Virginia Abstract: The Extracellular Matrix (ECM) is not only a physical scaffold that supports multi-cellular organization and tissue function but it is also a potent cellular signaling framework. ECM proteins directly interact with cellular receptors including integrins and syndecans to drive classical biochemical signaling. They also bind and present growth factors to cells for canonical receptor tyrosine kinase signaling; regulating their availability, presentation and signaling persistence. Because of its structural/physical nature, the ECM also presents biophysical signatures that can be interpreted by cellular receptors and converted into intracellular signals, so-called mechanotransduction. The diversity of the ECM enables this structure to both take on a wide diversity of forms and to drive a wide diversity of cellular programs from tissue homeostasis and "quiescence" to tissue development and remodeling. In this seminar, I will highlight the ECM protein fibronectin. This provisional ECM protein emerges early in development and tissue repair programs and acts as a complex orchestrator of diverse signals and diverse cell populations with a key function being the formation of tissue. Fibronectin serves as a template for mature collagen deposition and thus play a pivotal role in tissue repair and remodeling. These functions also highly implicate fibronectin in the initiation and progression many diseases from rheumatoid arthritis to cancer and fibrosis. Fibronectin is itself a mechanotransductory molecule and, without external aid, can directly translate biophysical forces into unique biochemical signatures that significantly impact cell behaviors and gene expression programs. I will highlight three new insights into this complex molecule and its ability to direct tissue fate: 1) fibronectin's "integrin switch", 2) posttranslational modifications that add an additional layer of information, and 3) fibronectin's unique means of mechanical memory. Bio: Dr. Barker is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology at the University of Virginia and the Director of the UVA Fibrosis Initiative. Dr. Barker received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics in 1995 and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2003. Dr. Barker's research activities center cell-extracellular matrix biology, mechanobiology, and biotechnology focused primarily on fibroblast-ECM interactions that drive tissue repair, regeneration, and fibrosis. His research integrates engineering applications and basic cell and molecular biology approaches to understand and control cell phenotype through cell engineering/synthetic biology and ECM engineering. ~BME Faculty Host: Dr. Luis Solorio ~ -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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[Bmeroundtable-list] BME Distinguished Seminar - Thomas H. Barker - Wed., Feb. 23
by Gelfand, Johanna K 18 Feb '22

18 Feb '22

[cid:image001.jpg@01D824B0.2FF614D0] Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series Wednesday, February 23, 2022 9:30-10:20am MJIS 1001 or Via Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95150439811?pwd=a3hOK0o0bmpkS3poTVBCbVhDNU9FZz… Fibronectin, an endogenous ECM mechanosensor, is a major orchestrator of stromal cell behaviors in tissue repair, fibrosis and regeneration [Thomas H. Barker] Thomas H. Barker, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology Director, UVA Fibrosis Initiative Schools of Engineering and Medicine University of Virginia Abstract: The Extracellular Matrix (ECM) is not only a physical scaffold that supports multi-cellular organization and tissue function but it is also a potent cellular signaling framework. ECM proteins directly interact with cellular receptors including integrins and syndecans to drive classical biochemical signaling. They also bind and present growth factors to cells for canonical receptor tyrosine kinase signaling; regulating their availability, presentation and signaling persistence. Because of its structural/physical nature, the ECM also presents biophysical signatures that can be interpreted by cellular receptors and converted into intracellular signals, so-called mechanotransduction. The diversity of the ECM enables this structure to both take on a wide diversity of forms and to drive a wide diversity of cellular programs from tissue homeostasis and "quiescence" to tissue development and remodeling. In this seminar, I will highlight the ECM protein fibronectin. This provisional ECM protein emerges early in development and tissue repair programs and acts as a complex orchestrator of diverse signals and diverse cell populations with a key function being the formation of tissue. Fibronectin serves as a template for mature collagen deposition and thus play a pivotal role in tissue repair and remodeling. These functions also highly implicate fibronectin in the initiation and progression many diseases from rheumatoid arthritis to cancer and fibrosis. Fibronectin is itself a mechanotransductory molecule and, without external aid, can directly translate biophysical forces into unique biochemical signatures that significantly impact cell behaviors and gene expression programs. I will highlight three new insights into this complex molecule and its ability to direct tissue fate: 1) fibronectin's "integrin switch", 2) posttranslational modifications that add an additional layer of information, and 3) fibronectin's unique means of mechanical memory. Bio: Dr. Barker is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Cell Biology at the University of Virginia and the Director of the UVA Fibrosis Initiative. Dr. Barker received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Physics in 1995 and his PhD in Biomedical Engineering in 2003. Dr. Barker's research activities center cell-extracellular matrix biology, mechanobiology, and biotechnology focused primarily on fibroblast-ECM interactions that drive tissue repair, regeneration, and fibrosis. His research integrates engineering applications and basic cell and molecular biology approaches to understand and control cell phenotype through cell engineering/synthetic biology and ECM engineering. ~BME Faculty Host: Dr. Luis Solorio ~ -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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IMPORTANT - Need more posters for the Indiana CTSI Purdue retreat
by Gelfand, Johanna K 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

(Sent to BME graduate students) Please consider submitting a poster (or posters) to the Indiana CTSI Retreat that Purdue is hosting virtually next Tuesday. Our faculty, including George Wodicka, Craig Goergen, Deva Chan, Aaron Lottes and Bill Schoenlein are speakers. This is an incredible opportunity for you to get your work out in front of a very supportive, interested audience! [Indiana CTSI Logo] LAST CALL FOR POSTERS FOR THE INDIANA CTSI RETREAT AT PURDUE The Indiana CTSI Virtual Retreat hosted by Purdue University next week on February 22nd, 2022, is currently accepting submissions for our virtual poster session that will be part of the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science (CTSI) Virtual Retreat. To submit your poster, download a copy of the Poster Abstract Template Form and the 2022_Indiana CTSI Purdue Retreat_meeting_presentation template HERE<https://purdue0-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/dunn_purdue_edu/EuuNZ5cm70…>. Rename these files using your last name. Please, follow these instructions: 1. Use the template for 2-to-3 PowerPoint slides to represent your poster content (download template here<https://purdue0-my.sharepoint.com/personal/dunn_purdue_edu/_layouts/15/oned…>). 2. Two-minute video presentation of your research. You can record this with Zoom. Please show slides as the primary view with the presenter's face in upper corner. 3. Log in to Zoom. 4. In the Settings, select the "Recordings" tab. 5. Click the box to "Record active speaker with shared screen." 6. Start a Zoom meeting. 7. Click the "Share screen" button and select your PowerPoint screen. 8. Click the button to begin recording and start your presentation. 9. Stop recording when you are done. Keep in mind that you can practice a few times if you don't like your first attempt! 10. You should be able to find your recording file in the Cloud or in your Downloads folder (depending on your personal Save settings). 11. Use the Poster Abstract Template Form to complete a 200-word (max) abstract. When you're ready, please upload your video and abstract files to the [https://outlook-1.cdn.office.net/assets/mail/file-icon/png/folder_16x16.png] Indiana CTSI Retreat at Purdue<https://purdue0-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/dunn_purdue_edu/EuuNZ5cm70…>. If you have any questions regarding posters and related materials, please contact Tommy Sors (tsors(a)purdue.edu<mailto:tsors@purdue.edu>). INFO ON SUBMITTING POSTER FOR VIRTUAL POSTER SESSION<https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/AboutUs/News/2022/call-for-posters-india…> I hope to see you there! Best regards, Tommy Thomas G. Sors, PhD Assistant Director Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease Hall for Discovery and Learning Research - Room 436 Telephone: 765-494-1678<tel:765-494-1678>

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[Bmeroundtable-list] FW: NSF I-Corps 'Introduction to Customer Discovery' workshop starting on March 11
by Lee, Hyowon Hugh 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

On 2/17/22, 11:53 AM, "Ross, Amy L" <ross11(a)purdue.edu> wrote: Purdue I-Corps, part of the Great Lakes NSF I-Corps Hub, is offering an Introduction to Customer Discovery workshop that can significantly increase the chances of securing federal proof of concept & commercialization grants (e.g., SBIR/STTR, PFI-TT) that range from $250k to $2 million. This workshop qualifies participants to apply for NSF’s National I-Corps Teams program. The historical success rate for Purdue Faculty, who complete the National I-corps program, and apply for these competitive NSF research commercialization grants is over 90. This workshop is free and offered online. It is primarily intended for Purdue faculty, graduate students, and post-docs in their research lab with an interest in commercialization. Undergrads working in a Purdue research lab are welcome to join a team. Participants will talk with potential customers and stakeholders to gain valuable market insight; develop their external network and learn from industry experts. The workshop will be on Fridays from 12-2 pm EST, March 11-May 6 (5 webinars, bi-weekly). A flyer for the workshop is attached. [A picture containing text, newspaper, screenshot Description automatically generated] Apply: https://www.greatlakesicorps.org/event/spring-2022-purdue-i-corps-introduct… If you are interested in learning more, please contact Geetali Pradhan, Technology Commercialization Specialist at gpradhan(a)purdue.edu<mailto:gpradhan@purdue.edu> -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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