January 2025 - Bmegradstudents-list

FW: Jonathan Engle Seminar
by Rhonda Wolf Jones 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

Jonathan Engle, PhD, associate professor in the Medical Physics and Radiology departments at the University of Wisconsin will be our guest seminar speaker on Friday, Jan. 17 from 9:30 - 10:30 am in MJIS 1001. His presentation will also be available via zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/s/95303222017. I will share more details on his presentation soon. More information about Jonathan Jonathan W. Engle is an Associate Professor in the departments of Medical Physics and Radiology at the University of Wisconsin with affiliations in Chemistry and Engineering Physics. He has >15 years' experience in radionuclide production, accelerator targetry and radiochemistry, as an analytical and preparative radiochemist in clinical and pre-clinical positron emission tomography (PET) scanning environments, in the construction of automated radiochemistry modules for routine and novel syntheses, and bringing PET radiotracer production facilities from bare slab to routine production and research activities. He has degrees in Religion, Education, and Physics. His interests are focused on radiometals production and novel small accelerator targetry, particularly for the production of positron and Auger electron-emitting radionuclides like Zr-89, Cu-64, As-72, Y-86, Br-77, Ga-68, Co-55, and Sc-44, among others. -----Original Appointment----- From: Cory Wilfong <cwilfong(a)purdue.edu> Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 11:49 AM To: Cory Wilfong; Rhonda Wolf Jones; engle.jonathan(a)gmail.com Subject: Jonathan Engle Seminar When: Friday, January 17, 2025 9:30 AM-10:30 AM (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada). Where: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95303222017 Cory Dustin Wilfong is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95303222017<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-ed…> Meeting ID: 953 0322 2017 --- One tap mobile +16469313860,,95303222017# US +13017158592,,95303222017# US (Washington DC) --- Dial by your location * +1 646 931 3860 US * +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) * +1 305 224 1968 US * +1 309 205 3325 US * +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) * +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) * +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) * +1 689 278 1000 US * +1 719 359 4580 US * +1 253 205 0468 US * +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) * +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) * +1 360 209 5623 US * +1 386 347 5053 US * +1 507 473 4847 US * +1 564 217 2000 US * +1 669 444 9171 US Meeting ID: 953 0322 2017 Find your local number: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/u/azGg1sKBK<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-ed…> --- Join by SIP * 95303222017(a)zoomcrc.com<mailto:95303222017@zoomcrc.com> --- Join by H.323 * 144.195.19.161 (US West) * 206.247.11.121 (US East) Meeting ID: 953 0322 2017

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[Bmeroundtable-list] New Team Member | Academic Advisor | Mike Mifflin
by Render, Darshini N 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that we have recruited a new member of our undergraduate education team. Effective January 13, Mike Mifflin will join the Weldon School as an Academic Advisor. Mike earned an MA in Educational Leadership from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Mike is familiar with Purdue University and brings extensive experience in student affairs as the assistant director of Esports programs and Student Activities and Organizations at Purdue, as well as residential life experience from Indiana State University and Eastern Illinois University. During his orientation, Mike will request sometime of your schedule to meet with you to learn more about your roles at the Weldon School/ University/College of Engineering. Please join me in welcoming Mike Mifflin to our team. Best regards, Darshini Render Associate Director of Undergraduate Programs Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University **My email may come at odd hours. My work hours may not be your work hours. Do not feel obliged to reply outside of your typical working day** -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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Save the Date for seminar on Friday, Jan 17
by Rhonda Wolf Jones 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

Jonathan Engle, PhD, associate professor in the Medical Physics and Radiology departments at the University of Wisconsin will be our guest seminar speaker on Friday, Jan. 17 from 9:30 - 10:30 am in MJIS 1001. His presentation will also be available via zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/s/95303222017<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-ed…>. I will share more details on his presentation soon. More information about Jonathan Jonathan W. Engle is an Associate Professor in the departments of Medical Physics and Radiology at the University of Wisconsin with affiliations in Chemistry and Engineering Physics. He has >15 years' experience in radionuclide production, accelerator targetry and radiochemistry, as an analytical and preparative radiochemist in clinical and pre-clinical positron emission tomography (PET) scanning environments, in the construction of automated radiochemistry modules for routine and novel syntheses, and bringing PET radiotracer production facilities from bare slab to routine production and research activities. He has degrees in Religion, Education, and Physics. His interests are focused on radiometals production and novel small accelerator targetry, particularly for the production of positron and Auger electron-emitting radionuclides like Zr-89, Cu-64, As-72, Y-86, Br-77, Ga-68, Co-55, and Sc-44, among others. Boiler Up! Rhonda Jones (she/her/hers) Senior Marketing and Communications Professional Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering O 765.494.3940 | C 765.427.2065 rwjones(a)purdue.edu [cid:image001.jpg@01DB61AF.B86A58F0]

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[Bmeroundtable-list] Seminar Speaker Grace Bushnell - Wednesday, Jan 15
by Rhonda Wolf Jones 08 Jan '25

08 Jan '25

[cid:image001.png@01DB61A6.1D817390] BME DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES January 15, 2025 9:30-10:20 am, MJIS 1001 and via ZOOM ZOOM LINK: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/94162482309?pwd=XmCmRqYUCSdne3jP70vKaNQWIGno2o…<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-ed…> *Note: Students enrolled in the seminar course are expected to attend in person. "Immunologic regulation of dormancy in breast cancer stem cells" [cid:image002.png@01DB61A6.1D817390] Grace Bushnell Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering (University of Minnesota) Abstract: Despite the benefits of adjuvant therapy, patients with ER+ breast cancer face a constant risk of recurrence for the remainder of their life. A reservoir of disseminated tumor cells (DTCs) must exist that escape therapy, grow slowly or not at all, and can be reactivated. A major challenge to the understanding of these interactions is the lack of models of estrogen receptor-positive dormancy in fully immunocompetent mice. We aim to address this by developing an immunocompetent model of breast cancer dormancy. We investigated five syngeneic murine breast cancer cell lines for long-term and short-term dormancy in vivo. We found three cell lines in which mice survive for >100d after intracardiac inoculation (compared to <20d for non-dormant cell lines). We further investigated the role of the immune system in these models by inoculating cells into mice with varying defects in adaptive or innate immunity. We found each cell line shows differential sensitivity to various immune compartment loss. The D2.0R cell line showed no requirement for dormancy on the adaptive immune system, however, survival was significantly reduced in NSG mice compared to NODscid mice. To identify the cell type responsible, we depleted various immune cell populations and found natural killer (NK) cells were responsible for this survival difference. We next investigated the differential response of quiescent vs proliferative D2.0R cells to NK cells and found quiescent cells were resistant to NK cell killing compared to proliferative cells. We investigated the mechanism of this phenotypic difference via bulk RNAseq, single cell RNAseq, and Visium spatial gene expression analysis. We found the transcription factor Bach1 drives NK cell resistance through upregulation of MHC-I and downregulation of NKG2D ligand RAE1. Taken together these models provide a platform for the better understanding of the immune system role in maintaining breast cancer dormancy and identify a mechanism for quiescent tumor cell evasion of NK cell surveillance. Bio: Dr. Grace G. Bushnell investigates breast cancer dormancy and metastasis, focusing on the mechanisms that drive tumor progression and immune system interactions. She earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan, where her doctoral research focused on engineering biomaterial implants to recruit, detect, and study metastatic tumor cells. She then completed a K99/R00 postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Max Wicha at the University of Michigan Medical School, where she developed immunocompetent models of breast cancer dormancy and defined the mechanisms of metastatic latency. Dr. Bushnell also holds a BS in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University, where she conducted research with Dr. Phillip Messersmith. At the University of Minnesota, she leads the Oncomaterials Research Group (ORG), integrating cancer biology, biomaterials, and immunology to uncover new insights into metastatic dormancy. ~ BME Host: Estelle Park~ -- Bmeroundtable-list mailing list Bmeroundtable-list(a)ecn.purdue.edu https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/mailman/listinfo/bmeroundtable-list

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Writers' Room schedule for spring semester
by Siemers, Tammy R 06 Jan '25

06 Jan '25

From: Gradcontacts <Gradcontacts(a)LISTS.PURDUE.EDU> On Behalf Of Vicki Kennell Sent: Monday, January 6, 2025 1:02 PM To: Gradcontacts(a)LISTS.PURDUE.EDU Subject: [GRADCONTACTS] Writers' Room schedule for spring semester Some people who received this message don't often get email from vkennell(a)purdue.edu<mailto:vkennell@purdue.edu>. Learn why this is important<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Please share with any grad/post-doc/faculty who might be interested. ---------------------------------- Writers' Rooms hosted by the Purdue OWL Writers' Rooms are dedicated times and places for graduate writers to work on their academic writing projects (e.g., scholarly articles, dissertations, etc.). Writers should plan to spend most of the two-hour block in independent writing; however, On-Campus Writing Lab tutors will be available for very brief, limited consultations if concerns arise during the writing time. Writers should bring whatever materials they need for successful work on their projects. Anyone interested in joining, should sign up using the online scheduler <https://cla.purdue.edu/wlschedule> under the "Group Programs" drop-down menu. All sessions will begin with goal setting and end with a discussion of what was accomplished. Spring 2025 Schedule Dates: January 13th to May 10th Days: Mondays Times: 9:00 am - 11:00 am Location: Krach (KRCH) 230 (Note: No meeting on January 20th) -- Vicki R. Kennell, Ph.D. Associate Director, Purdue OWL Krach Leadership Center, 2nd Floor 1198 3rd Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 765-496-3903 vkennell(a)purdue.edu<mailto:vkennell@purdue.edu>

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CALL OUT- 2025 OGSPS Mentoring Award for Graduate Students Due Feb 10
by Siemers, Tammy R 06 Jan '25

06 Jan '25

Good morning, The Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars (OGSPS), formerly The Graduate School, wants to acknowledge PhD students' essential role in our research, teaching, and engagement missions at Purdue through their mentoring work. If you feel you have contributed to excellence in mentoring whether in the lab, field, or classroom, consider applying for this award. Applicants must be PhD students currently registered in good standing in the College of Engineering. 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, advisors, or other staff members who have first-hand knowledge of your excellence in mentoring. The letter can be signed by multiple individuals, but there can only be one letter of support. Packets should be submitted to this Box Folder <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue.ap…> by 5:00pm on Friday, February 10, 2025. One nominee from the College of Engineering will be selected and forwarded to the University. The University-level winner will be announced on April 24th and will receive an award of $1,500 and a plaque. The winner will be notified by email and be invited to the awards celebration on April 24th, 2025. Let me know what questions you have! Thanks so much, Stefanie Porter Lead Administrative Assistant College of Engineering - Graduate Education Purdue University ARMS 3000 701 West Stadium Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907 Porte150(a)purdue.edu<mailto:Porte150@purdue.edu> www.engr.purdue.edu/grad<http://www.engr.purdue.edu/grad> [cid:image001.png@01DB601F.78A87440]

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Rutgers Postdoc Peek - application due January 8
by Siemers, Tammy R 03 Jan '25

03 Jan '25

Deadline to apply is Jan 8 - don't miss the opportunity! Announcing the Rutgers Postdoc Peek * Are you looking for a fantastic postdoc experience to launch your career? Apply to attend our in-person recruitment event to learn what makes Rutgers Health New Brunswick/Piscataway campus an exceptional environment to be a postdoc! * Up to 20 candidates will be selected to attend the all-expenses-paid event at Rutgers from April 3-4, 2025. * Invited candidates will give 10 min platform talks, network with faculty and current postdocs, as well as tour Rutgers campus and the area. * Applicants may indicate interest in up to 3 Rutgers Health New Brunswick/Piscataway faculty from a list of those recruiting postdocs to start in the coming 12 months. * The schools and institutes at this location that are seeking postdocs include the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the Child Health Institute, the School of Public Health, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, the Institute for Health, the Waksman Institute, the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, and Genetics. * New Brunswick/Piscataway faculty are experts in metabolism, biochemistry, neuroscience, development, cancer, molecular biology, bioinformatics, primary pediatric care, nicotine and tobacco studies, and substance use among other areas. * You can also live in a vibrant area close to NYC. * Applications welcomed from talented and motivated senior PhD and MD/PhD students or current postdocs currently at a U.S. institution. * To see a list of faculty recruiting postdocs and to APPLY to participate in the Postdoc Peek click link here or scan QR code on attached flyer. * https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_enaS7zhHrFYCAKi<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frutgers.c…> * Please complete the application for the Rutgers Postdoc Peek by January 8, 2025 at 5pm ET. * For questions, please reach out to Dr. Janet Alder, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Postdoctoral Affairs, Rutgers Health janet.alder(a)rutgers.edu<mailto:janet.alder@rutgers.edu> * To learn more about biomedical postdoc life at Rutgers Health, click here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frutgershe…> * * [cid:15785195-d09d-4b44-9f30-d57292674945@namprd14.prod.outlook.com]

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