BME
WEEKLY ROUNDTABLE
August
21, 2023
START
OF CLASSES – FALL 2023
INTERIM
HEAD’S NOTE
Goooooood
Day, Weldon! Welcome back! I taught this morning at 8:30 am. I saw 50 eager-to-learn faces in the classroom. I challenged them with a teaser of Python coding to assess their coding competency. I felt many of us were ready to hit the ground and run. I wish
you do the same.
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We
will have our first faculty meeting of the new semester on this Friday, which is followed by our Ice Cream Social. Wayne Chen and Luna Lu, the two associate deans will be there. Faculty, please be sure to attend the meeting and EVERYONE, come out to the Ice
Cream Social to mingle and celebrate the beginning of the semester.
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The
college is moving from a “topic/area-based” hiring model to a “talent-based” hiring model. We are tasked to provide a list of “Moveable Dream Hires” by September 30th. Please provide your inputs:
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Senior,
mid-career, or early career rising star faculty talent. Encourage nominations of enriched pool with diversified candidates.
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Faculty
has outstanding academic records evidenced by primary AAU membership and related metrics:
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Strong
research funding from competitive grants, high research expenditure
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High
number of journal publications, books, book chapters, and discipline-normed citations
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Recipients
of prestigious awards in their fields
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Demonstrated
ability to place their graduate students in top schools.
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I
have got some clarity on the IUPUI integration. Vitaliy, Young, and I will make a few remarks in the faculty meeting this Friday.
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As
you know, the BME Advisory Board meeting will be a month away. Let me know if you have any suggestions.
Have
a good semester!
UPCOMING
IMPORTANT DATES
Week
of August 21
Mon.,
Aug. 21: Special
BME Seminar,
9:00
a.m., MJIS 2001. Nicola Marchi, Ph.D. of the Institute de Genomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France will present “The Neurovascular Unit: From disease mechanisms to diagnostics.
Wed.,
Aug. 23: BME
Research Seminar Series,
9:30
a.m., MJIS 1001 or via Zoom. Leopold Green, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue will present “Designing living therapeutics to control host immunity.” (NOTE:
Students
registered for the seminar are expected to attend in-person.)
Thurs.,
Aug. 24: Seminars
in Hearing Research,
12:00 p.m., Nelson Hall, Room 1215 (located on University Street across from Lyles-Porter). Alexander L. Francis, Shirley Rietdyk, Jeffrey Haddad, Sharon Christ, Melissa Newell, Sarah Burgin will present “Updated results from a study relating the effects of
hearing loss and listening conditions on postural sway to fall risk in older adults.”
MJIS
Updates
PLEASE
NOTE that new seating assignments have been distributed/enforced for the graduate student seating areas in MJIS, based on the faculty members’ requests. Due to the number of incoming students, rows containing three seats WILL have three students assigned.
Please be courteous of others, and contain your desk items within your assigned space. Do not spill over into another student’s seating assignment.
Telephone
Systems Updates
Purdue
IT is completing its long-running project to retire the phone switch installed more than 25 years ago. A couple of changes that may affect you:
(1)
Moving to utilize 10-digit dialing for all outgoing calls:
This dialing method requires users to dial the area code of the person being called as part of the dialing process. For example, 765-555-5555.
All
digits will be required by the end of August 2023.
This
is a requirement dictated to use by our Carrier and is now standard nationwide. If you would like to know more about 10-digit dialing, the following website contains more information: https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/ten-digit-dialing
(2) International calling: The current process using international access cards will no longer be supported. If you have an international
calling card and need the ability to dial internationally then please complete the form at: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1FVkar7IS9zKvjg
If
you have questions or concerns, please contact it@purdue.edu
Procurement/Purchasing
Update
A
message from Zac DeHenes, Operations Manager, Engineering Employment & Procurement Center: We’ve had several individuals reach out regarding broken versions of the COE Purchase Request Form. I have updated the form and uploaded a fresh copy to our Procurement
Center website.
I have also attached it here for your reference. Please delete any previous versions of the form that you have to help ensure that the updated version is the
only one circulating.
Important
ISS Updates
As
we enter a new academic year, ISS would like to share the following information with the advising community:
Official
End of COVID Procedural Adaptations
Earlier
this summer the Department of Homeland Security announced that COVID-related procedural adaptations for international students would come to an end at the end of the 2023 academic year. All international students must meet minimum full-time enrollment requirements
each semester as defined by federal regulation. Minimum enrollment requirements for international students are:
- Graduate
students must enroll in and complete at least eight credit or research hours each fall and spring semester (unless it is the student’s final semester).
- Graduate
students who hold a graduate staff appointment must enroll in and complete at least six credit or research hours each fall and spring semester (unless it is the student’s final semester).
Distance
Learning
No
more than the equivalent of one class or a maximum of three credit hours of coursework delivered via distance/online/synch/asynch may be used toward an international student’s minimum enrollment requirements.
Final
Semester
Students
who are in their final semester MUST be enrolled in all remaining coursework required to complete the degree, they must enroll in
at least one class that requires their physical presence on campus for most of their final semester – even when summer is the student’s final semester, and the distance learning limitation is still in play. If students have questions about final semester
enrollment requirements, please refer them to the ISS office. ISS
Contact Student Services.
If a student is not properly enrolled during their final semester, they will lose valuable post-completion benefits which can severely impact their future goals.
Experiential
Education and Employment Reminder
All
off-campus internships, co-ops, externships, practicums, volunteer opportunities, fellowships, and remote work for non-Purdue employers must be evaluated by ISS to determine if authorization for Curricular Practical Training is required to participate.
On-Campus
Employment Restrictions
On-campus
employment is strictly limited to a maximum of 20:00 hours per week for international students, while school is in session. Students may only exceed 20 hours per week during Spring Break, Winter Break, and the summer (unless the student is required to be
enrolled in the summer session).
Thank
you for your collaboration and partnership as we work together to keep our Boilermakers from abroad informed of their options. If you have any questions, feel free to contact our office during our phone advising hours (765-494-5770) or email us at
ISS@purdue.edu
(note: the ISS email address is not for student use).
Academic
Programs Update
Our
BME Research Seminars begin this week! See the full schedule below:
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Week
# |
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Host |
Website |
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1 |
8/23/2023 |
Leo
Green |
Assistant
Professor |
Young
Kim |
https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/People/ptProfile?resource_id=256061 |
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2 |
8/30/2023 |
Qiuting
Wen |
Assistant
Professor of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, |
Yunjie
Tong |
|
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3 |
9/6/2023 |
Kun
Huang |
Professor
and Chair, Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Indiana University School of Medicine
|
Young
Kim |
|
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4 |
9/13/2023 |
Bomyi
Lim |
Assistant
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania |
David
Umulis |
|
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5 |
9/20/2023 |
Rainer
Fischer |
Research
Professor Department of Comparative Pathobiology Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine |
Young
Kim |
|
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6 |
9/27/2023 |
Omer
Inan |
Linda
J. and Mark C. Smith Chair Professor at Georgia Tech |
Young
Kim |
|
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7 |
10/4/2023 |
Alexander
Chubykin |
Associate
Professor Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University |
Fang
Huang |
|
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8 |
10/11/2023 |
Kyung
Sung |
Chief
of Cellular and Tissue Therapy Branch, FDA |
Young
Kim |
|
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9 |
10/18/2023 |
Alan
Grodzinsky |
Professor
of Biological, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering Department of Biological Engineering, MIT |
Deva
Chan |
|
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10 |
10/25/2023 |
Nian
Wang |
Assistant
Professor of Radiology & Imaging Sciences, Indiana School of Medicine |
Yunjie
Tong |
|
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11 |
11/1/2023 |
Ben
Gaston |
Billie
Lou Wood Professor of Pediatrics Indiana University School of Medicine |
George
Wodicka |
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12 |
11/8/2023 |
Jean-Pierre
Mobasser |
Affiliate
Clinical Faculty |
Young
Kim |
https://www.goodmancampbell.com/our-team/team-member/jean-pierre-mobasser-md |
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13 |
11/15/2023 |
Jane
Grande- Allen |
Isabel
C. Cameron Professor of Bioengineering, Rice University |
Deva
Chan |
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14 |
11/29/2023 |
Sarah
Wiehe |
Jean
and Jerry Bepko Professor of Pediatrics Indiana University School of Medicine |
George
Wodicka |
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15 |
12/6/2023 |
Robbee
Wedow |
Assistant
Professor of Sociology and Data Science, |
David
Umulis |
https://www.robbeewedow.com/?_ga=2.88497945.389094989.1679581193-1816225309.1603576015 |
Upcoming
important deadlines and information
Wed.,
Aug. 30: Lilly
Day at Purdue. Attention
graduate students: Eli Lilly will be hosting a Purdue Day on August 30th so mark your calendar now. Please see the link below to register and find out all the fun and engaging ways you can connect with them while they are here.
https://careers.lilly.com/us/en/event/6477834bc91e7957b321716a/Lilly-Day-at-Purdue
Wed.,
Sept. 6: BMES
Early Bird Registration Deadline! Register
now to lock in savings with early-bird pricing for the 2023 BMES Annual Meeting (to be held in Seattle, WA, October 11-14). Thousands of biomedical engineers will attend this year’s meeting to learn, collaborate, and network. As a BMES member, you can save
more than 10% with reduced early bird rates, so if you’re not already a member, now would be a good time to join! Click here for details:
https://mailchi.mp/e3958bb463f2/o8cvhb9q5x-9335625?e=ea10e317a2
NOTE:
We recommend booking your room at the Hyatt Regency Seattle because it’s
closer to the convention center AND it’s where university receptions will be held (in addition to some being held
inside the convention center). Here’s the link to reserve with the $259 discount rate.
This rate only lasts until the allotted number of rooms have been sold.
https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/SEARS/G-BMES
Fri.,
Sept. 8: Abstract
Submission Deadline for The Trauma THOMPSON Challenge.
The
primary goal of The Trauma THOMPSON Challenge is to encourage research to build better algorithms for autonomous instruction systems in uncontrolled and austere environments, especially for life-saving procedures. The envisioned algorithms include action recognition,
action anticipation, procedure recognition, and visual question answering (VQA). The challenge participation details are below.
Fri.,
Sept. 15: Deadline
to register as an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Reviewer. Serving as a National Science Foundation (NSF)
Graduate
Research Fellowship Program
(GRFP) reviewer is a real opportunity to help shape the future of science. The
deadline to register interest in serving as a reviewer is September 15, 2023. We know that reviewing for GRFP is a significant commitment and are extremely grateful to all of our STEM colleagues
who are able to serve as reviewers! If you are available, please complete your registration at
https://nsfgrfpreviewers.org.
Please
Note: All potential reviewers must register for the FY24 competition, regardless of previous review service.
If
this is your first time registering as a potential reviewer for GRFP, please login or create an account at
https://nsfgrfpreviewers.org.
If
you have registered in a previous year, you may login using your existing password. Should you need to reset your password,
please visit https://nsfgrfpreviewers.org/login.jsp.
Thank
you in advance for your willingness to serve! We look forward to receiving your completed registration for the FY24 competition! If you have questions or need additional assistance, please email us at
reviewers@nsfgrfp.org.
Please
feel free to share this opportunity with your colleagues. GRFP is still recruiting reviewers in all STEM fields of study.
Sincerely,
GRF
Operations Center
reviewers@nsfgrfp.org
www.nsfgrfp.org
Resources
and further information
Special BME Seminar,
Mon., Aug. 21,
9:00 a.m., MJIS 2001.
Nicola Marchi, Ph.D. of the Institute de Genomique Fonctionnelle, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France will present “The Neurovascular Unit: From disease mechanisms to diagnostics.
Abstract:
The term neurovascular unit (NVU) indicates a brain-specific multi-cellular assembly controlling brain homeostasis for physiological neuronal transmission in networks. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) within the NVU is the microvascular interface that
governs the exchanges between the peripheral blood and the brain parenchyma. It regulates or partakes in inflammatory modifications occurring during disease. Within this framework, we examine BBB damage as a pathophysiological entry point that allows diagnostic
strategies for brain disorders. We examine human and experimental focal epilepsy as a prototype disease to study NVU dysfunctions.
Bio:
Nicola Marchi, PhD: Graduate Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pisa, Italy; a total of 12 years as fellow, post-doc, and PI Assistant Prof at Cleveland Clinic, Neurosurgery, and then Molecular Medicine. Then nine years PI and tenured researcher
at CNRS, France. Funded as PI since 2009 (NIH R01, ANR France, Cure, Era-Net Europe, etc.). Editorial board activities, reviewers for various journals, funding organizations, etc. In 20 years: 120 publications; h-index 46. +10 book chapters. 1 Book as Editor.
~BME Hosts: Craig Goergen and Vitaliy Rayz~
BME Research Seminar Series,
Wed., Aug. 23,
9:30 a.m., MJIS 1001 or via Zoom. Leopold Green, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue will present “Designing living therapeutics
to control host immunity.” (NOTE: Students registered for the seminar are expected to attend in-person.)
Abstract:
Immune response is critical in septic wound healing. The aberrant and imbalanced signaling dynamics primarily cause a dysfunctional
innate immune response, exacerbating pathogen invasion of injured tissue and further stalling the healing process. To design biological controllers that regulate the critical divergence of the immune response during septicemia, we need to understand the intricate
differences in immune cell dynamics and coordinated molecular signals of healthy and sepsis injury. Here, we deployed an ordinary differential equation (ODE)-based model to capture the hyper and hypo-inflammatory phases of sepsis wound healing. Our results
indicate that impaired macrophage polarization leads to a high abundance of monocytes, M1, and M2 macrophage phenotypes, resulting in immune paralysis. Using a model-based analysis framework, we designed a biological controller which successfully regulates
macrophage dysregulation observed in septic wounds. Our model describes a systems biology approach to predict and explore critical parameters as potential therapeutic targets capable of transitioning septic wound inflammation toward a healthy, wound-healing
state.
Biography Dr. Green is Synthetic Biologist
with a diverse academic journey. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Hampton University in 2011. With accolades, including the UNCF Merck Science Fellowship and Ronald McNair Fellowship, he pursued doctoral studies in Bioengineering at the University
of California, Riverside. There, he was awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and focused on engineered nucleic acid-based nanostructures, coupling mechanical features with synthetic transcriptional oscillators. Completing his doctorate in 2017, he
joined Caltech as a Post-doctoral Fellow, concentrating on engineering population controllers within synthetic E. coli-based communities. In the Fall of 2021, Dr. Green joined Purdue University's Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. His research centers
on designing and building biological controllers as therapeutic agents for host-microbiome modulation, driven by his passion for addressing chronic inflammation and associated diseases.
~
BME Host: Young Kim
~
Zoom link:
https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/5593290378?pwd=eFBOZFlNTU50ZDA2S2gwcnpyOWIwUT09
Seminars in Hearing Research,
Thurs., Aug. 24, 12:00 p.m., Nelson Hall, Room 1215 (located on University Street across from Lyles-Porter). Alexander L. Francis, Shirley Rietdyk, Jeffrey Haddad, Sharon Christ, Melissa Newell, Sarah Burgin will present
“Updated results from a study relating the effects of hearing loss and listening conditions on postural sway to fall risk in older adults.”
Abstract: Hearing loss is associated with increased fall risk in older adults, but multiple mechanisms have been
proposed to account for this. Hearing loss may reduce spatial awareness and/or increase cognitive load, both of which may increase fall risk but may be ameliorated by hearing aid use. We are currently finishing a study study comparing fall incidence in daily
life with postural sway measured under various listening conditions in older adults with and without hearing aids. An earlier version of this talk reported results from the first 17 participants (7 with hearing aids, 10 without). We have now completed enrollment
and initial testing of 46 participants, each of whom stood with feet together and eyes closed, listening to noise vocoded speech (4, 8, 16 channels) and spatially distributed environmental sounds (silence, 1, 3 sources) for 1 minute per condition while postural
sway was recorded in the lab. Participants subsequently reported daily near-falls and falls for 4 months (this phase will be completed in December). Initial results from the first 17 participants suggested that hearing aid users were more stable (or more rigid)
than non-users and this pattern appears similar in the larger sample. Additional analyses will be presented as time permits.
This year’s SHRP schedule is available here:
https://purdue.edu/TPAN/hearing/shrp_schedule
Titles and abstracts of all SHRP talks are here:
https://purdue.edu/TPAN/hearing/shrp_abstracts
*Please note new location and time. There will not be a hybrid option this year.
Postdoctoral Fellow Opportunity – IUSM Emergency Medicine
The laboratory of Dr. Nathan J. Alves, PhD, within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Indiana University
School of Medicine (IUSM), is seeking a highly motivated and independent post-doctoral research fellow. Dr. Alves is a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineer, Associate Professor and the Director of Translational Research for the Department
of Emergency Medicine in addition to having an affiliate faculty appointment at Purdue University in Biomedical Engineering. The Alves Lab explores highly interdisciplinary research interests applying engineering and biophysical principles and designs to create
translational technologies and treatments in the area of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis. The primary focus of research in the laboratory is to develop targeted clot digesting therapeutic agents to more safely digest clinically relevant blood clots to treat
pulmonary embolism (PE, blood clots in the lungs), deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and ischemic stroke. This interdisciplinary research utilizes diverse enzyme assays, chemical synthesis, blood clot formation and digestion assays under
shear, and other novel testing/delivery platforms that include multivalent branched molecules and nanoparticle drug delivery systems. Projects Include: (1) Leveraging multivalency to modulate enzyme activity and improve inhibitor selectivity (nanoparticle
drug delivery and targeting). (2) Ex-vivo flowing models of clot digestion under shear using in-vivo like fluorescently labeled blood
clots from human whole blood. (3) Development of novel fibrinolytic diagnostics tools to assess coagulation state. (4) Mouse models of clot formation/targeting/digestion utilizing intravital microscopy. (5) Study the effects of environmental microplastic exposure
on coagulation/fibrinolysis. Projects are funded both externally and internally.
For additional information and to apply, go to:
https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/19651
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR
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