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by Brawner, Carol F 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

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Spam emails with zip files
by Harrington, Michael P 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Many of you are getting spam emails with zip files that appear to be coming from users you may know. Unless you are expecting a file from a specific person please delete them. This is happening across campus and will hopefully end soon. Please remember to never open files you are not 100% sure about and to never give out your credentials vie links you get in emails. -Mike Harrington ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager ECN/Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Graduate Seminar Series- Dr Jeffrey Varner -Feb 17
by Ewing, Virginia G 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

[blackwelder] School of Chemical Engineering Graduate seminar series Prof. Jeffrey D. Varner Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Cornell University "Modeling and Analysis of Intracellular Biochemical Network Architectures" Tuesday, February 17, 2015 9:00-10:15 a.m. FRNY G140 Reception at 8:30 a.m. in Henson Atrium Abstract: Biochemical networks frequently contain a large number of coupled chemical reactions and complex architectural features such as redundancy, feedback and crosstalk. While this complexity ensures robustness, it also complicates the reprogramming of network function. The objective of our research is to develop mathematical modeling tools to rationally reprogram intracellular carbon, energy and information flows. Toward our objective, we developed computational tools to automate model generation, identification and analysis. These tools, together with our growing database of network components, have allowed us to construct and test several large-scale human signaling models (200 - 1000 molecular components) on a rapid time-scale. In this study, we'll discuss examples which demonstrate these tools. First, we'll discuss a model of the signaling program driving All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) induced differentiation in HL-60 cells. HL-60 is a well established albeit simplified model of hematopoietic differentiation that we have used to understand the basic architecture of this important program. From our modeling studies, we identified a minimal memory circuit potentially responsible for the pre-commitment memory observed in RA-induced HL-60 differentiation. Second, we'll discuss another important differentiation program, the epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). Decades of work has identified the critical signaling pathways controlling EMT. However, each of these pathways is responsive to multiple ligands and display a high degree of crosstalk. We showed, using a combined computational and experimental strategy, that pathway crosstalk between VEGFA and TGF-B1/2 signaling is responsible for modulating the phenotypic balance between the epithelial and mesenchymal state for a variety of cell types. Interestingly, the EMT program, although different in function, shares many common architectural features with the HL-60 program, suggesting conserved but highly adaptable motifs. Lastly, we'll discuss on-going work in the lab exploring the behavior of both whole cell and cell free metabolic networks, and present strategies for building genome scale cell free metabolic models. Bio: Jeffrey Varner holds a Ph.D degree in Chemical Engineering from Purdue University where he explored modeling and analysis of metabolic networks in the lab of Prof. Ramkrishna. After a postdoc in the Department of Biology at the ETH-Zurich under the direction of Jay Bailey and a research position at Genencor International Inc, Palo Alto, CA, Prof. Varner joined the faculty of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department at Cornell University as an Assistant Professor in 2006. In the fall of 2011, Prof. Varner was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. The Varnerlab is interested in modeling and analysis of signal transduction and metabolic networks.

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Faculty Candidate seminar - Dr. Shrayesh Patel, Thursday, February 12
by Varma, Arvind 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Dear Colleagues, The seminar of faculty candidate Dr. Shrayesh Patel is scheduled for Thursday, February 12, 9-10:30 am in FRNY 3059. He received his PhD from UC-Berkeley in 2013 and is currently a Postdoctoral Research Scientist at UC-Santa Barbara - his CV is attached fyi. This is not a required seminar for graduate students. As always, however, I particularly encourage all those who are interested in an academic career to attend, for an opportunity to see how such seminars are presented and how the Q&A goes. With best wishes, Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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"Writing a Publishable Paper" 8 week workshop (FREE)
by Field, Catherine A 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

Dear ChE Grad Students and Advising Faculty, The College of Engineering has a new communications person, Julie Correll, who is running workshops for grad students on communication and writing skills. Her first extended (8 week) workshop is on "Writing a Publishable Paper," and the details are below. The workshop is free but you must sign up on-line beforehand. Best, Katie [cid:image003.jpg@01D0446D.652B6090] Please click on this link to register for the workshop: https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0PKAC4HSLk0xrQ9

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Brad Ridder Dissertation Defense tomorrow (Tuesday 2/10) at noon in 2107
by Field, Catherine A 09 Feb '15

09 Feb '15

This e-mail is to announce that Brad Ridder will be defending his dissertation, ModeLing, Optimization, and Sensitivity Analysis of a Continuous Multi-Segment Crystallizer for Production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, on Tuesday, February 10th, at noon in FRNY 2107. The dissertation is being directed by Dr. Nagy, and the abstract is attached. All are welcome to attend. Catherine Field, Ph.D. Graduate Program Administrator/Counselor School of Chemical Engineering Purdue University 480 Stadium Mall Drive West Lafayette, IN 47906 E-mail: field2(a)purdue.edu<mailto:field2@purdue.edu> Phone: 765-494-4057 Fax: 765-494-0805 www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE<http://www.engineering.purdue.edu/ChE>

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Reminder to be mindful of phishing emails
by Harrington, Michael P 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

This morning myself and many others received a phishing email that looked fairly convincing with the subject of " Upgrade Purdue University webmail account immediately." The email contained a link that went to a non-Purdue webpage that is designed to look somewhat official which requests the user to enter his her email, login and password. Please remember not to click on links in emails unless you are 100% sure of their authenticity. These emails are designed to harvest your account information. If you did go to the website in the link and enter your email and password you should immediately change your password. When in doubt please send an email to cheq(a)ecn.purdue.edu and we will let you know if the email appear legitimate. Almost 100% of the time the answer is the email is a fake. Thanks, Mike Harrington ******************** Mike Harrington Computer Facilities Manager ECN/Chemical Engineering Purdue University 765-494-6428 mph(a)purdue.edu

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Bugs
by Valley, Jeffrey L 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

BE ADVISED - For the past couple of weeks the building has experienced more activity of bugs moving around and sighted in many different areas. Pest control used to spray on a monthly schedule but at our request has been spraying during the evening hours on a regular biweekly basis for some time now. When this occurs is usually when you will see more pests in the open as they are dead or dying as a result of the spray. We try to be diligent in removing or disposing of them as we find them but as you hopefully are aware of, this is always an ongoing process. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks. Jeff Valley

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Faculty Candidate seminar - Ms Heather Mayes, Tuesday, February 3
by Varma, Arvind 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Dear Colleagues, The seminar of faculty candidate Ms Heather Mayes is scheduled for Tuesday, February 3, 9-10:30 am in FRNY 3059. She is completing her PhD from Northwestern University - her CV is attached fyi. This is not a required seminar for graduate students. As always, however, I particularly encourage all those who are interested in an academic career to attend, for an opportunity to see how such seminars are presented and how the Q&A goes. With best wishes, Arvind Varma R. Games Slayter Distinguished Professor Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering Purdue University

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Fwd: [Energy Center faculty] 4th Energy Academy: opportunities for faculty and student participation
by Varma, Arvind 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

FYI... Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: "Sharma, Pankaj" <sharma(a)purdue.edu<mailto:sharma@purdue.edu>> Date: January 30, 2015 at 4:50:31 PM EST To: "'ec-grad(a)lists.purdue.edu<mailto:ec-grad@lists.purdue.edu>'" <ec-grad(a)lists.purdue.edu<mailto:ec-grad@lists.purdue.edu>>, "ec-faculty(a)lists.purdue.edu<mailto:ec-faculty@lists.purdue.edu>" <ec-faculty(a)lists.purdue.edu<mailto:ec-faculty@lists.purdue.edu>> Subject: [Energy Center faculty] 4th Energy Academy: opportunities for faculty and student participation The 4th Energy Academy<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/energy/energyacademy/about.php> will take place from June 21 to 27, 2015. The purpose is to inspire STEM teachers and students in energy sciences and engineering. This is an immersive one week program and will consist of: (1) talks by Purdue researchers and industry leaders, (2) tours, (3) hands-on activities, (4) research projects, and (5) teachers developing energy lessons. This year program will be inaugurated by former Chairman Jim Rogers, Duke Energy. We will have approximately 84 exceptionally talented high school (10/11th grades) students and secondary teachers. The Energy Academy presents an excellent opportunity to faculty for their broader impact activities. Please let us know if you would like to participate in this activity. Specifically, we are looking for faculty who have hands on activities/projects, or would like to give talk or mentor teachers/students for group projects. Please send a message to energyacademy(a)purdue.edu<mailto:energyacademy@purdue.edu> if you would like to participate. Also, we are interested having Purdue students (UG/Graduate) be counselors and volunteers. Counseling/volunteering in this program is stimulating, challenging and rewarding, and provides a unique opportunity to gain experience learning about energy, interacting with the high school students as well as teachers. The live-in setting (Counselors only) also provides a rich environment for developing interpersonal skills, leadership skills, and exploring self-growth. The counselor opportunity is a paid position. For additional information, click here.<http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/energy/energyacademy/about.php> Please ask your students to fill out forms if they are interested: Counselor Application <https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3pxPhZbsQCiN61n> and Volunteer Application<https://purdue.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_081H9NA3DHUho4l> Pankaj Sharma Managing Director Energy Center Global Sustainability Institute Discovery Park _______________________________________________ Ec-faculty mailing list Ec-faculty(a)lists.purdue.edu<mailto:Ec-faculty@lists.purdue.edu> https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/ec-faculty

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