April 2023 - Embrio-list - ecn.purdue.edu

End of Week Reminders
by Ladd, Brent Thomas 20 Apr '23

20 Apr '23

Dear EMBRIOnic Folk, Please note that the upcoming Weekly Update on the 24th will be dedicated to breakout rooms supporting discussions on the integrated and enabling project proposals that are due May 1st. This meeting is optional for trainees, though both graduate students and postdocs may find it useful and educational to participate. The internal RFP and associated resources are available on our Box account in the “EMBRIO RFP” folder: https://app.box.com/s/3fb0bo9inlh1lp52k8oxiqbozfo99sh4 There are several opportunities today and next week to engage in sessions relevant to EMBRIO: * EMBRIO Ph.D. candidate Nilay Kumar in the Zartman Lab at Notre Dame will defend his thesis today, April 21st, 11am ET and all are invited to attend. Thesis Title: “Reverse Engineering Epithelial Morphogenesis: A Systems Biology Approach”. zoom: https://notredame.zoom.us/j/7175280638 * The Deng Lab at Purdue has invited Dr. Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M, to present a seminar on April 24th, noon-1 pm ET, in LILY 117 (no zoom link). His talk will focus on new tools to control calcium currents and possibly other cell signaling events with implications such as in immune therapy. (flyer attached) * ABIDES Weekly open office/Trainee lunch hour meeting, Monday April 24, 12 – 1 pm by Zoom only: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/99630373235 * Purdue Biological Sciences and The Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease (PI4D) will be hosting Dr. Satyajit Mayor, National Centre for Biological Science, TIFR, Bangalore, India, on Tuesday, April 25th from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm in Pfendler Hall, Rm 241 (no zoom link). His seminar title is “The eukaryotic cell membrane: an integrator of mechanical and chemical inputs”. (flyer attached) Please note that I will be out of office away from email starting today, returning May 1st. Cheers, Brent Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University laddb(a)purdue.edu <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>

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EMERGENCE issue 17: April 19, 2023
by Ladd, Brent Thomas 19 Apr '23

19 Apr '23

[cid:d37d1f59-0517-49f9-95ba-de313e26715e] Emergence: A biweekly newsletter of discovery, education, and outreach from the EMBRIO Institute Issue 17: April 19, 2023 DIRECTORS’ NOTE With only a few weeks of the spring semester to go, there is a lot happening. Please note that the upcoming Weekly Update on the 24th will be dedicated to breakout rooms supporting discussions on the integrated and enabling project proposals that are due May 1st. This meeting is optional for trainees, though both graduate students and postdocs may find it useful and educational to participate. The internal RFP and associated resources are available on our Box account in the “EMBRIO RFP” folder: https://app.box.com/s/3fb0bo9inlh1lp52k8oxiqbozfo99sh4 Please take advantage of several opportunities this and next week to engage in sessions relevant to EMBRIO (further details in the upcoming deadlines and important dates section below, and the attached flyers). * EMBRIO Ph.D. candidate Nilay Kumar in the Zartman Lab at Notre Dame will defend his thesis this Friday, April 21st, 11am ET and all are invited to attend. Thesis Title: “Reverse Engineering Epithelial Morphogenesis: A Systems Biology Approach”. zoom: https://notredame.zoom.us/j/7175280638 * The Deng Lab at Purdue has invited Dr. Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M, to present a seminar on April 24th, noon-1 pm ET, in LILY 117 (no zoom link). His talk will focus on new tools to control calcium currents and possibly other cell signaling events with implications such as in immune therapy. * ABIDES Weekly open office/Trainee lunch hour meeting, Monday April 24, 12 – 1 pm by Zoom only: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/99630373235 * Purdue Biological Sciences and The Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology, and Infectious Disease (PI4D) will be hosting Dr. Satyajit Mayor, National Centre for Biological Science, TIFR, Bangalore, India, on Tuesday, April 25th from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm in Pfendler Hall, Rm 241 (no zoom link). His seminar title is “The eukaryotic cell membrane: an integrator of mechanical and chemical inputs”. Please note that Brent will be out of office away from email starting Friday, April 21st returning May 1st. We want to hear about your news and announcements. Send them to Brent (laddb(a)purdue.edu) by April 28th for inclusion in the next issue of Emergence. David, Chris, Stephanie, Anjali, and Brent Notable Quote “Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.” ~ Carl Sagan QUICK LINKS EMBRIO Integrated & Enabling Projects RFP<https://app.box.com/s/3fb0bo9inlh1lp52k8oxiqbozfo99sh4> – Due May 1 Journal Club – Calcium Imaging Techniques: Monday’s 11am Zoom<https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/92929965472?pwd=VDdTbXk5TTg2eitWYmEvelB1UjkvZz…>, papers to be discussed<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uESi45Zv_kGL369NW8sPW60GByOAXme7-vr1XKB…> Compucell3D School and Hackathon July 31 – August 13<http://www.compucell3d.org/Workshop23> ABIDES Open Office Mondays 2:30 - 3 pm Zoom link<https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/91942543564> Schedule Your One-on-One Interview with Soumi<https://www.when2meet.com/?18327719-shNWM> Weekly Update Meeting Recordings<https://app.box.com/s/48uqgrgoy5ygp1tsj2l3lafoy8ubgkop> JOURNAL CLUBS NEW CLUB: CALCIUM IMAGING TECHNIQUES Meets Monday’s 11am ET via Zoom<https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/92929965472?pwd=VDdTbXk5TTg2eitWYmEvelB1UjkvZz…> Due to the need within our EMBRIO community to process and analyze Ca2+ Images, Director Umulis has proposed to discuss papers regarding methods and tools for analyzing calcium imaging as part of a new journal club. The goal, beyond integrating these techniques, is to write a review paper. Norma Perez ( nperezro(a)purdue.edu ), EMBRIO Postdoc with the Buganza-Tepole and Umulis Labs, is leading the effort to organize this journal club, please contact her about joining the club. The club is currently discussing the following papers: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uESi45Zv_kGL369NW8sPW60GByOAXme7-vr1XKB… ONGOING CLUB: Multimodal Functions of Calcium in Tuning and Regulating Cytoskeleton Networks Please contact Dr. Linlin Li ( li2212(a)purdue.edu ) for information. The club is currently entering the writing stage for organizing and publishing a review paper on the topic. It isn’t too late to join. Here is the link to the current working documents: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cpg77yjtioWiIuRmiDMCcAiAd4jNNX_J7s64RQk… EMBRIO ABIDES (Access, Belonging, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Support) Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, EMBRIO ABIDES Director and Associate Professor at Purdue, is leading activities for Institute members. Planned ABIDES activities for this semester (Zoom links are also shared in the ABIDES folder in the EMBRIO BOX<https://app.box.com/s/bx35o3h5pahgviidcpnmbnigk75k6bql> account): * Weekly open office/Trainee lunch hour combined meeting April 24, 12 – 1 pm by Zoom only: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/99630373235 UPCOMING DEADLINES, IMPORTANT DATES, & INFO Weekly Research & Education Zoom Meetings Spring Semester, Monday’s 3 – 4 pm. Recordings: EMBRIO Box account > Weekly Update Meeting. Direct URL<https://app.box.com/s/48uqgrgoy5ygp1tsj2l3lafoy8ubgkop>. Spring Semester Zoom link<https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/99819751005?pwd=UVlvWVpxRDB0cDVXbmxBU1NUTEZGZz…>: * January 9 – Krishna Jayant, Asst. Prof., BME, Purdue * January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No Meeting, please volunteer locally * January 23 – Trainee Professional Development, Grants Series Session #2 * January 30 – Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, Assoc. Prof., BPP, Purdue, DEI Director, EMBRIO * February 6 – Thrust & Site Leads Update Meeting * February 13 – Priyanka Baloni, Asst. Prof, HHS, Purdue * February 20 – Trainee Professional Development, Grants Series Session #3 * February 27 – Bakary Samasa, Mary Mullins Lab * March 6 – Thrust & Site Leads Update Meeting – NSF site visit debrief, next steps * March 13 – Spring break, no meeting * March 20 – NSF site visit debrief and trainee orientation to the Institute * March 27 – Nilay Kumar, Ph.D. Candidate, Zartman Lab, Notre Dame * April 3 – Thrust & Site Leads Update Meeting * April 10 – Manager Meets * April 17 – Project Discussions * April 24 – Project Discussions * May 1 – No meeting. Integrated and Enabling Project Proposals Due. * May 8 – TBD * May 15 – TBD * May 22 – TBD * May 29 – No meeting, Memorial Day April 21, 2023. Nilay Kumar Ph.D. Thesis Defense. 11 am ET. Thesis Title: “Reverse Engineering Epithelial Morphogenesis: A Systems Biology Approach”. Zoom link: https://notredame.zoom.us/j/7175280638 April 24, 2023. CMB Seminar, Biological Sciences, Purdue. 12 pm ET, Purdue, LILY 1-117 (no zoom link). Yubin Zhou, Ph.D, Institute of Biosciences and Technolgoy, Texas A&M University. “Optogenetic Engineering for Biomedical Applications” . (flyer attached) April 25, 2023. Purdue Biological Sciences Seminar Series. 12 pm ET, Purdue, Pfendler Hall, Rm 241 (no zoom link). Satyajit Mayor, Ph.D., National Centre for Biological Science, TIFR, Bangalore, India, “The eukaryotic cell membrane: an integrator of mechanical and chemical inputs”. May 1, 2023. DUE: Integrated and Enabling Project Proposals. RFP and associated resources are available on our Box account in the “EMBRIO RFP” folder: https://app.box.com/s/3fb0bo9inlh1lp52k8oxiqbozfo99sh4 July 10-12, 2023. EMBRIO Trainees Summer Workshop, Notre Dame University. Details forthcoming. July 13-14, 2023. EMBRIO All-Hands Annual Meeting, Purdue University. More information forthcoming. July 31 - August 13, 2023. 2023 Multicell Virtual-Tissue Modeling Online Summer School and Hackathon Learn to model your biological system of interest with one-on-one help. Week 1 will cover CC3D basics. Week 2 will cover advanced topics in CC3D, followed by a 2-day model-building hackathon. Physicists, biologists, computer scientists, and modelers team up to build research-grade models of biological systems. All experience levels are welcome. For more information, email compucell3d.iu(a)gmail.com or visit www.compucell3d.org/Workshop23<http://www.compucell3d.org/Workshop23>. Register at: www.tinyurl.com/CC3D2023<http://www.tinyurl.com/CC3D2023>. INSTITUTE EVALUATION: SIGN UP FOR YOUR ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW (hint: it’s mandatory) If you are a member of the EMBRIO institute currently doing a research project, we would like to invite you for participating in this study. Participation in the evaluation process is MANDATORY for all the members of the institute. As a part of the evaluation process, you will take part in an online session (via Zoom), which includes an interview and a brief survey, and the entire process should be completed in less than an hour. Interviews will be conducted annually for the total duration of your participation in the institute and the session would not exceed an hour and would be completed in a day. Please fill in all the times you may be available for our interviews using the link below with either your name or email address. This information is requested so that we may contact you to set up an online session, but we will use a randomly generated 4-digit code in place of your name to identify all your information for the data collection and analysis. https://www.when2meet.com/?18327719-shNWM Your participation will not affect any aspect of your association with the EMBRIO institute. If you have any doubts regarding the evaluation process, please reach out to Soumi at mukher42(a)purdue.edu.xn--ivg With Regards Soumi Hot Off the Press: New EMBRIO Journal and Conference Papers Let us know about new papers you want to highlight for the EMBRIO community! REMINDER: EMBRIO Acknowledgement for Scholarly Papers. For EMBRIO related research publications, NSF requires acknowledgement of EMBRIO NSF funding for our Institute to claim the work in our reporting back to NSF. Please include the following acknowledgement in your journal and conference papers and posters: “This work is based upon efforts supported by EMBRIO Institute, contract #2120200, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Biology Integration Institute.” Conference Presentations: Let us know about your conference presentations. Awards Let us know about your awards. Open Positions Two Open-Rank Professor Positions in Technology and Research Related to Next-Generation Biomedical Digital Twins The Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering at Indiana University is pleased to announce a search to fill Two Open-Rank Professor Positions in Technology and Research Related to Next-Generation Biomedical Digital Twins. Appointments can be at Full, Associate or Assistant Professor level and two-person cluster hires are possible. Appointments can begin as early as August 1, 2023. This search is part of a broad collaborative initiative to create key hardware and software components of next-generation digital twins for research, bioengineering and clinical application. To learn more about Luddy School, ISE, and to apply online, please visit https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/16811 For more details see attached full announcement. Questions, nominations, and confidential inquiries may be sent to Prof. James A. Glazier ( jaglazier(a)gmail.com) New Lab Members? Did you recently have new students or staff members join your EMBRIO projects? We want to add them to the listserv, Box account, demographics survey, and Personnel List for ensuring their inclusion in communications and participation. If they are not already on our Personnel spreadsheet ( https://app.box.com/s/frd9275xc069gmgtbe3y1osoz1j7ssk7 ), or they have graduated, let Brent know their names and email contacts (laddb(a)purdue.edu ) Submit your items for the next newsletter by April 28th to Brent (laddb(a)purdue.edu) <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>

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Seminar next Monday
by Zhang, Weiwei 19 Apr '23

19 Apr '23

Hi everyone, In case you haven’t seen this yet, just a reminder that there will this very interesting seminar next Monday. Please find detailed info in the attached email from Dr. Qing Deng. Best, Weiwei Begin forwarded message: From: "Deng, Qing" <qingdeng(a)purdue.edu<mailto:qingdeng@purdue.edu>> Subject: seminar next Monday Date: April 19, 2023 at 11:03:00 AM EDT To: "Zhang, Weiwei" <zhan2190(a)purdue.edu<mailto:zhan2190@purdue.edu>> Dear Weiwei, I am not sure if I sent the announcement to EMBRIO successfully. Brent is away, and your name is linked to the email list. Please disseminate if you can. Dear all, I cordially invite you to attend Dr. Yubin Zhou's seminar on Apr 24, noon-1 pm, in LILY 117. His talk will focus on new tools to control calcium currents and possibly other cell signaling events with implications such as in immune therapy. Dr. Yubin Zhou is a tenured Professor and Presidential Impact Fellow at the Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University. At Texas A&M University, Dr. Zhou spearheads a bioengineering, and synthetic immunology lab focused on developing technologies that enable remote and programmable control of protein activity, cell physiology, and designer cells to benefit both basic and translational research. Tight integration among mechanistic studies, biomedical engineering, and translational sciences is a hallmark of his ongoing research. Dr. Zhou has published over 140 publications in premier journals (Nature Reviews Bioengineering, Physiological Reviews, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Cell Biology, Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Genetics, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, PNAS, JACS, Angew Chem, Advanced Science, Cancer Cell, Cancer Discovery, Cell Chemical Biology, Science Advances, Trends or Current Opinion series, etc). His work has been featured or highlighted in multiple media outlets. Dr. Zhou was the recipient of the Fellow Award and Special Fellow Award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the TAMU Research Excellence Award, the Research Scholar Award from the American Cancer Society, the Innovative Research in Cancer Nanotechnology Award from the National Cancer Institute, Protégé member the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology (TAMEST), and elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Feel free to visit his webpage for the full list of tools he developed. https://thezhoulaboratory.org/ Best wishes! Qing Qing Deng, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences Purdue University Tel: 765-494-0423 qingdeng(a)purdue.edu<mailto:qingdeng@purdue.edu> https://www.bio.purdue.edu/lab/deng/<https://www.bio.purdue.edu/People/faculty_dm/directory.php?refID=1000000169>

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Proposal Breakout Rms for Todays Weekly 3pm ET
by Ladd, Brent Thomas 17 Apr '23

17 Apr '23

Dear EMBRIO Members, The Weekly Update today at 3pm ET (and also on the 24th ) is dedicated for proposal discussions using breakout rooms with time for each focus area. First half of the meeting with three breakout rooms anchored by leads from the Biology Thrusts: 1 (Kinzer-Ursem and Evans) 2 (Staiger and Zartman) 3 (Mullins and Deng) The last half of the meeting w/ four breakouts anchored by leads of the CORE areas and Thrust 4: Core 1 & 2. Simulation and AI/ML (Buganza Tepole, Cabrera, Umulis) Core 3. Imaging (Chan & Mendenhall) Thrust 4. Pedagogy-Training-Diversity (Gardner, Magana, Iyer-Pascuzzi). Please see the RFP and associated materials (including the new FAQs doc!) in the Box account > EMBRIO RFP folder. Direct link: https://app.box.com/s/ez6u8sc0uykuqminp3dw1hu2wtbam4zy Brent Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University laddb(a)purdue.edu <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>

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Weekly Update Meetings on 17th/24th dedicated to proposal discussions
by Ladd, Brent Thomas 14 Apr '23

14 Apr '23

Hello EMBRIO Members, Our upcoming Weekly Updates on Monday the 17th and 24th will be slated for proposal/project discussions. For the 17th it's been proposed to devote half the time with four breakout rooms anchored by project leads from the Biology (1-3), and Pedagogy-Training-Diversity (4) Thrusts, and half the time for three breakouts anchored by leads of the CORE areas (Simulation, AI/ML, Imaging). We can reassess or alter this arrangement for the 24th as needed. Please see the RFP and associated materials (including a new FAQs doc!) in the Box account > EMBRIO RFP folder. Direct link: https://app.box.com/s/ez6u8sc0uykuqminp3dw1hu2wtbam4zy Everyone Enjoy the Weekend! Brent Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University laddb(a)purdue.edu <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>

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Today's Weekly canceled. Meet w/ Mng Dir slots available
by Ladd, Brent Thomas 10 Apr '23

10 Apr '23

Dear EMBRIO Community, Our Weekly Update is canceled today to make additional time for your own w/in Thrust project/proposal meetings and offering brief private time slots to "meet with the Managing Dir." over Zoom. Please use this link to sign up by noon today if you would like to meet with me this afternoon: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUIH_JUXHiF4uXGeDNmHryrtwxZiG6Yk9lW… Investigators: Please note that upcoming Weekly Updates this month on the 17th and 24th will be dedicated to breakout rooms supporting discussions on the integrated and enabling project proposals due May 1. The RFP and associated resources are available on our Box account in the “EMBRIO RFP” folder: https://app.box.com/s/3fb0bo9inlh1lp52k8oxiqbozfo99sh4 Thanks, Brent Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University laddb(a)purdue.edu <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>

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EMERGENCE issue 16: April 5, 2023
by Ladd, Brent Thomas 05 Apr '23

05 Apr '23

[cid:2b0ef264-8870-483f-9036-2efe47208c17] Emergence: A biweekly newsletter of discovery, education, and outreach from the EMBRIO Institute Issue 16: April 5, 2023 DIRECTORS’ NOTE Thanks to each investigator lab in getting your progress reports submitted. We’ll be using these to populate our NSF report that is due early this year (we’ll reach out for additional figures and any new significant results in mid-May). Directors will be providing feedback on the lab progress reports later this month. Please note that the Weekly Updates this month on the 17th and 24th will be dedicated to breakout rooms supporting discussions on the integrated and enabling project proposals due May 1. The RFP and associated resources are available on our Box account in the “EMBRIO RFP” folder: https://app.box.com/s/3fb0bo9inlh1lp52k8oxiqbozfo99sh4 Thanks to the Staiger Lab and Dr. Weiwei Zhang for leading a very successful workshop today on Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy and Photomanipulation. The full day workshop engaged trainees and faculty representing Purdue, Notre Dame, Texas A&M, and U of Puerto Rico at Maygüez. The attendees gained knowledge and hands-on skills in the techniques and tools central to the experimental research efforts of the Institute. Thanks to all who participated! Along these lines, there will be additional opportunity for training during the Institute’s summer workshop hosted at Notre Dame July 10 – 12, followed by our All-Hands Annual Meeting at Purdue July 13-14. Stay tuned for more about these events in the coming months. Later this summer July 31 – August 13, the Glazier Lab and Biocomplexity Institute at Indiana University has organized a two-week online school and hackathon in Multicell Virtual-Tissue Modeling (details are below in this issue). April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month<https://ww2.amstat.org/mathstatmonth/> and Celebrate Diversity Month<https://www.pharmacy.umn.edu/about/diversity-pharmacy/celebrate-diversity-m…>. In the notable quote below we remember a diverse genius in mathematics and computing, Alan Turing, whose LGBTQ+ identity was criminalized leading to his early death. We want to hear about your news and announcements. Send them to Brent (laddb(a)purdue.edu) by April 14th for inclusion in the next issue of Emergence. David, Chris, Stephanie, Anjali, and Brent Notable Quote “Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." -- Alan Turing (1912 - 1954), British mathematician, code breaker who helped win WWII, artificial intelligence visionary, and progenitor of modern computing yet was persecuted as a criminal for his identity and sexual orientation. Read about his work and life in this NYT article<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/obituaries/alan-turing-overlooked.html>. Check out the film about his role as a code breaker that turned the tide in WWII: “The Imitation Game<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084970/>”. QUICK LINKS EMBRIO Integrated & Enabling Projects RFP<https://app.box.com/s/3fb0bo9inlh1lp52k8oxiqbozfo99sh4> – Due May 1 Journal Club – Calcium Imaging Techniques: Monday’s 11am Zoom<https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/92929965472?pwd=VDdTbXk5TTg2eitWYmEvelB1UjkvZz…>, papers to be discussed<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uESi45Zv_kGL369NW8sPW60GByOAXme7-vr1XKB…> Compucell3D School and Hackathon July 31 – August 13<http://www.compucell3d.org/Workshop23> ABIDES Open Office Mondays 2:30 - 3 pm Zoom link<https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/91942543564> Schedule Your One-on-One Interview with Soumi<https://www.when2meet.com/?18327719-shNWM> Weekly Update Meeting Recordings<https://app.box.com/s/48uqgrgoy5ygp1tsj2l3lafoy8ubgkop> JOURNAL CLUBS NEW CLUB: CALCIUM IMAGING TECHNIQUES Meets Monday’s 11am ET via Zoom<https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/92929965472?pwd=VDdTbXk5TTg2eitWYmEvelB1UjkvZz…> Due to the need within our EMBRIO community to process and analyze Ca2+ Images, Director Umulis has proposed to discuss papers regarding methods and tools for analyzing calcium imaging as part of a new journal club. The goal, beyond integrating these techniques, is to write a review paper. Norma Perez (nperezro(a)purdue.edu ), EMBRIO Postdoc with the Buganza-Tepole and Umulis Labs, is leading the effort to organize this journal club, please contact her about joining the club. The club is currently discussing the following papers: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uESi45Zv_kGL369NW8sPW60GByOAXme7-vr1XKB… ONGOING CLUB: Multimodal Functions of Calcium in Tuning and Regulating Cytoskeleton Networks Please contact Dr. Linlin Li (li2212(a)purdue.edu ) for information. The club is currently entering the writing stage for organizing and publishing a review paper on the topic. It isn’t too late to join. Here is the link to the current working documents: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cpg77yjtioWiIuRmiDMCcAiAd4jNNX_J7s64RQk… EMBRIO ABIDES (Access, Belonging, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Support) DEI in EMBRIO has transitioned to ABIDES (Access, Belonging, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Support). Dr. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, EMBRIO ABIDES Director and Associate Professor at Purdue, is leading activities for Institute members. Planned ABIDES activities for this semester (Zoom links are also shared in the ABIDES folder in the EMBRIO BOX<https://app.box.com/s/bx35o3h5pahgviidcpnmbnigk75k6bql> account): * Weekly open office ‘hour’ 2:30 – 3 pm (Eastern) Resumes April 3, Monday before research update, Zoom link: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/91942543564 * Trainee lunch hour meeting date TBD for April, 12 – 1 pm (Eastern) in DLR 228c and by Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/95281263014 2023 Multicell Virtual-Tissue Modeling School & Hackathon The Glazier Lab is pleased to announce the 2023 Multicell Virtual-Tissue Modeling Online Summer School and Hackathon at Indiana University, Bloomington, July 31 to August 13, 2023. Learn to model your biological system of interest with one-on-one help. Week 1 will cover CC3D basics. Week 2 will cover advanced topics in CC3D, followed by a 2-day model-building hackathon. Physicists, biologists, computer scientists, and modelers team up to build research-grade models of biological systems. All experience levels are welcome. For more information, email compucell3d.iu(a)gmail.com or visit www.compucell3d.org/Workshop23<http://www.compucell3d.org/Workshop23>. Register at: www.tinyurl.com/CC3D2023<http://www.tinyurl.com/CC3D2023>. UPCOMING DEADLINES, IMPORTANT DATES, & INFO Weekly Research & Education Zoom Meetings Spring Semester, Monday’s 3 – 4 pm. Recordings: EMBRIO Box account > Weekly Update Meeting. Direct URL<https://app.box.com/s/48uqgrgoy5ygp1tsj2l3lafoy8ubgkop>. Spring Semester Zoom link<https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/99819751005?pwd=UVlvWVpxRDB0cDVXbmxBU1NUTEZGZz…>: * January 9 – Krishna Jayant, Asst. Prof., BME, Purdue * January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – No Meeting, please volunteer locally * January 23 – Trainee Professional Development, Grants Series Session #2 * January 30 – Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, Assoc. Prof., BPP, Purdue, DEI Director, EMBRIO * February 6 – Thrust & Site Leads Update Meeting * February 13 – Priyanka Baloni, Asst. Prof, HHS, Purdue * February 20 – Trainee Professional Development, Grants Series Session #3 * February 27 – Bakary Samasa, Mary Mullins Lab * March 6 – Thrust & Site Leads Update Meeting – NSF site visit debrief, next steps * March 13 – Spring break, no meeting * March 20 – NSF site visit debrief and trainee orientation to the Institute * March 27 – Nilay Kumar, Ph.D. Candidate, Zartman Lab, Notre Dame * April 3 – Thrust & Site Leads Update Meeting * April 10 – TBD * April 17 – Project Discussions * April 24 – Project Discussions * May 1 – Integrated and Enabling Project Proposals Due * May 8 – Javier Munoz, Brubaker Lab * May 15 – TBD * May 22 – TBD * May 29 – No meeting, Memorial Day April 7, 2023. 10:30 am ET. BME PhD Preliminary Exam Announcement for Peter J. Brumm (T. Kinzer-Ursem, advisor), 10:30 a.m., DLR 131. Research Title: Computational Models determine how 𝑪𝒂^(𝟐+)signal decoding controls subcellular actin organization by quantifying neuronal dendritic spine regulation. May 1, 2023. DUE: Integrated and Enabling Project Proposals. RFP and associated resources are available on our Box account in the “EMBRIO RFP” folder: https://app.box.com/s/3fb0bo9inlh1lp52k8oxiqbozfo99sh4 July 10-12, 2023. EMBRIO Trainees Workshop, Notre Dame University. Details forthcoming. July 13-14, 2023. EMBRIO All-Hands Annual Meeting, Purdue University. More information forthcoming. INSTITUTE EVALUATION: SIGN UP FOR YOUR ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW (hint: it’s mandatory) If you are a member of the EMBRIO institute currently doing a research project, we would like to invite you for participating in this study. Participation in the evaluation process is MANDATORY for all the members of the institute. As a part of the evaluation process, you will take part in an online session (via Zoom), which includes an interview and a brief survey, and the entire process should be completed in less than an hour. Interviews will be conducted annually for the total duration of your participation in the institute and the session would not exceed an hour and would be completed in a day. Please fill in all the times you may be available for our interviews using the link below with either your name or email address. This information is requested so that we may contact you to set up an online session, but we will use a randomly generated 4-digit code in place of your name to identify all your information for the data collection and analysis. https://www.when2meet.com/?18327719-shNWM Your participation will not affect any aspect of your association with the EMBRIO institute. If you have any doubts regarding the evaluation process, please reach out to Soumi at mukher42(a)purdue.edu.xn--ivg With Regards Soumi Hot Off the Press: New EMBRIO Journal and Conference Papers Let us know about new papers you want to highlight for the EMBRIO community! REMINDER: EMBRIO Acknowledgement for Scholarly Papers. For EMBRIO related research publications, NSF requires acknowledgement of EMBRIO NSF funding for our Institute to claim the work in our reporting back to NSF. Please include the following acknowledgement in your journal and conference papers and posters: “This work is based upon efforts supported by EMBRIO Institute, contract #2120200, a National Science Foundation (NSF) Biology Integration Institute.” Conference Presentations: Let us know about your conference presentations. Awards Three EMBRIO investigators have received Early Career Awards! Congratulations to Deva Chan (BioEng), Elsje Pienaar (BioEng), and Joy Wang (ECE) on these tremendous achievements. * Deva Chan, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Young Faculty Award, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency * Elsje Pienaar, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, NSF Career Ward * Xiaoqian Joy Wang, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NSF Career Award News story<https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/releases/2023/Q1/inaugural-even…> celebrating early career award winners (Purdue). Open Positions Two Open-Rank Professor Positions in Technology and Research Related to Next-Generation Biomedical Digital Twins The Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering at Indiana University is pleased to announce a search to fill Two Open-Rank Professor Positions in Technology and Research Related to Next-Generation Biomedical Digital Twins. Appointments can be at Full, Associate or Assistant Professor level and two-person cluster hires are possible. Appointments can begin as early as August 1, 2023. This search is part of a broad collaborative initiative to create key hardware and software components of next-generation digital twins for research, bioengineering and clinical application. To learn more about Luddy School, ISE, and to apply online, please visit https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/16811 For more details see attached full announcement. Questions, nominations, and confidential inquiries may be sent to Prof. James A. Glazier (jaglazier(a)gmail.com) New Lab Members? Did you recently have new students or staff members join your EMBRIO projects? We want to add them to the listserv, Box account, demographics survey, and Personnel List for ensuring their inclusion in communications and participation. If they are not already on our Personnel spreadsheet ( https://app.box.com/s/frd9275xc069gmgtbe3y1osoz1j7ssk7 ), or they have graduated, let Brent know their names and email contacts (laddb(a)purdue.edu ) Submit your items for the next newsletter by April 14th to Brent (laddb(a)purdue.edu) Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University laddb(a)purdue.edu <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>

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Todays Weekly for Faculty Investigators only
by Ladd, Brent Thomas 03 Apr '23

03 Apr '23

Dear EMBRIO Members, Today's Weekly at 3pm ET is dedicated for faculty investigators only. Trainees and other staff please join us next week on April 10th for a research presentation from Nissa Jo Larson (Umulis Lab). Thank you, Brent Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University laddb(a)purdue.edu <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>

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