[cid:2d98bcc4-626c-44e6-be1f-7268be523391] Dear EMBRIOnic People, Best wishes to all for a great start to the Fall semester! Announcements below include: * Y5 funding announcement from EMBRIO’s Co-Director and PI, David Umulis * All-Hands Lab Meeting this afternoon "The Biological Modeling Workflow: A Brief Introduction" * Get your EMBRIO published experimental data ready and uploaded to our central repository * Voting on EMBRIO Best Scientific Figure 2025. Y5 Funding Increment The Institute has officially received our Y5 increment from NSF to complete ongoing projects in our final year. The increment includes a budget reduction, however with the recent decision by the NSF to end the BII program and cancellation of submitted grants (including our submission), we are very happy to have resources to complete the work we set out to do in our first grant period. We are excited about our potential to make significant progress, and we will intentionally maximize this final year of BII funding by emphasizing and supporting: 1) activity with the most promise of producing impactful outcomes by the end of next summer, and 2) the need to identify and position small teams and the Institute for new sources of funding. Please know that there is an expectation from NSF to wind down our BII project. Therefore, no new positions or hiring will be allowed on EMBRIO projects. David as PI and Jeremy as Co-Director, with the input of the Leadership Team, are reviewing the original Y5 funding requests and plans. Be assured that we'll be in communication with each investigator as soon as possible regarding clarifications and Y5 activity and allocations. David Umulis, EMBRIO Co-Director and PI EMBRIO All-Hands "Lab Meeting" Monday, August 25th 3-4pm EDT Zoom link for the semester: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/92061591849?pwd=wclgpzLpzWKsZ9M2XYwM7Kbumaabr3.1&from=addon<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpurdue-edu.zoom.us%2Fj%2F92061591849%3Fpwd%3DwclgpzLpzWKsZ9M2XYwM7Kbumaabr3.1%26from%3Daddon&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C8fca4b0eb5f24e4496d708dde3dfb5ca%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C1%7C0%7C638917272141139262%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7orFLV00Q%2F0XEd9dsFzUquap39jdq9mW9QnWluwE344%3D&reserved=0> We are looking forward to kicking off the fall semester with a session and open discussion on biological modeling workflow led by Hayden Fennell, Postdoc Fellow at IU in Biocomplexity Institute of the Glazier lab. Title: The Biological Modeling Workflow: A Brief Introduction Description: Computational modeling is becoming more and more ubiquitous in essentially all fields of scientific study. Biology is no exception, although the usefulness of computation in biology can sometimes be less obvious, given the methodological "distance" from practices in wet-lab experimentation. This seminar will discuss the benefits and challenges of computational modeling in biology, as well as provide a computational modeling workflow that can be applied to a wide variety of biological problems. Examples will be given to illustrate the workflow in practice, and a template will be provided for participants to brainstorm how to apply the workflow to their own biological problems of interest. The second half of the lab meeting will offer continued Q&A on the main topic, along with breakout rooms for specific topics or smaller group chats. Let me (laddb@purdue.edu) know if you have a specific topic/break out room you would like to have available. EMBRIO Labs: Get Your Experimental Data Associated with EMBRIO Publications Ready and Connected with our Data Management System We have an obligation to make our published data accessible to the broader scientific community. With the fall semester starting up again, now is a great opportunity to begin using OMERO to store your experimental data taken at the microscope. You can store your data with detailed experimental text to keep your images organized with context. This will benefit your science because: * Identifying experiments no longer requires searching image filenames written in your notebook * Original data is stored in a viewable format in a central location * Data can be reviewed by everyone in the lab without downloading a local copy and opening in ImageJ * Comments, tags, and keywords can be annotated at any time that stays with the image(s) * Support for Fiji (ImageJ) is built-in – you can use a plugin to work with the image data directly in OMERO * Image data can be published as a persistent link in PURR for your publications Thanks to the labs who are already adopting OMERO into their workflow. We encourage everyone in EMBRIO who performs microscopy experiments to take advantage of this new tool. We hope it will improve your workflow and make the management of your microscopy data easier. For more information and help getting started, please contact Scott Bolton at boltons@purdue.edu<mailto:boltons@purdue.edu>. Voting for EMBRIO Best Scientific Figure 2025 Thanks to all who have submitted figures or videos for our 2025 competition. As we continue to recognize and celebrate members’ research outcomes and integrative progress of the Institute, please look for a separate forthcoming message about viewing and voting on submissions in two divisions: Graduate Student, and Postdoctoral/Research Scientist. Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University Office: Hall for Discovery Learning and Research, Ste. 203 207 S. Martin Jischke Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907 laddb@purdue.edu
