We’ll be kicking off our bi-weekly all-hands meeting and seminar series (Monday’s 3-4PM ET) the week after Labor Day, on September 9th. (Calendar invites with zoom link were emailed last week). This first-in-the-semester meeting is slated for a ‘State of the Institute’ presentation by Institute leadership with open discussion.

If you have new EMBRIO members joining your lab, please alert me with their names, emails, information, so that I can subscribe them to the listserv and Box account, and point them to our Orientation to EMBRIO folder.

There are several opportunities at the end of this email, including a course offered by Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi BTNY 590 Preparing for Post-PhD Careers – see the attached PDF for course syllabus (available to attend as 1 credit course, by audit, or by class topic all over Zoom). Students/Postdocs are welcome to contact Anjali if you cannot attend all the lectures and just want to 'drop in', and non-Purdue students are welcome. 

For anyone that missed getting a 2024 EMBRIO T-shirt, please contact me with your size (laddb@purdue.edu ).

Recent EMBRIO Journal Publications (by lead author alphabetical)

Arigye, J., Lyon, J.A., Magana, A.J., and Pienaar, E. (2024). The reflective modeling practitioner: Promoting reflective practices through computational modeling assignments. International Journal of Engineering Education, 40(1).

Gazzo, D., Kinzer-Ursem, T.L., and Zartman, J.J. (2024) Proteins clump: Mechanics and transport during neurodegeneration, Biophysical Journal, 123,1-3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2024.06.004

Kumar, N., Mim, M. S., Dowling, A., & Zartman, J. J. (2024). Reverse engineering morphogenesis through Bayesian optimization of physics-based models. npj Systems Biology and Applications, 10(1), 49. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-024-00375-z

Kumar, N., Rangel Ambriz, J., Tsai, K., Mim, M. S., Flores-Flores, M., Chen, W., Zartman, J.J. & Alber, M. (2024). Balancing competing effects of tissue growth and cytoskeletal regulation during Drosophila wing disc development. Nature Communications, 15(1), 2477. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46698-7

Magana, A.J., Arigye, J., Udosen, A., Lyon, J.A., Path, J., and Pienaar, E. (2024). Scaffolded team-based computational modeling and simulation projects for promoting representational competence and regulatory skills. IJ STEM Ed 11, 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-024-00494-3

Mim MS, Kumar, N., Levis,M.,  Unger,M.F., Miranda,G., Gazzo,D., Robinett,T., and  Zartman,J.J. (2024) Piezo regulates epithelial topology and promotes precision in organ size control, Cell Reports, 43, Issue 7,114398, ISSN 2211-1247, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114398

Tan, S., Zhu, X., Zartman, J.J., and Deng, Q. (2024) Low-cost Polyethylene Terephthalate Lamination Microfluidics Designs for Multiplexed Zebrafish Imaging.  Accepted Aug. 6, 2024, JoVE

Xiao, S., Yadav, S., & Jayant, K. (2024). Probing multiplexed basal dendritic computations using two-photon 3D holographic uncaging. Cell Reports, 43(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114413

Xu, L., L. Cao, J. Li , and C.J. Staiger. (2024). Cooperative actin filament nucleation by the Arp2/3 complex and formins maintains the homeostatic cortical array in Arabidopsis epidermal cells. Plant Cell 36: 764-789. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad301

 

Opportunities:

Preparing for Post-PhD Careers Course (see attached syllabus with zoom link)

Dr. Iyer-Pascuzzi is leading a 1 credit weekly seminar designed to introduce students to a variety of career paths available to researchers with a bio or bio-related PhD. Each week will feature a speaker from a different sector of basic and translational biology, including academia, industry, biotechnology law, scientific policy and science communication. Most speakers have a PhD in plant biology or pathology, but the information is relevant across fields.  As part of their talk, speakers will discuss their day-to-day activities, the best and worst aspects of their jobs, work-life balance, and their career paths. Students have the opportunity to ask speakers questions during class. Students/Postdocs are welcome to contact Anjali if you cannot attend all the lectures and just want to 'drop in', and non-Purdue students are welcome. 

 

 

NSF Fellowship

Postdoctoral Research Fellowships in Biology – Deadline November 7, 2024.

Supports postdoctoral research fellowships in biology, allowing early-career scientists to pursue independent research and training in three areas: promoting the inclusion of underrepresented groups and advancing integrative and plant genome research.

 

Chicago Bioengineering Conference (see attached flyer)