Hello There EMBRIO Members, A few announcements - please sign up for NSF BII Annual Meeting participation below. Thanks, Brent A. Details on participation in the NSF BII Annual Meeting B. Monday's Weekly Update C. National Postdoc Appreciation Week September 19-23 A. Details on participation in the NSF BII Annual Meeting Our BII NSF Program Directors have requested broad participation of faculty, students, postdocs, and staff in the upcoming BII NSF Annual Meeting taking place online October 18 - 19. Attached is a draft schedule of events. NSF Program Directors have especially requested our Institute have at least one representative attend each of the 8 breakout sessions during 2-3pm Tuesday Oct. 18. And, to nominate student or postdoc led posters to be presented early afternoon Wednesday Oct. 19. Breakout Session Topics: 1: Running a complex project 2: Creating an institute culture 3: Data management and data access 4: Integration challenges 5: Integration through modeling 6: Project evaluation 7: Promoting early career advancement 8: Enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion Please complete the web-based survey to indicate your participation: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9KpbIbln6tkQ84u B. Monday's Weekly Update, September 19, 3pm. Presentations by Juana Mendenhall's Lab and Deva Chan's Lab Zoom: https://purdue-edu.zoom.us/j/96053485465?pwd=elVnY20wcm9kaFRtVUdPcmFHaGl1UT0... C. National Postdoc Appreciation Week September 19-23 The National Postdoctoral Assocation is promoting a weeklong appreciation of postdocs with useful online professional development and support sessions. Check out the offerings: https://www.nationalpostdoc.org/page/2022NPAW A shoutout to all EMBRIO postdocs. Your research and leadership in the Institute moves us forward. Our postdocs by name below (apologies if I've left anyone out, let me know): Purdue PostDoc Aishwarya Pawar Purdue PostDoc Aritra Chatterjee Indiana PostDoc Hayden Fennell Penn PostDoc Joe Zinski Purdue PostDoc Norma Perez Indiana PostDoc Sharon Minsuk Indiana PostDoc TJ Sego Brent T. Ladd, Senior Research Program Manager, EMBRIO Institute<https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/> Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering Purdue University laddb@purdue.edu <https://www.purdue.edu/research/embrio/>