Dear EMBRIO Members, Tune in next Monday afternoon at 3pm ET on Zoom as we host a seminar by Dr. Donny Hanjaya-Putra from Notre Dame. The Hanjaya-Putra lab<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdhplab.nd.edu%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C23829485f1d64431d6a408dcd6878c8b%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638621124867483557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BkP2I4LGYy76CpqrU7TqQdNxeqqGSMdBg75e6KWCyEw%3D&reserved=0> focuses on stem cell morphogensis and molecular therapeutics and is a collaborator with EMBRIO affiliated labs included Zartman, Umulis, and Reeves. Check out their new paper over on npj Systems Biology and Applications: Shaikh, R., Larson, N. J., Kam, J., Hanjaya-Putra, D., Zartman, J., Umulis, D. M., Li, L., & Reeves, G. T. (2024). Optimal performance objectives in the highly conserved bone morphogenetic protein signaling pathway. Npj Systems Biology and Applications, 10(1), 103. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-024-00430-9<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1038%2Fs41540-024-00430-9&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C23829485f1d64431d6a408dcd6878c8b%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638621124867483557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=309Yk%2Bqp078EH44dZJ6T14igW9shMWexvezrraC%2B9Fk%3D&reserved=0> BTW, EMBRIO has a LinkedIn page<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fcompany%2Fembrioinstitute&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C23829485f1d64431d6a408dcd6878c8b%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638621124867483557%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9MbH5WF6Kf4FLiXN129FXxStPJOendg8o%2BCCDWjq0xs%3D&reserved=0> where we are beginning to post Institute related news (perhaps in favor over X/Twitter). Eventually, we want to have integrated knowledge and skills competency badges through LinkedIn. There is a Chicago Cytoskeleton Society Fall meeting this Friday (details from Holly Goodson below). An FYI that I'll be out of office this week after today, back next Monday morning. Thanks, Brent

From Holly Goodson, holly.v.goodson.1@nd.edu :

There are some changes to Chicago Cytoskeleton this year: there will be one Fall meeting Friday Sept. 20 (three weeks from today!), and one Spring meeting Friday April 25. However, the rest will be similar to what you are used to! Come join us at these two meetings for both the science and the social hour! One additional difference is that these meetings will be slightly longer: the September meeting will have 7 speakers, and the April meeting will include the yearly poster session, along with the flash talk winners and keynote speaker. Here is the lineup for Sept. 20: Two flash talk winners: • Madeline Lovejoy (Garcia-Mata lab, U. Toledo) "SGEF, a RhoG-specific GEF, influences the morphology and collective migration of 3D epithelial cysts" • Amruta Nayak (Glotzer lab, U. Chicago) "Spatiotemporal Analysis of Requirement of Rap1 Activity in Early Embryonic Morphogenesis Four faculty: • Jenna Christensen (Northwestern) "Using comparative genomics to explore dynein motor complex function" • Sally Horne-Badovinac (U. Chicago) "Symmetry-breaking and initiation of rotational epithelial migration" • Benjamin Perrin (Indiana University Indianapolis) "Formin-dependent adhesion complexes at the base regulate actin assembly at stereocilia tips" • Margaret Titus (U. Minnesota) "Modulation of Filopodial Myosin Activity" And one additional guest speaker! • Silvia Jansen (Washington University St. Louis) For more information, please see below. We hope to see you Sept. 20! -Holly and the CC Steering Committee ******** CC Meeting Place and time: This meeting will be held at Northwestern University, 303 E. Superior, Feinberg School of Medicine from 3:00 - ~7:30. Registration: There is no registration fee - just join us! Parking: The parking link for September 20 is: https://forms.feinberg.northwestern.edu/view.php?id=3273903<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.feinberg.northwestern.edu%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D3273903&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C23829485f1d64431d6a408dcd6878c8b%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638621124867639842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=H3suIKpPbnjJlQKrzCxJjRh3%2BBYOsqMLf0LJodClqY4%3D&reserved=0>. Please submit you request by Friday, September 13. Also, some of you have asked about nearby hotels. Here are some recommended by people at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine: Close to NU Chicago: Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile, 633 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611 https://www.hyatt.com/hyatt-centric/en-US/chimm-hyatt-centric-chicago-mag-mile/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hyatt.com%2Fhyatt-centric%2Fen-US%2Fchimm-hyatt-centric-chicago-mag-mile%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C23829485f1d64431d6a408dcd6878c8b%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638621124867639842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3hkSXsaYq%2FUdtYRVuH8WRNJRe8Labuz5x6CEQsXu1dY%3D&reserved=0> The Ivy Hotel 233 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611 https://www.ivyhotelchicago.com/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivyhotelchicago.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C23829485f1d64431d6a408dcd6878c8b%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638621124867639842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9PY8MZGgbrCHbhSAVnZi%2FnKCm55Mx4H39SRifBSdX4c%3D&reserved=0> Hotel EMC2 228 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611 https://www.hotelemc2.com/<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelemc2.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cembrio-list%40ecn.purdue.edu%7C23829485f1d64431d6a408dcd6878c8b%7C4130bd397c53419cb1e58758d6d63f21%7C0%7C0%7C638621124867639842%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AlFw%2FhAr8B762RI3dWD3VCJbRTqXW9yJYnQjk6yULk0%3D&reserved=0> 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