NYCU News You Can Use, week of May 23, 2023
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This week in NYCU
- M&I is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor
- COVID updates
- Employment and funding opportunities
- Share your vacation photos this summer!
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Dear M&I,
It is conference season and I hope everyone is finding their way to and from their meetings and getting inspired by some great new science. Last call for any information you want included in the State of the Department address. It will be Thursday during our usual conference time 12-1 in North Lecture Hall. Bring your lunch and come hear about the new information we have learned about our first female faculty member. Hint: She was a pioneer of electron microscopy in the 1940s and published on the structure of Spirochaeta novyi. You can bet that was named after our first chair Frederick Novy! I have too much to tell you that I have about 60 slides already so I’ll do my best to fit it into the hour…but it may run a few mins long. Don’t worry, I’ll post slides and recording after. Join by zoom if you can’t come in person:
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 939 1742 4225
Passcode: 268197
And hey…if you want to name a new organism after me….the Moore the merrier..just sayin…..
Bye
Beth
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Holidays and Happenings
25th - 27th: Shavuot
28th - Amnesty International Day
28th - Indy 500
29th - Memorial Day
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Thursday, May 25th at noon, North Lecture Hall and zoom
State of the Department Address, Beth Moore, Chair of the Department of M&I
June 9th @ noon, Medical School Faculty Meeting
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Congratulations to Dr. Tomoyuki Murakami on his promotion to Research Assistant Professor. This was approved by the Regents yesterday. Dr. Murakami joined U-M in 2014 and was promoted to Research Investigator in 2019. He studies roles of macropinocytosis in HIV-1 entry into primary CD4+ T cells and the roles of fibroblastic reticular cells in HIV-1 spread and establishment of latency. We are so fortunate to have Dr. Murakami as one of our own! Please join me in congratulating him on this well-deserved milestone!
Congrats Tomo!
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We would like to congratulate Mary O'Riordan's former undergrad student, now a research associate - Britton Michmerhuizen who will be starting medical school at Michigan State University College of Medicine in the fall! Congrats!
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Congrats to Gabby Huizinga Entrup on her wedding this past Saturday! Gabby is a shared immunology student with Beth Moore and Durga Singer. PLEASE check out some more beautiful photos below! Best wishes!!!
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COVID-19 updates
- COVID-19 testing will no longer be available through OHS for symptomatic employees beginning May 11, 2023. In addition, the Michigan Medicine location for the Community Sampling and Tracking Program (CSTP) will close after May 10, 2023. Campus locations for CSTP will close after May 12, 2023.
- Employees who test positive for COVID-19 should continue to report their results through Wolverine Access so they can receive appropriate guidance from OHS regarding isolation.
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Additional information about COVID-19 for employees can be found on the OHS website.
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Research Opportunities, Resources, Info |
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Data Den service now supports storage of sensitive data
The university’s Data Den Research Archive, a service for preserving electronic
data generated from research activities, now supports the storage of sensitive data, including medical and educational information covered by federal laws known as HIPAA and FERPA.
Part of the U-M Research Computing Package that provides storage allocations to researchers, the service is a low-cost, highly durable storage system and is the largest storage system managed by Information and Technology Services’ Advanced Research Computing division.
Most researchers will not have to pay for Data Den.
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5744 Autoclave Update
Good news! The prep work for the new autoclaves has been scheduled. Facilities has shared the timeline:
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June 15th disconnect both autoclaves in 5744
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June 16th Steris to remove both units
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June 19th construction prep work starts
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July 21st or before new autoclave unit is delivered
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July 24th through 7/27 installation
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July 28th Steris to perform start up on new unit
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July 31st Unit operational and ready for use
During the prep work and installation, work will include soldering, brazing, and coring a hole in the floor for the new drain. Access to the cold room can be coordinated; however, Facilities will need full use of the space (no access to the washer).
Installation of new autoclaves in 6715 will commence once 5744 is complete.
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Please see here for information on the NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program for postdocs which is accepting applications now.
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NIH transitioning Funding Opportunity Terminology
NIH is transitioning to updated terminology regarding funding opportunities to better align with the Uniform Guidance.
Effective immediately, NIH will use the term notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) to refer to formal announcements of the availability of Federal funding through a financial assistance program.
Previously, such announcements were referred to as funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). See the NIH Grants & Funding Glossary for the full definition. NIH is currently updating its website with these changes.
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New FacsCanto and Fortessa Recharge Rates
Effective 5/1/23 the recharge rates are:
- FacsCanto $45.69 per machine hour
- Cell Analyzer Flow Cytometry (Fortessa) $24.87 per machine hour
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Employment / Funding Postings |
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Job Postings
Assistant / Associate Professor - University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, apply by 9/1/23, details
Tenure Track Position in Infectious Diseases - Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats, University of Michigan, fall 2022 posting, details
Funding Opportunities
Pandemic Research Recovery (PRR) Program - UM Medical School & Endorsing Department, apply by 5/15/23, details
R01 Boot Camp - UM Medical School Office of Research, applications due by 5/15/2023, details
Great Lakes Discovery - healthcare innovation grant accepting proposals, apply by 5/15/23, details
Research Scouts - funding opportunity provided by the Office of Research at Michigan Medicine, details
Conference Travel Grant Program - Graduate and Postdoctoral Fellow, continental or international travel, details
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Tai AW, Sewell JL. Gastroenterology. 2023 May 18:S0016-5085(23)00736-9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2023.05.014. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37209950 No abstract available.
Candida albicans selection for human commensalism results in substantial within-host diversity without decreasing fitness for invasive disease. Anderson FM, Visser ND, Amses KR, Hodgins-Davis A, Weber AM, Metzner KM, McFadden MJ, Mills RE, O'Meara MJ, James TY, O'Meara TR. PLoS Biol. 2023 May 19;21(5):e3001822. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001822. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37205709
Reply to: Anti-anaerobic antibiotics: indication is key. Chanderraj R, Baker JM, Kay SG, Brown CA, Hinkle KJ, Fergle DJ, McDonald RA, Falkowski NR, Metcalf JD, Kaye KS, Woods RJ, Prescott HC, Sjoding MW, Dickson RP.
Eur Respir J. 2023 May 11;61(5):2300492. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00492-2023. Print 2023 May. PMID: 37169381 No abstract available.
Fiber density and matrix stiffness modulate distinct cell migration modes in a 3D stroma mimetic composite hydrogel. Hiraki HL, Matera DL, Wang WY, Prabhu ES, Zhang Z, Midekssa F, Argento AE, Buschhaus JM, Humphries BA, Luker GD, Pena-Francesch A, Baker BM.
Acta Biomater. 2023 Jun;163:378-391. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.09.043. Epub 2022 Sep 28. PMID: 36179980
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"What is good for your heart is good for your brain"
- Dr. Paulson
Join us for Movement in May!
Fridays @ noon, in the main office reception area, join us for a half hour of an exercise pick-me-up!
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Gabby is also pictured with Moore lab mates Helen Rich and Hannah Carter. |
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Finally there were some lovely M&I related bridesmaids as well. Pictured are Emily Bowers, Karen Ziese, Helen Warheit-Niemi and Faith Anderson! |
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SUMMERTIME = VACATION!!!
It's vacation season! Please consider sharing your vacation photos so that we can all enjoy each other's excursions. Below are a couple of pics from Sheryl's trip last week to Alaska and Victoria, British Columbia.
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