NYCU News You Can Use, week of February 28, 2023
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This week in NYCU
- Join us today for tea @ 3!
- Research Data Stewardship Initiative Seminar: Pat Schloss!
- Infectious Disease Faculty Development Opportunity
- Change to Academic Calendar
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Chair Chat
Dear M&I,
Hello, everyone. Beth is currently away, but I'm certain she'd want to encourage you all to attend the seminar this week (Christina Cuomo, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard) and the MacNeal Dissertation Awardee seminar on Friday - Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas (University of Birmingham, UK). Hope to see all of you there.
Beth
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Holidays and Happenings
February - African American History Month
28th - National Science Day
1st - National Women of Color Day
6th - Purim
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Tuesday, February 28th @ 1pm: Admin Team Virtual Drop-in Office Hours (Plus see below in announcements for in-person options) Hop on to connect with an administrator for a quick question you may have. If you need a more in-depth meeting, feel free to join the drop-in hour to connect with your team member to get something on the calendar.
Wednesday, March 1st @ 10:00am: Drop-in IT Office Hours
Open office hours with our IT liaisons, Deb McCaffrey and Ryan Echlin; bring all of your IT questions and issues.
Thursday, March 2nd @ noon: M&I Seminar Series
Christina Cuomo, PhD
Director of Fungal Genomics and Institute Scientist
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Population genomics and the evolution of virulence traits in Cryptococcus neoformans
5330 MS I
Friday, March 3rd @ noon: 812
MacNeal Awardee: Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK
GBP1-driven innate immune defense against Toxoplasma Gondii
3697 MS II WLH
(Refreshments after in 5623 MS II)
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On the Radar
Check back here for news/events to come
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Congratulations to Faith Anderson (O'Meara Lab) for receiving a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship. Wonderful news!
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Please see here for the wonderful service for Oveta held Feb. 18.
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Faculty & Staff Parking Rules & Regulations Parking rigidly enforces their rules. There were three faculty parking violations in MM in a two-week timeframe in January. A former advance learner who did not return their AVI was hit with a $1,300+ fine. Read the rules to save yourself some angst – and money!
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Spring Cleaning
On March 2nd, admin staff will be in the office to spring clean! What does this mean for you? By 5:00pm Wednesday, March 1st, please remove all of your things from the refrigerator and freezer as it will be unplugged and defrosted Wednesday evening. It will be back up and running on Monday, March 6th. For faculty, any files we have of yours will be boxed and returned to your office.
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Want to learn more about:
- Retirement readiness
- Early career kickstart
- Promotion packet dos and don’ts
- Mid-career development
- Developing your educator’s portfolio
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The Regents voted for a change to the academic calendar which means an additional week off between the Fall and Winter term to support student mental health. Classes will now begin Jan 10th instead of Jan 3rd. Exams would end May 2nd and graduation will move to May 3-5th. Please be aware of these changes as you plan for staffing. Students should be allowed to follow the academic calendar.
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NIH is circulating a survey, regarding postdoctoral training. They formed a committee to address the postdoc shortage, and are encouraging people to share their insights.
Please do give your feedback!
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Research Opportunities, Resources, Info, etc. |
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Research Data Stewardship Initiative Seminar
March 3rd, 12 pm
The Open Science Pipeline: Preregistration to Data Sharing
Professor of Psychology
Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research
Associate Director of the Michigan Institute for Data Science
If You Want to Go Fast, Go Alone; If You Want to Go Far, Go Together: Examples from Engaging in Open Science
Frederick G Novy Collegiate Professor of Microbiome Research
Program Director of Microbiology and Immunology
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Cellular Biotechnology Training Program Symposium
Are you interested in biotech? If so, please join the Cellular Biotechnology Training Program (CBTP) for our annual symposium on Thursday, April 6th 2023 from 1-5 PMin the NCRC Building 18 Dining Hall. Here for more details. |
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UC San Diego is recruiting nationally for the NIH-funded faculty development program, Raising Advancement and Parity for Infectious Disease Researchers (RAPID). The goal of RAPID is to enhance early faculty career success and success in obtaining NIH or equivalent funding. Deadline February 28 - more information here.
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Experimental venous thrombus resolution is driven by IL-6 mediated monocyte actions. Obi AT, Sharma SB, Elfline MA, Luke CE, Dowling AR, Cai Q, Kimball AS, Hollinstat M, Stanger L, Moore BB, Jaffer FA, Henke PK. Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 24;13(1):3253. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-30149-2. PMID: 36828892 Free PMC article.
PMID: 36796848 No abstract available.
J Cell Sci. 2023 Feb 15;136(4):jcs260159. doi: 10.1242/jcs.260159. Epub 2023 Feb 22. PMID: 36718630
Mason S, Vornhagen J, Smith SN, Mike LA, Mobley HLT, Bachman MA.
Infect Immun. 2023 Feb 16;91(2):e0055922. doi: 10.1128/iai.00559-22. Epub 2023 Jan 18. PMID: 36651775 Free PMC article.
PMID: 36519923 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
The histone methyltransferase MLL1/KMT2A in monocytes drives coronavirus-associated coagulopathy and inflammation. Sharma SB, Melvin WJ, Audu CO, Bame M, Rhoads N, Wu W, Kanthi Y, Knight JS, Adili R, Holinstat MA, Wakefield TW, Henke PK, Moore BB, Gallagher KA, Obi AT. Blood. 2023 Feb 16;141(7):725-742. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022015917.
PMID: 36493338 Free PMC article.
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Ways to Wellness
Coming March 6 – Good Night, Sleep Right Challenge: Improve your sleeping habits and sleep quality with this eight-week challenge. Registration opens Mar. 6 on the MHealthy Portal. Logging starts March 20. Learn more.
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Recruitment Weekend - The next generation! |
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