NYCU News You Can Use, week of April 18, 2023
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This week in NYCU
- Enriching Scholarship Conference: Registration open
- Call for R01 Boot Camp Mentees
- M&I Seminar Series - Suzy Dawid
- Immunology Retreat 6/2-6/3
- From the President: The Importance of Reporting
- Food for meetings
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Chair Chat
Hello M&I,
Well it is getting to be that time of year…last days of classes, which makes both students and faculty happy! Good luck to all on finishing strong. No one signed up for tea today, April 18th, but do come join us as the M&I Office will pull together some treats.
I wanted to pass on the great news that we had a banner year for PIBS students acceptances! While PIBS was shooting for a class of 90, we got 101 acceptances. Microbiology @ Immunology got a class of 9 new students and Immunology also had 9 acceptances, with one deferral till next year for a class of 8 this year. I know that for our two programs this had a lot to do with the participation and enthusiasm you all brought to recruiting weekends. How exciting! Go Blue!
It is hard to believe, but I just completed my 4th full year of serving as M&I chair (2 as interim). We have been through a lot in those 4 years! I hope you will agree that the office is functioning well and I hope we are meeting your needs efficiently. We have a great staff and I want to thank them for all they do. Many departments are struggling to hire qualified staff these days, and with the increased scrutiny on hiring for new positions, I feel very fortunate that M&I is in great shape right now. Please do take a minute to thank our office staff. Next week, administrative professionals day is on Wed.
Finally, I wanted to mention a slight change in my scheduling. I have asked Sheryl to try and preserve my Mondays for me to have time to work in lab, or work on lab-related items. I’ll also try to protect some time on Friday afternoon for this. If it is an emergency, just text me or drop by but otherwise, I really feel like my connection to the lab has been the thing that has taken the biggest hit since becoming chair and I really miss being closely involved with our experiments and doing some with my own hands. So yes, you heard it right…my wellness depends on MORE time in lab! Thanks for understanding and trying to schedule M&I business with me on Tuesday-Friday AM when possible.
Have a great week.
Beth
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Holidays and Happenings
April is Arab American Heritage Month
20th: Chinese Language Day
21st: Eid al-Fitr
22nd: Earth Day
23rd: Spanish Language Day
23rd: English Language Day
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Tuesday, April 18th @ 1pm: Admin Team Virtual Drop-in Office Hours Join via Zoom, Passcode: Team
Tuesday, April 18th @ 3pm: Genetics/CMB Short Course Seminar
Stephen Goff, PhD
Higgins Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics
Columbia University
Retroviral replication: Breaking most of the rules
3695 MS II NLH
Wednesday, April 19th @ 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.
Wednesday, April 19th @ noon: Immunology Research Seminar
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology
Immunology in ALS: Drugs and Demographics
MEDICAL SCIENCE BLDG 1 (M5330)
Wednesday, April 19th @ 2pm: Dissertation Defense
Innate Immune Mechanisms That Regulate Disease Flare in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Thursday, April 20th @ noon: M&I Seminar Series
Suzy Dawid, MD, PhD
Andrew B. Briskin Research Professor & Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
University of Michigan
A variable array of secreted signals and bacteriocins control competition during pneumococcal colonization
5330 MS I
Tuesday, April 25th @ noon
Osbourne Quaye, PhD
Professor, West African Center for the Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens
WACCBIP to the World: Highlight of the Quaye Lab experiences with collaborative research
5623 Med Sci II
Hosted by Alice Telesnitsky
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Wednesday, May 3rd @ noon - Panel Discussion
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Friday, May 5th @ 1pm
Michele Swanson, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Strengthening postdoctoral training at Michigan Medicine
5623 MS II
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Tuesday, May 9th @ 4pm
Denise Kirschner, PhD
Professor, Microbiology & Immunology
Value-added mentoring in our labs
5613 MS II
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The 21st Annual Immunology Program Retreat RSVP The retreat will be an overnight, off-campus event that offers an opportunity for the immunology community to build and enjoy each other in a non-academic environment.
Associate Member
Immunology Program
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
You can expect faculty, student, and postdoc oral presentations; poster session/reception; bonfire/trivia game; free time with bonding activities, etc
The retreat (meals, lodging, etc) is FREE for Immunology Program students and faculty. However, because of budgetary restraints, lodging is only available to those postdocs (in IMM Faculty labs) who will present (orally or poster) at the IMM Retreat. If not presenting, Postdocs (in the labs of IMM faculty) are welcome to spend Friday and/or Saturday with us, but we can’t cover lodging. We’re happy to cover their meals, etc.
For planning purposes, an accurate headcount is mandatory.
We need to get our preferences for lodging, meals, etc to the Maumee Banquet Manager very soon.
Each Immunology Program lab is strongly encouraged to have at least one oral or poster presenter at the retreat. We are soliciting abstracts from Immunology Program graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the labs of Immunology faculty to be considered for the oral and poster presentations.
4 X 6 Poster boards and easels will be provided. Presenters, selected by the IMM Program Retreat Planning Committee, will be chosen based on their abstract and lab representation. Most, if not all, abstracts submitted will be accepted and published in the Immunology Retreat Program Book.
Abstract Guidelines: No more than 1500 characters (not including title/authors/affiliations), paragraph format, include brief introduction, hypothesis/question addressed, general methods, brief results, conclusions, and future directions. The Presenter’s Name should be underlined in the list of authors AND a Title should be included.
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Congrats to Thomas Chen, Microbiology undergraduate (junior) in Kathy Collins’ lab for earning the VERY prestigious Goldwater scholarship for 2023! Well done Thomas! We are so proud and what a way to head into your senior year!
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From the American Society for Virology:
We are pleased to inform you that the ASV Executive Committee has unanimously approved having one of the two inaugural ASV Named Lectures be the A. Oveta Fuller Lecture. This is to honor Oveta’s legacy as a distinguished herpes virologist, science communicator, developer of trusted messenger intervention in Africa, bioethicist, and public health advocate. The plan is to have Dr. Benedikt Kaufer, Freie Universität Berlin, be the first A. Oveta Fuller Lecturer at the 43rd ASV Annual Meeting in Athens, Georgia, June 28, 2023. His talk is entitled “Herpes virus integration: Latency, endogenous viruses, and cancer.”
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From President Ono:
I write today to remind us of our reporting expectations and, in some cases, reporting obligations, and to reinforce that all members of our community should feel encouraged and comfortable in reporting suspected criminal activity.
Individuals should act immediately if they suspect abuse or other crimes or if they find themselves either a victim or a witness to questionable activity.
Our current system for reporting is described below:
Emergency Assistance
All campuses and Michigan Medicine:
- If immediate emergency assistance is needed or a crime is in progress, dial 9-1-1 for emergency response.
- At the Ann Arbor medical campus, dial 9-9-9 for cardiac arrests, medical emergencies, or patient-related incidents.
Non-Emergency Assistance
Ann Arbor campus, including the medical campus:
- For non-emergency situations, call the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security at (734) 763-1131. Public safety professionals can help assess the situation and determine what other notification or action is necessary.
All campuses and Michigan Medicine:
- Information on potential criminal activity also may be reported anonymously by calling the university’s Anonymous Tip Line at (800) 863-1355.
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Many of you also are considered Campus Security Authorities under the Clery Act or Individuals with Reporting Obligations under Title IX and therefore have additional reporting obligations for certain crimes and conduct. Information for Individuals with Reporting Obligations (IROs) can be found in Section VII of U-M’s Policy on Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct. For more information on the Clery Act, contact the Division of Public Safety and Security. For information on Title IX reporting, contact your campus Title IX coordinator (Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint).
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University community members who believe they have witnessed any type of wrongdoing — including but not limited to financial, regulatory, NCAA or patient safety — can report the situation confidentially or anonymously through the university’s Ethics, Integrity & Compliance website.
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Want to provide food at your meeting? Keep in mind that every hosting event requires a valid business purpose. Per Procurement, “vague, unfocused purposes (such as “to foster collaboration…)” is not permitted. Recurring hosting, that takes place more than once per month, requires a unique dated agenda describing the topics discussed which should be attached to the reimbursement request. |
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Registration is now open for the 25th annual Enriching Scholarship Conference, taking place May 1st and 2nd. Enriching Scholarship is an opportunity for instructors, and those who support instruction on all U-M campuses, to share ideas and connect with one another.
The theme of this year's conference is, "Taking the Lead – Dancing with Disruption in Higher Education." Sessions will highlight topics including Artificial intelligence (including ChatGPT in higher ed); building resilience through good pedagogy; future-thinking; data privacy; technology tools; and leveraging technology to meet the needs of U-M's diverse student community.
Each day of the conference will include presentations, demos, and panel discussions led by U-M faculty, staff, and students.
- May 1, Keynote: "Choreographing Innovation: Shaping the Future of Higher Education" delivered by Dr. Cynthia J. Alby PhD, Professor of Teacher Education
- May 2, Anchor Panel: "Busting a Move - Empowering Instructors to Re-Imagine Teaching and Learning", a panel discussion among U-M administrators and faculty from Ann Arbor and Dearborn campuses
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Stable endocytic structures navigate the complex pellicle of apicomplexan parasites. Koreny L, Mercado-Saavedra BN, Klinger CM, Barylyuk K, Butterworth S, Hirst J, Rivera-Cuevas Y, Zaccai NR, Holzer VJC, Klingl A, Dacks JB, Carruthers VB, Robinson MS, Gras S, Waller RF. Nat Commun. 2023 Apr 15;14(1):2167. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37431-x. PMID: 37061511
Integr Biol (Camb). 2023 Apr 11;15:zyad004. doi: 10.1093/intbio/zyad004.
PMID: 37015816
PMID: 36916035 Free PMC article. Review.
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Final 'tea time' of the season - hosted by the Kirschner Lab! |
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