NYCU News You Can Use, week of March 28, 2023
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This week in NYCU
- Learning analytics: A promising approach to educational improvement
- March M&I Movie Night: 3/31 6000 THSL
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M&I Seminar Series - Gregory Melikian, Emory
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Chair Chat
Dear M&I,
Mandy Muller is on site today for her second visit. If you see her in the halls, please welcome her warmly. A few things going on this week:
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M&I students are invited to a “Student-Led Unorganized Gathering (SLUG) club in 5623 Med Sci 2 on Thursday at 5 pm. Immediately following that is M&I Movie Night starting at 6:15 pm in THSL 6000. ). Fill out this google form to RSVP!
- It’s time for nominations for the M&I AdMIration awards. To nominate someone, just send a brief email to Beth Moore. This can be for service, mentoring, DEI efforts or just doing a great job. Anyone EXCEPT faculty are eligible.
- Don’t forget Judy Chen’s defense (Goldstein lab) on Monday, May 3 (Kahn auditorium at 10 AM).
- Our department is still at a very low response rate for the Vital Voices Survey. Please do fill this out. It is quick and redesigned to be more appropriate for researchers this year.
- 2023 Staff Survey:
- https://surveys.pressganey.com/wix/p160526178431.aspx
- 2023 Faculty Survey:
- https://surveys.pressganey.com/wix/p796745697794.aspx
- The password convention for both Faculty and Staff is as follows:
- 8-digit employee ID (UMID) and last two digits of birth year.
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(Example: UMID is 12345678 and birth year is 1979, password will be 1234567879).
I’ll be curious to hear how everyone’s March Madness bracket is going…Texas losing in the Elite 8 pretty much killed mine ☹
Happy Spring,
Beth
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Holidays and Happenings
22nd - April 21st: Ramadan
31st - Cesar Chavez Day
31st - Transgender Day of Visibility
April - Arab American Heritage Month
National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
1st - April Fool's
2nd - Palm Sunday
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Tuesday, March 28th @ 1pm: Admin Team Virtual Drop-in Office Hours Join via Zoom, Passcode: Team
Wednesday, March 29th @ 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, March 29th @ noon: Immunology Research Seminar
Brandon McClellan, Castro and Lowenstein Labs
Immunology Program Doctoral Candidate - Rackham Merit Fellow
Mutant isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (mIDH1) in glioma cells causes a reduction in adenosinergic pathway signaling within the glioma tumor microenvironment
Henry Gong, Deng Lab
Immunology Program Doctoral Candidate - Rackham Merit Fellow
Neutrophil heterogeneity underlies differential susceptibility to pulmonary vascular leakage during murine hepatitis virus strain 1 infection of A/J and C57BL/6 mouse strains
Thursday, March 30th @ noon: M&I Seminar Series
Gregory Melikian, PhD
Professor, Infectious Diseases
Professor, Pediatrics
Emory University School of Medicine
HIV entry and its inhibition by host restriction factors
5330 MS I
Friday, March 31st @ noon: 812
DEI Speaker: Lt. Olivia McGovern, PhD
Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer
United States Public Health Service
3697 MS II WLH
Friday, March 31st @ 6:15pm: M&I Movie Night!
Monday, April 3rd @ 10:00am: Dissertation Defense
Mechanisms of the Age-Associated Dysregulation of the Immune Response to Influenza Infections
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Monday, April 10th @ noon - Learning Analytics
Andy Krumm's session “Learning Analytics: A Promising Approach for Educational Improvement” will take place at noon on Monday, April 10.
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Congrats to former M&I trainee Yolanda Rivera-Cuevas and mentor Vern Carruthers! Dr. Rivera-Cuevas was awarded the MacNeal Dissertation Award!
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Congratulations to Asst. Professor Teresa O'Meara for deftly explaining C. auris and the recent outbreak. Well done! Read here. |
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Results of voting to move 812 back to 5623 Wheeler Seminar Room were negative.
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BioArtography is now collecting images for its 2023 collection, which will debut at the Ann Arbor Art Fair in July 2023! The BioArtography program, a unique blend of art and science, captures the microscopic beauty of cells in their environment, affording the public a deeper understanding of state-of-the-art biomedical research at the University of Michigan. The goal of our program is to provide support for training of the next generation of scientists, while simultaneously informing and engaging the public about important new developments in health and disease.
Submission Deadline
April 24, 2023
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Research Opportunities, Resources, Info |
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The Taubman Health Sciences Library has developed a new resource guide for health sciences researchers and students interested in the basic sciences (https://guides.lib.umich.edu/basicsciences). It includes useful links to:
· databases
· e-books
· protocols
· gene, protein, and genome resources
· training opportunities
· And more...
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William R. Farrand Memorial Lecture
Counter-Culture: The art and science of microbes
Friday, March 31, 2023 @ 7:00 p.m.
Central Campus Classroom Building Auditorium (#1420)
This event will be live streamed on the U-M Museum of Natural History website, ummnh.org.
A public reception will precede the lecture at the U-M Museum of Natural History beginning at 6:00 p.m. RSVP to let us know you are coming. The museum is located in the Biological Sciences Building, 1105. N. University Ave., Ann Arbor, MI. The Central Campus Classroom Building is a short walk, at grade, from the museum.
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Animal Models and Their Role in Imaging-Assisted Co-Clinical Trials. Peehl DM, Badea CT, Chenevert TL, Daldrup-Link HE, Ding L, Dobrolecki LE, Houghton AM, Kinahan PE, Kurhanewicz J, Lewis MT, Li S, Luker GD, Ma CX, Manning HC, Mowery YM, O'Dwyer PJ, Pautler RG, Rosen MA, Roudi R, Ross BD, Shoghi KI, Sriram R, Talpaz M, Wahl RL, Zhou R.
Tomography. 2023 Mar 16;9(2):657-680. doi: 10.3390/tomography9020053.
PMID: 36961012 Free PMC article. Review.
Transplantation. 2023 Mar 24. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004590. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36959162
Ixazomib for Desensitization (IXADES) in Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Candidates: A Phase II Clinical Trial. Wilson N, Reese S, Ptak L, Aziz F, Parajuli S, Jucaud V, Denham S, Mishra A, Cascalho M, Platt JL, Hematti P, Djamali A. Kidney360. 2023 Mar 23. doi: 10.34067/KID.0000000000000113. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36951387
STING agonist-loaded mesoporous manganese-silica nanoparticles for vaccine applications. Xu C, Dobson HE, Yu M, Gong W, Sun X, Park KS, Kennedy A, Zhou X, Xu J, Xu Y, Tai AW, Lei YL, Moon JJ.
J Control Release. 2023 Mar 20:S0168-3659(23)00204-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2023.03.036. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36948420
Vaccine Effectiveness Against Influenza A(H3N2)-Associated Hospitalized Illness: United States, 2022. Tenforde MW, Patel MM, Lewis NM, Adams K, Gaglani M, Steingrub JS, Shapiro NI, Duggal A, Prekker ME, Peltan ID, Hager DN, Gong MN, Exline MC, Ginde AA, Mohr NM, Mallow C, Martin ET, Talbot HK, Gibbs KW, Kwon JH, Chappell JD, Halasa N, Lauring AS, Lindsell CJ, Swan SA, Hart KW, Womack KN, Baughman A, Grijalva CG, Self WH; Influenza and Other Viruses in the Acutely Ill (IVY) Network. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Mar 21;76(6):1030-1037. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciac869. PMID: 36327388
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Nourish Your Whole Self: Based on the concept of intuitive eating, this free 12-week program helps you tune into yourself to make choices that support you feeling nourished. MHealthy coaches offer guidance on eating mindfully, being kind to yourself and being thankful for your body. Register here
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Freedom From Smoking®: Quitting tobacco isn’t easy—but it’s easier with the right help. The American Lung Association Freedom From Smoking® program gives you options, resources and support to quit for good. Enrollment is now open for a free, eight-week virtual session starting on Apr. 4., 1 – 2:30 p.m. To register, call the MHealthy Tobacco Consultation Service at (734) 998-6222. Learn more.
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1st Student Ambassador visit to UM-Flint! |
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