NYCU News You Can Use, week of March 7, 2023
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This week in NYCU
- Join us today for tea @ 3!
- Vote for the Martens Lab! (see below!)
- International Women's Day Seminar
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Chair Chat
Hello M&I,
Hope everyone survived the ice, snow, downed tree branches, and power outages. If anyone still needs a place to stay, let me know as we finally have our power back too. This is a busy week. You will see Scott Biering around on Monday and Tuesday as part of his second visit. Please help him feel welcome, so he can see what a great community U-M is.
Also this week, we are celebrating International Women’s Day which is Wednesday, March 8th this year. Our department has celebrated this for the past 3 years by inviting a special female seminar speaker who embodies excellence in her work or a speaker who works to advance the cause of women. You may recall that Oveta was our inaugural lecturer! This special recognition was initiated by our DEI committee with Akira and Yasmina as leads. I hope you will take time this week to thank the women who make M&I special, and please plan to join us for Dr Donna Ginther’s special lecture for International Women’s Day this Thursday. Dr. Ginther is from the University of Kansas and is known for her expertise on scientific labor markets, wage inequality, and gender differences in employment outcomes. You can see her publications here: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=zaVd4f8AAAAJ
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Holidays and Happenings
8th - International Women's Day
10th - Harriet Tubman Day
12th - Daylight Savings Time
14th - Scientist Appreciation Day
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Tuesday, March 7th @ 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 8th @ 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 8th @ noon: Immunology Research Seminar
Associate Dean for Graduate & Professional Education, College of Engineering
Professor, Chemical Engineering
Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Miller Faculty Scholar, College of Engineering
Leveraging Polymeric Particles in Acute Inflammatory Conditions: Drugging Neutrophils from the Inside Out
Thursday, March 9th @ noon: International Womens Day Seminar
Donna Ginther, PhD
Roy A. Roberts & Regents Distinguished Professor, Economics
Director, Institute for Policy & Social Research
Reflections on gender and race/ethnicity differences in NIH research funding
5330 MS I
Friday, March 10th @ noon: 812
Andres Rivera Ruiz, Grad Student, Wobus Lab
Xin Sun, Grad Student, Laouar Lab
3697 MS II WLH
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On the Radar
Check back here for news/events to come
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We're very proud of Professor Joel Swanson - listen to this amazing interview he gave for the AAFF. It captures his thinking about art and science. (In case you didn't already know, he's an accomplished artist!)
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Welcome to Qinnan Yang, PhD - a new postdoc in the Martens Lab starting on March 1. Yang received his B.S. with honors and M.S. from the College of Food Science and Engineering at Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University (A&F), in Shaanxi, China. There, he studied various bacteria in food, including contamination by Escherichia coli.
At the Martens lab, Yang will pursue his research on the interaction between diet and gut microbes in the context of Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) using gnotobiotic mice, metagenomic and metabolomics. He will continue his research on the mechanisms by which gut microbes utilize different nutrients in the human gut. He will also seek collaboration on using machine learning approaches for personalized pre/probiotic supplementation studies.
In his spare time, Yang enjoys cycling, traveling, and driving a stick shift car! More here.
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Welcome also to Matthew Swenson - a new research assistant in the Raghavan Lab. Matt was born in Harrogate, England, and has lived in both the UK and the USA. He received a BS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Michigan State University in 2020. Since graduating, Matt has worked in Abingdon Health and in Covance (UK). He enjoys playing golf, skiing and travelling to different countries! Please do welcome Matt when you see him in the hallways! |
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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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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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From Eric Martens:
Sorry to send out a group e-mail about a relative frivolity. But we are one of 4 UM research teams to have a paper that was included in this year's STAT Madness tournament and in collaboration with Tom Schmidt and his Bio 173 student cohort.
Round 1 voting opened this morning and our paper is matchup 32, which is all the way down at the bottom right of the bracket. (opponent is a group from Penn CHOP; we're currently leading by 5-6%).
The study is about adaptations in human gut bacteria to digest edible seaweeds like carrageenan and the nori wrappers used in sushi preparation.
If you feel compelled to vote on this and other entries (especially the 3 others from UM!) more information is in the press article below:
Thanks and Go Blue!
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Research Opportunities, Resources, Info, etc. |
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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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Faculty Workshop: Communicating the value of your research to a broad audience
This workshop will address this challenge by teaching the importance of value propositions and communicating research in a way that makes it compelling for every audience. Often referred to as the “elevator pitch,” participants will have the opportunity to create one for their research that can be used at any social gathering, departmental meeting, or professional conference.
Date: Thursday, May 11 Time: 10 a.m. – Noon Location: Zoom Register
This workshop is sponsored by FastForward, Office of Faculty Development, and MICHR.
This workshop is hosted by the Office of Faculty Development and is intended for faculty. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation to attend this workshop or have questions about accessibility, please contact us at UMMS-Faculty-Development@med.umich.edu.
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PMID: 36861093 Free PMC article.
Portable Breath-Based Volatile Organic Compound Monitoring for the Detection of COVID-19 During the Circulation of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant and the Transition to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant. Sharma R, Zang W, Tabartehfarahani A, Lam A, Huang X, Sivakumar AD, Thota C, Yang S, Dickson RP, Sjoding MW, Bisco E, Mahmood CC, Diaz KM, Sautter N, Ansari S, Ward KR, Fan X. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Feb 1;6(2):e230982. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.0982. PMID: 36853606 Free PMC article.
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.
Goodrum F, Lowen AC, Lakdawala S, Alwine J, Casadevall A, Imperiale MJ, Atwood W, Avgousti D, Baines J, Banfield B, Banks L, Bhaduri-McIntosh S, Bhattacharya D, Blanco-Melo D, Bloom D, Boon A, Boulant S, Brandt C, Broadbent A, Brooke C, Cameron C, Campos S, Caposio P, Chan G, Cliffe A, Coffin J, Collins K, Damania B, Daugherty M, Debbink K, DeCaprio J, Dermody T, Dikeakos J, DiMaio D, Dinglasan R, Duprex WP, Dutch R, Elde N, Emerman M, Enquist L, Fane B, Fernandez-Sesma A, Flenniken M, Frappier L, Frieman M, Frueh K, Gack M, Gaglia M, Gallagher T, Galloway D, García-Sastre A, Geballe A, Glaunsinger B, Goff S, Greninger A, Hancock M, Harris E, Heaton N, Heise M, Heldwein E, Hogue B, Horner S, Hutchinson E, Hyser J, Jackson W, Kalejta R, Kamil J, Karst S, Kirchhoff F, Knipe D, Kowalik T, Lagunoff M, Laimins L, Langlois R, Lauring A, Lee B, Leib D, Liu SL, Longnecker R, Lopez C, Luftig M, Lund J, Manicassamy B, McFadden G, McIntosh M, Mehle A, Miller WA, Mohr I, Moody C, Moorman N, Moscona A, Mounce B, Munger J, Münger K, Murphy E, Naghavi M, Nelson J, Neufeldt C, Nikolich J, O'Connor C, Ono A, Orenstein W, Ornelles D, Ou JH, Parker J, Parrish C, Pekosz A, Pellett P, Pfeiffer J, Plemper R, Polyak S, Purdy J, Pyeon D, Quinones-Mateu M, Renne R, Rice C, Schoggins J, Roller R, Russell C, Sandri-Goldin R, Sapp M, Schang L, Schmid S, Schultz-Cherry S, Semler B, Shenk T, Silvestri G, Simon V, Smith G, Smith J, Spindler K, Stanifer M, Subbarao K, Sundquist W, Suthar M, Sutton T, Tai A, Tarakanova V, tenOever B, Tibbetts S, Tompkins S, Toth Z, van Doorslaer K, Vignuzzi M, Wallace N, Walsh D, Weekes M, Weinberg J, Weitzman M, Weller S, Whelan S, White E, Williams B, Wobus C, Wong S, Yurochko A. mBio. 2023 Feb 28;14(1):e0018823. doi: 10.1128/mbio.00188-23. Epub 2023 Jan 26.
PMID: 36700642 Free PMC article. Also published in J. Virology.
PMID: 36519848 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
The IRE1α-XBP1 Signaling Axis Promotes Glycolytic Reprogramming in Response to Inflammatory Stimuli. English BC, Savage HP, Mahan SP, Diaz-Ochoa VE, Young BM, Abuaita BH, Sule G, Knight JS, O'Riordan MX, Bäumler AJ, Tsolis RM. mBio. 2023 Feb 28;14(1):e0306822. doi: 10.1128/mbio.03068-22. Epub 2022 Dec 8. PMID: 36475773 Free PMC article.
PMID: 36410445
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